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AMH Crisis Rages On: Journalists humiliated as marketing and distribution staff treated better
The crisis at Zimbabwe's leading privately owned media house, Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), continues to deepen, with journalists bearing the brunt of the company's financial turmoil.Only editor...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 14:04hrs | 518 | by Staff Reporter
Jairos Tapera sent on forced leave
Manica Diamonds head coach Jairos Tapera has been sent on forced leave following a disappointing string of results, in what appears to be the beginning of a quiet managerial reshuffle at the Premier S...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 12:39hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
AMH employees receive zero earnings after salary cuts and forced leave
Some employees at Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), one of Zimbabwe's leading private media companies, have received zero net earnings in the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) component of their salaries for two consecut...Published: 11 May 2025 at 19:47hrs | 1100 | by Ndou Paul
Council keeps jailed directors on payroll
Zvishavane Town Council is set to pay a combined US$108,000 in back pay to three senior directors currently serving jail terms for corruption, after failing to formally terminate their contracts follo...Published: 10 May 2025 at 14:19hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Zimpapers faces US$13 million scandal amid Audit revelations
A shocking internal audit at Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Ltd (Zimpapers), the country's largest and oldest media conglomerate, has uncovered a potential US$13 million misappropriation of funds, raising...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 12:57hrs | 1916 | by Staff reporter
Crisis continue to rock AMH
The financial troubled major private media company- Alpha Media Holdings in Zimbabwe is riling into continuous crisis as the management has since last mon...Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 22:48hrs | 2318 | by Staff Reporter
Air Zimbabwe wins retrenchment case
THREE-HUNDRED former Air Zimbabwe workers have lost their appeal against retrenchment after the Labour Court ruled they waived their right to object to the procedural irregularities by accepting retre...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mambondiani was forced to resign'
Former BancABC Zimbabwe managing director Lance Mambondiani is said to have violated policies relating to procurement of vendors where prices are said to have been inflated, Business Times reported....Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 10:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Praz boss loses court case against govt
FORMER Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) chief executive Nyasha Chizu has lost a High Court challenge against his employer after the authority terminated his employment contract in O...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senior Petrotrade managers challenge forced leave
TWO senior executives at state-owned petroleum firm Petrotrade have gone to court to challenge their placement on "mandatory leave", warning that the illegal action could plunge the country into chaos...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Ndlela, Moyo tipped for Bosso CEO job
FORMER Highlanders chairperson Themba Ndlela and ex-Zifa education officer Brian Moyo are reportedly the frontrunners to take over as club chief executive following the departure of Nhlanhla Dube....Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso must be run like a corporate brand
WHEN companies pour money in an organisation, they expect nothing but total corporate governance practice.They expect those they are sponsoring to run the organisation in a transparent manner ...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bosso camp in turmoil
Highlanders have been thrown into an administrative crisis which has seen chief executive officer Nhlanhla Dube going on forced leave. His contract with the club expires on December 31 and clu...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bosso CEO sent on forced leave
Highlanders Football Club chief executive officer Nhlanhla Dube has been sent on ‘forced' leave, three months before his contract with the Bulawayo giants expires.The firebrand Dube was hire...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 20:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mafume still Harare mayor?
JACOB Mafume yesterday told court that he was still Harare mayor.This was after the State filed an application to have him stopped from entering Town House, saying he could interfere with witn...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Companies challenge ZCTU over unvaccinated workers
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)'s court challenge against compulsory vaccination of workers has suffered a major blow after government and several private entities cited as respondents di...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lawyers challenge mandatory vaccination
A GROUP of lawyers, going by the moniker Anti-COVID Vaccines, has initiated moves to sue government, churches and employers over compulsory vaccination of employees and congregants.The lawyers...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt bars unvaccinated officials from events
GOVERNMENT has barred unvaccinated officials from attending next week's key national events, including Heroes and Defence Forces Day celebrations, to curb the spread of COVID-19 virus.Cabinet ...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge engineer faces incompetence charges
BEITBRIDGE town engineer Douglas Siphuma has appeared before a disciplinary hearing to answer to a variety of charges related to incompetence.However, the details about the hearing have not be...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Millers close, offload staff as imports rise
ZIMBABWE'S milling industry has hit turbulent times, amid revelations that some companies have suspended operations after a flood of cheap imported mealie-meal pushed them to the brink, it has been re...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Foreign journalists with fake accreditation deported
THE Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has said it operates in a transparent and accountable manner guided by the law and is calling on both local and foreign Press to respect laws of the country while c...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matanga corruption investigation hits a snag
THE high-profile corruption investigation against police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, among other cases, has been stalled by the failure of a key state witness, former Procurement Regulatory A...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Praz hunts for new CEO
THE Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) has begun the hunt for a chief executive officer (CEO) following the departure of Nyasha Chizu last month.Praz chairperson Vimbai Nyemba...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Reinstated Air Zimbabwe workers sent on forced unpaid leave
REINSTATED Air Zimbabwe workers have now been sent on forced unpaid leave and are demanding that the airline, technically insolvent and under administration, immediately withdraws these orders, which ...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's dramatic U-turn on top bosses
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has agreed to reinstate dozens of ministry directors he unilaterally fired two months ago, making a dramatic U-turn after mounting pressure and ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
5 Chitungwiza councillors arrested
Five of the 33 Chitungwiza Municipality councillors and officials picked up for questioning during a meeting, convened in contravention of the Urban Councils Act to replace the acting town clerk after...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ministry rocked by salaries scam
THE profligate President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration is spending millions of dollars per month on double salaries and allowances for senior officials in the Ministry of Health and Child Care des...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Harare pays Mushore $113 000 in damages
HARARE City Council has finally paid about $113 00 to former town clerk Mr James Mushore, whose appointment they bungled in 2016. The city, which was allegedly reluctant to pay its former boss, finall...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Power blackouts force Zimbabwe firms to shut down
Zimbabwe's economy could grind to a halt if power outages gripping the nation persist as production plunges, exports decline, companies lay off staff and disposable incomes shrink, after it emerged th...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe assaults housekeeper with fists
FORMER first lady Grace Mugabe allegedly assaulted a housekeeper at her Blue Roof mansion with fists and a shoe after she accepted a cash gift as a wedding present from former president Robert Mugabe,...Published: 13 May 2019 at 16:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho official on forced leave
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council executive officer-in-charge of Natural Resources, Mr Simelisizwe Sibanda has been sent on forced leave, following his arrest and subsequent appearance in court, where...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:00hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Botswana! The sinking of Africa's democracy basket
It was difficult to remain as silent when Africa's jewel of democracy took seat and comfort upon an imminent time bomb.The growing conflict between the most recent former president, Lt. Genera...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | 5 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Mushore wins case against council
Mr James Mushore, who was appointed Harare town clerk in April 2016 before Government rescinded his appointment, has won his case against Harare City Council after a labour officer ruled that his cont...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 15:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
More heads to roll at Zesa
SEVERAL Zesa Holdings senior managers face the axe following a damning forensic audit that has unearthed serious allegations of corruption and abuse of office.Last week, the national electrici...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra in corruption clean-out
CONFUSION reigned supreme within the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) yesterday following reports that as many as eight senior managers had been suspended on corruption charges.Zimra Commiss...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's problems mount
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is studying a forensic audit report on Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) amid indications that more than $3 million could have been taken from the fund in suspic...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rahman Gumbo sent on forced leave
WARRIORS' assistant coach Rahman Gumbo has been sent on forced special leave by South African National First Division side Witbank Spurs due to poor results that have seen the ambitious outfit registe...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe will rise!' says Musewe, the dreamer - pipe dreamer ignoring reality of rigged elections
My brother Vince Musewe, the dreamer, is back with a bang! Ever since he parted company with Tendai Biti and his People's Democratic Party (PDP) a year or so ago, Vince has been very quiet. If he was ...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 18:17hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mashakada deal could hand Hatfield to Zanu-PF
MDC-T legislator Dr Tapiwa Mashakada could have handed Zanu-PF the Hatfield seat on a silver platter after successfully filing his papers on an MDC Alliance ticket, knowing fully well that he might ha...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staffr eporter
How Zimbabwe loses millions to smuggling syndicates
THE government could be losing millions of dollars in revenue via its north-eastern port of entry at Forbes Border Post due to under-declaration and false classification of goods by importers to evade...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimdef forensic audit now complete
THE independent consultant engaged to audit the Zimbabwe Manpower Development (Zimdef) financials has completed work and the findings are set to be presented to Cabinet for review, a Cabinet Minister ...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
School of Mines chief executive sent on forced leave
THE Zimbabwe School of Mines (ZSM) chief executive officer, Tusai Dzingirai, has been sent on three months forced leave to pave way for investigations into allegations levelled against him by students...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra staffer in custody over $2m hit
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has apprehended one of the suspects who tried to transfer nearly $2 million from the taxman's fiscal accounts and cleared five officers who had been sent on forc...Published: 07 May 2018 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
9 Zimra officials on forced leave over $2m fraud
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has sent nine officials from its finance department on forced leave to pave way for investigations into an attempt to siphon nearly US$2 million from the tax man's fisca...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:13hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Fifa confirms ZIFA end of term
FIFA yesterday (Thursday) wrote a letter to ZIFA General Secretary Joseph Mamutse confirming that, contrary to a view held by ZIFA lawyer, Itai Ndudzo and those of his opinion, (that Chiyangwa still h...Published: 04 May 2018 at 17:49hrs | | by 263Sports.com
Ex-Zimra boss forced to leave with nothing
Former Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Gershem Pasi was sent on forced leave in May 2016 to pave way for investigations into allegations of corruption and poor corporate govern...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 07:53hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Zimdef forensic audit underway
A forensic audit of Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) is underway, Higher Education, Science and Technology Development minister Amon Murwira has told Parliament.At least six top man...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 11:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
NetOne moves to evict ex-CEO from house
The government-owned mobile firm NetOne Cellular (Private) Limited (NetOne) has dragged its former chief executive officer Reward Kangai to the High Court seeking to evict him from one of its properti...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt launches Zimdef forensic audit
GOVERNMENT has appointed Price Waterhouse Coopers to carry out a forensic audit at the Zimbabwe Manpower Development (Zimdef), with the firm expected to come up with a report at the end of this month....Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimdef probe witch-hunt intensifies
Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira has ordered a forensic audit into Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) books in a bid to uncover suspected corrupt activities during his pred...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
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