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Graft watchdog challenges new Zacc commissioners
THE Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) has challenged the newly-appointed Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to hit the ground running and prove that they are not toothless bull...Published: 22 hrs ago | 466 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe coup announcer will not divorce his wife
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Minister Sibusiso Moyo says he will not be arm-twisted to divorce his wife simply because she has been appointed to lead the country's anti-graft commission.Moyo's wife, Loice ...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:26hrs | 14960 | by newzimbabwe
Ramaphosa 'deliberately misled parliament'
South Africa’s Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane delivered a mortal blow to the reformist President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday.The findings against him are the very worst he could have expe...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 16:10hrs | 2144 | by Staff reporter
US govt happy with Mthuli Ncube's TSP
The United States government says Zimbabwe's latest economic blueprint, The Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) can address the economy's weaknesses if fully implemented and h...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:06hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Token anti-corruption drive breeding apathy and despondency
Last week, I agonised on what to write about. I had travelled and had a bit of work to do, but still thought I could get my column in.In the end, I did not write anything because I failed to f...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 538 | by Nqaba Matshazi
CCTv to nail corruption at passport offices
Home Affairs Minister Cain Mathema on Tuesday said his ministry will soon install close circuit televisions at its departments to curb corruption especially in the issuing of passports. ...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 00:16hrs | 3236 | by Methusi Ncube
Mnangagwa mum on Obert Mpofu investigation
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has gone quiet about setting up a commission to investigate corruption allegations against Obert Mpofu and senior Zanu-PF leaders. Weeks ago, the Zanu-PF youth lea...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 19:02hrs | 8602 | by Staff Reporter
ZACC Commissioners sworn in
President Mnangagwa has sworn in seven commissioners of the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC) as Government intensifies its anti graft drive.The swearing in of the Commissioners follo...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 13:36hrs | 1635 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fails corruption fighting test - Report
At least 71% of Zimbabweans believe that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is not doing enough fighting corruption while police officers are viewed as the most corrupt public officials in the ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | 831 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe power outages a manifestation of endemic corruption in govt
THE massive daily power outages rocking the country have had a devastating impact on an already fragile economy, throwing into disarray President Emmerson Mnangagwa's mantra that "Zimbabwe is open for...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:24hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
VID graft probe complete
INVESTIGATIONS into the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) corruption scandal are now complete and findings will be handed over to the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development Joel Big...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:29hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Police unit urged to end graft
The Police Anti-Corruption Unit has been urged to be more vibrant and play its part to ensure all corrupt elements are arrested and taken to court. Officially opening the Rebranding Refresher ...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Graft list divides Zanu-PF
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was caught by surprise when the Zanu-PF youth league released a list of alleged corrupt senior officials, a senior official has claimed amid reports those implicated belie...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:28hrs | 3845 | by Staff reporter
Zacc boss vows to tighten screws
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Loice Matanda-Moyo has vowed to step up the fight against corruption.Matanda-Moyo (LMM), who was recently appointed to head the anti-graf...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:25hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Zacc breathes fire
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chair has lambasted the current docket keeping system, which may result in loss of key information in criminal cases, and the institution is moving to mo...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 20:58hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must be intolerant to corruption
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa has, on several occasions, indicated that his "Second Republic" government will not tolerate corruption, Zimbabweans have been confronted by a different reality....Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:11hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Tigermania Returns During 2019
We've all gone crazy again over Tiger Woods, especially when it comes to betting on golf. According to the Golf Channel, ahead of last month's US Open at Pebble Beach, Tiger was certainly not the favo...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 12:07hrs | 627 | by Staff Writer
AG report puts ZACC to test
The efficiency of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) will be put to test by its response to the scathing Auditor- General's report that exposed serious rot in government and parastatals....Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 18:48hrs | 874 | by Mona Lisa Dube
Obert Mpofu brushes off graft charges
Obert Mpofu, under pressure to vacate his Zanu-PF secretary for administration post over corruption allegations, has said he won't be stopped from reporting for work by anyone as a graft inquiry gets ...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:56hrs | 6737 | by Staff reporter
Graft: Whistleblowers need full legal protection
On June 17, 2019, one of the lead stories in The Herald was "President rescues ZESA whistleblowers". The article was in reference to the well-intended intervention by President Mnangagwa on th...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:09hrs | 186 | by Willard T. Mugadza
Zanu-PF youths warned against abusing Mnangagwa's name
ZANU-PF National Youth Commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu last Friday warned party youths who abuse President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name to commit crime, saying they will face the full wrath of the law if ca...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | 1042 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youths warned against abusing Mnangagwa's name
ZANU PF National Youth Commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu last Friday warned party youths who abuse President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name to commit crime, saying they will face the full wrath of the law if ca...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 09:23hrs | 1239 | by Staff Reporter
Masendeke detective wants top job
A former top police officer says he deserves to be appointed among the new commissioners for the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) because he was behind the arrest of notorious criminals Elia...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:17hrs | 2847 | by Staff reporter
Drivers' licence scam unearthed
The Vehicle Inspection Department (VID), which conducts driver training among other duties, has been taken over by criminal gangs that are fleecing the public and Government through pocketing various ...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:38hrs | 2831 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF intolerance fuels tension
THREATS by Zanu-PF youth leaders to counter the opposition and civic groups' planned anti-government protests are a clear indication of the ruling party's intolerance of multi-party democracy and huma...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:06hrs | 437 | by Editorial - Newsday
Khaya Moyo accuse Biti of demonising the country
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's push for foreign investment is not attracting serious attention because of corruption and the failure to deal decisively with the vice, the ruling Zanu-PF has admitted....Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 12:31hrs | 3647 | by Staff reporter
Dog-mauled woman learns to walk again
THE Bulawayo woman who was mauled by her landlord's dogs in West Somerton, Bulawayo in March is learning to walk again, after responding positively to treatment in India. In a video posted by ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:23hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Woman eaten by dogs learns to walk again
THE Bulawayo woman who was mauled by her landlord's dogs in West Somerton, Bulawayo in March is learning to walk again, after responding positively to treatment in India. In a video posted by ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:18hrs | 207 | by Staff Reporter
Jonathan Moyo not yet on Interpol radar
EXILED former Zanu PF politburo member and Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo is not yet on the International Criminal Police Organisation's (Interpol) surveillance radar, with the organisation's visiting...Published: 27 May 2019 at 12:46hrs | 4627 | by Staff reporter
No more excuses in fighting graft
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday said the public no longer tolerated excuses in the fight against the scourge of corruption which is contributing to the economic woes facing the country....Published: 25 May 2019 at 15:12hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Make corruption suicidal
Time seems long overdue for the Second Republic to supplant with dizzifying actions rhetorical denunciation of maggots fattening themselves on what does not belong to them so that Zimbabweans are spar...Published: 25 May 2019 at 08:28hrs | 403 | by Stephen Mpofu
Anti-graft body probes former Gweru commissioners
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, in collaboration with the Special Anti-Corruption Unit in the Office of the President and Cabinet, is investigating allegations of corruption against former Gw...Published: 21 May 2019 at 08:03hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe drops 3 places on graft index
Zimbabwe's anti-corruption drive this week suffered a big blow after the southern African nation dropped three places to position 160 out 180 rated on the Transparency International Corruption Percept...Published: 18 May 2019 at 15:55hrs | 2191 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after dirty Zimbabwean tycoons
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has launched a fresh crackdown against all powerful people stand accused of amassing wealth irregularly.It is reported that a comprehensive list of ta...Published: 16 May 2019 at 07:35hrs | 17940 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is a worried man
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has expressed disquiet over the slow movement in the battle against corruption following the arrest of several high-profile figures in the sprawling graft probe in the country. ...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:26hrs | 2504 | by Staff reporter
Of corruption and political will
THE latest Zinara graft scandal is the freshest in a series of corruption scandals which routinely grab the headlines for a short while before they fade into oblivion.The finer details of each...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:58hrs | 346 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Why are we being subjected to this circus?
REVELATIONS that the State has been told to pay the legal costs of controversial businessman, Wicknell Chivayo is not only unsettling, but so upsetting that we call on our Justice ministry to crack th...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:57hrs | 378 | by Editorial - Newsday
Chombo, Chipanga trial postponed
The trial for estranged former cabinet minister and Zanu PF National Secretary for Administration, Ignatius Chombo is yet to kick-off a year after corruption charges were brought against him.H...Published: 10 May 2019 at 22:05hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
14 high-profile graft cases stalled
AT least 14 high-profile corruption trials have been stopped for various reasons by the High Court since last year, a development that has sparked public debate on the seriousness by some stakeholders...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:11hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF admits failure
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party is struggling to deliver on its election promises, nearly 10 months after winning a controversial election in July last year.Riding on the c...Published: 05 May 2019 at 17:19hrs | 16672 | by Staff reporter
Corruption is the elephant in the room
No rocket science is needed to appreciate that, coupled with the debilitating effects of sanctions, corruption is one of the major drivers of the political and socio-economic decay in Zimbabwe today. ...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1116 | by Obert Gutu
China dumps Mnangagwa
Munich/Harare - President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidency is about to come to a crashing halt, amid reports that China has dropped him as their political point man in Zimbabwe, Spotlight Zimbabwe has ...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:54hrs | 31378 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
There goes Mnangagwa bluffing, yet again!
History has a rich record of dumb presidents, so you really don't worry too much when President Emmerson Mnangagwa forgets the name of the National Sports Stadium or messes up simple math during a pol...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:31hrs | 6969 | by Tawanda Majoni
Why Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade is fast-losing steam
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) launched the special anti-corruption courts with fanfare slightly more than a year ago, but a cocktail of challenges is retarding the prosecution of graft-accused...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:27hrs | 330 | by Charles Laiton
Structural reforms crucial for turnaround
ZIMBABWE's economy has for long been dogged by multiple man-created obstacles, confining it in the abyss it has been struggling to get out of for decades.Once these obstacles are removed econo...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 08:22hrs | 362 | by Editorial - Daily News
Police, courts corrupt, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the country's institutions such as police, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the judiciary are so corrupt so much that it is a herculean task to fight ...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:12hrs | 2119 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe corruption runs 'deep and wide'
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa didn't know the extent of corruption in the country until he took up the highest office in the land.Speaking in a televised interview aired by the Zimba...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 18:20hrs | 1368 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption campaign insincere
THE failure by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to tackle high-level corruption-which has contributed immensely to economic decay-has raised serious questions about his sincerity to fight the...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:49hrs | 1031 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor General in bid to regain control of graft cases
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Kumbirai Hodzi has beefed up his staff complement and embarked on a drive to take over all high-profile corruption cases assigned to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special anti-corr...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:43hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Parly begins probe into Mliswa Committee graft allegations
PARLIAMENT's Privileges Committee (PPC) will this Monday, begin investigations into corruption allegations levelled against some former members of the Mines and Mining Development then chaired by Inde...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:29hrs | 163 | by newzimbabwe
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