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Zimbabwe govt economic blueprints and policies rubbish sanctions fallacy
As I write this article, the government of Zimbabwe is launching its so-called strategic roadmap for a US$12 billion mining industry by 2023, officiated by the president Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa - ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 24 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Ex-police inspector vanishes as $7 400 goes missing
A FORMER police inspector who allegedly defrauded the police service of $7 400 has gone into hiding. Vusimuzi Ncube (55) is said to have committed the offence while he was based at the Police ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 9 | by Staff reporter
Brothers in alms
There apparently being nothing pressing to do at home, comrade Mnangagwa splashed out $30,000 an hour on hiring a plane from Dubai to fly him and his delegation to a conference in France. He is report...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 19:09hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil
Nust deputy bursar quits
A DEPUTY bursar - finance and administration at the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo, Mr Reaboka Noko has reportedly resigned amid allegations that he embezzled funds from the...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:47hrs | 1790 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa name dragged into extortion scandal
ZANU-PF'S Matebeleland South youth league chairperson Washington Nkomo has been fingered in a US$12 000 extortion scam involving a Shangani miner using President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name. The scam ha...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma faces up to 25 years imprisonment
Former South African President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Mhlanganyelwa Zuma faces up to 25 years imprisonment if found guilty of during a trial where he is facing 18 charges of fraud, corruption, money lau...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 11:40hrs | 5436 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ex-Zanu-PF bigwig wants case dropped
Former minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs Jason Machaya, who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office, has petitioned the High Court seeking review of a decision by a Gweru magistr...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-cop 'defrauds' ZRP, on the run
A FORMER police officer from Bulawayo is allegedly on the run after defrauding the force of RTGS$7 400.The suspect was identified as a former Inspector, Vusumuzi Ncube (55) from Nkulumane 5 su...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
On the run Zimra official in court for fraud
A Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official who had been on the run for days before her arrest on Tuesday for alleged fraud appeared in court yesterday.It is alleged that she was a member of...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Nurse training agent' nabbed
POLICE have re-arrested a woman believed to be the leader of a racket that recently swindled over $60 000 from 43 people desperate to train as nurses after promising them placements at Masvingo Provin...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko due in court on November 12
The trial of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, who is facing charges of criminal abuseof office, will take place from November 12 to 15.Mphoko allegedly instructed junior officers at A...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Media house raided to get information it has on Gordhan and Ramaphosa
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) raided Dr Iqbal Survé's offices in Cape Town this morning, in what the businessman described as a "fishing expedition" and "an intimidation tactic"....Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 19:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hackers wipe clean $26,000 from Cabs account
A MAKOKOBA resident was on Monday defrauded of $26 612,97 by suspected cyber criminals after they allegedly hacked his bank account by sending text messages instructing him to punch a code which gave ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra officer on the run
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer Sekelwe Maphosa who is part of a gang that defrauded the authority of millions of dollars in a fraudulent vehicle cleara...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Telecoms, a key driver for development in Zimbabwe
In view of a lack of liquidity and a falling currency in Zimbabwe, the telecoms sector is one of these that could drain significant revenues, if properly regulated. This requires the State to deploy a...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 12:40hrs | 2 | by Angela Collings
Ex-Prisons boss in court over US$1,2m fuel fraud
RETIRED Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Elizabeth Banda and Gloew Trading company supervisor appeared in court yesterday facing US$1,2 million fr...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another ZIMRA official arrested for fraud
POLICE have arrested one of two Zimra officials who were on the run after being fingered in a fraud case involving a syndicate that allegedly smuggled vehicles worth millions of dollars into the count...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
WANTED PERSON: Sekelwe Maphosa
Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police in Plumtree has announced that they are keen to interview one Sekelwe Maphosa in connection with a case of Fraud involving clearance of vehicles into the ...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 14:35hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Grace Mugabe's Mazowe Orphanage 'fraud' exposed - REPORT
Former First Lady Grace Mugabe's empire is teetering on the brink of collapse following reports that she will be stripped off powers to the US$7 million Mazowe Orphanage project that she had usurped, ...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 22:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo denies Chamisa appointment
Exiled Professor Jonathan Moyo has denied allegations that he was appointed to be MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's advisor recently.Posting on his micro blog twitter yesterday Moyo said, "President...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:16hrs | 11214 | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe fights diamond dealer lawsuit
Former first lady Grace Mugabe has filed notice that she will fight a US$3.9m lawsuit in which she is being sued along with her son Russell Goreraza and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP).Diam...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 18:15hrs | | by Staff repporter
Tsholotsho acting CEO arrested on graft charges
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council acting chief executive officer Nkululeko Sibanda has been arrested on allegations of fraud involving more than US$4,1 million.Sibanda is alleged to have preju...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 17:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Syndicate steals from the dead
SON to the late Zimbabwe wrestling legend Big Mike Tshuma, David Tshuma was last week arrested after he allegedly tried to sell a house that did not belong to him.Tshuma (35) was arrested with...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 17:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Roadworks scandal hits Harare
Harare City Council (HCC) is reeling from yet another controversy after an internal audit unearthed a major scandal through which some road contractors engaged to rehabilitate 43 selected roads in the...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Provincial Mining Director arrested
Midlands' Provincial Mining Director, Nelson Munyanduri has been arrested over an array of allegations, including abuse of office.The Midlands Provincial Mining Director who has been in the me...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 21:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa govt targets Zanu-PF crooks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has launched a fresh blitz against Zanu-PF bigwigs and other crooks who have stashed billions of United States dollars abroad. This comes after Zimbab...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Economic environment in Zimbabwe difficult to operate in'
THE Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Zimbabwe (Icsaz) held its annual conference in Victoria Falls last week under the theme "Chartered Secretaries Influencing Economic Success...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra official denied bail
A 29-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official accused of defrauding his employer of US$433 000 and $1,5 million while stationed at Plumtree Border Post was yesterday denied bail by a Bulaw...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's application for release of passport dismissed
Former Vice President, Phelekezela Mphoko's application for the temporary release of his passport was dismissed by a Harare Magistrate on the basis that he is a flight risk.The former vice pre...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 20:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Only Zimbabwe citizens themselves have the power to change their lives
Since 1990 - when I was in Lower Six - have been writing article after article - as if singing from the top of mountains - trying to advise the Zimbabwean government and showing them where they were g...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 09:03hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimra official forges Customs papers
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) official stationed at Plumtree Border Post has been arrested for allegedly forging customs documents to facilitate the smuggling of 50 cars into the country, preju...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Banning EcoCash by RBZ not a good idea
Whilst it is imperative for the government to put in place some safeguard legal provisions or policies to avoid or to police the alleged financial crimes, it is rather unconscionable to the publ...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 09:44hrs | | by Njabulo
Zimra loses US$430k to employee
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) employee stationed at Plumtree Border Post has been arrested on charges of defrauding his employer of over US$430 000 and over $1,4 million.Norest Ushe (29...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests trade unionist
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday arrested former National Employment Council for Engineering Council secretary-general Pumulani Musagwiza on fraud charges after he grabbed the ...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
An ethnic Genocide is brewing in Matebeleland as Ndebeles get tutsified by Mnangagwa's government
The Zanu PF's Rozvi mambo fraud in which the system is fronting Mike Moyo as their answer to King Bulelani Lobhengula, is the official government response to Matabele efforts to free themselves from S...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 08:53hrs | | by George M Mkhwanazi
Mugabe's estate: The skeletons are also hiding
Years ago, the late former president Robert Mugabe furiously denied that he owned properties or bank accounts outside Zimbabwe. He challenged sceptics to bring back even a pin belonging to him, if the...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 13:33hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Confusion over Sekuru Ndunge's estate
THE mystery that defined Sekuru Ndunge's life and work persists several months after his demise. The revered traditional healer - famed for possessing supernatural powers that attracted people of diff...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 13:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctor conned $49 000 in stand deal
A Herentals College employee on Monday appeared in court on allegations of defrauding a doctor based at West End Clinic of $49 000 in a stand deal. Pamela Benza (35), who is sister to Herental...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Bosso coach a 'fraudster'
HIGHLANDERS might have employed a fraudster amid reports suggesting their new Dutch coach Hendrik Pieter De Jongh was sacked in Hungary in 2014 for allegedly presenting a fake UEFA Pro Licence where h...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 17:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft prosecutor calls for stiffer penalties
Presidential anti-corruption special prosecution unit head Tabani Mpofu has called for stiffer penalties on people convicted of graft in order to effectively deal with the scourge, which he said is co...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra sweats over tax defaulters
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is sweating over the fiscalisation of companies after it emerged that some entities have not connected the recording of their taxable transactions on the fiscal ...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 21:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara disburses $42m for road projects
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has disbursed $42 million countrywide for road projects as it resumes its core functions as enshrined in the Road Act. A forensic audit at Zi...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
U.S. told to come clean about knowledge of 1980s Mugabe genocide in Zimbabwe
Human rights groups and activists are demanding the release of CIA and State Department files showing how much the U.S. government knew about what they say was a genocide in the 1980s under Zimbabwean...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 15:06hrs | | by Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times
Cop arrested for obstructing course of justice
A member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has appeared in court facing charges of obstructing the course of justice by facilitating the escape of Chinese nationals who were found in possession of...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 12:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
As Dr Magombeyi resurfaces, the third force debate rages on, as Job Sikhala narrates torture story
The acting president of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctor Associations Peter Magombeyi, who was allegedly abducted on Friday last week in Budiriro, was on last week Thursday night confirmed to have been releas...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 11:29hrs | | by Thomas Mukandi
Serial fraudster masquerades as top CIO operative
A SERIAL fraudster has been arrested in Bulawayo for allegedly masquerading as a top Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer and a close security aide to President Emmerson Mnangagwa before du...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
THROWBACK: Emmanuel TV Releases 'Confession' Of Man Who Arrested TB Joshua For Drug Trafficking!
Nigerian cleric TB Joshua has released a 20-year-old clip showing the 'confession' of a man who claimed to be one of the officers who arrested him in 1996 on the accusation of drug dealing. ...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 07:29hrs | 13968 | by Ihechukwu Njoku
ZACC warns of imposters
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has warned that there are imposters masquerading as its commissioners and demanding bribes from unsuspecting members of the public. ZACC chairper...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zunaid Moti close to Zimbabwe pullout
Controversial South African tycoon Zunaid Moti is scaling down his Zimbabwe mining operations amid revelations that his relationship with President Emmerson Mnangagwa has soured.Moti and petro...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 17:02hrs | | by ZimLive
ANC to decide the fate of Zimbabweans in South Africa
South Africa's African National Congress is yet to make a decision on what will happened to the hundreds of thousands Zimbabweans who are living in the neighbouring country when the curren...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 16:49hrs | 10891 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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