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Mnangagwa presides over corrupt government
REVELATIONS by Auditor-General Mildred Chiri that Treasury made foreign direct payments on behalf of 16 government ministries amounting to more than US$300 million without the required parliamentary a...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:30hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Former ZACC chairperson dies
"Yes I can confirm his death. He is a former ZACC chairperson. In fact, he is the one I replaced," said Justice Matanda-Moyo last night. It could not be immediately established what caused Wha...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zacc Commissioner suspended over corruption
A member of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, Frank Muchengwa, has been suspended for misconduct pending a tribunal that will look into what have been described as "corruption allegations" to s...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admits to disolving Zacc
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has for the first time publicly admitted that he dissolved the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) then headed by career diplomat Job Whabira in January this year....Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:23hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe govt works on 50:50 principle
GOVERNMENT will soon amend the Constitution to extend the provision which reserves 60 seats for women following the pending expiry of the subsistence of the 10-year legal framework in 2023, President ...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mudenda clarifies Matanda-Moyo appointment
THE Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda has defended the proposed appointment of Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo as chairperson of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission saying the Hig...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Mnangagwa's pick for new Zacc chair
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has chosen High Court judge, Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo (pictured), who is also Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo's wife, to be the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commissio...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Heavyweights vie for ZACC posts
High-profile figures are among the list of 133 people who have been nominated for interviews to become commissioners of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC). Following the resignatio...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New dispensation rejects corruption
The advent of the new dispensation in November 2017 has seen a new impetus in the fight against the scourge of corruption. Right beginning with his inauguration speech on 24 November 2017, President M...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 12:25hrs | 9 | by Bevan Musoko
Parliament releases list of 133 applicants for 9 ZACC posts
Former Zimpapers board chairman Tommy Sithole and former Chronicle editor Geoffrey Nyarota are among a list of 133 people who have applied to become commissioner of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commis...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 09:44hrs | 5 | by ZimLive
'Skilled pros must run ZACC'
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission can only effectively discharge its duties if manned by skilled and untainted individuals eager to fight graft, analysts said yesterday. ZACC chairperson...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC reconfiguration was long overdue
The acceptance by President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the resignation of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson, Dr Job Whabira and his Commissioners has brought a sigh of relief to th...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:16hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
MDC blasts Mnangagwa
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC yesterday demanded to know the full reasons why the Job Whabira-led Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) was disbanded as there were suspicions that the move was polit...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dissolves Zacc
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday disbanded the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) amid claims that it had become a white elephant, with some of the members allegedly involved in corrupt ...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption fight set to get fresh impetus
President Mnangagwa's anti-corruption fight is set to get fresh impetus following the resignation of Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairman Dr Job Whabira and his entire commission yester...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 23:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft commissioners resign
Commissioners of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) have resigned with immediate effect.In statement, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda said Presi...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 20:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe corruption commissioners forced out?
The chairman of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission Dr Job Whabira and all the commissioners have resigned with immediate effect. In a statement today, Chief Secretary to the President and...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 14:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-graft body in turmoil
Back in the days, we had a teacher we nicknamed "Rubbish". That was a bit unflattering and unfair, of course, but he earned that moniker because, at the drop of the hat, he would always exclaim, "Good...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:27hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
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
Bonyongwe causes storm at Zimra
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has been plunged into a fresh storm after it emerged that board chairperson Willia Bonyongwe ordered that their meetings should not be digitally recorded in what...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 14:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra boss tackles corruption claims
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) board chair Willia Bonyongwe is accused of a litany of corruption and bad governance allegations, leaving the state tax collector in a fresh storm of dishonest deali...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lacoste, G40 row rocks Zimbabwe graft body
SHARP divisions have rocked the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) with former First Lady Grace Mugabe's name featuring prominently in a row that is dominated by Zanu-PF factional politics....Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission seeks arresting powers
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is calling for urgent legislative reforms to give it more power to combat the scourge of corruption in the country.Zacc wants to be allowed to ar...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko 'interfering' in Zacc operations
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zaac) investigators have claimed Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko was interfering in their operations, adding they had since sought President Robert Mugabe's ...Published: 01 Aug 2017 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zacc digs in heels on Jonathan Moyo and Co's corruption probes
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says there is no going back on probing corruption by bigwigs as the constitutional mandate they are executing has the backing of the Office of the Pr...Published: 22 Nov 2016 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko intimidates ZAAC officials
Acting President Phelekezela Mpholo clashed with Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission commissioners Monday to the extent of reprimanding one official for calling him vice president.Mphoko had s...Published: 13 Oct 2016 at 06:20hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Zanu-PF implodes over Jonathan Moyo's graft probe
The probe by authorities into alleged corruption by Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has heightened fears within President Robert Mugabe's brawling Zanu-PF that the ruling party is on the v...Published: 10 Oct 2016 at 12:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe swears in National Peace and Reconciliation Commission
President Robert Mugabe has sworn in the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) at State House in Harare this Wednesday afternoon.The N...Published: 24 Feb 2016 at 18:54hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Raphael Chikukwa, the Fearless Promoter of Zimbabwean Art
In 2010, after ten years of independent curating, Raphael Chikukwa was appointed Chief Curator at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. Since the 1960s, the nation has been beset by economic struggles, in...Published: 31 Oct 2014 at 10:50hrs | | by Rob Yates
No Stilettos In The Gallery: Violence, Women and Art Exhibition
In 1985, a collective of anonymous New York women artist wearing gorilla mask came together as an art activist group (Guerilla Girls), sparking conversation on sexism in the art world with a pos...Published: 17 Dec 2013 at 12:11hrs | | by A.A.V. Amasi
Harare's New Cultural Movement is Dubbed 'Afropolicity'
A simple analysis of Art history reveals that the most successful and celebrated artists from the twentieth century pioneered, followed and became part of avant-garde cultural movements. The eccentric...Published: 26 Nov 2013 at 00:51hrs | | by A.A.V. Amasi
Calvin Dondo Spins Colonial Photography On Its Head
Have you ever driven down a street and had an epiphany that you could be on the right track to witness something spectacular? Its not that you have a particular intuition, but the Phil Collins track...Published: 20 Jun 2013 at 11:53hrs | | by A.A.V. Amasi
Dana Whabira: Experimental show
British-Zimbabwean architect-cum-artist Dana Whabira is standing in front of "Suspended in Animation" her latest masterpiece at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. Her eyes scan the cold metallic fi...Published: 26 Apr 2013 at 09:54hrs | | by A.A.V. Amasi
Loss and Unrealised Dreams
Loss and Unrealised DreamsI recently ...Published: 05 May 2011 at 20:57hrs | | by A.A.V Amasi
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