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'Mupfumira not mentally fit for trial'
FORMER Cabinet Minister Prisca Mupfumira's trial yesterday failed to kick off after her legal representative told the court that she was not mentally fit to stand trial and that a psychiatrist had rec...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1978 | by Staff reporter
Minister guns for NSSA board
The troubled National Social Security Authority (NSSA) is headed for more turmoil after the new Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Paul Mavhima asked the State-controlled pension schem...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:10hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
ZACC intensifies asset recovery
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) intensified its asset recovery programme in the past two weeks by impounding several vehicles suspected of being smuggled into the country without paymen...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:52hrs | 117 | by Comm John Makamure
POLAD takes on NSSA corruption
Participants in the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) spearheaded by President Mnangagwa will discuss the corruption ravaging the National Social Security Authority (NSSA), MDC-T vice president Obert ...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 18:53hrs | 1759 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's minister caught in messy scandal
INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza has been accused of failing to pay back US$8 000 she allegedly took from the corruption-ridden National Social Security Authority (NSSA) under the guise of ...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:01hrs | 3791 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Cabinet reshuffle sparks uproar
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s cabinet reshuffle has caused consternation in government and Zanu-PF as officials believe it was motivated by the need to consolidate and retain power rather ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 1838 | by Staff reporter
Politburo on tomorrow - Khaya Moyo
THE ruling Party, Zanu-PF will convene the Ordinary Session of the Politburo tomorrow at the party headquarters.The party's Secretary for Information and Publicity Simon Khaya Moyo confirmed i...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 16:08hrs | 1276 | by Staff Reporter
NSSA rot sucks in another minister
FORMER Public Service minister Sekai Nzenza allegedly ordered State pension manager, National Social Security Authority (NSSA) to pay $1,8 million to a group of local experts she handpicked to unpack ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:27hrs | 5177 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to axe bigwigs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is planning to make further changes to his Cabinet after last Friday's mini-reshuffle that saw some ministers being redeployed and new deputies appointed, it has emerged....Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 09:02hrs | 10570 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expands Cabinet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday reshuffled his Cabinet and expanded his administration by splitting the Home Affairs ministry in his second reshuffle since the election in July last year....Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:09hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga in remarkable recovery, returning home soon
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, who was airlifted to China from South Africa in July amid poisoning fears, is preparing to return home after making a remarkable recovery at a top hospital in Beij...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:18hrs | 1906 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo arrest political game: Churches
ZIMBABWE Heads of Christian Denominations executive secretary Bishop Kenneth Mtata yesterday said the arrest of Presidential Affairs minister Joram Gumbo by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Za...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:41hrs | 1520 | by Staff reporter
ZACC closes in on 44 bigwigs
Forty-four serving and former Cabinet ministers, permanent secretaries, parastatal bosses and legislators are facing "imminent" arrest for corruption, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairp...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:29hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira trial dates postponed
The trial of former Tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira, who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office and money laundering, failed to kick off yesterday after the State said, it wanted more time t...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:55hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Joram Gumbo arrested
Former Transport Minister Joram Gumbo was arrested on Monday accused of corruption involving a US$70 million deal to acquire four planes from Malaysian Airlines.The planes were sold to Zimbabw...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 11:33hrs | 9644 | by Staff reporter
NSSA deals saga in new twist
Former National Social Security Authority (NSSA) chairman Robin Vela says an audit of the state-owned pension scheme, which detected alleged underhand dealings during his tenure is flawed.Vela...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 19:58hrs | 2099 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime's attempt to mis-locate Zimbabwe's problems
Today, the regime in Zimbabwe has bussed the hapless victims of its unmitigated cluelessness in a vain attempt to mis-locate the country's problems in far-away Europe and Washington.As the hun...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:54hrs | 885 | by Luke Batsirai Tamborinyoka
Obert Mpofu lawsuit headache for Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a headache over the legal action taken by Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu against the party's youth league deputy secretary Lewis Matutu where the f...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 17:59hrs | 18491 | by Staff Reporter
Carnage at NSSA as executives are suspended
The National Social Security Authority has suspended the majority of its top executives as part of efforts to cleanse the organisation of/and take action against employees who were implicated in a rec...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 5678 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira's trial to kick off on the 4th
The state has completed investigations into four of the nine criminal abuse of office charges against former Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Priscah Mupfumira, to pave way f...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 21:40hrs | 1360 | by Staff reporter
Ex-NSSA boss reports Zimbabwe auditors to Belgian HQ
FORMER National Social Security Authority (NSSA) board chair Robin Vela has reported auditors BDO Zimbabwe to their parent company in Belgium over what he said was an "evidently biased, politically-mo...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1722 | by Staff reporter
Ex-NSSA boss spills the beans
FORMER National Social Security Authority chairman Robin Vela has revealed that a former Zanu-PF minister took a staggering US$400 000 from the state pensions body to fund her election campaign....Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:47hrs | 3774 | by Staff reporter
Naming and shaming corrupt Bigwigs is not enough: They ought to rot in jail - Nomboka
Responding to a question posed by this reporter during a live interview on ‘what should have been done by seating parliamentarians which they were apparently not doing to put an immediate stop to ra...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:24hrs | 460 | by Agencies
Mupfumira to lose Senate seat, Central Committee position
FIRED Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira is set to lose her Senatorial seat and Zanu-PF Central Committee position after Mashonaland West Province, where she comes...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1450 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira faces fresh charges
Former Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Prisca Mupfumira, today appeared in court on fresh charges of criminal abuse of office.The court heard that sometime in Octobe...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:52hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira ejected from Politburo meeting
Sacked Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister and Zanu-PF Politburo member Prisca Mupfumira, who is on $5 000 bail for alleged criminal abuse of office, was ejected from yesterday's ex...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:44hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF to fire Prisca Mupfumira
President Ememerson Mnangagwa is reportedly initiating a move to fire embattled former Minister of Tourism Prisca Mupfumira from her Politiburo post due to the web of corruption allegations that...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 17:55hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
All bark, no bite: The case of Zacc
THE November 2017 coup brought new dreams and hopes among the citizens, many who believed the new regime would knock corruption off very high perch. However, after ad infinitum calls against the corru...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:46hrs | 302 | by Cliff Chiduku
Zacc requests more powers
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has made a request to be granted prosecutorial powers in order to expeditiously process graft cases through the newly established Anti-Corruption Courts....Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Zacc seeks trial powers
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is seeking prosecutorial powers to expeditiously process graft cases through newly established Anti-Corruption Courts.Currently, only the Nationa...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Politics dogs anti-graft body Zacc
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is facing an uphill task as it battles to break deeply entrenched corruption cartels in government, which are allegedly using their vast networks in the ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Prisca Mupfumira told to resign from Senate
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has urged former Minister of Tourism Senator Prisca Mupfumira to resign from her senatorial position due to the alleged mounting cases against her. Sai...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:38hrs | 1882 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mupfumira case in new twist
Former Tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira's corruption has taken a new twist following revelations that she had government authority to buy cars using National Social Security Authority (NSSA) money....Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:40hrs | 2531 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira back in court
Fired Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira, who is facing corruption allegations involving US$95 million, was back in court yesterday for her routine remand. ...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 05:49hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira matter postponed
The matter of former Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Minister Prisca Mupfumira, who is out on ZWL$ 5 000 bail has been postponed to November 18.The former minister is facing sev...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 15:22hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe coup announcer's wife gets death threats
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo and her team of commissioners have acquired firearms for personal security amid reports that they have been receiving ...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | 5286 | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests trade unionist
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday arrested former National Employment Council for Engineering Council secretary-general Pumulani Musagwiza on fraud charges after he grabbed the ...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:29hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Bogus Zaac official on the prowl
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has expressed concern over reports that some criminals were masquerading as agents of the commission, going around companies and individuals demanding br...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:23hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira granted bail
HIGH Court Judge Justice Amy Tsanga yesterday granted former Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira $5 000 bail coupled with stringent conditions. Justice Tsan...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 06:57hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira's case triggers legislation scrutiny
A Harare lawyer has approached the High Court challenging the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act (Chapter 9:07), sections 32(3) (b) (c) and (d), which gives the Prosecutor General power to deny an ac...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 06:53hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Prisca Mupfumira granted bail of 5,000 Zimdollars
TROUBLED former Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira been granted $5 000 bail by High Court Judge Ammy Tsanga.She had approached the High Court to file her fourth bid for bail since her arrest so...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 08:19hrs | 3402 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Anti-graft prosecutor calls for stiffer penalties
Presidential anti-corruption special prosecution unit head Tabani Mpofu has called for stiffer penalties on people convicted of graft in order to effectively deal with the scourge, which he said is co...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 07:15hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira in 4th bail bid
TROUBLED former Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira has approached the High Court to file her fourth bid for bail since her arrest some two months ago.Mupfumira is facing seven criminal abuse of...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 20:06hrs | 74 | by newzimbabwe
'Flight risk' Mupfumira refused bail
Fired Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira, who is facing corruption allegations involving US$95 million, was on Friday back in court for her routine remand. ...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 06:12hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
Fresh scandal brews at NSSA
A fresh scandal is brewing at the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) after revelations that another former minister meddled in the compulsory pensions body's affairs resulting in heavy financia...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 09:31hrs | 2467 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira could flee to England, says magistrate
Former tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira was denied bail on Wednesday after a magistrate ruled that she was a flight risk.Elijah Makomo said Mupfumira, charged with corruption involving US$95...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 21:46hrs | 3145 | by ZimLive
Mupfumira bail ruling Today
Former Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Prisca Mupfumira is pinning her hopes for freedom on a bail application ruling set for tomorrow after the lapse of the 21-day de...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 08:24hrs | 1167 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira files fresh bail application
Former tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira on Monday filed a fresh bail appeal before a Harare magistrate after languishing in prison for nearly two months.She appeared before Harare provincial...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 06:40hrs | 758 | by zimlive
Interpol warrant of arrest red alert slapped on Robin Vela
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is lobbying the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) to issue red notices for former National Social Security Authority (Nssa) board cha...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 06:57hrs | 1769 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira bail ruling set for today
FIRED Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira last Friday made a fresh bail application at the Harare Magistrates' Courts following the expiry of her 21-day detention p...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 06:20hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
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