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Zinara corruption saga opens can of worms
Former Zinara chief executive Mr Frank Chitukutuku approved 51 questionable contracts that prejudiced the road administrator of more than US$39 million in connivance with rural district officials and ...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:14hrs | 1188 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zinara chief to lose 6 houses, vehicles
Former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) chief executive Frank Chitukutuku will lose a total of six houses, a fleet of vehicles and several companies - including an insurance company - if...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1246 | by Staff reported
Nicholas Goche fingered in Zinara mess
FORMER Cabinet Minister, Nicholas Goche's has been sucked in the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) saga that saw the parastatal losing millions of dollars through corporate governance ma...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 09:07hrs | 1338 | by Staff reporter
Priority shifts to investigations, asset recovery
The commission has so far this year received more than 60 reports of suspected corruption.The reports were received through walk-in clients, by telephone, through letters, email and use of soc...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:32hrs | 99 | by Comm John Makamure
Zinara in staff clear out
A substantive chief executive officer for the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) will start work on April 1 as the face of a new executive that took over from the previous scandal-plagued ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:09hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
ZACC intensifies asset recovery
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) intensified its asset recovery programme in the past two weeks by impounding several vehicles suspected of being smuggled into the country without paymen...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:52hrs | 135 | by Comm John Makamure
Dr Nkululeko Sibanda's property to be seized by ZACC
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is ready to hunt the corrupt beyond the grave and now wants to seize property in the estate of the late Twalumba Holdings director Dr Nkululeko Sibanda. ...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 3555 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zinara boss jailed
Former Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) Director, Simon Mudzingwa Taranhike will spend the next 15 months behind bars after he was found guilty and convicted for criminal abuse of offic...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 19:20hrs | 2235 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zinara boss name unchanged
The State yesterday told the court that former Zinara boss, Frank Chitukutuku who is facing six charges of criminal abuse of office had not officially changed his name. Chitukutuku allegedly a...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 05:55hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira's trial to kick off on the 4th
The state has completed investigations into four of the nine criminal abuse of office charges against former Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Priscah Mupfumira, to pave way f...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 21:40hrs | 1361 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zinara boss arrested
FORMER Zinara boss, Frank Chitukutuku has appeared in court facing six charges of criminal abuse of office after allegedly awarding road rehabilitation contracts worth US$20 million to a 'colleague' w...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:37hrs | 256 | by Staff rpeorter
Under probe ex-Zinara boss changes name from Chitukutu to Mandlamakhulu
FORMER Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) chief executive Frank Chitukutuku, who is under investigation for fraud, has changed his surname. He has done so together with his family. This i...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1310 | by Staff reporter
Zinara looters put on notice
A team of experts assembled by Government from both the private and public sector to pore over the recent Zinara forensic audit has recommended the recovery of funds that were allegedly bilked from th...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:40hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zinara boss explains his millions
FORMER Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) chief executive Frank Chitukutuku has made his first attempt at explaining how he acquired massive wealth valued at over US$20 million following a...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 06:19hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Dembare survive late scare
Herentals 2 3 DynamosEVANS Katema and Godknows Murwira had an assist and a goal each as Dynamos scored the fastest Premiership goal this season and remained in contention in the championship race....Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:22hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
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 | 392 | by Prosper Simbarashe Maguchu
Caps fans bay for Chitembwe's blood
Herentals 3 - 1 Caps UnitedCaps United fans camped at the team's exit point at the National Sports Stadium yesterday calling for the resignation of coach Lloyd Chitembwe after their team suf...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 12:30hrs | 2026 | by Staff reporter
Zinara splashes millions on hiring luxury vehicles
Zinara could be splurging up to $2 million each year on hiring luxurious vehicles for its top management and board executives. Despite the dismissal of some top executives over corruption alle...Published: 30 May 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1797 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zinara boss’ properties frozen
Former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) chief executive officer Frank Chitukutuku's properties worth over US$20 million have been frozen by the High Court, following an application filed...Published: 24 May 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
Bosso draw blanks against Herentals
Highlanders 0 – 0 HerentalsBALL possession dominance, creation of scoring chances which they fluff; this is the sad tale of Highlanders as they continue to write their own piece of wrong history...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:23hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor-General guns for ex-Zinara boss' property
Prosecutor-General, Kumbirai Hodzi, the head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to freeze former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara)...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:54hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Ndiraya takes over at Dembare
LLOYD Chigowe said his face was not the most popular in Harare on the eve of Dynamos' third straight league defeat, and a day after that embarassment, he was gone. The lanky gaffer, nicknamed ...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:11hrs | 1790 | by Staff reporter
Dembare fans demand coach's head
Dynamos 0-1 Herentals DYNAMOS supporters turned against their team and reminded coach Lloyd Chigowe that his days at the helm of the Harare giants could be numbered after the side suffered a...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:08hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
Zinara under fire over huge wage bill
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) was yesterday put under scrutiny in Parliament over revelations by Auditor-General Mildred Chiri that the road agency was paying employees hefty sala...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
Former Zinara bosses summoned to Parliament
Former Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) chief executive Mr Frank Chitukutuku and Moses Juma have been summoned to Parliament to respond to audit reports revealing gross flouting of tend...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 22:45hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Zinara chefs face corruption probe
DETECTIVES from the police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Fraud Squad have opened a probe into two Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) senior managers over allegations of corrupt...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 13:14hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Dembare snap Congolese duo
DYNAMOS are close to sealing deals with two Congolese internationals, central defender Mbiyavhanga Wombo and striker Ngandu Mankala.Wombo has been playing in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:29hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Inept bosses cost Zinara US$200m
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has suffered a financial loss in excess of US$200 million due to incompetence and lack of expertise by its senior managers to negotiate contracts ben...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Multi-million dollar scandal rocks Zinara
AN external forensic audit has uncovered massive corruption, tax evasion and corporate governance rot at the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara), in which the government agency lost millio...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 13:38hrs | 3603 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF: The re-birth and the re-opening
THERE is a certain refreshing aura around names on the official list of candidates contesting today's Zanu-PF primary elections ahead of national elections scheduled for July this year.Some of...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 08:54hrs | 720 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF gears for its primary elections
As Zanu-PF gears for its primary elections set for next Sunday, several provinces are today holding provincial coordinating committee meetings where chairpersons are expected to announce the final lis...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 06:54hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
2018 polls: It's game on
Zanu-PF will hold primary elections next Sunday with the ruling party employing a new strategy that will see candidates holding joint campaign rallies.More than 1 302 candidates are set to bat...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Kagonye accused of tempering with aspiring candidates' CVs
There was commotion yesterday at Goromonzi District rural offices after Labour and Social Welfare Minister Petronella Kagonye was accused by fellow Zanu-PF aspiring candidates of tampering with their ...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara suspends boss over bogus qualifications
Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has suspended administration director Precious Murove for corruption and fraud after he was hired without proper qualifications.The suspensions ...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 14:42hrs | 1397 | by Staff reporter
Another corrupt big fish off the hook
When Gershem Pasi, the ex-Zimra commissioner-general, resigned from his post last week after a year on suspension for alleged multi-million corruption, the media chose to make it loud news. The nosy j...Published: 28 May 2017 at 09:32hrs | 574 | by Tawanda Majoni
Chihuri challenge cop’s application for review over dismissal
Police Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri and Chief Superintendant Masina has challenged the application for review filed by a police officer Tapiwa Chikukutu who was dismissed for misconduct....Published: 10 May 2017 at 06:35hrs | 469 | by Stephen Jakes
Zinara grader tender was not above board
Just too often, corporates step up to say lofty things about themselves, especially when there are questions around their conduct. This is predictable because capital mostly tends to rebel against ins...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 10:11hrs | 179 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zinara, Univern ties raise stink
Former Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) CEO, Frank Chitukutuku, left his post in a huff in 2014.His contract was due to expire in March 2015 but he offered to leave by Decem...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 08:46hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa-Chamisa appointed new Zinara CEO
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has appointed Engineer Nancy Masiyiwa-Chamisa as the substantive chief executive officer effective September 1, 2016. Eng Masiyiwa-Chami...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 06:47hrs | 1913 | by Staff reporter
SA tycoon bleeds Zinara
A South African businessman Mr Niko Shefer, is reportedly siphoning millions of dollars from the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) as facilitation fee for the $206 million loan accessed ...Published: 31 Aug 2016 at 06:32hrs | 826 | by Tendai Mugabe
Ministries, parastatals face tenders audit
Government ministries and departments that paid for goods and services that were not delivered from 2009 will be exposed by an audit ordered by the Office of the President and Cabinet.This is ...Published: 12 Jan 2016 at 05:19hrs | 1021 | by Lloyd Gumbo
British, Americans behind job dismissals, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I know many of you are wondering what is really happening in our country. I really share your concerns.As your leader, it should be my sole...Published: 06 Aug 2015 at 16:29hrs | 6649 | by CZ
Zinara looking for CEO
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has resumed its search for a chief executive officer.The CEO position was left vacant last year after the resignation of Frank Chitukutuku, ...Published: 03 Mar 2015 at 10:47hrs | 3430 | by Mafu Sithabile
Heads to roll at Zinara
Zinara has embarked on a major staff shake-up which workers allege is a purge to staff to cover up for years of financial impropriety. The purge has already claimed the scalp of FD Thomas...Published: 05 Jan 2015 at 08:46hrs | 2478 | by Staff reporter
Zinara boss fired
Zimbabwe National Roads Administration finance director Mr Thomas Mutizhe has been fired for alleged gross incompetence and insubordination.He was recently fired from the organisation foll...Published: 31 Dec 2014 at 04:12hrs | | by Crime Reporter
Oliver Mtukudzi to get 'real' PhD
ICONIC musician Oliver Mtukudzi is set to get the perfect recognition on Friday where he is expected to be conferred with an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree by the Great Zimbabwe University (GZU)...Published: 30 Oct 2014 at 16:29hrs | 7279 | by Staff reporte
Zimbabwe vehicle population tops 1,2 million
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration says the country's vehicle population now stands at 1,2 million, up from about 800 000.In a statement on its website yesterday, Zinara said there has ...Published: 02 Sep 2014 at 07:03hrs | | by Farai Kuvirimirwa
MPs exempted from tollgate fees
Legislators have been exempted from paying tollgate fees.This follows a request tabled by parliamentarians seeking an exemption ostensibly because they would be performing parliamentary duties...Published: 30 Jul 2014 at 11:32hrs | 2913 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi doctorate 'null and void'
THE Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (Zimche) has warned high-profile people who were awarded honorary doctorates by the International Institute of Philanthropy (IIP) to desist from using the ti...Published: 28 Jul 2014 at 08:31hrs | 3611 | by Staff reporter
College banned from awarding degrees
THE Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE) has banned the International Institute of Philanthropy (IIP) from awarding degrees to anyone after it emerged that the institution is not registered....Published: 28 Jul 2014 at 08:16hrs | 3097 | by Mpumelelo Nyoni
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