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Govt hands controversial US$9m waste collection deal to Geo Pomona
The Zimbabwean government has awarded Geo Pomona Waste Management a contract to manage refuse collection in Harare, a deal that has raised eyebrows due to its hefty price tag and the financial strain ...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:18hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa glows in Geo Pomona project
President Emmerson Mnangagwa praised the Geo Pomona Waste Management project during a tour with Sadc heads of State and government, highlighting its significance in sustainable waste management and re...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:20hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Sadc leaders tour Zimbabwe's Geo Pomona, Liberation City
During the 44th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit, regional leaders took a break from their busy schedules to tour Geo Pomona Waste Management Private Limited and the Museum of African Liberat...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 06:54hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's second republic of corruption and controversy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's second republic, which he proclaimed when he came into office in November 2017 following a coup that ended long-time ruler Robert Mugabe's nearly four-decade rule, has b...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 20:59hrs | 947 | by Gary Gerald Mtombeni
Mnangagwa's foot in the mouth again
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has an uncanny ability to frequently put his foot in the mouth, sometimes without harm but his recent episode on structured currency has left a trail of economic disaster....Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:11hrs | 6 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwean authorities remove 7 universities from accredited list
The Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE) has announced the removal of seven universities in India and Cyprus from its official list of accredited institutions. This decision comes in the wak...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:17hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Uncle Sam not letting go of little Zimbabwe
THERE is something interesting about the new United States sanctions regime announced this week. Besides President Joseph Biden making a statement, the US National Security Council made one too. What ...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:16hrs | 5 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
CIO agent in AK47 abduction, torture of CCC MP Ngadziore seen in public
A gun-toting Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent caught on video abducting a Citizens Coalition for Change MP has been publicly sighted for the first time since the November 1, 2023, inciden...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 12:37hrs | | 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 th...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 07:55hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Russian mining giant heads to Zimbabwe
THE world's largest diamond producer Alrosa of Russia will next week be in Zimbabwe to start work on mining operations with 50 more companies from the Euroasian nation targeting various sectors....Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dilesh Nguwaya fronted Drax set for US$11 million payout?
Drax Consult SAGL could be set for a US$11 million payout from the National Pharmaceutical Company (Natpharm) after the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a 2019 medical supply contract between the ...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 17:28hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa foul law saga deepens
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has not formally withdrawn the controversial legal instrument that sought to hide the Health and Child Care ministry's procurement processes with new information indicatin...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wife's official meddling intensifies
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's meddling in government affairs intensified this week after she flew out of the country with her twin sons Sean and Collins to hold separate meetings with Belarus Presid...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 20:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shady characters around Mnangagwa
SPOTLIGHT seems to bring out the best and worst of people, and sometimes their true colours. Self-proclaimed prophet Uebert Angel is among people caught off-guard by the four-episode Al Jazeera docume...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:36hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Midlands allies exempt from Zanu-PF primaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's close allies in his Midlands home province have been exempted from being challenged by other party officials in Zanu-PF primary elections in a development that has stoke...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa nemesis bemoans 'grand looting' under Zanu-PF rule
Zanu-PF activist, Sybeth Musengezi who became known through his bold challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy as party leader, resurfaced weekend to haunt his nemesis, this time for...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa too compromised to fight corruption'
BINGA North legislator Prince Dubeko Sibanda says President Emmerson Mnangagwa cannot fight corruption because he is compromised by vested interests of his family's corrupt business undertakings condu...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Charamba mocks Chamisa
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has blasted Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa for promising a ‘new great Zimbabwe' while opposition led councils have failed t...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to reverse July Moyo directives
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has vowed to reverse some government measures, which he said were destroying and suffocating local authorities.Chamisa, who is vying...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:46hrs | | by Johannes Marisa
Mnangagwa's wife steals limelight in meddling
WHEN the 2017 coup that toppled the long-time ruler Robert Mugabe unfolded, military commanders and top Zanu-PF officials announced that one of the reasons for the ouster was to stop the then first la...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delish Nguwaya scoops award for his Pomona waste project
THE Zimbabwe Integrated Traders Association (ZITA) on Wednesday honoured controversial businessman Delish Nguwaya with a special Innovative Business Award in recognition of his leading role in the Pom...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
November 2017 military coup promises shattered
PROMISES of a break with the past and a new beginning, economic recovery, freedom, democratic re-alignment and prosperity by military commanders at the onset of Zimbabwe's 2017 coup as well as b...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 18:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pays Pomona ‘investor' - even after US$320m contract cancelled
The government is paying millions of dollars to a company corruptly awarded a €304 million (about US$320 million) contract to turn Harare's waste into energy – even after the local authority cance...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga circumvents Parliament grilling for 6 months
KUWADZANA East legislator Chalton Hwende this week took to task deputy speaker of Parliament Tsitsi Gezi over the continued non-attendance of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga who doubles as ministe...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo resumes campaign for Redcliff seat after shock 2018 defeat
LOCAL Government Minister July Moyo is dishing out donations in the dormitory town of Redcliff amid reports that the Midlands Zanu-PF godfather has resumed campaigns to regain the peri-urban parliamen...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt doles out US$6m in Harare rubbish saga
A company awarded the controversial 30-year Pomona waste management deal in Harare may have pocketed at least US$6 million since March from government as the City of Harare has refused to pay a single...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 11:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brand Zimbabwe campaign launched
THE Brand Zimbabwe campaign, designed to enhance the country's domestic and international appeal to investors and tourists was launched in Harare yesterday backed by a wide cross section of many busin...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's US$500m Zim Cyber City 'murky' investor exposed
MULK International, the United Arab Emirates-based company roped in by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to build a US$500 million Zim Cyber City in Harare, secretly bought Nigeria's National Theatre for U...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare cancels Pomona waste deal
The Harare City Council has resolved to cancel the Pomona waste management deal that was imposed on the local authority by the Local Government ministry.Council had resolved to suspend the 30-...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt in Pomona deal climbdown
GOVERNMENT was yesterday forced to make a U-turn on the Pomona waste management deal after the Harare City Council dug in and refused to pay for dumping waste at Pomona, now managed by the Netherlands...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihuri was better, says Mliswa
Outspoken Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa has slammed the Zimbabwe Republic Police for incompetence under Godwin Matanga while saying the former Police Chief, Augustine Chihuri was better.Mlis...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 15:34hrs | 8 | by Desmond Nleya
Mnangagwa ally serves Harare council with a default notice on $750,000 fee
HARARE city council has been served with a default notice after failing to pay some US$780,890 to Netherlands-registered company Geogenix BV in the controversial Pomona waste-to-energy deal.Un...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mafume sticks to his guns on Pomona
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday said the Harare City Council (HCC) had no capacity to pay in United States dollars the council committee set up to investigate the Pomona waste management deal....Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pomona project above board, claims Nguwaya
GEOGENIX BV says it will forge ahead with the controversial Pomona waste management project despite the Harare City Council (HCC) suspending it through a council resolution last month.Speaking...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa-linked firm bags US$780,000 from Pomona dumpsite bill?
THE ministry of local government has written to the Harare city council ordering the local authority to pay up the ballooning Pomona dumpsite bill, which is now close to a million United States dollar...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council appoints committee to probe Pomona deal
HARARE City Council (HCC) has appointed a special investigation committee to probe the controversial Pomona waste management deal between the Netherlands-based company Geogenix BV fronted by businessm...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa-run councils will 'reject' July Moyo's fire trucks
The Citizens Coalition for Change which is the majority party in most urban councils says it is prepared to go to court to stop local government minister July Moyo forcing local authorities to buy fir...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Massive looting of Covid-19 relief funds exposed
A parliamentary report has exposed massive graft, looting and diversion of material and financial resources worth several millions of dollars earmarked for the Covid-19 fight.The Brian Dube ch...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Charamba threatens Harare mayor over Pomona deal
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has threatened Harare mayor Jacob Mafume with arrest for opposing Cabinet's decision to endorse the US$240 million Pomona waste management deal for the city....Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Harare will not pay even a cent on Pomona deal, Mafume vows
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume (pictured) says the city council will not pay a cent to Geogenix BV, a company fronted in Zimbabwe by businessman Delish Nguwaya, describing the agreement signed by the local...Published: 31 May 2022 at 12:26hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo defends Pomona deal
LOCAL government minister July Moyo and Geogenix BV frontman Delish Nguwaya have defended the controversial Pomona dumpsite deal, which they admit did not follow tender procedures.The Harare C...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Harare to pay US$22,000 a day for dumpsite'
ANTI-CORRUPTION watchdogs, civic groups and Harare residents yesterday described as scandalous and shameful the Pomona waste management deal awarded to Netherlands-based company Geogenix BV.Ge...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's scorecard after 4 years
THIS week had two special days - Workers Day and Press Freedom Day - they both had muted celebrations. Something has changed, the economy is not working and the two are now holidays threatened by exti...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 10 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade fizzles out deplorably
HIGH-PROFILE corruption cases from as far back as 2017 are yet to be finalised, almost five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to decisively tackle graft.The development also de...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blasts compromised minister
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo's interference in the governance of local authorities has infuriated Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa who has called the Zanu-PF politburo...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Moyo shields MDC-T councillors to protect controversial deals?
AS consistently reported by The NewsHawks prior to the March 26 by-elections, Local Government minister July Moyo (pictured) has stepped in to protect his multi-million-dollar corrupt deals at Town Ho...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, July Moyo murky deals under threat
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors say they will immediately swing into action and stop all dubious deals linked to First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and some scandalous agreements involving...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:30hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa councillors haunted by shoddy land deals
At least four Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors elected in last week's by-elections could have their joy short-lived following revelations that they face immediate suspension over alleg...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Govt shields dodgy US$400m deal from political scrutiny
THE government has ring-fenced a filthy US$400 million waste-to-energy Pomona dumpsite deal pushed through by Local Government minister July Moyo (pictured) from political scrutiny and possible ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 17:07hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Gilbert Nyambabvu criticises ZBC funding model
Gilbert Nyambabvu has left his role as director of digital and TV services at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation after nearly three years with the public broadcaster.Nyambabvu said it was h...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 06:17hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
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