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Mnangagwa appoints his top prosecutor as new ZACC boss
President Mnangagwa has appointed Mr Michael Reza as the new Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson while former Deputy Minister Ms Fungayi Jessie Majome is now the Zimbabwe Human Righ...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:30hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appointment stirs controversy
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's appointment of Deputy Prosecutor-General Michael Reza as new Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson to replace Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo, who is now Pro...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 20:26hrs | 2099 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge accident death toll rises to 11
THE death toll from Saturday's road accident in Beitbridge has risen to 11 from nine after two passengers died in hospital.The accident happened when a City Bus coach travelling to Harare from...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:56hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Targeted sanctions were inevitable
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, my deduction is that targeted sanctions were inevitable. It does not augur well for Zimbabwe that you are the first sitting President to be des...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 16:09hrs | 279 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Police chief's interests in gold mine raise stink
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General, Godwin Matanga, has been accused of using his influence to deploy members of the support unit (SU) to guard a gold mine in Midlands where he allege...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:20hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
Harare tops Zimbabwe's corruption list
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has revealed in its 2022 annual report that Harare constituted the highest number of suspected corruption cases, with over 70%.In its fourth repo...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 20:33hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira being victimised for supporting Mnangagwa's succession bid
Former Public Service Minister Prisca Mupfumira has written to Prosecutor General Loice Matanda-Moyo claiming that her arrest over corruption allegations was triggered by her loyalty to President Emme...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 18:34hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-graft unit loses powers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) has been stripped of prosecution powers in a move that leaves National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) as the sole agency to handle corru...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 07:00hrs | 1106 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe slides further on the corruption index
ZIMBABWE has continued to perform dismally in fighting graft after scoring 24 out of 100, below the regional average of 33 on the Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index. Tran...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:54hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Cornered Mutare City Council acts on poor service delivery after resident's complaint
AUTHORITIES at Mutare City Council (MCC) have procured and taken delivery of some fire tenders to enhance the local authority's emergency response capabilities following a complaint filed against it b...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 21:31hrs | 192 | by Stephen Jakes
9 robbers shot as cops name 20 most wanted criminals
NINE suspected robbers sustained injuries after they were shot by police in Harare on Thursday in a crackdown, while the hunt is on for 20 suspects whom detectives have named as Zimbabwe's most wanted...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:42hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
ZRP unveils Top 20 most wanted criminals in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has released a list of the country's top 20 most wanted criminals. The individuals on this list are suspected to be involved in a range of criminal activities, from ...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 08:12hrs | 1818 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Corruption a human rights issue, says PG
Corruption in the criminal justice system value chain is a violation of human rights and might lead to the erosion of public confidence in the whole system, thereby undermining the integrity of the ad...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:18hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
ZACC officials recover US$29m assets offshore
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has recovered externalised assets by corrupt citizens worth US$29 million, a new report submitted to Parliament has revealed.Experts say the sout...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 17:32hrs | 2042 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members beat up cops, release detained colleague
In Goromonzi South, Mashonaland East province, the police are actively searching for two Zanu-PF members who forcefully entered a police station, assaulted on-duty law enforcement officers, and unlawf...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:20hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Zacc to impound 2 000 illegally imported vehicles
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is poised to confiscate approximately 2,000 vehicles that were brought into the country through the misuse of the civil servants' rebate program. In coll...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 06:06hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints ZACC boss Matanda-Moyo as new Prosecutor General
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson and former High Court judge, Loice Matanda-Moyo, has been appointed as the Prosecutor General by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The announc...Published: 05 Oct 2023 at 19:52hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set to announce major shakeup of government bureaucracy
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to implement a major shake-up of the bureaucracy in the coming weeks with several high-profile departures and appointments.Misheck Sibanda, the chief secret...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 19:44hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
FAZ member assaulted
GUTU Magistrate Mitchell Panavanhu last week sentenced Goodson Matanda (51) to one year jail term for assaulting a Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) member Shamiso Madondo in June this year.Ma...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
CJ Malaba says JSC staff must strive for quality service
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has implored Judicial Service Commission (JSC) officials and staff to be committed to their duties to help improve service delivery.Malaba, who is JSC chairperson, wa...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe partners AU countries to shut safe havens for illicit financial flows
ZIMBABWE has reportedly made tremendous progress in combating corruption, having recorded numerous cases of forfeiture of assets derived from illicit financial flows.Over the last five years, ...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Prices, currency manipulation is corruption, says Zacc
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has described the country's rampant price hikes and alleged currency manipulation as corruption.Speaking during a National Anti-Corruption Strate...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZACC targets estate agents, exchange rate manipulators
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is out to net unscrupulous real estate agents and those accused of manipulating exchange rates to illegally push large amounts of foreign currency out of...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:04hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
ZACC investigates nine parastatals
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is investigating nine State-owned enterprises and local authorities flagged by the Auditor General for suspected maladministration and other corporate go...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers make demands to Simba, Bona over Carrick Creagh stands
Lawyers representing Arosume Property Development (Pvt) Limited, Jiti Law Chambers are demanding that Ms Bona Ouma Nyepudzai Mugabe and Mr Simba Chikore remove all the Carrick Creagh stands totalling ...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:14hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
ZACC to take anti-corruption lessons into classrooms
ANTI-CORRUPTION education will be mainstreamed into the country's formal school curriculum so that people shun the vice from a young age, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) Chairperson, Justic...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZACC hunts for US$1 billion loot
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) believes it will this year recover cash and assets valued at over US$1 billion that were acquired through proceeds of crime, it has been learnt.T...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 12:10hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe magistrates urged to uphold ethical conduct
MAGISTRATES have been challenged to uphold ethical conduct in their execution of duty to ensure a corruption-free and quality justice delivery system.More than 200 magistrates from across the ...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC eagerly await graft exposé
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says it is eagerly awaiting the pending premiere of a documentary by Qatar international news network, Al Jazeera that will purportedly expose massive co...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally caught up in a US$400 000 corrupt upmarket house deal
PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Paul Mavima is caught up in a US$400 000 corrupt upmarket house deal in Quinnington, Borrowdale, Harare, involving the National Social Security Autho...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 10:41hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Hubby cheats with maid, crashes car with pregnant wife inside
TODAY we are going to die in this car!Those were the words of a husband, who after allegedly being caught cheating with the maid, deliberately attempted to commit suicide with his pregnant wif...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 19:41hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Fake Zambian University recruitment agents target foreign students
A syndicate of dubious University recruitment agents has been reported to be targeting unsuspecting foreign students intending to study at the Zambia Institute of Medical and Psychological Studies (ZI...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 07:21hrs | 184 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zimbabweans are angry'
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) have warned of simmering civil unrest due to unfettered corruption among President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lieutenants and cronies, after the country fared badly in Tra...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:46hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
The year Mnangagwa reined in his rival Chiwenga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this year emerged triumphant at the Zanu-PF elective congress after a fierce five-year power struggle - characterised by scheming, backstabbing, a grenade attack, poisonin...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:26hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans smuggling explosives for use in committing crimes in South Africa'
ZIMBABWEANS are reportedly smuggling explosives for use in committing crimes in neighbouring South Africa, NewsDay reported.Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Graft rife in Zimbabwe courts'
Corruption has to be eliminated in the court system so that the courts can then eliminate it elsewhere, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson Justice Loyce Matanda-Moyo said yeste...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:55hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF congress maintains 2017 coup hierarchy
"LOBENGULA comes back as secretary for administration," Zanu-PF leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on 29 October as he appointed the ruling party's top leadership at the recent congress at...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:43hrs | 13 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Prosecutor-General in trouble for lying in court
A Harare property developer Georgious Katsimberis has reported prosecutor general Michael Reza to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) over what...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 20:33hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa brings rival Chiwenga to his knees
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has brought his bitter rival Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to his knees - literally and metaphorically - at the crucial Zanu-PF congress which ended in Harare yester...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:53hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Cartels bay for Mthuli Ncube's blood
PREDATORY cartels of "tenderpreneurs" preying on Zimbabwe's lax procurement systems, prejudicing government of millions of United States dollars, are baying for the blood of Finance minister Mthuli Nc...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe anti-corruption commission says handling more than 1,000 cases
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), an independent commission created to combat corruption and crime, said it was handling more than 1,000 cases as it intensifies its war against corruptio...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda dawdles on Wadyajena scandal
Speaker of parliament Jacob Mudenda says the house will not invoke its internal disciplinary processes against scandal-ridden Justice Mayor Wadyajena before satisfying itself the Zanu-PF lawmaker was ...Published: 03 Sep 2022 at 19:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Did Wadyajena declare 25 trucks to Parliament?
Legislators quizzed Parliament Speaker Jacob Mudenda Tuesday on whether Zanu-PF's Gokwe-Nembudziya representative declared to Parliament the 25 trucks at the centre of a US$5 million fraud charges is ...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF throws Wadyajena under the bus
Zanu-PF yesterday expressed fears that Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena's US$5,8 million fraud charge may cost the ruling party dearly in today's by-election set for Gokwe-Kabuyuni....Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:19hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa conned by Israel businessman?
ISRAELI billionaire and Shabtai Group of Companies president, Mr Gilad Shabtai is under investigations on allegations that he conned the President Emmerson Mnangagwa and made him believe that he was a...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:57hrs | 65 | by Shelton Muchena
Notorious armed robber with 20 pending cases acquitted
A NOTORIOUS armed robber with 20 pending cases was last Friday acquitted of money laundering charges alongside his wife after a Harare magistrate found him not guilty of the crime.On Friday, m...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Australian police open probe into Mnangagwa over rape complaint
Australian police on Tuesday said they would work with international bodies to investigate rape allegations against Zimbabwe's president Emmerson Mnangagwa.Mnangagwa, 79, was accused of sexual...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 20:45hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Susan Mutami reveals long list high profile people she has bedded
SUSAN Mutami, the controversial character who claimed President Emmerson Mnangagwa abused her when she was 15-years-old, has revealed a list of top government officials she has reportedly had sex with...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:35hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'West abetting corruption in Zimbabwe'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi on Tuesday accused Western countries of supporting organisations that have been breeding corruption in Zimbabwe in a bid to propagate a negative narrative that Preside...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
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