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Zacc probes Lands Commission
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), headed by Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo, has instituted investigations into the operations of the Lands Commission in Marondera.The probe comes aft...Published: 14 hrs ago | 475 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt passport officials warned
REGISTRAR-General Mr Clemence Masango has issued a stern warning to officials in his department who are capitalising on the challenges in the issuance of passports by demanding kickbacks from desperat...Published: 14 hrs ago | 810 | by Staff reporter
Exposed Ramaphosa reacts to Public Protector's report
Under pressure South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied allegations by the country's public protector Busisiwe Makhwebane that he violated the Executive Ethics Code and the Constitution des...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 20:14hrs | 3496 | by Staff Reporter
Woes mount for Prophet Magaya
Women's groups have called on the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), the Zimbabwe Gender Commission and Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission to launch an inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse against Prop...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 09:04hrs | 7928 | by Staff Reporter
'Ramaphosa's donations from White Monopoly Capital must be made public'
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane wants President Cyril Ramaphosa to publish all the donations he had received during his 2017 ANC presidential campaign, finding he had breached the executive ethics...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 17:33hrs | 2034 | by Staff reporter
ZESN condemns Zanu-PF vote buying
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has condemned requests by the Zanu PF Political Commissar Victor Matemadanda for medicine supplies at Lupane clinics to be used for vote buying in th...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 14:03hrs | 2919 | by Staff Reporter
Obert Mpofu reported to Zacc
CANADILE Miners boss Lovemore Kurotwi has upped his bid to recover diamond mining equipment, cash and gemstones seized from his enterprise by former mines and mining development minister, Obert Mpofu,...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:54hrs | 7287 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths plot farm invasions
THE Zanu-PF youth league yesterday announced plans to invade and take over farms from multiple owners for redistribution to young people in yet another move seen as targeted at senior party and govern...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:25hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
Illegal forex vending sucks in cops
GOVERNMENT efforts to eliminate illegal foreign currency dealers from the streets of Harare are being hampered by the involvement of some unscrupulous police officers in the illicit trade, The Herald ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:39hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo request bribery proof
Businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is accused of bribing former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) chairperson Stanley Kazhanje, yesterday challenged the State to prove that he was favoured to win the multi-...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Prosecute health minister - Tsvangirai's former envoy
Former special advisor to the late MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai, Alex Magaisa, has called on the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission to prosecute Health Minister Obadiah Moyo for violating the Elec...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 19:04hrs | 3649 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe corruption on the increase
ZIMBABWE is failing to exorcise the ghost of corruption as it has been ranked as one of the most corrupt countries on the continent, a survey has revealed.According to Afrobarometer and Transp...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:54hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
'MDC went into GNU with no plan, sat and ate' - amused and irritated SADC in equal measure
"Chamisa: We went into GNU with no plan, sat and ate!" screamed the headlines in New Zimbabwe.Every SADC leader involved in the Zimbabwe political crisis during the 2008 to 2013 GNU was amused...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:41hrs | 2510 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Bribes for passports as crisis worsens
Desperate Zimbabweans are parting with huge sums of money to pay bribes in order to obtain passports amid reports that applicants are being told to wait until 2022.The Registrar General's offi...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:44hrs | 1727 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa rallies behind Mthuli Ncube
FORMER Finance Minister, Patrick Anthony Chinamasa, (P.A.C) who is also the ZANU-PF secretary for finance has rallied behind the current Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube, saying the country...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:29hrs | 1486 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fails corruption fighting test - Report
At least 71% of Zimbabweans believe that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is not doing enough fighting corruption while police officers are viewed as the most corrupt public officials in the ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | 831 | by newzimbabwe
Order must be restored at Bulawayo City Hall
Bulawayo City Council has dominated the headlines for all the wrong reasons over the past fortnight. They have grossly mishandled the ongoing rehabilitation of the city's water wor...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:59hrs | 239 | by Editorial comment
Unexplained wealth orders here to stay
THE proposed introduction of a free-standing procedure which compels an individual to explain the source of his wealth is a radical development in English law. For instance, the human rights and polit...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | 355 | by Prosper Simbarashe Maguchu
VID graft probe complete
INVESTIGATIONS into the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) corruption scandal are now complete and findings will be handed over to the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development Joel Big...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:29hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Bribery allegations rock RG's office as passport crisis deepens
Zimbabweans are allegedly paying as much as US$400 to obtain passports, as officials at the Registrar General's office cash in on a crisis that has seen production of the travel document coming to a v...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 19:32hrs | 1926 | by Judith Sibanda
Bread crews promoting bread shortages for self gain
The bread delivery van crews from the country's three main bakeries are feeding the prevailing bread shortages for personal gains, the Harare Post has established. During the weekend, this pub...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1433 | by Nobleman Runyanga
To compare 1950 USA 'opulence amidst public squalor' to same in Zimbabwe is compare mouldy strawberries to yew berries
"The late JK Galbraith, an influential economist in the US public sphere more than 60 years ago, described Americans' conspicuous consumption in his book The Affluent Society as "private opulence amid...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | 750 | by Wilbert Mukori
The two faces of Zimbabwe
Zanu-PF popped the champagne to celebrate Zimbabwe's promotion by the World Bank from a lower income country to a lower middle economy. Apparently we now have an average annual income of $1,790....Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:28hrs | 1086 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
For once, do listen Mr Mnangagwa
THERE is a vernacular saying that advises us that: Akuruma nzeve ndewako.In simple English, this means whoever gives you friendly advice is on your side. And when a whole Head of State takes t...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:01hrs | 4863 | by Editorial -Newsday
Warriors cleared by Caf
THE Confederation of African Football have said despite the red flags raised following the 2019 Afcon Group A game between Zimbabwe and the DRC, there is no suspicion of any corrupt acts in the game....Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:07hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Kagame tells Mnangagwa to 'convince Zimbabweans first'
RWANDAN President Paul Kagame has said his Zimbabwean counterpart, Emmerson Mnangagwa, should not "bribe" his way out of the crisis facing the country, but work with his people to ensure they support ...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:07hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF will not turn around economy' said MDC A, gleefully - neither will you, just want TA
MDC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube says the current Zimbabwean government is poised for failure and anyone pinning their hopes on it will be disappointed."Is there still anyone who st...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 15:18hrs | 1525 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Dr Kurotwi's comment on Ncube's piece in the Bulawayo24
Before outlining my comment in full, I want to straighten the incorrect position taken by Ncube when he accuses me for having singled out Obert Mpofu as corrupt.A historical narrative would as...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 10:02hrs | 2318 | by Dr. Lovemore Kurotwi
Machete wielding gangs terrorize villagers in Zvishavane
The 2008 violence that saw most rural Zimbabweans decapitated and maimed by Zanu-PF militia is being relieved in rural and urbanZvishavane and Shurugwi in the Midlands Province following a new wave of...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 18:36hrs | 3102 | by MakhoPrecious Moyo
The future of Zimbabwe's economic growth through proper collection of taxation and diaspora taxation
Zimbabwe is a country that is coming out of three decades of of economical abyss The Zimbabwean economic challenges are many and addressing them will not happen overnight. Security situation has...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 18:50hrs | 772 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'We ran economy well, figures speak for themselves' - economy is not half of it, mess speaks volume
"If you look at the Zimbabwean crisis in the last 20 years, the Central Bank has been at the epicentre of the distortions. Some of you might not know that during the GNU we didn't have the central ban...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:39hrs | 1707 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chinese miner's property attached over 'slave' wages
CHINESE mining firm, San He Zimbabwe, had its property attached by the sheriff after it failed to settle over US$218 970 in salary arrears and non-payment of overtime.The mine, based in Guruve...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:26hrs | 1472 | by Staff reporter
Probe teams for all VID depots
Government has deployed investigative teams to the country's 21 Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) depots that are still to be computerised as it intensifies the fight against corruption in the iss...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:25hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers warned against approaching High Court in pending criminal trials
High Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda has warned lawyers against challenging the dismissal of their clients' applications for discharge at the close of the State's case, saying the move was largely...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1325 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA dares Mliswa, Chizuzu
ZIFA have come out guns blazing and dared Norton House of Assembly representative Temba Mliswa to come to the airport and effect a citizen's arrest on the Zifa officials upon their arrival from the To...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 19:04hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
Scandal prone Zinara caught up in yet another murky deal fiasco
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) could have lost US$5,2 million in a murky deal which was supposed to see a 'controversial third party' earn a US$5 million kickback as a condition fo...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 17:53hrs | 1704 | by Staff Reporter
4 councillors 'implicated' tender scandal
FOUR Bulawayo councillors have been implicated in an alleged tender scandal after a prospective parking management company allegedly pampered them with five-star hotel junkets among other goodies, Sun...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 08:22hrs | 2127 | by Staff Reporter
VID officers suspended
Government has - with immediate effect - suspended Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officials from Marondera and Beitbridge depots on allegations of corruptly issuing provisional driver's licence...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 20:27hrs | 2378 | by Staff reporter
Heads to roll at VID
ACTION is going to be taken against Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) officials who are corruptly issuing learner driver's licences to underserving people and modalities are being worked out to comp...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1188 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is a new driver in an old taxi
Wolverhampton - Zimbabwe has been in crisis for decades and the crisis is deepening. A change of leadership has highlighted how hypocritical and disillusioned Zanu-PF and its leaders are. Emme...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 14:54hrs | 2500 | by Isaac Chawasarira
Chief Chivero assault case takes new twist
THE assault case of Chief Chivero (Brown Shopo) at Sunny Yi Feng tile manufacturing plant in Norton this week, has taken a new twist with the Chinese firm counter-accusing the traditional leader of be...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 08:17hrs | 3146 | by Staff reporter
Cops acquitted in $5 bribery case
Two Matabeleland North highway patrol police officers who were facing abuse of office charges for allegedly receiving a $5 bribe from a bus conductor have been acquitted.The two officers, Noms...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 17:04hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
8 truck drivers fined for fuel theft
EIGHT truck drivers and two security guards employed by Sinohydro in Hwange have been fined for stealing fuel that they drained from the company's trucks for sell. The eight drivers bribed the...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:39hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
Drivers' licence scam unearthed
The Vehicle Inspection Department (VID), which conducts driver training among other duties, has been taken over by criminal gangs that are fleecing the public and Government through pocketing various ...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:38hrs | 2831 | by Staff reporter
Massive scandal rocks Lupane Passport office
Mthwakazi Republic Party is saddened by the level of corruption at Lupane Passport office. The party's intelligence department through a tip-off raised by the Lupane residents has today unearthed a ma...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 19:13hrs | 5644 | by MRP
'Electoral theft does not pay' - pays well when ruling steal in cahoots with opposition
I am in for Twitter's policy of limiting the tweet to 280 characters still there are some subject that are so complex it is simply impossible to have an intelligent discourse on Twitter! "Elec...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 07:28hrs | 659 | by Nomusa Garikai
What constitutes a youth in Zimbabwe politics?
I have always been intrigued by members of Zanu-PF that fall under their youth branch or wing. The leadership is made up of middle-aged men probably in middle life crisis no wonder they are not in syn...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:10hrs | 215 | by AT Kadada
'Cannot use tractor to pull Chamisa to dialogue' - bribe him again but can never bribe economy
"I cannot get a bulldozer or a tractor to pull him out of his house for talks. I have made a call to all political parties in Zimbabwe that let us come together. Is he not a leader of a political part...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:02hrs | 567 | by Nomusa Garikai
Envoy's daughter duped in tender scam
A WOMAN believed to be the daughter of Zimbabwe ambassador to Belgium, Tadeous Tarirenyika Chifamba, was allegedly duped of US$2 000 after being promised a contract to supply uniforms to the Zimbabwe ...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:19hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa elbows out Rugeje
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pushed out Lieutenant-General Engelbert Rugeje (retired) as Zanu-PF political commissar, replacing him with loyalist and long-time ally Victor Matemadanda as the battl...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:17hrs | 6905 | by Staff reporter
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