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Zimbabwe nurses strike takes new twist
HEALTH workers are up in arms with Health Apex council leaders whom they accuse of nicodemously cutting a deal with the government to end their weeklong strike.Nurses and other health workers ...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 10:48hrs | 2292 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cop pockets R500 bribe from buses for 15 months
A Beitbridge man has been arrested for masquerading as a security officer for one year and three months, collecting bribes ranging from R300 to R500 from buses in the border town.Gabriel Chire...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:14hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Harare hikes parking fees for the fourth time in six months
Motorists in Harare will, starting from next month, be paying ZWL$400 per hour for parking in the Central Business District, up from the current ZWL$300, the fourth adjustment in six months this year....Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
186 000 arrested for bribery, smuggling
MORE than 186 600 people have been arrested countrywide on the three targeted crackdowns against cross-border crimes, bribing police and operating in machete gangs.The suspects have been arres...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Ajay Singh: The no nonsense Prosecutor
High profile criminals and persons of interest who came before the courts in the early 2000s hated state prosecutor Ajay Singh. Singh earned a reputation of being uncompromising and unwavering...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 13:16hrs | 884 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mliswa in scathing attack on fellow legislators
OUTSPOKEN Norton legislator Temba Mliswa Friday launched a scathing attack on parliamentarians, questioning whether they were not actively grooming corruption by remaining mum and failing to query ten...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 1957 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe airports agency beefs up security
ZIMBABWE'S airports authorities are planning to roll out multi-pronged systems enabling them to beef up security at porous exit and entry points, businessdigest was told this week.Previously, ...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:57hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
23 arrested for bribing police
POLICE on Friday turned down bribe offers by 23 motorists they had nabbed for traffic offences at a roadblock in Norton and arrested them for an additional crime of bribery.The four hours blit...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean illegal miners wreak havoc in Botswana, SA
To the residents of Matsiloje in northern Botswana, no foreigner is unwelcome unless they commit a crime.This is due to their own lives being deeply linked with their fellow clan members in Zi...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:24hrs | 1629 | by Staff reporter
Zacc warns bus crews
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) said they had noted with concern that there is group of criminals masquerading as officers from the commission, targeting cross-border buses, demanding v...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Scandal-ridden Glencore has a big footprint in Zimbabwe
GLOBAL commodities giant Glencore, one of the world's largest diversified natural resource companies, currently engulfed in a corruption and bribery storm in the United States, Britain and Brazil, has...Published: 31 May 2022 at 07:37hrs | 2060 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Davos jaunt criticised
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of blowing taxpayers funds on a "window-dressing" jaunt while ignoring calls to implement far-reaching reforms to attract capital.Mnangagwa was in...Published: 30 May 2022 at 06:58hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
77 goats die at LSU due to procurement malpractices
Seventy-seven (77) goats died at Lupane State University due to procurement malpractices in a clear abuse of state funds.The $52 000 000 for Innovation and Industrialisation from ZIMDEF has co...Published: 22 May 2022 at 13:37hrs | 2622 | by Stephen Jakes
Sex 'booster' takes Harare by storm
THIRTY-TWO-year-old Takunda Dube says he has been battling erectile dysfunction and decreased libido since he was 21.The condition is common, but can be a frustrating and embarrassing experien...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:34hrs | 1961 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe blames police corruption on citizens
Home affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has a plan to deal with police corruption: Zimbabweans must stop paying bribes, he told the Senate on Thursday.Kazembe admitted corruption was rampant in ...Published: 19 May 2022 at 18:59hrs | 880 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa protecting corrupt cronies
SENATORS on Wednesday rapped the government for its lax approach towards combating corruption, while accusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa of protecting corrupt officials.This came out during ...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:25hrs | 813 | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
ZRP ranked most corrupt govt dept
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has been ranked as the country's most corrupt government department, according to Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ).This was revealed in TIZ's latest...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:24hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe Airport 'now a human trafficking hub'
"A lot of things happen here at the airport. It all depends on the money on offer," an immigration official at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport said.In October 2021, Roselyn Dun...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:14hrs | 1791 | by Staff reporter
EXCLUSIVE: 'Prophet' Jay Israel reported to Hawks over Fraud and Human Trafficking
Controversial Bulawayo bred; South African based Prophet Jay Israel (real name Jacob Dube) has been reported to the Director General of Home Affairs, the Hawks and the South African Revenue Services o...Published: 04 May 2022 at 13:32hrs | 2808 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo residents demand bribes to register to vote
Ekhaya Vote 2023, a consortium of civil society organisations (CSOs) in Matabeleland has reported that the residents of Magwegwe Suburb in Bulawayo are demanding bribes from the organization for them ...Published: 23 Apr 2022 at 13:08hrs | 1921 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Traditional leaders demand sex bribes in exchange for house stands
Traditional leaders in Matabeleland have been accused of demanding sexual bribes from women home seekers.The remarks were made by women during a recent communal engagement against ...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 14:34hrs | 1416 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa fires ZACC Boss Frank Muchengwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fire the embattled Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission Commissioner Frank muchengwa over gross misconduct and corruption. Mnangagwa fired muchengwa after a tri...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 16:56hrs | 1677 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zacc toothless
CORRUPTION remains the single most successful institution in the country employing several thousands of people, particularly those in high offices and their hangers-on.Media houses are doing a...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:42hrs | 220 | by Muzokomba villager
Mnangagwa recieves verdict on corruption accused ZACC Boss Frank Muchengwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was on Thursday presented with the final report of the tribunal set up to inquire into the removal from office of Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) commissioner, ...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 08:48hrs | 1088 | by Mandla Ndlovu
SA rejecting Zimbabwe COVID-19 vaccination cards
ZIMBABWEANS travelling to South Africa are having their COVID-19 vaccination cards rejected at various points of entry by that country's immigration officials over claims that they are fake.It...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:29hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Chinese defend projects in Zimbabwe
A top Chinese business representative has blamed the rampant violation of Zimbabwean investment laws by some of his compatriots on language barriers.Speaking at a panel discussion in Harare on...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:17hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission fails to account for millions in state funds
IN a dramatic irony, Auditor-General Mildred Chiri says the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has failed to properly account for millions of United States dollars which could have been misapp...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:40hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa waivers parentage proof for birth certificates
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has brought relief to Zimbabweans who have been struggling to acquire crucial documents like birth certificates after he directed that parental proof is not a requirement in the on...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:43hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Police raise alarm over bribe-taking cops
POLICE have raised concern over reports of corruption involving its officers deployed at the country's borders.This comes after 17 special security agents were last month arrested by the Zimba...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:00hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Police bar lawyer, media in a machete gangs indaba
OFFICER Commanding Mashonaland Central Commissioner Witcliff Makamachi was forced yesterday to descend with his provincial team to Guruv...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 21:23hrs | 1381 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mwaruwari takes over at Ngezi Platinum Stars
FORMER Warriors captain Benjani Mwaruwari is set to be confirmed as the new Ngezi Platinum Stars head coach after reportedly signing a four-year deal with the ambitious Premier Soccer League club....Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1826 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's polling agents pull out of by-elections
SATURDAY's by-elections could be reduced to a sham after it emerged Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) polling agents are withdrawing their participation after receiving unspecified threats.C...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:25hrs | 5673 | by Staff reporter
Chaos rocks Bulawayo war vets vetting exercise
CHAOS has rocked the war veterans vetting exercise in Bulawayo and Matabeleland provinces amid claims that some associations were being sidelined in the exercise.On March 14, Defence and War V...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:06hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Stubborn smugglers dice with death on treacherous Limpopo
DECENT Mbedzi (42) sits uncomfortably as he frantically nails together some wooden boards to make a wooden raft, just metres away from Dulibadzimu Gorge, about five kilometres south of Beitbridge bord...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:02hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Govt opens Bulawayoyo e-passport facility
A state-of-the-art e-passport bio-enrolment centre was officially opened yesterday at the Bulawayo Provincial Civil Registry offices as Government moves to decentralise access to travel documents in l...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:20hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo loses discharge application
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Felton Kamambo, yesterday indicated that he might appeal against the decision by Harare regional magistrate Mrs Bianca Makwande to dismiss his ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends Zacc commissioner's probe tenure
President Mnangagwa has extended by a further one month, the tenure of the tribunal set up in 2020 to inquire into corruption allegations against Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) commissione...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Cops flee roadblock
SPECIAL security forces on an operation against smuggling and illegal cross-border travel yesterday fled a roadblock just outside Beitbridge after a raid by officials believed to be investigating corr...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:29hrs | 5462 | by Staff reporter
Red tape blights civil servants' vehicle import scheme
EVERAL civil servants' vehicles imported under a duty-free scheme are stuck at the country's borders accumulating storage costs as the Finance and Economic Development ministry has not yet processed e...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 20:11hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to introduce plastic driving licences
The current metal driver's licences will soon be replaced with a new plastic disc from June this year as Government through the Central Vehicle Registry moves Zimbabwe into line with the Common Market...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:55hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo ruling further deferred
Judgment was postponed yesterday in the application by suspended Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Felton Kamambo for acquittal before being put on his defence on the charges of bringing ...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:53hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt VID officers warned
Reports that officers at the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) have been conniving for years with driving schools to demand bribes for learner's and driver's licences show the need for firm action...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
IDs crisis: Residents sleep outside Civil Registry offices
EVERY morning, people crowd outside the offices of the Civil Registry Department in Bulawayo forming snaking queues in their quest to acquire national identity cards, a process that continues to be a ...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Council officials in birth records scam
Officials at Harare City Council clinics are allegedly demanding kickbacks ranging between US$5 and US$10 to issue out birth records for newly born children, preventing from accessing the critical doc...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:28hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son-in law plunging Zimbabwean football into disarray to settle personal scores
THE suspended Zifa board has accused Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) boss Gerald Mlotshwa of plunging local football into disarray in order to settle personal scores.Fifa on February 24...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:37hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
Pushback over Chinese lithium push from US funded NGOs
A massive push by Chinese investors into Zimbabwe's multibillion dollar lithium mines has raised fresh fears of plunder with a leading resource campaigner pushing for stronger Parliamentary oversight....Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:34hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA president judgment deferred
HARARE regional magistrate Mrs Bianca Makwande will next month decide on whether suspended Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Felton Kamambo has a case to answer or not in a case he is acc...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:20hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
'We will protest rigged elections!' promised Chamisa - but why keep participating, it's insane
Insanity comes in all manner of degrees and disguises but have two things in common; one, it is mind bogglingly repetitive. Or as the great physicist Albert Einstein aptly put it, "insanity is doing t...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:17hrs | 548 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Reopening of borders will reduce illegal immigration, says Kazembe
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe yesterday said the reopening of the country's borders would reduce illegal immigration to South Africa at a time when Pretoria is struggling to contain the influx...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans risk police, crocodiles in desperate bid to reach SA
A BUSHY pathway leads to the crossing points along the Limpopo River that are the most treacherous part of the journey for Zimbabweans seeking a better life in neighbouring South Africa.The ri...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 18:22hrs | 1729 | by Staff reporter
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