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Govt must revisit their anti-graft strategies
HE latest arrest of principal director in the epidemiology and disease control department in the Health and Child Care ministry, Portia Manangazira, brings the effectiveness and seriousness of the who...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:00hrs | 161 | by Nkosilathi Lesley Ngwenya
Individuals with questionable assets face probe
THE net is closing in on individuals with questionable assets worth at least US$100 000 after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday appealed for information to enable it to investig...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:49hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
Time to revisit anti-corruption strategies
The latest in a string of arrests - that of Portia Manangazira, the principal director in the epidemiology and disease control department in the Health and Child Care ministry - once again brings the ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:50hrs | 55 | by Nkosilathi Lesley Ngwenya
Mapfumo calls for UN intervention in Zimbabwe
CELEBRATED United States- based Zimbabwean Chimurenga musician and human rights activist, Thomas Mapfumo, has appealed to the international community to immediately intervene and stop what he calls an...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:26hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Graft-accused top health official denied bail
A HARARE magistrate yesterday denied bail to Health and Child Care ministry director of epidemiology and disease control, Portia Manangazira, who allegedly abused her powers and employed 28 close rela...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Graft-accused police boss guns for Zacc
POLICE commissioner in charge of Matabeleland North province, Erasmus Makodza, who was recently arrested and charged with criminal abuse of office, has filed a complaint to the Special Anti-Corruption...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:46hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
Zacc gets new secretary
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has finally recruited a secretary to fill up the top post, which has gone for over a year without a substantive accounting officer following the departur...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance councils have failed the people,' claims Mnangagwa
The opposition must be voted from local authorities as they have run-down urban councils much to the suffering of the people, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressing the Politburo meeting yes...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:44hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister's US$400k case raises eyebrows
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has allegedly been sitting on a dossier implicating former Labour and Social Welfare minister in the siphoning of public funds for over two years amid cl...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:50hrs | 1432 | by Staff reporter
G40 kingpins sing praise for Willowgate convict Shava
Newly-appointed foreign affairs minister Frederick Shava has won the praise of exiled G40 kingpins Walter Mzembi and Saviour Kasukuwere despite being dragged online by critics, citing his role in the ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 07:37hrs | 4659 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to flush out land barons
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's Vision to ensure Zimbabwe becomes an upper-middle class economy by 2030 will be achieved and the governing party Zanu-PF should remove impediments, including land barons, that st...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:36hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Kagone spends another night in police cage
FORMER Labour Minister and once Zanu-PF's Goromonzi South MP Petronella Kagonye, who was arrested Sunday over graft charges, will spend her second night behind bars after she failed to appear in court...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:10hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Residents accuse govt over Harare mess
RESIDENTS yesterday accused the government of authoring the confusion currently devilling the Harare City Council (HICC) to push its own political agenda.Harare Residents Trust director Precio...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:55hrs | 1017 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa replaces Mobutu Sese Seko as most corrupt African leader
"If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little."Shocking as it is, the above statement that apparently legitimises graft, is attributed t...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 19:10hrs | 3796 | by Israel Dube
Knives out for minister
SUSPENDED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume and his deputy Luckson Mukunguma on Monday said they would challenge their "illegal" suspension by government.The two were suspended last week through a let...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | 2123 | by Staff reporter
'No political will to fight corruption'
THE Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) yesterday said there was lack of genuine interest, commitment and political will in Zimbabwe to expeditiously prosecute corruption cases involving...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
ZACC recovers stolen test kits
The Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday recovered about 40 boxes of Covid-19 testing kits worth more than US$12 000 whose origin was traced to Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo, as the anti ...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1380 | by Staff reporter
'When you fight corruption, it fights back'
JANUARY is a time of reflection. After the New Year's hangovers have worn off, many will try to take stock of the previous year, to understand what went wrong and how they could have done better....Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:37hrs | 690 | by Prosper Simbarashe Maguchu
Zimbabwe's corruption record disturbing
Zimbabwe has once again featured quite prominently as one of the most corrupt countries in the world - a disturbing record that should frighten us all, and get the rulers of this country to reconsider...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:44hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe retains dubious spot among highly corrupt countries
Zimbabwe has retained its dubious position among some of the highly corrupt countries in the world, only moving one rung up in the 2020 Transparency International Index.The latest barometer, w...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1707 | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft dragnet to sink bigwigs
AT LEAST 41 high-profile figures face imminent arrest over corruption allegations, including those sucked in a US$23 million scam at the embattled National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ).The wide ...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:13hrs | 2443 | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft bodies swoop on city fathers
AT least four Harare City Council officials and 13 councillors are facing arrest over allegations of attempting to siphon millions of dollars in a dubious US$868 million Chinese loan deal.The ...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:09hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Corruption rife at hospital mortuaries
CORRUPTION syndicates involving medical doctors, police officers, mortuary staff and agents of some little known funeral service companies are charging between US$40 and US$100 to speed up the post-mo...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:21hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes dismissal of four Harare water engineers
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is investigating how four senior managers in Harare City Council's Water Department were dismissed ahead of the forensic audit on council ordered by Pres...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:22hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft crack team seizes $2 billion assets
A CRACK team made up of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has seized luxury homes and top-end vehicles wor...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:53hrs | 1575 | by Staff reporter
The tale of a captured judiciary
THE year 2020 did not see any major judicial decisions, but was replete with prolonged postponement of trials.At one time, chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi threatened to sit on a Sunday for...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:08hrs | 772 | by Miriam Mangwaya
Chamisa's MDC cries foul over targeted anti-graft arrests
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of using an anti-corruption crusade to dismantle the opposition, and create a one-party state.President Mnangagwa, who succeeded long tim...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 18:52hrs | 1143 | by Staff reporter
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1997 | by crisisgroup
Zimra surpasses net revenue collection target
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) collected a net revenue of $23,19 billion against a target of $18,60 billion for the year ending December 31 2019 amid inflation and foreign currency challenges ...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:12hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'aide' loses vehicles worth US$160,000
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has confiscated and ordered the forfeiture of vehicles worth US$160 000 owned by convicted former principal director of State residences in the Office of...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 17:56hrs | 2895 | by Staff reporter
Harare deputy mayor arrested
HARARE deputy mayor Luckson Mukunguma was arrested in Hwange Thursday for criminal abuse of office.The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) confirmed Mukunguma's arrest in an announcemen...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 06:40hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Ratepayers act against council graft
Harare ratepayers have petitioned Parliament over the tightening of laws to curb corruption in municipalities following a spate of arrests of council officials in the capital on accusations of corrupt...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 09:59hrs | 1117 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's curious 'fight' against corruption
OUR institutions are palpably corrupt and the corrupt are apparently powerful.According to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo, there is rampa...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:21hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
ZACC probes Judiciary, churches
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has opened investigations into judges, magistrates and church leaders over a slew of graft allegations.ZACC chair Justice Loyce Matanda-Moyo said...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 07:57hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
City boss arrested for graft
HARARE City Council finance director Tendai Kwenda yesterday appeared in court on criminal abuse of office charges after he allegedly used council funds to purchase his personal vehicle.It is ...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 07:01hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft crusade: NPA scales up tempo
THE National Prosecution Authority (NPA) is scaling up efforts to seize assets acquired through the proceeds of corruption as part of efforts to fight graft.It will from next week be bringing ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:05hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Corruption rife in NPA, Judiciary and police: Zacc
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice MatandaMoyo yesterday decried rampant corruption at institutions that are supposed to fight graft such as the Zimbabwe Republic Pol...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Zinara boss in court for transferring Grace Mugabe linked employees
ZINARA chief executive officer Nkosinathi Ncube was yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Trynos Wutawashe on allegations of victimising and transferring four subordinates that are linked to Gr...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter
Local authorities cleansing crucial
THE cleansing of local authorities, whose top officials have for a very long time been accused of being self-centred at the expense of service delivery in their areas of jurisdiction, should continue ...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:46hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Court hears of Marry Chiwenga illness in graphic detail
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's ailing wife has petitioned the High Court on an urgent basis seeking the release of her passport to allow her to travel to South Africa for treatment.A So...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 1317 | by Staff reporter
Zinara plug revenue leakages
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has moved to combat corruption and plug revenue leakages by introducing a Procurement Management Unit (PMU).Zinara has regularly been in the ...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 18:02hrs | 1263 | by Staff reporter
'Ministry did not approve Mupfumira loan request'
A DIRECTOR in the Finance ministry Fidelis Ngorora yesterday told chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi that Treasury did not approve former Public Service minister Priscah Mupfumira's request to secure...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo's PA denied bail
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is also now going after the assets of deceased criminals whose source of wealth cannot be explained.This comes as the anti-graft body is intensif...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 19:14hrs | 1765 | by Staff reporter
Zacc is going after the dead
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission is also now going after the assets of the deceased criminals whose source of wealth cannot be explained. This comes as the anti-graft body is intensifyi...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:18hrs | 2128 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens to cut loose errant Zanu-PF bigwigs
A LIVID President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned Zanu-PF bigwigs to be loyal to the party or risk being cut loose, as he bids to contain growing divisions in the former liberation movement.Addr...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:18hrs | 6495 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate bemoans delays in graft cases
HARARE magistrate Bianca Makwande yesterday bemoaned continued postponement of corruption cases saying the delays were resulting in a gridlock of pending matters at the courts.She made the rem...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:18hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Former Health Minister's PA arrested
A former personal assistant to sacked Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo was arrested yesterday on allegations of criminal abuse of office. Gideon Mapokotera was picked at 2.30pm yest...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 06:52hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Govt investigates corona donations
AUTHORITIES are launching a nationwide probe into donated coronavirus funds and other materials, amid fears that significant portions of these gifts were looted by politically-connected individuals, t...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga political tussling escalates
A FIERCE row has erupted between the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) over the manner in which investigations are being handled, relating to alleg...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:17hrs | 10525 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe slowly going down under the new dispensation
The livelihoods of the people of Zimbabwe had been brought back and down to the levels of 1953.For the last fourty years ZANU PF government has lept from one corruption scandal to the other. I...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 08:52hrs | 5276 | by Leonard Koni
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