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How committed is Mnangagwa to eradication of corruption?
PreSIdenT emmerson dambudzo Mnangagwa addressed the nation on the auspicious occasion of the fifth edition of the African Anti-Corruption day on July 12, 2021.I listened to the president with ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 532 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Zimbabwe ranked second least happy country in the world
The 2021 World Happiness Report is out, and Zimbabwe ranked one step above Afghanistan, the world’s unhappiest country in the world. A total of 149 countries made the pool of countries that were ran...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1494 | by Tafara Mtutu
Mohadi still enjoying lavish taxpayer-funded privileges
DESPITE resigning in March as state vice-president amid a string of sensational sex scandals, Kembo Mohadi - who remains Zanu-PF co-deputy leader with Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga - is still en...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1791 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's corrupt election funding exposed
THE ruling Zanu-PF mortgaged the country's natural resources in lieu of US$100 million in financial support ahead of the country's 2013 general elections, a new report by a local watchdog has shown....Published: 21 hrs ago | 1827 | by Staff reporter
'Lockdown restrictions fuel corruption'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has said enforcement of COVID-19 regulations has fuelled corruption in communities.In its 2020 annual report released recently, ZHRC said the lockdo...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:50hrs | 1339 | by Staff reporter
LSU in unscrupulous procurement deals, authorities unfairly suspend transport officer
LUPANE State University (LSU) under the administration of Vice Chancellor Pardon Kuipa has again been caught in an unscrupulous goods procurement process and construction project without following ten...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 14:42hrs | 1185 | by Stephen Jakes
Chaos in SA points to failure on democracy
The spate of violence that is engulfed South Africa shows that not all citizens have internalised constitutional democracy and the rule of law as the organising principle of the post-apartheid society...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:33hrs | 214 | by Mashupye Maserumule
Tribute to Solomon Bundo the great man of God
Mukoma Solo as I fondly call him was a man of valour, valliant soldier of Christ, symbol of unity, pillar, in all virtues, embodiment of love. Little did I know that November 2020 would be our estrang...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 17:58hrs | 1836 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe Economic Forecast H2 2021
Zimbabwe's economy is largely expected to register modest growth in 2021 buoyed by a bumper harvest in agriculture, partial dollarization and declining inflation, growth in export earnings and increas...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 13:30hrs | 400 | by Victor Bhoroma
Eradicating extreme poverty critically essential
The World Bank Economic Update on Zimbabwe released in June 2021 contains some worrying trends on the increase in extreme poverty in the country. The report points that the number of extremely poor re...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 13:27hrs | 178 | by Victor Bhoroma
Hefty fines for violating COVID-19 regulations
THE Judicial Service Commission has approved the proposed new schedule of fines for COVID-19 regulation violations, which will see offenders paying a maximum of $5 000 for violating preventive protoco...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:27hrs | 1724 | by Staff reporter
Minister warns farm invaders
THE Government will not allow the invasion of farms and grazing lands and land seekers need to follow procedure. Speaking after a tour of Gandawasvika Clinic which is being constructed by Mako...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:13hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
'More Zimbabweans face deportation from UK'
UNITED KINGDOM-BASED human rights organisation, the Zimbabwe Community Appeal Group (ZCAG), says more Zimbabweans are set to be deported from that country, some of them without criminal history....Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:52hrs | 2540 | by Staff reporter
Whites more corrupt than us, says Mliswa
OUTSPOKEN Independent Norton legislator Themba Mliswa says white owned companies in Zimbabwe are looting the country's natural resources much more than those owned by indigenous people.In a se...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:45hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt spends $120 million on lunch
GOVERNMENT yesterday said at least $119 million has been spent on daily allowances and lunch for health professionals administering COVID-19 vaccination across the country, while only $99 million was ...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:41hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
Government halts Chinese mining activities in game reserve
GOVERNMENT departments implicated in granting Chinese firm, Afrochine, a controversial special mining grant inside Mavuradona Game Park were on Monday summoned for a crisis meeting in which they trade...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:34hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
'Entrepreneurship, no politics, will solve our problems' insist Masiyiwa - rubbish, solution is good governance
"Masiyiwa challenges entrepreneurs to solve problems in their communities" screamed the headline. When you are rich, Strive Masiyiwa, is filthy rich and so when he speaks even the rich and powerful si...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 20:06hrs | 1333 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Political interference undermining Zacc'
ANTI-CORRUPTION activists say political interference has undermined the effectiveness of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) in bringing corrupt high profile individuals to book.The...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:24hrs | 2579 | by Staff reporter
'Give AG power to prosecute, enforce accountability,' says Moyo
FORMER State Enterprises and Parastatals minister Gorden Moyo has called on Zimbabwe to change its statutes and ensure that the country's Auditor-General's Office is bestowed with prosecuting powers t...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:13hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's A1 known knowns: Zanu PF has already rigged 2023 and participating will give illegal regime legitimacy
"There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 23:00hrs | 926 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Fact-checking Biti's corruption speech
Opposition MDC Alliance vice president and former finance minister Tendai Biti gave an online speech on corruption in Zimbabwe on July 18, 2021.Here, we check key claims from Biti's address:...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 19:35hrs | 2141 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa challenges entrepreneurs to solve problems in their communities
Pan-African businessman and billionaire entrepreneur Strive Masiyiwa, who is also the African Union's Special Envoy in the fight against COVID, talks about how he led the creation of the Africa Medica...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 08:34hrs | 1713 | by Agencies
'Inflation a Zimbabwe regime change tool'
AFTER two decades of blaming sanctions imposed by the West for its failure on the economic front, the Zanu-PF government has found a new scapegoat - inflation - describing the scourge as enemy-enginee...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1988 | 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 06:42hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
UK deportations, end of era of lies
THE deportation of the first batch of 14 Zimbabweans from Britain signals a dawn of a new era in the history of relations between Zimbabwe and the former colonial power. The frosty relationship betwee...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1887 | by Staff reporter
Insurrection! Sounds like copy and paste United State America's 6th of January 2021 - a global circus!!
This is how low ANC has sunk to equate the last weeks violent events in South Africa as an insurrection. Again to term hungry population as criminals is a sign of a government that has lost authority ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 22:02hrs | 388 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bigwigs in messy sugar tender storm
A group of transporters linked to Zanu PF bigwigs have allegedly threatened sugar-producing giant Tongaat Hullet with unspecified action if it fails to award them tenders. In May, the sugar producer f...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:24hrs | 1724 | by Staff reporter
Informal traders resort to smuggling
WItH no formal employment, Bekithemba Ncube* says smuggling groceries and other goods from neighbouring Botswana for resale in Bulawayo helps him put food on the table for his family.the finan...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Umguza CEO, councillors suspended
THE Government has once again suspended Umguza Rural District Council (RDC) chief executive officer, Mr Collen Moyo and five councillors including its chairperson, Councillor Alexandra Gasela....Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:03hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
ZACC guns for US$7bn assets illicitly siphoned out of the country
An estimated US$7 billion worth of assets were illicitly siphoned out of the country through corruption and money laundering and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is now ratcheting up mea...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:00hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Chinese in massive looting of Zimbabwe's minerals, says Chief Chiweshe
A TRADITIONAL leader in Mashonaland Central province has in a rare show of bravery stood up and accused Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe of being behind massive looting of the country mineral resources....Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 07:58hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has 2 747 covid-19 related deaths' - what is nauseating is some still believe the lie
Zimbabweans are a naive and gullible people, easily fooled; hence the reason the country is in such a mess. Indeed, in some cases as now we like to be fooled so we do not have to deal with the consequ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1212 | by Wilbert Mukori
Top cop breathes fire over corruption allegations
Officer In Charge (OIC) Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Mvurwi Shakeman Dzongera is allegedly breathing in a national OICs group who are warning ...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 11:30hrs | 2909 | by Paul Ndou
National hero's widow arrested for school fees fraud
THE wife of the late national hero, Jacob Mapepete, was arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission after she collected school fees from Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1782 | by Staff reporter
Police implicated in Binga smuggling
THE smuggling of liquor, cigarettes, bags of cement, and building materials through the Zambezi River into Binga has been on the rise, with police accused of facilitating the illegal activity....Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:20hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Kariba MP arrested in SA 'smuggling' Broncleer
AN ASPIRING Kariba MP Stanley Kauso was arrested in South Africa recently for attempting to help a Zimbabwean woman smuggle out boxes of cough syrup, Broncleer.The cough remedy, commonly known...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:18hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Govt moves to strike off ghost pensioners
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it was embarking on a biometric life certificate verification exercise of its pensioners to strengthen the pension management system and avoid payment of "ghost pensioners"....Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:29hrs | 1329 | by Staff reporter
UK slaps sanctions on Kudakwashe Tagwirei and companies
The United Kingdom on Thursday announced it had imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on Sakunda boss and President Emmerson Mnangagwas adviser, Kudakwashe Tagwirei.The sanctions will also ap...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 16:11hrs | 4442 | 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 16:04hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Its not sanctions but corruption hitting Zimbabwe
The 2017 Coup was for ZANU PF political bigwigs who felt that they were being outclassed in joining the gravy train of looting the country dry.The coup was just like fielding a reserve side of...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 15:47hrs | 1189 | by Leonard Koni
Top cop's corruption exposed
Criminal Investigations Department Officer in Charge Mvurwi has been accused of massive corruption by his juniors, Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Inspector Shakeman Dzongera is not at peace with hi...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 14:17hrs | 3952 | by Lloyd Rabaya
SA Minister made a fool of himself on BBC by denying ANC failures and yet admit 'slow response gave rioters field day'
"The people responsible for the riots sparked by the jailing of former South African President Jacob Zuma failed in their insurrection because the ground for them was not fertile, the country's transp...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:38hrs | 867 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Jacob Zuma leaves jail to attend brother's funeral
South Africa's jailed ex-president Jacob Zuma was granted compassionate leave from prison on Thursday so he can attend his brother's funeral, the government said.Zuma, 79, was sentenced to 15 ...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:43hrs | 2565 | by Staff reporter
No, Mr Biti, you are not a jack of all trades
A week ago, the local mainstream and social media were abuzz with news of MDC Alliance (MDCA) faction co-vice president, Tendai Biti's rantings against the International Monetary Fund (IMF's) report o...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | 999 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zimra executives in US$585m tax evasion corruption scam
CORRUPTION skeletons involving a series of multi-billion-dollar tax evasion scandals are tumbling out of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) cupboard amid a new corruption scam involving Chinese di...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 11:17hrs | 2968 | by Staff reporter
UK MP fumes over Zimbabwean minister's US$330K supercar purchase
Zanu-PF has declared war with the United Kingdom after one of the former coloniser's MPs yesterday said he would raise questions in the House of Lords over how a yet to be identified Zimbabwean minist...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:31hrs | 1524 | by Staff reporter
Companies threaten to sue Auditor General Mildred Chiri
AUDITORGeneral (AG) Mildred Chiri says her office has been threatened by some companies named in her recently released hardhitting annual audit report for 2019.Giving oral evidence to the Publ...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:07hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt VID depots fingered over horror crash
Masvingo and Zvishavane Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) depots are playing the blame game after details emerged that the Toyota Wish that was involved in the Mhandamabwe road carnage which claim...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:07hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
Mass UK deportations exposes MDC's double standards
The news which has gripped the Zimbabwean community in the UK about the chartered flights of loads of Zimbabwean criminals has shaken the community with mixed feelings. But the most surprising wailers...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 06:16hrs | 3413 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Africa welcomes a new Dictator
"The country's law enforcement agencies will track down, identify and act against those who lit the flame, and those who spread it," said the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa. By those words...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 13:38hrs | 8602 | by Sam Wezhira
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