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Chamisa throws councillors under the bus
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa yesterday condemned Harare councillors for abandoning their duties once elected, as he appeared before the commission of inquiry inv...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 07:06hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Nepotism, corruption mar Harare land allocations
A commission of inquiry into the City of Harare's financial management has revealed widespread corruption, nepotism, and favouritism in the municipality's land allocation processes. The commission, le...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 07:26hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Currency manipulators on the prowl
CURRENCY manipulation by businesses setting their Zimbabwe dollar prices to black-market exchange rates, has reached levels where some shops are pricing their goods and services using illegal rates ra...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo fuels Town House wars
LOCAL GOVERNMENT minister July Moyo yesterday appointed Stewart Mutizwa acting Harare mayor despite a court ruling on the same day that blocked the State from stopping incumbent mayor Jacob Mafume (MD...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa lied on police corruption the officers he said are fired are all at work
"False Accusations without recrimination. When does it stop?" Complaints about lies are nothing new to elections. Zimbabwe must have a Legislation which prohibits certain types of false st...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 09:48hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
SACU speaks on 'catch and release'
THE head of the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) Mr Tabani Mpofu said the phrase "catch and release" was coined by some elements trying to discredit President Mnangagwa's anti-graft fight, and susp...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Free Press still elusive, says VMCZ
MEDIA lobby organisation, Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) yesterday said a continued media violations in the country was a sign that a free press was still far from being achieved.V...Published: 01 May 2021 at 08:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's graft buster in trouble
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is allegedly under pressure from Zanu-PF bigwigs to act on his trusted corruption buster Tabani Mpofu whom they accuse of extortion.Mpofu is the head of the Specia...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mavima bullies Smeĺly, vows to send her to jail
Midlands Provincial Minister, Larry Mavima has come under fire from women groups for allegedly openly boasting causing recent arrest of Gweru busine...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 18:19hrs | 1 | by Paul Ndou
Fugitive council boss 'flees' to SA
FUGITIVE Harare City Council director of works Isaac Zvenyika Chawatama is suspected to have skipped the border into South Africa.Chawatama is on the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) wanted...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Disruptive chaos rages at Harare city
CHAOS continues to reign at Harare City Council, where top officials who are reportedly wanted by law enforcement agencies are back at work, while others with pending court cases are resisting to vaca...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arrests paralyse Harare council
HARARE City Council has been effectively crippled after the police and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) yesterday arrested chamber secretary Charles Kandemiri and launched a manhunt for finance...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Town clerk' escapes police chase
Self-appointed acting Harare City Council town clerk Engineer Zvenyika Chawatama yesterday escaped arrest on charges associated with abuse of office after evading the police in a dramatic high speed c...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugwadi accuses Biti of colluding with doctors to target Zanu-PF politicians
Zanu-PF information director Tafadzwa Mugwadi has backed a now withdrawn claim by government spokesman Nick Mangwana that doctors were responsible for purposely killing several ruling party bigwigs wh...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 21:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-led council show true colours
THE year2020 will go down in the history of the MDC-led Harare City Council as the worst under its leadership. The year exposed existing massive corruption, land scams, leadership crisis, arre...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:18hrs | 4 | by Blessings Chidakwa
Mwonzora claims victory
MDC-T interim secretary-general, Douglas Mwonzora won the race to become substantive party president at a chaotic extraordinary congress on Sunday but outgoing acting leader Thokozani Khupe held a Pre...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe leaves MDC-T vote in a huff
CHAOTIC scenes rocked the combustible MDC-T extraordinary congress which was held at the Harare International Conference Centre yesterday, with backers of the interim party president Thokozani Khupe (...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Khupe mistaken Chamisa's lawyer for Mnangagwa's Tabani Mpofu
Advocate Thabani Mpofu, Nelson Chamisa's lawyer, says he got a call from MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe seeking "my assistance" on her party's congress after mistaking him with his namesake Thabani Vusa...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 21:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mafume seeks bail at High Court
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has filed for bail at the High Court in a case in which he allegedly attempted to bribe a witness expected to testify against him on charges of influencing council officials ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 16:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC cries foul over targeted anti-graft arrests
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of using an anti-corruption crusade to dismantle the opposition, and create a one-party state.President Mnangagwa, who succeeded long tim...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 18:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare HR boss re-arrested
As the fight against corruption continues, Harare City Council human capital director Cainos Chingombe spent less than 24 hours as a freeman after having been freed by the courts on Thursday before be...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council top brass in US$8m binge
FORMER Harare City council top brass are facing arrest for illegally authorising over US$8 million in packages for managers and splashing millions on allowances, personal vehicles and holidays that mi...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare HR director arrested for corruption
HARARE City Council's recently reinstated human resources director Cainos Chingombe was yesterday arrested by police working with the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) for alleged criminal abuse of ...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa goes down as Mnangagwa rises high
After 37 years in power, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe resigned via in November 2017. His successor and former vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, promised a break from Mugabe's authoritarian ru...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 08:33hrs | 5 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
21 Harare councillors arrested
SECURITY officers in plain clothes yesterday swooped on Harare Town House and rounded up 21 councillors and three journalists attending a full council meeting, in a dramatic search for the deputy Mayo...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa wants Matanga probed for corruption
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa (Independent) has pleaded with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga for alleged corruption and abuse of offi...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top ZRP bosses witchhunt for moles at CID
SENIOR Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have launched a massive witchhunt against perceived moles leaking information about underhand dealings involving bosses stationed at the Criminal Investi...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Advocate Thabani Mpofu takes Tabani Mpofu head on
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu has dared Presidential anti-corruption special prosecution unit head Tabani Mpofu to produce his law degree to prove that he is qualified to h...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 19:43hrs | 38 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa walks the talk on anti-corruption
ON February 20, 2004, Zimbabwe appended its signature to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) as it joined the global community in efforts to combat the economy's corroding cancer....Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:32hrs | 4 | by Staff Reprter
Drax graft busters arrested
THREE police officers who were actively involved in the arrest of Delish Nguwaya, the Zimbabwean representative of Drax International, a company implicated in the US$60 million COVID-19 equipment proc...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's family friend in extortion storm
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) and the President's family friend, Delish Nguwaya have been accused of visiting a Harare businessman in remand prison to try to extor...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare town clerk arrested
Harare City Council town clerk Engineer Hosiah Chisango has been arrested this afternoon in Gweru over alleged land scams.Chisango, who was arrested while attending a town clerks' forum in Gwe...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 18:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nssa fresh US$12 million probe
ANTI-corruption officials have opened fresh investigations into the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) over the purchase of an office park in Borrowdale, which is alleged to have been overprice...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scandal prone Zinara caught up in yet another murky deal fiasco
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) could have lost US$5,2 million in a murky deal which was supposed to see a 'controversial third party' earn a US$5 million kickback as a condition fo...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 17:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Prosecutor arrested over Chombo's passport
A SENIOR Harare prosecutor was arrested yesterday on criminal abuse of office charges after he allegedly consented to the release of a passport belonging to former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo, wh...Published: 16 May 2019 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean official sells World Cup tickets on black market?
An official of the Zimbabwe Rugby Union been accused of selling 2019 World Cup tickets at the parallel market.A letter addressed to the CID Anti-corruption squad by the Head of Anti-corruption...Published: 10 May 2019 at 13:13hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
14 high-profile graft cases stalled
AT least 14 high-profile corruption trials have been stopped for various reasons by the High Court since last year, a development that has sparked public debate on the seriousness by some stakeholders...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PSMAS under probe
MR Tabani Mpofu - a renowned lawyer who leads the crack unit - confirmed the probe. He said: "We have received complaints of corruption allegations against PSMAS. We have referred the matter t...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
State seeks to rescind Supa Mandiwanzira's acquittal
The State is seeking to petition the High Court for a rescission of the judgment acquitting former minister Supa Mandiwanzira of criminal abuse of office charges that was delivered on Wednesday. ...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
State appeals Chivayo ruling
State prosecutors have filed a notice of appeal against businessman Mr Wicknell Chivayo's acquittal by the High Court in a $5,6 million fraud involving the Gwanda solar project.Mr Chivayo and ...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:38hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt probes US$100m botched deal
Government has opened investigations into circumstances surrounding a botched US$100 million deal to supply the country's referral hospitals with modern equipment.Although Government continues...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft body to contest Chivayo ruling
The Anti-Corruption Special Unit (ACSU) is breathing fire over the acquittal of businessman Mr Wicknell Chivayo in the $5,6 million fraud charge involving Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC)'s Gwanda solar p...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 22:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hordes apply for Zacc posts
Parliament has been inundated by applications from potential corruption busters willing to join the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), with 130 aspirants having thrown their hats into the rin...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 09:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-graft unit probes PSMAS
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special unit on anti-corruption is investigating alleged rampant abuse of funds at the government-owned Premier Services Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) amid claims that top...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 10:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo to be extradited
GOVERNMENT has activated plans to invoke the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Amendment Act to forfeit properties and assets of individuals who skip the country to escape prosecution for corrupt...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after Jonathan Moyo's properties
The net is closing on fugitives who fled the country to escape justice as Government intends to invoke the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Amendment Act to forfeit their properties and assets....Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Corruption unit raises flag over Kasukuwere, Supa Mandiwanzira training
The Special Anti-Corruption Unit in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has questioned the engagement of two prominent politicians for work-related training at the Harare Magistrates' Court ...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama at Tendai Biti's trial
There was drama at Tendai Biti's trial on Tuesday after the lawyers representing Mr. Biti told presiding Magistrate Takundwa that a member of the prosecuting authority had insulted the mag...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 10:54hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli Ncube's stabilisation steps 'inadequate, unhelpful'
Long-suffering Zimbabweans have expressed disappointment in the government's latest economic stabilisation measures that were announced on Monday, adding that they feared that things could take a turn...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 15:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lawyers warned against abusing court system
ACTING Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has warned of judicial action against lawyers "abusing the country's court system with frivolous challenges" against the legality of a crack prosecution unit e...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
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