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Zimbabweans must stay away from occult wealth seeking
IMAGINE being instructed by an inyanga or sangoma to take soil from a stranger's grave that will be used to perform a ritual to invoke the spirit of a dead person to help you get instant wealth and po...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:02hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri properties seizure - PG wants graft law amended
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Nelson Mutsonziwa has called for the amendment of corruption laws to plug loopholes being used by "criminals" to keep hold of ill-gotten property as the state pushes for the seizure...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 18:50hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
'Underfunding cripples NPRC'
HEAL Zimbabwe has decried lack of political will and under-funding that has grounded the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) national healing and reconciliation programmes.In i...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court rules in favour of Chihuri
Former Police Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri has won the Supreme Court appeal by the State contesting an order for forfeiture of his properties acquired over his 25 year tenure at the helm of ...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 19:03hrs | 1436 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri property fight rages on
The Supreme Court will this week hear the National Prosecuting Authority's appeal against the removal of some of former police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri's properties from the unexplained ...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Top govt official in trouble over ‘questionable' wealth
THE Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has suspended senior official Marcos Nyaruwanga to pave way for investigations to ascertain his source of wealth as a public official, the Zimbabwe Ind...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 18:33hrs | 1699 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt moves to seize Chihuri farm
GOVERNMENT is intensifying its vindictive approach to seizing farms belonging to its critics, most of whom were the late former president Robert Mugabe's loyalists in the twilight years of life and ru...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:34hrs | 5677 | by Staff reporter
Zacc fails to account for expenses
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), has failed to produce supporting documents to validate its expenditure in the previous year to auditor-general, Mildred Chiri, a situation that may have...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:46hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Ex-defence official asked to explain wealth
THE National Prosecuting Authority continues to press those suspected of acquiring wealth through corruption and other criminal activity to explain how they have bought their houses and cars, with the...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa defends Mnangagwa, says Susan Mutami not raped
NORTON independent Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has leaped to defend President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other government officials named dropped by Susan Mutami when she poured out her rape saga, c...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 20:31hrs | 1930 | by Staff reporter
As long as Zimbabweans are such unmitigated cowards - Chamisa will grow old, and go into the grave without ever tasting power!
I have written extensively on how our appalling cowardice as Zimbabweans is the greatest single most outstanding factor holding us back as a nation - preventing us from pushing for the change we despe...Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 21:39hrs | 1186 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mai TT, A full blown ZANU PF sideshow political project
Despite intense infighting that characterizes Zanu PF, the fact remains that ZANU PF is determined to win the next election at any cost. For them, there is just too much at stake and they cannot affor...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:27hrs | 1925 | by Knowledge Hakata
'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 | 635 | by Staff reporter
ZACC moves to recover US$22m ill-gotten wealth
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has filed eight applications with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) seeking orders to seize assets valued over US$22 million suspected to have bee...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:10hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Leave Mnangagwa out of this, Judge tells Chihuri
HIGH Court Judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda has told former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri to stop dragging President Mnangagwa's name into his dispute with the Prosecutor-General, who is ...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri gets US$7m mansion back
FORMER ZRP boss Augustine Chihuri secured some relief Tuesday after the High Court gave him back a luxury Harare mansion valued at US$7 million.Chihuri, reportedly now based in South Africa, i...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:50hrs | 4193 | by Staff reporter
High Court clears Chihuri assets
The High Court has returned the properties former police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri acquired during his 25 years at the helm of the police force that were targeted for forfeiture, in what ...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 16:12hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes 22 cases of unexplained wealth
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is investigating 22 cases of unexplained wealth involving externalisation of more than US$22 million. In a statement, ZACC said it was closely wo...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:30hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife causes a rumpus at the Forbes border post
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) staff were left "shaken" after first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa caused a rumpus at the Forbes border post, including having her aides grab a manager by his belt, ZimLiv...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 11:12hrs | 26866 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa’s unexplained millions stashed under mattresses
President Cyril Ramaphosa allegedly kept large sums of money in foreign currency, estimated to be $80 million (R1.24 billion), “concealed” under mattress and couches at his farm in Bela-Bela, Limp...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:39hrs | 8967 | by Staff reporter
Vumbachikwe Gold Mine hit by mass exodus of workers
A TOTAL of 23 senior and junior managers plus 140 general workers have quit Vumbachikwe Gold Mine in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, within the past two months.According to an internal memo seen b...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri abused power, court told
FORMER Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri abused his public power as head of the police to prejudice the State of large sums in public funds channelled to five companies linked to his family and r...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:13hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri wealth inquiry opens
The inquiry seeking explanation from former police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri on the sale of five properties that were part of the family's large property portfolio opened at the High Cour...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:11hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri savages Hodzi
FORMER Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Augustine Chihuri has vehemently opposed a High Court order for his properties to be forfeited arguing it is unconstitutional.He argued that he acquired h...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:12hrs | 880 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri says he is too rich to steal
EXILED former police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri yesterday told the High Court that he was too rich to steal from the State and the police force.Chihuri is accused of corruption inv...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:08hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
Zacc seeks prosecuting powers
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has requested amendments to the Anti-Corruption Act to give it prosecuting powers.Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi tabled the Zacc 2021 report in...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:43hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
NPA targets US$50m ill-gotten properties
THE Asset Forfeiture Unit at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has lodged six High Court applications to seize assets from individuals who allegedly acquired them through proceeds of crime....Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:16hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri wealth case deferred
The High Court has deferred to next month, the case in which the State is seeking explanation from former police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri on the sale of five properties that were part of...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
State seeks to recover US$32m from Chihuri
The High Court is this week expected to hear a high profile corruption case in which the State is seeking to recover more than US$32 million and forfeit numerous properties from former Police Commissi...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:31hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Gweru council protects US$10m dodgy dealers
SOME corrupt Gweru City Council officials who benefited from more than US$10 million in unprocedural land deals over the past decade are yet to be made public with residents criticising the local auth...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:02hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
'Black market fuelling inflation'
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has blamed widening exchange rate premiums on the alternative market for stoking inflation which has in turn fuelled increases in prices of goods and services since ...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:51hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF election candidates flee with ballot papers
VIOLENCE in parts of Mashonaland West and allegations of rigging across the country's 10 provinces characterised Zanu-PF's provincial elections held Tuesday, with some candidates being accused of flee...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 5167 | by Staff reporter
WHO red flags Zimbabwe flu bug
A TOP World Health Organisation (WHO) official has red-flagged Zimbabwe over the possibility of a new variant circulating in the country following the outbreak of an unexplained flu bug.Health...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:42hrs | 4548 | by Staff reporter
Zacc pushes for whistleblower protection
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has come up with a cocktail of measures to combat rampant corruption through amending the Anti-Corruption Act, pushing for a whistleblower protection law...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:38hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
ZACC boast 'great strides in stamping out corruption', seized US$700M - super slow applaud, 6% gold looted in one decade alone
"The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) said it had seized property worth over $700 million," reported Zimeye."The anti-corruption body has also filed 18 unexplained wealth order case file...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 13:58hrs | 460 | by Wilbert Mukori
Late Ginimbi to lose Lambo, Rolls Royce
The value of ill-gotten assests seized and forfeited to the national treasury by the Second Republic is now over US$30 million, as legal proceedings are underway to forfeit expensive vehicles - a Lamb...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:58hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Court reserves judgement in asset declaration lawsuit
THE High Court has reserved judgement in a matter in which an opposition legislator launched a lawsuit against the government's failure to actualise a law that forces public officials, including Presi...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:42hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
ZACC to seize assets worth $730m
Zimbabwe's anti-corruption body has allegedly located unexplained $730 million worth of assets whose owners must face the courts to disclose how they accumulated their fortunes or risk state forfeitur...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:19hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
ZEC warms up to by-elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is pushing for additional funding to the $11 billion it was allocated in the 2022 national Budget as the election management body has started making preparation...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:18hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zacc recovers US$7 million in unexplained wealth
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has recovered more than US$7 million worth of assets in unexplained wealth as the anti-graft body continue to hunt down proceeds of corruption for eventual seiz...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 15:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Court reserves judgement in asset declaration lawsuit
THE High Court has reserved judgement in a matter in which an opposition legislator launched a lawsuit against the government's failure to actualise a law that forces public officials, including Presi...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:59hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe in US$2,5 million tender scandal
HOME AFFAIRS minister Kazembe Kazembe has been implicated in massive tender scandal after a company he has interests in won a lucrative tender under suspicious circumstances, it has emerged.Th...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:43hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Apostolic Faith Church fights over Ntabazinduna temple land
THE Apostolic Faith Church of Portland Oregon is locked in a protracted land wrangle with a Ntabazinduna villager whom it accuses of illegally setting up a homestead on its land acquired through the l...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Shock as July Moyo accused of using juju against Mnangagwa
Professor Jonathan Moyo has alleged that ZANU PF Politiburo member July Moyo attempted to send juju laced shoes to President Emmerson Mnangagwa in an attempt to succeed the ZANU PF strongman. ...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 12:22hrs | 315 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Why are Zimbabwean companies failing to pay taxes?
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) annual report for 2020 released last week confirmed the heavy burden that the country's industries are battling to contain — outstanding taxes are mounting, and ...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:13hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Companies struggle to pay $7 billion tax
ZIMBABWE'S private sector owed the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) $6,5 billion in unpaid taxes at the end of last year, according to an annual report released by the tax collector.Zimra sa...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe awards passport production contract to Belgian firm
A Belgian company linked to bribes-for-tenders in over half-a-dozen countries has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to produce biometric passports for Zimbabwe, ZimLive reported.Zim...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 12:06hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter
Eddie Cross a victim of petty conceit
SELF-ADMIRATION, an I-know-all obsession misleads one into self-destruction. Supremacism when self-crafted and entrenched breads arrogance, adamance and waywardness.I suggest Eddie Cross must ...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:48hrs | | by Isaac Mupinyuri
ZACC aiming for 99% convictions
FIRSTLY, I want to say that as ZACC we recognise the importance of meeting shareholder expectations. ZACC is wholly funded by Treasury and is, therefore, expected to account for the monies that it has...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Harare the most corrupt province in Zimbabwe, says ZACC
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption commission (ZACC) says Harare is the most corrupt province in the country, with an astounding 93,2% of the total cases received in 2020.In its progress report for ...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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