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Kudenga, Masunda bid to grab Oliver Chidawu's estate flops
Attempts by chartered accountant Ngoni Kudenga and former Harare Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda to grab late former Harare Metropolitan Affairs and Devolution minister Oliver Chidawu's estate have been stopp...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 12:09hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt nullifies SC ruling on former NSSA boss
Former National Social Security Authority chairman Robin Vela received a reprieve when the Constitutional Court overturned a Supreme Court ruling that upheld an audit report by BDO Chartered Accountan...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:43hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Former NSSA boss sues RnB superstar Joe Thomas for US$368,000 after artist snubs mega birthday bash
FORMER National Social Security Authority (NSSA) chairman, Robin Vela is suing American RnB artiste Joe Thomas for US$1,5 million after the Grammy award winner failed to pitch up for a performance at ...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:44hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Robin Vela slaps Finance ministry director with US$2 million lawsuit
FORMER NSSA board chairperson Robin Vela is demanding US$2 million from a Finance ministry director, Memory Mukondomi, who this week implicated him in the ongoing Priscah Mupfumira corruption case....Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:55hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Another key State witness exonerates Prisca Mupfumira
A STATE witness in case former minister Prisca Mupfumira is accused of abusing office has made a u-turn on her testimony regarding her conduct in the process that led to the US$3,5 million deal betwee...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira did not influence me, says witness
A WITNESS in the matter of former Public Service minister Priscah Mupfumira, who is accused of criminal abuse of office after allegedly flouting tender procedures, has made a U-turn on her earlier tes...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:23hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira trial: Witness backtracks
A State witness yesterday backtracked during cross-examination in the trial of former Cabinet Minister Prisca Mupfumira on charges that she improperly pressed for a quick deal without going through te...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:19hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Top Zimbabwean auditors face probe
THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ) has given in to pressure to investigate owners of audit firm BdO Zimbabwe over allegations of unprofessionalism.The investigation will...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:47hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Ex-NSSA boss goes after top CAs
Former National Social Security Authority (NSSA) chairman Robin Vela wants the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ) to investigate two BDO Chartered Accountants Zimbabwe partners Ngon...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:45hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister's US$400k case raises eyebrows
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has allegedly been sitting on a dossier implicating former Labour and Social Welfare minister in the siphoning of public funds for over two years amid cl...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
NSSA to dispose of FML, Turnall stakes
The National Social Security Authority is set to dispose part of its shareholding in First Mutual Holdings Limited and to divest from Turnall Holdings as part of its investment refocus strategy which ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 10:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Vela escalates BDO fight
FORMER National Social Security Authority (Nssa) chairperson Robin Vela has requested that the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe to probe BDO Zimbabwe head, Ngoni Kudenga and his counterp...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:11hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zuma investigator queries NSSA audit
A SOUTH African forensic audit firm headed by a key pillar in the establishment of the Zondo Commission has rubbished a National Social Security Authority (NSSA) forensic audit by BDO Zimbabwe that im...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vela battles anti-corruption tide
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: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SB Moyo implicated in NSSA looting?
A company linked to Zimbabwe's military establishment was involved in the looting of funds belonging to the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) the forensic audit report by BDO Zimbabwe Chartere...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 15:07hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zacc boss faces integrity test
NEW Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chair Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo faces her first big test over allegations of wrongdoing involving her husband, Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo....Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa forced Nssa to appoint his baby Mama
OUTSPOKEN Independent Norton legislature Temba Mliswa used his political position to influence the appointment of the mother of his two children to senior position in National Social Security Authorit...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Vela has a case to answer: NSSA
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) should take legal action against former board chairman Robin Vela for his role in "pressuring" the authority to make costly irregular decisions to award m...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nssa forensic audit report: Who is who
In today's second analysis of the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) forensic report on the key individuals implicated in the State pension fund prejudice of US$175,25 million, NewsDay Business...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
NSSA forensic audit report: Who is who?
Adam Molai, Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Priscah Mupfumira, Robin Vela and Ozias Bvute are the individuals heavily implicated in the National Social Security Authority (NSSA)...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe's labour minister blew US$400k NSSA funds on campaign'
Former public service, labour and social welfare minister Petronella Kagonye forced the National Social Security (NSSA) board to shell out US$400,000 to her political campaign, the former chairman of ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 17:21hrs | | by ZimLive
Ex-NSSA chair challenges audit
FORMER National Social Security Authority (NSSA) board chairman Mr Robin Vela has taken a dig at the authority's much-hyped forensic audit which implicates him in some malpractices, saying it was an i...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robin Vela says audit report 'biased’ and 'incomplete’
The report of a forensic audit into alleged corruption at the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) is “biased, incomplete and targeted”, the pensions body’s former board chairman Robin Vela...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 14:36hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Sparks fly over NSSA scandal
Former National Social Security Authority (NSSA) board chairman Robin Vela says he will challenge the damning forensic audit report in court claiming that it was part of a witch-hunt.The repor...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Shocking details of NSSA emerge
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) forensic audit report released in Parliament this week exposes shocking corruption, fraud, criminal abuse of office and theft that saw the authority being...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NSSA forensic audit exposes shocking corruption
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) forensic audit report released in Parliament this week exposes shocking corruption, fraud, criminal abuse of office and theft that saw the authority being...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:11hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mupfumira's arrest and Zanu PF power politics
The late former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, responding to Zanu PF threats to crack down hard on corruption, once said: "Everyone in that party would be in jail if we become serious as a country ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Zimlive
Mnangagwa name-dropping scandal hits Zacc
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade is in jeopardy after Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission bosses came out guns blazing over the alleged politicisation of the graft-busting body....Published: 06 May 2018 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
LISTEN: Makamba's attempt to recruit Lumumba backfires
Editor,James Makamba's latest attempt to recruit former Star FM current affairs presenter Acie Mutumanje aka Lumumba has backfired with the famous blogger rejecting the offer and exposing the ...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by H. Sithole
Robin Vela bares all
Former National Social Security Authority (NSSA) board chairman Robin Vela has said the authority requires experienced management as well as intellectually astute political leadership.Vela was...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uncertainty grips NSSA
Labour and Public Service Minister Petronella Kagonye has said despite the shakeup at National Social Security Authority, which claimed the scalps of chairman Robin Vela and general manager Elizabeth ...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gloves off in NSSA crisis
THE gloves are off in the crisis engulfing the National Social Security Authority (NSSA), which culminated in the sacking of board chairman Robin Vela last week. Mr Vela was dismissed by Labou...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
A-looter continua: Mutsvangwa's son rewarded by NSSA
THE son of the special advisor to President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been appointed as to the Ariston Holding Limited board by the National Social Security Authority (NSSA).This comes a few mont...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 17:29hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa land deal in new twist
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) could have lost millions of pensioners' funds after it purportedly bought a non-existent Chegutu farm from Philip Chiyangwa as new details emerge that the...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 10:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa saga drags in lawyers, High Court judge
Businessman, Philip Chiyangwa on Thursday insisted that the $3,4 million sale of Hinton Ville land to the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) was done above board, with the authority's executive...Published: 15 Jul 2017 at 11:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Chiyangwa sold land he didn't own'
CHEGUTU Municipality's 1974 council records have confirmed that the 529-hectare piece of land reportedly sold to the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) by businessman, Philip Chiyangwa belongs ...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Rampant corruption threatens Zimbabwe banking sector'
DEPOSITORS Protection Corporation (DPC) chief executive officer, John Chikura, has said the worsening economic crisis facing the country was hindering the performance of most banks, but warned that mo...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa dragged into 'missing' land saga
THE mystery over the National Social Security Authority (NSSA)'s missing 529-hectare land acquired in Chegutu 14 years ago took a new twist yesterday, with board chairman, Robin Vela confirming that t...Published: 11 Jul 2017 at 07:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZB and Vingirai split imminent
THE split between ZB Financial Holdings (ZBFH) and Intermarket Holdings Limited (IHL) - which have been operating as a single entity for the past 11 years - seemed imminent last week after details eme...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
NSSA opens Bulawayo rehabilitation centre to public
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has opened its Bulawayo Rehabilitation Centre to the public with immediate effect after operating for over 40 years as a facility for only contributors to...Published: 23 May 2017 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU threatens legal action
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has threatened to take legal action against Public Service, Labour, and Social Welfare minister Priscah Mupfumira following her removal of its president Pe...Published: 19 May 2017 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt yet to identify partner for Ekusileni Medical Centre
THE Zanu-PF government has not yet identified a suitable partner to operationalise the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's project, Ekusileni Medical Centre in Bulawayo, more than a decade afte...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pensioners' benefits increase
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) will from next month start giving out $800 for funeral enhancement for pensioners with an upward pension payments review set for the second quarter of...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 16:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe working on pension for vendors, maids
ZIMBABWEANS working in the informal sector will get pension cover under a scheme being drawn up by the National Social Security Authority for implementation later this year.Under the schem...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 11:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Hotel to be turned into flats
Nssa is considering converting its US$49 million Beitbridge Hotel into residential apartments for civil servants who work at the border post after efforts to lease it out to hospitality industry playe...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Telecel takeover in new twist
National Social Security Authority (Nssa) said it will relinquish its controlling stake in Telecel Zimbabwe to Zarnet after three years, as a way of protecting its investment.This was afte...Published: 26 Jan 2017 at 05:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pensioners get Christmas bonuses
Pensioners have something to be merry about this Christmas as the National Social Security Authority will give them a bonus that is equivalent to their monthly payouts.In an interview, NSS...Published: 11 Dec 2016 at 08:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New battle erupts over Telecel
Sources said a new battle has erupted between Zarnet and NSSA which now wants to take over Telecel instead of being merely the financier. NSSA initially rejected the proposal saying it was...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government appoints new NSSA executive
The government has unveiled a new National Social Security Authority (NSSA) senior management team whose mandate is to craft policies aimed at investing pensioner's funds in profitable projects across...Published: 03 Aug 2016 at 20:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Stinging charge sheet for Fidelity bosses
STINGING allegations of breaches of exchange control regulations, fraud and financial impropriety have become the core of a possible charge sheet against Fidelity Life Assurance (FLA) directors - Mr S...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 12:13hrs | 11 | by Darlington Musarurwa and Africa Moyo
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