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Schools buy cattle for govt officials after awards ceremony
Several primary and secondary schools in Mashonaland East have come under fire from parents after contributing to the purchase of cattle for two Cabinet ministers and Primary and Secondary Education s...Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 08:28hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Machakaire lashes out at 'lazy, rogue' govt officials
Youth Empowerment minister Tinoda Machakaire has launched a blistering attack on corrupt health professionals and underperforming government officials, blaming them for the collapse of Zimbabwe's publ...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 09:42hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP accuses govt officials of diverting food aid
Fanuel Cumanzala, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator for Binga South, has accused government officials of illegally diverting food aid meant to alleviate the effects of the El Niño-in...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:09hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt officials accused of land grab at Kanondo
Government officials have been accused of seizing land in the Kanondo area of Matabeleland North, designated for relocating villagers from Lubimbi to make way for the Gwayi-Tshangani Dam catchment are...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 14:39hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt officials loot food aid
Two officers from the Ministry of Public Service, Labour, and Social Welfare in Guruve, Mashonaland West Province, have been arrested for allegedly stealing food aid meant to support villagers affecte...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 14:49hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF member wants govt officials barred from seeking medical attention abroad
Zanu-PF's candidate for the Pelandaba -Tshabalala Constituency by-election, Joseph Tshuma, says if he is elected as the Member of Parliament, he will immediately propose a bill that would prohibit gov...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 18:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe govt officials too corrupt
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says there is rampant abuse of public funds by government bureaucrats by flouting procurement procedures, crippling service delivery.Addressing delegates at the pr...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:43hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt officials in Dubai to study modern systems of Statecraft
THE Chief Secretary in the Office of President and Cabinet, Misheck Sibanda is leading a delegation of top government officials to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where they are understudying modern g...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt officials should first declare assets
BEFORE Finance minister Mthuli Ncube asks us to declare where our foreign currency is coming from when we bring in foodstuffs and household goods from outside the country, the leadership of Zimbabwe s...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:29hrs | 6 | by Concerned
Zanu-PF bigwigs deplore top govt officials
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is under fire from senior Zanu-PF officials, including those stationed at party headquarters, who have raised concern over the failure by ruling party officials deployed i...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top govt officials in messy Petrotrade fight
STATE-OWNED petroleum firm, Petrotrade, has been rocked by fresh controversy amid reports that Energy and Power Development permanent secretary Gloria Magombo ordered the firing of two executives via ...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 18:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
25 Govt officials arrested in one week
Twenty-five Government officials have been arrested over the past week on allegations of criminal abuse of office, or fraud and stealing large quantities of bitumen meant for the rehabilitation of the...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Govt officials up for fraud
TWO Ministry of Industry and Commerce officials have been charged with fraud for allegedly issuing out 200 vehicle import licenses without authority.Andrew Matevere aged 37, who is a Licence C...Published: 29 Oct 2021 at 13:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF, govt officials in panic mode
AFRICA has a long-standing history of heavily contested elections.Most liberation war parties find it hard to let go of their grip on power.In Zimbabwe, the late Robert Mugabe had to t...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Evans Mathanda
Zanu-PF youths summon govt officials
Zanu-PF youths in Mashonaland East province on Wednesday summoned government workers, district development co-ordinators and ministers, and ordered them to support their activities.The tense m...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Crisis Coalition blasts Mnangagwa's spin doctor
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has vowed to continue with its pursuit for a democratic society in the wake of continued intimidation by some top government officials irked by the NGO grouping's w...Published: 12 May 2021 at 10:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
4 local govt officials remanded in custody to today
FOUR top officials in the Local Government ministry were yesterday remanded in custody to today for bail hearing after they fraudulently dispossessed a housing co-operative of land and allocated it to...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nyamandlovu farmer charged over threats to shoot govt officials
A Nyamandlovu farmer has been dragged to court on charges of threatening to shoot lands ministry officials that are allegedly trying to force him off his property.Ramutsi Mukwena, who runs Wel...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:50hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Govt officials loot US$20m farm mechanisation grant
SENIOR government officials, including those from the Ministry of Agriculture, feasted on a US$20 million farm mechanisation grant from China after diverting to personal use some of the farm equipment...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Corrupt Zanu-PF, govt officials must resign'
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) executive has thrown its weight behind the Zanu-PF youth league's anti-corruption drive by calling on party and government officials...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti roasts govt officials over US$3,2bn command agric loot
THE Finance ministry yesterday came under fire over how it managed to spend US$3,2 billion in six months, allegedly under the government flagship command agriculture programme between 2017 and 2018....Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 12:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
MISSING USD$ 3 BILLION: Mnangagwa called to account
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Chief Secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda have been called upon to account for the USD$3 billion that went missing after treasu...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 12:56hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Senior govt officials to buy own vehicles
The government has moved in to reduce expenditure emanating from the purchase and maintenance of government vehicles by introducing the public service vehicle loan scheme.The public service ve...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Performance contracts for senior Govt officials
Government has started preparing performance contracts for senior officials such as permanent secretaries and directorates and parastatals to measure the extent to which they would have implemented th...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK using Zimbabwe govt officials to interrogate failed asylum seekers
The Home Office has been inviting Zimbabwean government representatives to interview asylum seekers who have fled political persecution in the country, in what has been branded a "corrupt" exercise....Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by The Independent
Govt officials summoned over illegal land sales
The Land Commission has summoned government and local authorities' officials to a public hearing, to give evidence on the illegal acquisition and allocation of State land reserved for urban developmen...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt officials lambast trafficking middlemen
VILLAGERS who use their homes in the vicinity of the country's borders with other countries to facilitate human trafficking have no respect for human life and must face the full wrath of the law, a se...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt officials up for theft of command fuel
Three Agriculture, Mechanisation and Rural Resettlement ministry officials, who allegedly diverted fuel coupons worth thousands of dollars meant for command agriculture beneficiaries, yesterday appear...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt officials accused of taking bribes
PARLIAMENT's Mines and Energy Committee has accused Energy ministry officials of contributing to the country's fuel shortages by taking bribes from Billy Rautenbach's Green Fuel and allowing him to ma...Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Top govt officials assisted in diamond mine grab'
A KARIBA-BASED gold mining company, Townsend Enterprises, has accused top government officials of facilitating the takeover of its gold claims at Gache-Gache on the shores of Kariba Dam by State-owned...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
'The General' urges Mnangagwa to ensure non selective law enforcement on corrupt govt officials
Former ZBC presenter Eric 'The General' Knight has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to ensure that the law is not applied selectively on corrupt top government officials."The commitment...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:57hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
More corruption arrests for govt officials
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson, Mr George Charamba, has said more government officials face arrest as the crackdown on corruption in Government is continuing.He also shot down claims that the Gover...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MP Majome tells local govt officials to abide by the laws
Harare West legislator for MDC-T Jessie Majome has told the local government officials to abide by the laws which demands respect for residents by authorities.She made the remarks during a mee...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
9 local govt officials cheat death
NINE Beitbridge local government officials, including district administrator Kilibone Ndou, cheated death yesterday when their car overturned 65km from Beitbridge.The accident occurred as they...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told his govt officials must lead by example
Zimbabwe Retailers Association leader Denford Mutashu has reportedly told president Emmerson Mnangagwa to lead by example in the reduction of prices.He reportedly said he should be the l...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 15:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Hundreds prospective voters turned away for not having National IDs
Hundreds of people trying to register to vote are being turned away in Matobo district for not having national identity particulars in an area which was hard hit by the Gukurahundi genocide in the 198...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 06:46hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe govt officials remain mum on Grace Mugabe's whereabouts
Zimbabwean government officials on Wednesday refused to shed light on First Lady Grace Mugabe's whereabouts after she did not turn up at the Randburg Magistrates Court on Tuesday to answer to assault ...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 13:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dear government of Zimbabwe
May you please attend to the following as a matter of urgency.1. Our roads are now a death trap please do something in conjunction with Zinara, local authorities, communities and Transport Min...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 19:51hrs | 2 | by Anonymous
Govt officials selling IDs
A HUMAN rights and peace watchdog has accused authorities at the Registrar General's Office of forcing poor villagers to pay in cash and kind to obtain identity documents ahead of a by-election in...Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzembi the most qualified candidate for WTO secretary General
MDC-T senior official Tapiwa Mashakada has said Zimbabwe's Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi is the most qualified candidate for the World Tourism Organisation secretary general position.Mzembi i...Published: 26 Jan 2017 at 04:52hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Mzembi asked to probe govt officials frustrating visitors
Some concerned citizens have written a letter to Tourism and Hospitality Minister Walter Mzembi asking him to p[-robe the issue of government officials who are frustrating visitors into the countr...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Govt officials fingered in cyanide poisoning
The mastermind in one of the country's biggest ecological disasters, which resulted in the death of more than 100 elephants at the Hwange National Park, is walking free because bureaucrats tempere...Published: 15 Apr 2014 at 12:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt officials to be forced to explain policy issues to media
President Robert Mugabe's spokesperson George Charamba has revealed plans to create a media services department to "convince and in some cases force" government officials to appear in the media ex...Published: 22 Feb 2014 at 16:28hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MPs, govt officials trapped in Parliament elevator
THREE MPs, three government officials, a reporter and a staffer at Parliament on Tuesday had a nightmarish experience after they remained stuck in an elevator at Parliament Building for almost an hour...Published: 16 Jan 2014 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will 2014 usher in an Egypt style revolution in Zimbabwe Part 2
Crane Brinton's Theory of Revolution Historian Crane Brinton argues that the revolutionary "fever" begins with certain "symptoms." It is only right and ...Published: 13 Jan 2014 at 05:07hrs | 4 | by Dr Clifford Chitupa Mashiri
Poorly performing govt officials risk risk losing jobs
SENIOR Government officials who perform poorly at their stations risk having their contracts terminated under a new performance appraisal system which seeks to ensure all State departments execute the...Published: 22 Sep 2013 at 04:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
19 MDC-T activists arrested for impersonating Govt officials
AT least 19 MDC-T activists were arrested on Thursday for impersonating Government officials as they moved door-to-door in Hatcliffe, Harare, ordering residents to register with them as voters....Published: 25 Apr 2013 at 20:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
EU team to meet Zim Govt officials
The European Union team, which arrived in the country yesterday, is expected to meet government officials from various ministries tomorrow to discuss areas the bloc could fund. The...Published: 27 Sep 2012 at 02:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt officials burn $10 million on foreign travel
Zimbabwe foreign travel costs accrued by government officials amounted to $10 million against a budget of $12, 6 million for the second quarter ending June 30.According to the Accountant Gene...Published: 30 Aug 2012 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mermaids preventing govt officials from installing water pumps in dams - Sipepa Nkomo
Water Resources Development and Management Minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo had a Senate Committee on Gender and Development in stitches when he alleged that mermaids were preventing government officials ...Published: 31 Jan 2012 at 11:09hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
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