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Kazhanje jailed 3 years over Chivayo bribe
A HARARE magistrate yesterday sentenced former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chair Stanley Kazhanje to three years imprisonment for concealing a US$10 000 bribe he received from businessman Wickn...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1378 | by Staff reporter
Convicted ex-ZPC boss sentencing deferred
Convicted ex-ZPC boss sentencing deferredA HARARE magistrate yesterday deferred the sentencing of former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chair Stanley Kazhanje, who was convicted of conceal...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 09:19hrs | 1174 | by Staff Reporter
Former ZPC board chair convicted over Chivayo
Former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chair Stanley Kazhanje was yesterday convicted of concealing a US$10 000 transaction he received from controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo's Intratrek Z...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:20hrs | 1723 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo meets Malawi president Mutharika
Doors continue to be opened in the region for the controversial businessman, Wicknell Chivayo, who met Malawian President Peter Mutharika last week.Chivayo posted pictures of himself meeting M...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 19:07hrs | 3019 | by ZimLive
Ginimbi throws lavish party for journalists
Celebrity businessman Genious Kadungure is thrown a lavish party for journalists in Harare on Thursday. In a poster, he put on Twitter the youthful businessman is clear that the party is only ...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 06:47hrs | 955 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Commissioners to investigate Obert Mpofu named
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has constituted a Commission of Inquiry to investigate Zanu-PF secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu and other individuals fingered in corrupt dealings by the ZANU-PF Y...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 20:08hrs | 2884 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo calls on Zimbabweans to boycott Aug. 16 protests
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo sparked internet fury on Wednesday after calling on Zimbabweans to boycott protests called by the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change.The ...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 23:39hrs | 4529 | by ZimLive
Electricity cuts, lifestyles and modified behaviour in Zimbabwe
Electricity and access to it is a big issue in Zimbabwe at the moment. Not least by admission of our own government, but more importantly by the lived realities of many urban-based Zimbabweans, civil ...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | 668 | by Takura Zhangazha
Mnangagwa's cabinet panics
Zimbabwe's thermal power stations may soon fail to feed onto the national electricity grid after coal suppliers warned their stockpile lasts for 12 days, plunging the country into colossal power crisi...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:22hrs | 6715 | 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 | 545 | by Staff reporter
'Court erred in clearing Chivayo'
THE High Court erred in various respects when it cleared businessman Wicknell Chivayo of fraud in a case he allegedly swindled Government of $5,6 million and that the State has excellent prospects of ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power outages a manifestation of endemic corruption in govt
THE massive daily power outages rocking the country have had a devastating impact on an already fragile economy, throwing into disarray President Emmerson Mnangagwa's mantra that "Zimbabwe is open for...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:24hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi to contest Chivayo High Court judgment
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Mr Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday got the green light to contest a High Court judgment clearing Intratrek managing director Mr Wicknell Chivayo of any criminal liability in the $5,6 milli...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1177 | by Staff reporter
Chasi pushes for duty free solar equipment imports
ENERGY and Power Development Minister, Advocate Fortune Chasi, says modalities are being put in place to ensure solar products are imported duty free to increase investment in renewable energy across ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1537 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo apologises for failure to deliver on Gwanda solar project
FLAMBOYANT businessman Mr Wicknell Chivayo whose company was in 2015 awarded a tender and paid US$5 million by the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) for pre-commencement work at the 100 megawatt Gwanda sol...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:54hrs | 1062 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo cost country US$50 million
THE Government has suffered a potential revenue loss of about US$50 million as a result of the incompletion of the 100 megawatt Gwanda solar power plant, a Cabinet Minister has revealed.Speaki...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:13hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo's Intratrek ordered to complete Gwanda solar project
Energy Minister Fortune Chasi has ordered Intratrek Zimbabwe to deliver on a 100-megawatt solar power plant in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, following a visit to the construction site.Chasi, acc...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 17:29hrs | 2717 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa must be intolerant to corruption
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa has, on several occasions, indicated that his "Second Republic" government will not tolerate corruption, Zimbabweans have been confronted by a different reality....Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:11hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo breached solar project contract: ZPC
The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has accused Intratrek Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd of breaching the parties Gwanda solar project agreement by not contributing $1 million which it was supposed to inject into th...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe citizens missing in action
IN his 1957 ANC presidential address, chief Albert Luthuli once remarked: The length of the term of slavery depends largely on the oppressed themselves and not on the oppressor."Although his r...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:07hrs | 623 | by Levison Bhebhe
Ex-ZPC board chair reveals other Chivayo beneficiaries
FORMER Zimbabwe Power Company chairperson Stanley Kazhanje, who is accused of concealing his business interests in Intratrek Zimbabwe, yesterday revealed in court that he was not the only engineer pai...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 07:05hrs | 5874 | 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 | 1345 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF suspends Obert Mpofu
ZANU PF Youth League has announced that Obert Mpofu has been suspended from the party and will not be allowed to enter party offices until he clears his name on corruption allegations. In a hi...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 16:33hrs | 34745 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's lawyer blasts 'legal corruption'
TINOMUDAISHE Chinyoka, one of the lawyers who was part of the team that represented President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the Constitutional Court challenge on the 2018 presidential elections, yesterday bla...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 15:52hrs | 1450 | by Staff reporter
Judge blasts ZPC over Chivayo's solar project
High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has castigated the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) for its lackadaisical approach to finding common ground with Intratrek Zimbabwe fronted by Wicknell Chivayo to ...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 08:06hrs | 2241 | by Staff reporter
'ZPC bosses evaded procedures in Intratrek deal'
Senior Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) managers have been accused of evading laid-down procedures when payments were done to Intratrek Investment fronted by flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo for th...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 08:03hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell wins court battle against ZPC
THE High Court on Monday granted an application by Intratrek Zimbabwe to proceed with the 100 megawatts Gwanda solar project, which had stalled after a contractual dispute with Zimbabwe Power Company ...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 16:50hrs | 877 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo in fresh energy scandal
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo is in the eye of a storm as it emerged this week he could have misled the ZPC into making payments for earthmoving equipment worth US$800 000 to a non-existe...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1706 | by Staff repoter
Probe unearths Zesa rot
SHOCKING revelations of deep-seated rot and corporate malfeasance have been unearthed at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa), where millions of United States dollars were siphoned through...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:15hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
Sir Wicknell's Intratrek seeks leave for execution of judgment
INTRATREK Zimbabwe, a local private firm fronted by Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo, has filed a high court application seeking leave for the execution of judgment pending appeal on an order in wh...Published: 29 May 2019 at 20:24hrs | 2284 | by Staff reporter
Sir Wicknell to lose Gwanda solar project
Maverick businessman Wicknell Chivayo might soon lose the contract to build the Gwanda solar plant after the new Minister of Energy and Power Development Advocate Fortune Chasi said there were irregul...Published: 29 May 2019 at 12:09hrs | 2469 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chasi breathes fire over Chivayo
Energy minister Fortune Chasi has told the Zesa board to take urgent action to ensure that controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo completes the Gwanda solar project or that he repays the $5 millio...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:46hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo's bribe trial postponed
The trial of businessman Wicknell Chivayo who is facing charges of paying $10 000 to former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chairperson Stanley Kazhanje to allegedly influence him not to cancel a 1...Published: 22 May 2019 at 06:21hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo responds to Fortune Chasi
Maverick businessman Wicknell Chivayo has responded to the news Minister of Energy and Power Development Fortune Chasi who has said he wants to recover the USD$5 million that was advanced to Chivayo's...Published: 17 May 2019 at 15:11hrs | 4654 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fortune Chasi demands money from Chivayo
The new Energy and Power Development Minister Advocate Fortune Chasi has hit the ground running by instructing the management of Zimbabwe Electricity Power Authority to recover the $5 607 814,24 which...Published: 16 May 2019 at 14:26hrs | 4289 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa is a worried man
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has expressed disquiet over the slow movement in the battle against corruption following the arrest of several high-profile figures in the sprawling graft probe in the country. ...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:26hrs | 2509 | by Staff reporter
Why are we being subjected to this circus?
REVELATIONS that the State has been told to pay the legal costs of controversial businessman, Wicknell Chivayo is not only unsettling, but so upsetting that we call on our Justice ministry to crack th...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:57hrs | 380 | by Editorial - Newsday
State to pay Chivhayo's legal fees
The Supreme Court has permitted prosecutors who are fighting the acquittal of Wicknell Chivayo to file their papers and that they have to pay the businessman's legal fees.Justice Bharat Patel ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1408 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo's bribe trial postponed again
The trial of businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is facing bribery allegations after he allegedly transferred $10 000 into former ZPC board chairperson Stanley Kazhanje's bank account to influence him n...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:51hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
14 high-profile graft cases stalled
AT least 14 high-profile corruption trials have been stopped for various reasons by the High Court since last year, a development that has sparked public debate on the seriousness by some stakeholders...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:11hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade is fast-losing steam
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) launched the special anti-corruption courts with fanfare slightly more than a year ago, but a cocktail of challenges is retarding the prosecution of graft-accused...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:27hrs | 337 | by Charles Laiton
Chivayo says he will build the Gwanda solar plant
Maverick businessman Wicknell Chivayo says he has not abandoned the Gwanda solar plant and he will proceed to build it. Chivayo was responding to ZANU PF member Never Maswerasei who had said, ...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 18:38hrs | 2057 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: Wicknell Chivayo carrying US$1 million in cash
Controversial businessman Sir Wicknell Chivayo has posted photos of himself with US$1 million in cash on top of a desk at what looks like his office. ...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 09:36hrs | 11679 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Judge blasts State over Chivayo appeal
The Supreme Court on Wednesday blasted the State over clumsy work in its appeal challenging the acquittal of businessman Wicknell Chivayo of the $5,6 million fraud charge involving Zimbabwe Power Comp...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Mavhaire distances self from ZPC bribery storm
FORMER Energy minister Dzikamai Mavhaire yesterday distanced himself from the case in which the former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chairperson Stanley Kazhanje is being accused of concealing hi...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:57hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo in $800k real estate wrangle
BUSINESSMAN Wicknell Chivayo is seeking permission to file a notice of opposition in an ongoing dispute arising from an $800 000 property he purchased from a local company.Chivayo has listed F...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:09hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
ZPC board secretary throws Kazhanje under the bus
Zimbabwe Power Company board secretary Laura Tsomondo yesterday said former chairperson of the parastatal, Stanley Kazhanje, failed to declare his dealings with Intratrek Zimbabwe when he presided ove...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 08:06hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
Mavhaire fined $20 for refusing to be subpoenaed
Former Energy and Power Development Minister Dzikamai Mavhaire has been fined $20 by Harare Magistrate Hosea Mujaya for refusing to be subpoenaed in court. He is expected to appear as a state ...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 16:30hrs | 1146 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo case in new twist
Former Zimbabwe Power Company chairperson Stanley Nyasha Kazhanje yesterday denied allegations that he received a $10 000 bribe so that he does not cancel a 100 megawatt Gwanda solar panel station pro...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:53hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
ZPC boss disowns Chivayo
FORMER Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) chairperson Stanley Nyasha Kazhanje yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges that he concealed a personal interest in a transaction from his principal after he alleg...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | 1661 | by Staff reporter
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