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SA police intercept vehicle with 14 illegal migrants from Zimbabwe
Gauteng Police stopped a bakkie with 14 illegal immigrants, mostly women, from Zimbabwe to Gauteng.The illegal immigrants alleged that they each paid the driver R1500 to transport them to Joha...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1125 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF internal poll meddling a harbinger to election crisis
THE chaos surrounding Zanu-PF provincial elections following which the ruling party banned its members from celebrating presumed victories in internal polls has once again exposed that democratic proc...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
ED's penchant for dodgy deals ruins economy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's penchant for dodgy deals from businesspersons and shady companies was once again brought into the spotlight this week after the government awarded Lithunian printing com...Published: 18 Dec 2021 at 11:23hrs | 3052 | by Staff Reporter
Dodgy company behind shady passports deal
LITHUANIAN company Garsu Pasaulis which was controversially awarded a contract to produce e-passports by the Zimbabwean government under a murky deal is a dodgy entity previously implicated in bribery...Published: 18 Dec 2021 at 10:55hrs | 1321 | by Staff Reporter
Zacc probes Bulawayo judge, lawyer
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched a probe into Bulawayo High Court Judge Justice Martin Makonese and lawyer Josphat Tshuma for alleged misconduct in cases involving land disp...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:43hrs | 1634 | by Staff reporter
Zacc pushes for whistleblower protection
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has come up with a cocktail of measures to combat rampant corruption through amending the Anti-Corruption Act, pushing for a whistleblower protection law...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:38hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
ZPRA children turn heat on Sipho Malunga over Esidakeni farm
The Esidakeni Farm saga has taken a new twist as pressure group calls on Zimbabwe Anti Corruption to investigate High court judge and prominent Bulawayo lawyer. Abantwana bomzabalazo a pressur...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 13:57hrs | 2292 | by Nicholas Ncube
Witnesses in witch hunt Zifa case will not be prosecuted
Witnesses in the Zimbabwe Football Association president Felton Kamambo's bribery case are free from prosecution.The State led by Michael Reza had asked the court to declare them hostile after...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Zifa secretariat refutes interference reports
Zifa acting head of secretariat Xolisani Gwesela has dismissed reports doing rounds that some suspended executive committee members were still calling the shots in the operations of the association or...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm yet to start airport job seven months after contract
The multi-million-dollar contract to fix Zimbabwe's Air Traffic Control Communication Systems (ATCCS) by China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) is yet to commence, seven months after the Chinese mul...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 13:07hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
High Court frees land developer
THE High Court has released land developer Felix Munyaradzi from remand in a case in which he was accused of defeating the course of justice.The complainant in the matter was police Commission...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Tagwirei gift to Guvamatanga a bribe'
Treasury secretary George Guvamatanga's acceptance of lavish gifts from corruption-accused business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei is legally questionable, lawyers have said.Guvamatanga spared no ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 19:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rampant corruption in Zimbabwe jails
CORRUPTION is rampant in Zimbabwe's prison facilities as wardens and inmates frequently fraternise to relax and ease jail terms and conditions, a top official has said.Zimbabwe Prison and Corr...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Land developer acquitted in bribery case
HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has dismissed bribery charges levelled against property developer Felix Munyaradzi.Munyaradzi, who is chief executive officer of Delatfin Civil Enginee...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes gold mine row
BLACKGATE investments, a firm that last week lost the disputed Ran Gold Mines near Bindura, has mounted fresh attempts to reclaim the asset, submitting explosive dossiers to anti-corruption agencies a...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Money laundering haunts Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE is one of the countries at high risk of money laundering, according to a report by the Swiss based Basel institute on governance.The report titled Basel anti-Money laundering (aMl) in...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivhayo bribery trial commences
A WITNESS in the trial of Wicknell Chivhayo yesterday told the court that the US$10 000 payment made by the Intratrek Zimbabwe boss to Zimbabwe Power Company board chairperson Stanley Kazhanje was abo...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senior Cop arrested
The Officer Commanding Mashonaland West province Commissioner Conneli Dube has been arrested on allegations of criminal abuse of office. Comm Dube was arrested by officers from the Zimbabwe An...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 19:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO boss entangled in BAT bribery scandal
A joint investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC Panorama and the University of Bath reveals British American Tobacco (BAT) was linked to a conspiracy to pay a bribe of between US$...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 18:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Consultant testifies in Chivayo case
AN engineering consultant yesterday told the court that he is the one who recommended former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chairperson Stanley Kazhanje to provide consultancy services to business...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
'It's not just Loga alone'
Zimbabwean football fraternity has for the past few months been engulfed in a series of debates surrounding the quality of Warriors head coach Zdravko Logarusic who has been making headlines for all t...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:33hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ranked among high-risk money laundering countries
RELEASED on September 13, 2021, the 10th Basel anti-money laundering index showed Zimbabwe scored 6,78 out of 10 (where 10 indicates the highest risk level) and has landed in the top 12 of the unenvia...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 04:49hrs | 1 | by Prosper S Maguchu
Zanu-PF caught in bribery storm
A COLLABORATIVE probe by a British media house, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the University of Bath, has exposed how the ruling Zanu-PF party received mouth-watering bribes from the Brit...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 05:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
British American Tobacco (BAT) negotiated bribe for Mugabe, new evidence suggests
A BBC Panorama investigation has found evidence that suggests one of Britain's biggest companies paid a bribe to the former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe.Documents show British American Toba...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 09:26hrs | 14 | by BBC
Immigration ‘bribe' probe underway
Government is investigating immigration officials who allegedly demanded a bribe from a foreigner at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare recently. In a statement, the Min...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe says sorry to airport shakedown Kenyan travel blogger
Zimbabwe's home affairs ministry has apologised to a Kenyan tourist who was "hustled" by immigration officers, apparently in an attempt to force her to bribe them.The woman, who uses the socia...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 17:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo trial set for September 9
The trial of businessman Wicknell Chivayo on allegations of paying a US$10 000 bribe to former Zimbabwe Power Company chairman Stanley Kazhanje, was yesterday set for September 9 for continuation. ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of 'bribery'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe use of ‘'soft'' power to courting of the opposition has been termed abuse of power, after he gifted them vehicles.Mnangagwa is pulling all stops ahea...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Traffic cop nabbed over bribery
A TRAFFIC police officer was arrested and charged with criminal abuse of office after he solicited for US$25 from a complainant at an accident scene.The suspect, Musasiyashe Shadaya (27) appea...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes bribery cases of fake vaccination cards
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has started investigating cases of fake vaccination cards allegedly issued by some health officials at COVID-19 vaccination centres.This was reve...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dismisses bribery allegations
ZANU-PF today said the ruling party has never attempted to bribe opposition leaders as alleged by MDC-Alliance secretary general Mr Charlton Hwende.Zanu-PF spokesperson Simon Khaya-Moyo slamme...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC workers demand bribe to fix burst sewer pipe
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) employees have been implicated in a scandal where they allegedly demanded US$35 bribe from the Anglican Church in Luveve to repair a burst sewer line.The issue emer...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC moves to seize US$6m ill-gotten assets
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) wants to see the corrupt both jailed and stripped of their ill-gotten gains and so has this year so far referred 76 cases to the National Prosecuting Aut...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
R10 million worth of unlicensed Zimbabwean tobacco recovered in SA
SURROGATES in the tobacco industry have come under fire for destroying the industry and illegally taking unlicensed tobacco worth R10 million to South Africa and other countries at the expense of the ...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 05:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for ex-Zinara boss
Prosecutor-General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi's application for an order to forfeit identified properties owned by Frank Chitukutuku and his wife has been struck off the roll by the High Court because the appl...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mafume's trial postponed
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume, accused of illegally allocating residential stands to his sister and his law firm's secretary in Harare and then attempting to bribe a witness to testify in his corner, shou...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo, Intratrek bribery trial deferred
THE trial of Wicknell Chivayo and his company Intratrek Zimbabwe (Pvt) Limited on allegations of bribing former Zimbabwe Power Company chairman Stanely Kazhanje US$10 000, was today deferred to August...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 18:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smuggling syndicate in bribery storm
A SMUGGLING syndicate allegedly tried to bribe police at Nyazura Police Station around 2am on Sunday so that they could get back 16 bales of mobile phone handsets that had been confiscated by the law ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ANC activist missing after 'CR17' bribery claims
WHISTLEBLOWER Phadima Fukula, who made corruption allegations and opened a criminal case against Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane and a senior judge, has gone missing.On March 30 this year,...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm to fix Zimbabwe’s troubled aviation system
A Chinese multi-national, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), has just signed a contract worth close to US$5 million to fix Zimbabwe's troubled aviation air communication systems despite a flawe...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 16:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Civil War has technically started in Zimbabwe
After the November 2017 coup, President Mnangagwa (ED) does not only have the colonial instruments of repression but also improved means of controlling population movements, geographical reach-thanks...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 14:10hrs | 10 | by Sam Wezhira
Smuggling cartels control Mutare
CARTELS smuggling fuel and second-hand clothes into the country have become powerful and daring to an extent of hiring earth-moving equipment to clear and periodically repair gravel roads connecting i...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 05:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Security forces deep in gold smuggling: Report
MEMBERS of the security forces and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) officials tasked to maintain order and security in the mining sector have been accused of the smuggling of the precious mineral outsid...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinese now influential players in illicit gold trade study
CHINESE nationals are now "prominent and influential actors" in Zimbabwe's lucrative gold sector and have formed questionable partnerships with the elite in Zanu-PF and senior law enforcement agents....Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 05:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa aides in bribery storm
TWO top aides in President's Emmerson Mnangagwa's office have been remanded in custody for extortion after they were allegedly caught red-handed receiving a bribe from Chinese investors.Patric...Published: 21 May 2021 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bribery storm rocks Mines ministry
THE Ministry of Mines and Mining Development last week suspended two of its top directors on allegations they tried to solicit bribes from South African potential investors, Lephalele Mining.T...Published: 14 May 2021 at 07:48hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Passports syndicate member admit to charges
A member of a syndicate that roams around the Registrar General's offices in Harare, fleecing desperate passport seekers of money, Nicholas Chogugudza, today admitted in court to soliciting for bribes...Published: 11 May 2021 at 15:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
RG's office 'shields' corruption accused officer
The Registrar General's office is allegedly refusing to cooperate with investigators in the case involving passport processing officer, Prisca Moyo, who is facing charges of soliciting for a US$20 bri...Published: 11 May 2021 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZACC speaks on accused official
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has said it did not receive any formal complaint against one of its investigators, Eric Chacha on allegations of criminal abuse of office following repor...Published: 11 May 2021 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border post upgrade to cause delays for 6 weeks
THE busiest land border in Southern Africa will experience six weeks of delays as a result of an ongoing upgrade project.Beitbridge border post, which has about 25,000 people and 500 trucks pa...Published: 10 May 2021 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
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