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Zimbabwe has tragically become a lootocracy

Zimbabwe has been reduced to a shadow of its former promise - a jewel of Africa, a nation of hope and prosperity now lies bruised and exploited under the weight of a political elite that robs its people with impunity.Our country has tragic…

Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 16:22hrs | | by Jacob Mutisi

Funds looted in shocking Harare 'ghost projects' scandal

Millions of dollars earmarked for road rehabilitation and water infrastructure in Harare have disappeared under murky circumstances, with contractors paid in full for projects that were never carried out, a damning investigation has reveal…

Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 13:17hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans appreciate real development but can't keep quiet when it's a veil for looting

This is a fact we all need to understand. Zimbabweans are a naturally appreciative people. We are not inherently negative or ungrateful. On the contrary, we cherish and celebrate development. We desire to see our nation grow, with new infr…

Published: 31 May 2025 at 19:31hrs | 3117 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Parents feel financial strain as back-to-school costs soar

With the new school term set to begin next Tuesday, parents and guardians are grappling with rising costs for uniforms and stationery, turning the annual back-to-school preparations into a financial challenge.Harare's Central Business Dist…

Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:23hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter

Harare Commission uncovers massive land looting

The Commission of Inquiry into Harare City Council operations has revealed that ahead of last yearâ€™s harmonised elections, councillors from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) engaged in a large-scale illegal land allocation scheme, …

Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 07:50hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter

Legalizing looting shows Zimbabwe is led by dunderheads!

From the time I was a little boy, there was something that always puzzled me.I could never understand how, those who were in top government positions - with all the opportunities availed to them through global networking - never became suc…

Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 07:55hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Mutapa looting machine

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is full of surprises.He wants to be seen to be doing something and, in many instances, creates new offices that in reality are as clear as mud.Mutapa Investment Fund is the latest fad that has sent the people a…

Published: 23 Sep 2023 at 21:34hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu

NRZ looting unearthed

AN internal audit has uncovered corporate governance rot, and looting at ailing parastatal National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) with board chairperson Martin Dinha (pictured) and his board allegedly blowing millions of dollars on luxuries.T…

Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:20hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Massive looting exposed at CIO

CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation (CIO) financial records are in a shambles amid fears that senior officers in the state spy agency are presiding over massive looting and hounding out two senior employees they suspect of plotting to expose…

Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 20:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Looting cripples MDC-Alliance operations

Zimbabweans in the Diaspora and sponsors of the MDC Alliance have threatened to stop contributing funds to the party's financial coffers following reports of mass looting of donated funds by the party's leadership.According to inside sourc…

Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 14:15hrs | 3 | by Innocent Mujeri

Inequality ignited SA protests

THE protests that engulfed South Africa a few weeks ago were not about outrage over former President Jacob Zuma's incarceration.The protests are an offshoot of the social inequalities in the South African society, where the "haves" have mo…

Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Precious Shumba

Chibuwe High School - Looting, Salaries Not Paid & Financial Mismanagement

We are now coming to the end of the first school term but issues of the disputed AGM remain unresolved . This has resulted in a number of glaring administrative challenges which impact negatively on both the learning environment and welfar…

Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 13:33hrs | 23 | by The Village Professor

Cry my beloved Zimbabwe . . . as country is closed for business

Once open for business, Zimbabwe is closed for business.Shops are closed, people are scared and companies are closing just as is the democratic space that President Emmerson Mnangagwa opened up when he took power through a coup in November…

Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 12:25hrs | 11 | by Staff rpeorter

Looting of State resources to blame for economic crisis

THE Zimbabwe economic malaise can be traced to the political elite in the ruling party who loot and strip public funds from institutions such as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, among others.The looting of State resources implies that citizen…

Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Tendai Kamba

Mugabe regime in final looting spree?

It looks like the Mugabe regime is preparing for a final looting spree to mop up the dollars remaining in the economy. Despite earlier denials the Reserve Bank Governor, John Mangudya, has now admitted that the bond notes piling up at the …

Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 16:32hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil

Media reports on the fall of Interfin divert attention from systematic looting

Media reports on the fall of Interfin Bank can not go unchallenged as they seek to divert attention from the systematic looting spree at the Bank and try to apportion some blame elsewhere. According to the  Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe,&n…

Published: 22 Jun 2012 at 10:34hrs | 1 | by Gilbert Muponda

Report to expose looting of national resources to be released

Since the formation of the Coalition government, a handful of people in Government and the private sector have taken looting of national resources to extreme levels, practising corruption at its most blatant. They are taking mercenary adva…

Published: 23 Nov 2011 at 19:50hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga

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Chiwenga warns Zanu-PF 'fatcats' again

Farmer's double murder trial stalls over gun tests

'Unstoppable Zanu-PF engine of the nation'

Heartless monster caged 50 years

Mombe yaMai project set to transform women's lives

Top CIO officer, Indian national up for stolen BMW

Chiwenga rides hostilities in Mutare

Mnangagwa's 2 moves that surprised delegates

Mliswa proposes Zanu-PF transition Presidium

SARS is in the business of celebrating hollow victories

Mnangagwa, Chiwenga project unity at Zanu-PF conference

Geza's protest call flops

Nkayi village buries murdered mother and her 2 children

'Local authorities driving up property prices'

Police Amendment Bill gazetted

Zanu-PF targets Parly for ED2030 agenda

Chiwenga urges Zanu-PF to uphold liberation ideals

King Mzilikazi sites included in 2026 Independence legacy projects

Mnangagwa urges Zanu-PF to prepare for the next elections

Zimbabwe on locusts high alert

Zimbabwe tightens vetting of student nurses

Chiwenga rallies for unity, integrity at Zanu-PF Conference

Unpacking Mnangagwa's legal coup against Chiwenga

Man sets mother-in-law's hut on fire

Chinese ambassador to Zim Ding hails Zanu PF conference as strategic

Police probe Chegutu murder case at Chipato Syndicate Mine compound

Zimbabwe targets $1 billion reserves

Man busted stealing diesel from NRZ

3 killed in knife frenzy

Mnangagwa's strategy against Chiwenga borrowed from Ramaphosa

Jonathan Moyo fires back hard, using Jah Prayzah song

Mnangagwa's strategy against Chiwenga borrowed from Ramaphosa

Nkayi village buries murdered mother and her 2 children

Unpacking Mnangagwa's legal coup against Chiwenga

Mnangagwa urges Zanu-PF to prepare for the next elections

Geza's protest call flops

Mutsvangwa, Tagwirei embrace sparks debate

Man sets mother-in-law's hut on fire

Matinyarare dismiss reports that he has been detained

Police Amendment Bill gazetted

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