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Deputy PG implicated in gold mine scandal
ZIMBABWE'S acting deputy prosecutor-general, Michael Reza, is facing allegations of "conspiracy" and "sabotage" in connection with disputed gold claims in Bindura, documents obtained by Truth Diggers ...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:01hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Minister sued for gold mine ‘fraud'
A HARARE resources firm has slapped former Mines minister, Winston Chitando with a slew of criminal charges for allegedly corruptly awarding lucrative gold claims in Bindura to a rival miner.T...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber jailed 29 years
The HeraldIn a ruling at Bindura Magistrate Court, a 32-year-old man from Rushinga, who had instilled fear in his community through a series of armed robberies, was sentenced to an effective p...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa promises projects already delivered by Zanu-PF?
CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa took his campaign trail to Gadzema grounds in Chinhoyi yesterday, where he promised to undertake developments that have already been implemented or are being undertaken by...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:28hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
ZACC hit by resignations
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has been losing highly skilled workers trained in investigating cases of corruption, especially cyber crimes, making it harder to track down and deal with sophi...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe independence, freedom not for sale'
ZIMBABWE'S independence, freedom, democracy, sovereignty, patriotism, dignity and heritage are not for sale, President Mnangagwa has said.Addressing thousands of ruling Zanu-PF party supporter...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala being persecuted, claims lawyer
PROMINENT human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa yesterday said the endless arrests, without conviction, of Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala (Citizens Coalition for Change, CCC) was a clear case of political ...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Gudyanga appeals jail sentence
High Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda will today hear an appeal by former Mines secretary Francis Gudyanga who is challenging his two-and-half-a-year sentence for criminal abuse of office.H...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes govt ministries
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is investigating government ministries named in the latest AuditorGeneral's (AG) report accused of misappropriating public funds with an aim to prosecute...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 12:10hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Gudyanga jailed
Former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Mines Francis Gudyanga has been sentenced to two and half years in jail for corruptly claiming sitting allowances from a dissolved Minerals Marketing Corp...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 18:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Please don't jail me I am old: ex perm sec Proff Gudyanga pleads in court
Former secretary for mines professor Francis Gudyanga who was convicted for Criminal abuse of office after he received boarding fees for meeting done with himself has asked the court for a lenient sen...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gudyanga to pay back the money
FORMER permanent secretary in the Ministry of Mines Francis Gudyanga, who was convicted of defrauding Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) of US$29 000 after claiming sitting allowances o...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 16:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Mines perm sec convicted of graft
In the latest high-profile corruption conviction, former Mines and Mining Development Permanent Secretary Francis Gudyanga was yesterday convicted of corruptly claiming US$29 000 from the Minerals Mar...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Former Mines Permanent Secretary convicted of graft
In the latest high-profile corruption conviction, former Mines and Mining Development Permanent Secretary Francis Gudyanga was yesterday convicted of corruptly claiming US$29 000 from the Minerals Mar...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chidhakwa, Gudyanga trial hits brick wall
The trial of former Mines Minister Walter Chidhakwa and his permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga that was set to resume today hit a brick wall following indications that the magistrate who was presidi...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 18:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gudyanga trial commences
THE trial of former Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) board chairperson, Francis Gudyanga on charges of causing the parastatal to lose over $1,6 million to an Israeli-linked agricultur...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chidakwa, Gudyanga trial date set
THE trial of former Mines minister Walter Chidakwa and his permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga has been set for August 26 after their application for review was dismissed by the High Court.Ch...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gudyanga to expose 'State secrets'
FORMER Mines and Mining Development secretary Francis Gudyanga on Monday told the court that he had dropped his application to be tried in camera and indicated that he now wants to expose State secret...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gudyanga threatens to expose State
Former Mines ministry secretary Francis Gudyanga, who is accused of defrauding the State of more than US$1,6 million together with an Israeli company Nikuv, yesterday threatened to expose the State if...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Govt persecuting me: Gudyanga
FORMER Mines and Mining Development secretary Francis Gudyanga, who is on remand on fraud allegations involving payment of US$1,6 million from the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) cof...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nikuv docket vanishes on eve of trial
THE docket of former Mines secretary Francis Gudyanga, who is accused of defrauding the State of more than $1,6 million in deals with an Israeli company, Nikuv, was yesterday reportedly missing, forci...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chidhakwa, Gudyanga case further remanded
Former Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa and his former Permanent Secretary Francis Gudyanga were yesterday back in court and their case was further remanded to June 28 pending th...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Secret payments to Nikuv exposed
Former president Robert Mugabe's government made a series of secret payments to a company linked to controversial Israeli firm Nikuv, which was accused of manipulating the country's elections in the p...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:31hrs | 1 | 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 | 4 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Charles Laiton
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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP Hwende seeks removal from remand
Kuwadzana East legislator Chalton Hwende (MDC Alliance) on Tuesday put the State on notice as he seeks to apply for refusal of further remand if he is not furnished with a trial date on the next reman...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gudyanga, Chidakwa's separation of trial rejected
The State has objected to the separation of former Mines minister Walter Chidakwa and Civil Service Commission permanent secretary Francis Pedzana Gudyanga's trials in a case they are alleged to have ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 12:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gudyanga trial stalls
Former Mines and Mining Development Permanent Secretary Francis Gudyanga will have to wait for the determination of his application for review at the High Court.Gudyanga is jointly charged wit...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PG's case referred to CJ Luke Malaba for investigation
The case, in which a Masvingo miner is accusing the recently-appointed Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi of criminal abuse of office, has been referred to Chief Justice, Luke Malaba for investiga...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
PG Hodzi faces criminal abuse of office charge
NEWLY-APPOINTED Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi was recently reported to the police for allegedly corruptly declining to prosecute former Mines secretary Francis Gudyanga, who was implica...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption fight set to get fresh impetus
President Mnangagwa's anti-corruption fight is set to get fresh impetus following the resignation of Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairman Dr Job Whabira and his entire commission yester...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 23:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chidhakwa, Gudyanga trial deferred to Thursday
The criminal abuse of office trial of former Mines and Mining Development Minister, Walter Chidhakwa and former Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Francis Gudyanga has been postponed to tomorrow (Th...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 18:18hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter
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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe judiciary independence questioned
When MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Biti was arrested on August 10 as he fled into neighbouring Zambia for announcing false presidential results, he was brought to the Harare Magistrates' Cour...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Finance Minister stirs controversy
Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has divided opinion after appointing his permanent secretary, George Guvamatanga, to the board of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)....Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 16:34hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Ministry official off the hook
A Ministry of Mines and Mining Development official walked a free man after the court acquitted him of forging the signatures of a former minister and permanent secretary to authorise exportation of s...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-graft prosecutor in bribery storm
ONE of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-corruption special unit prosecutors, Zivanai Macharaga, has allegedly been accused of demanding a $20 000 bribe from a former Cabinet minister, who is facing...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gudyanga trial deferred to next year
THE court case in which former Mines and Mining Development secretary Francis Gudyanga allegedly made fraudulent payments of $1,6 million from the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) cof...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter
Warrant of arrest for Gudyanga
A WARRANT of arrest has been issued against former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development Francis Gudyanga after he absconded court yesterday.Gudyanga who is being...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 14:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo, Ginimbi arrested at Harare Magistrates court
Controversial businesspersons and socialites Wicknell Chivayo and Genius Kadungure were arrested on their way out of Rotten Row court on Thursday.They were picked up by detectives s...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 14:15hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Full list of Ministers arrested by Mnangagwa
On Wednesday, the Harare magistrate courts was flooded with high ranking ZANU PF linked officials who were coming for routine remand on charges relating to corruption. Some of the accused who tu...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 13:10hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Paul Mwazha @100 years: The amazing testimonies
A few days ago, Archbishop Paul Mwazha, the founder & leader of the African Apostolic Church was bestowed with rains of congratulatory messages from distinct churches and our entire body politic f...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 19:34hrs | 41 | by Benny Gudo
Gudyanga gets his passport from court
Former Secretary for Mines and Mining Development Mr Francis Gudyanga's application for the temporary release of his passport was yesterday granted by Harare magistrate Mr Hosiah Mujaya. Gudya...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matebele-less MMCZ board appointed
Mines minister Winston Chitando yesterday appointed a new board for the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ), which will be chaired by David Murangari.The other board members are ...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gudyanga had shares in ZCDC, Parly told
FORMER Mines ministry secretary Francis Gudyanga and another unnamed individual used to own shares in the government-controlled Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), Parliament heard yesterday...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mines Permanent Secretary in 'baptism of fire'
Legislators yesterday grilled Mines and Mining Development Permanent Secretary Mr Onesimo Moyo over delays in appointing a board for the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe, saying it might per...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's special graft team under siege
In May this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa set up a team of lawyers and prosecutors to form the Special Anti-Corruption Unit as part of his pledge to deal with corruption.months later, the...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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