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Treasury loses $112 billion to dodgy crony tax exemptions
TREASURY, always in financial dire straits, lost about ZW$112 billion in potential revenue last year (approximately US$1.3 billion on the official exchange rate) through tax expenditures consisting of...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Multi-million dollar whistleblowing corruption scandal rocks Zimra
MASSIVE corruption - which has dragged on for years - is rocking the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)'s multi-million-dollar whistle-blower fund which the tax collector's senior officials are lootin...Published: 26 May 2021 at 16:23hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Mugabes' diamond, ivory deals exposed
FRESH startling details have emerged indicating how the late former President Robert Mugabe and his family worked with extop parastatal and security bosses to ship high-grade diamonds and ivory out of...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former Zimra boss Pasi freed
FORMER Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Gershem Pasi was yesterday freed by a Harare magistrate who granted his application for refusal for further remand because the State stil...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Hordes apply for Zacc posts
Parliament has been inundated by applications from potential corruption busters willing to join the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), with 130 aspirants having thrown their hats into the rin...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 09:44hrs | 1791 | by Staff reporter
Pasi seeks removal from remand
FORMER Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Gershem Pasi, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges, has filed a notice before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Chitumbura, seeking r...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:44hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Former parastatal bosses face criminal abuse charges trial
FORMER bosses of Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), National Social Security Authority (NSSA) and City of Harare, who are separately accused of criminal abuse of office, were yesterday given trial da...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra top brass in smuggling racket
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) 10 top managers have been named in an alleged $3 million cooking oil and chicken smuggling racket, which was reportedly swept under the carpet.Documents ...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 09:54hrs | 967 | by Staff repoirter
Busy year for Zimbabwe courts, as govt takes corruption head-on
THE year 2018 was characterised by arrests of most high profile figures for corruption, including former ministers, senior government officials and public entity bosses who were serving in the old dis...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 11:30hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Zezurus fall from high positions as Karangas take over
Like bags of maize dropping from a speeding truck, Zezurus that have been occupying strategic positions during Mugabe era are now falling in numbers as Mnangagwa's Karanga take over and build their ow...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 07:34hrs | 10075 | by Israel Dube, MLO Secretary for Information and Public Affairs
Pasi's fraud case deferred to next year
Former Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commissioner-General Gershem Pasi who stands accused of criminal abuse of office appeared in court yesterday for routine remand where his case was postponed t...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 14:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unexpalined wealth: Mnangagwa digs in
Wealthy Zimbabweans are in for a fix after President Mnangagwa has pronounced they must explain their source of wealth otherwise it will be deemed as ill gotten wealth. "People should...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 09:31hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa coming after cartels
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday vowed to clamp down on cartels involved in various corrupt activities such as fraud, money-laundering, insider trading and manipulation of government procurement...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zimra boss appears in court, granted $2,000 bail
Former Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) Commissioner General Mr Gershem Pasi has appeared before Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe facing charges of criminal abuse of office prejudicing the revenue...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 17:15hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zimra chief Gershem Pasi arrested
POLICE last night arrested former Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Gershem Pasi over criminal abuse of office."I can confirm that Pasi has been arrested. He is likely to...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:44hrs | 6410 | by Staff reporter
Zimra official in nasty tiff with tax whistleblower
AN acrimonious fight between a top Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official and a whistleblower has reportedly prejudiced the country of millions of dollars with the former allegedly slashing amoun...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zimra boss's wife challenges divorce
FORMER Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commissioner-General, Gershem Pasi's wife, Susan Pasi (nee Zata), has approached the High Court challenging her husband's application for nullification of the...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:52hrs | 2071 | by Staff reporter
Zimra justifies board fees
THE 9 percent jump in fees and allowances for Zimbabwe Revenue Authority board members for the year to December 31 last year, has been attributed to the high number of meetings held to tackle pressing...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bonyongwe causes storm at Zimra
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has been plunged into a fresh storm after it emerged that board chairperson Willia Bonyongwe ordered that their meetings should not be digitally recorded in what...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 14:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pasi contests $217,000 Zimra claim
Former Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commissioner-General Mr Gershem Pasi is contesting the $217 000 claim filed against him by his former employer, arguing that the period within which the taxma...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff Reporter
Zimra sues Pasi for $218k for fraud, abuse of office
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is demanding $217 624 from its former commissioner-general, Gershem Pasi, accusing him of abuse of office and fraud.Zimra issued the summons on March 21 ...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zimra boss Pasi slapped with $217,000 lawsuit
Former Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commissioner-General Mr Gershem Pasi has been slapped with a $217 000 lawsuit for unjust enrichment and poor administration that financially prejudiced the ta...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 10:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra boss tackles corruption claims
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) board chair Willia Bonyongwe is accused of a litany of corruption and bad governance allegations, leaving the state tax collector in a fresh storm of dishonest deali...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:27hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
$124,000 debt haunts Gershem Pasi
Former Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Gershem Takavada Pasi has been taken to court by BancABC, which is seeking to recover $123 987,59 after he allegedly failed to service a&...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 10:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
External auditors to probe ZRP scam
GOVERNMENT will engage the services of a private audit firm to carry out a probe into the financial irregularities rocking the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) after it emerged that some senior commande...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra appoints new boss
The government has appointed a new Zimbabwe Revenue Authority Commissioner General as the state seek to rejuvenate its operations and clear all the wrong doings by the Robert Mugabe administration in ...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police fines raise $38 million
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) collected $38,28 million in fees and fines in the nine months to September 2017, a revenue statement by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Culture has shown.Po...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gershem Pasi ordered to return Zimra vehicle
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has written to its former commissioner-general, Gershem Pasi, demanding the return of a Toyota Land Cruiser he left with following his resignation early this yea...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 18:00hrs | 2445 | by Staff reporter
Why top Zimra official was suspended
A SENIOR Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official has been suspended for failing to investigate two of his colleagues accused of receiving cars and cash to conceal a high-profile smuggling case inv...Published: 04 Sep 2017 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP roadblocks rake in $60 million
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) expects to collect nearly US$60 million from traffic fines this year, nearly double last year's projection, according to Parliament's budget oversight office....Published: 15 Jun 2017 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Criminal charges against Pasi
Former Zimbabwe Revenue Authority Commissioner-General Mr Gershem Pasi who recently resigned after being suspended over 45 charges of misconduct will not walk free as the authority will press criminal...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lifestyle audits unsettle Zimra workers
AN internal lifestyle audit on workers by the country's tax collector, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), has unsettled employees, who argue that the exercise is a violation of their privacy....Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 09:17hrs | 1713 | by Staff reporter
Pasi doesn’t need immunity
FORMER Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Gershem Pasi (pictured), locked in a bruising legal battle with his employer of 16 years, resigned last week. Pasi was suspended last yea...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 07:11hrs | | by Faith Zaba
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 | 581 | by Tawanda Majoni
Gershem Pasi pleads for immunity
Former Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Gershem Pasi, who resigned this week amid 45 charges of misconduct, sought an exit package and immunity from prosecution before quitting....Published: 26 May 2017 at 06:50hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
Suspended Gershem Pasi resigns from Zimra
EMBATTLED Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commissioner-General, Gershem Pasi, has terminated his contract with Zimra citing a broken relationship following 7 months of investigations into allegatio...Published: 24 May 2017 at 10:43hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Agencies not remitting revenue to Treasury: RBZ
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has said a number of agencies are collecting revenue, but not remitting it to Treasury, a development that has left the financially-troubled government hamstrung. ...Published: 03 May 2017 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's tender board boss murderd mafia-style
FORMER State Procurement Board (SPB) executive chairman and senior professional bureaucrat Charles Kuwaza could have been murdered, contrary to the narrative he committed suicide by jumping to his dea...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 12:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's govt squandered diamond revenues
DESPITE complaints from government which make it appear as though Treasury did not receive meaningful remittances from diamond mining companies, it has emerged the fiscus got US$472 million from Mbada...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 14:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra boss Pasi's fate expected soon
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Gershem Pasi is expected to know his fate on several allegations, including corporate governance malpractices, massive corruption, fra...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
More abuses unearthed at Zimra
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority executive led by suspended Commissioner-General Gershem Pasi allegedly prejudiced the institution of US$500 000 through a computer and fuel scam, it has emerged....Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 22:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra suspends 8 more managers over shady dealings
The national revenue collector Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has suspended eight more senior managers a forensic audit implicated them in shady dealings feared to have cost millions of dol...Published: 01 Jan 2017 at 08:59hrs | 1543 | by Staff Reporter
Zimra intensifies staff lifestyle audit
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has embarked on a massive lifestyle audit of its staff with the authority sniffing everywhere including bank accounts, mobile money transfers and the deeds office to...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 05:20hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Chinese businesses in Zimbabwe flouting tax laws
Chinese businesses in Zimbabwe have come under the spotlight following claims they are flouting the country's tax laws by failing to issue out tax invoices when conducting business. This was r...Published: 31 Oct 2016 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gersham Pasi in $1m benefits fraud storm
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Revenue Authority Commissioner General Mr Gershem Pasi fraudulently awarded himself $1 million in benefits that were not in his contract, ostensibly seeking approval from his su...Published: 31 Oct 2016 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corruption flourish at Zimra
Corruption is rife within the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) as it has so far handled 34 corruption-related cases this year.Board secretary and director for legal and corporate service...Published: 30 Oct 2016 at 12:00hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Zimra to lose $1 billion in revenue this year
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is expected to lose US$1 billion in potential revenue this year as the number of companies applying for concessions to import capital goods duty free increas...Published: 30 Oct 2016 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihuri's 13 years on job with fake qualifications
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority's (Zimra) Director of Loss Control Mr Charlton Chihuri only has four Ordinary Level subjects but has been working at the revenue authority for the past 13 years afte...Published: 29 Oct 2016 at 16:20hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
More top Zimra officials suspended
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has suspended three more senior officials for alleged misconduct.Robert Mangwiro, Shadreck Dimingo and Truenia Dimingo were suspended this week after...Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 09:05hrs | 2136 | by Thobekile Zhou
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