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Mnangagwa appointments scandal
Transmedia Corporation's new board approved by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has integrity issues around its chairperson Phillipa Magnify Phillips-Sadza and Jonathan Gandari, comprising its credi...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 08:15hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe says administrators rescued the insolvent airline
AIR Zimbabwe administrators Grant Thornton, whose term of office came to an end last week when government appointed a six-member board, saved the airline from litigious creditors and set the troubled ...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe debt assumption promotes corruption
ZIMBABWEAN taxpayers continue to be burdened by debt from parastatals which are riddled with mismanagement and corruption, with the latest being the assumption of Air Zimbabwe's huge debt, as governme...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$137m loss sinks run-down Air Zimbabwe
NATIONAL flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), chalked over a US$137 million loss in four successive years which helped sink the airline deep into the abyss under the yoke of corporate malfeasance, inc...Published: 28 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu brushes off graft charges
Obert Mpofu, under pressure to vacate his Zanu-PF secretary for administration post over corruption allegations, has said he won't be stopped from reporting for work by anyone as a graft inquiry gets ...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa now mirror of Mugabe's patronage system
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent appointments of High Court Judge Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo to lead the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and Gerald Mlotshwa to the Sports and Recreatio...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe stashes US$5m in UK
INSOLVENT flag carrier Air Zimbabwe Private Limited (AirZim) is still active in the United Kingdom (UK) under the same name, with financial records showing that the moribund airline has £4 million (U...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe legacy debts spook investors
GOVERNMENT'S delay in moving on the Air Zimbabwe's US$381 million debt assumption plan continues to weaken the airline's chances of courting new partners, an official has said.Grant Thornton, ...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo's tenure littered with allegations of corruption
FORMER Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo was this week unceremoniously demoted to a junior ministerial post due to a string of corruption allegations, gross incompetence and fuel short...Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo fingers Mnangagwa in Mugabe Airways saga
Exiled former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has sought to correct the narrative carried in the Herald on Monday that Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore was solely responsible for the ...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 08:52hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Simba Chikore case faces collapse
The witness in the case in which former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chikore, is accused of unlawfully detaining former ZimAirways legal head, yesterday developed cold feet and wrote to...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe Airways:- Malaysia rejects aircraft deal reversal
MALAYSIAN Airlines has turned down the Zimbabwean government's request to reverse a deal for the purchase of two Boeing 777 planes and threatened to take legal action for breach of contract, insiders ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe - ZimAirways merger talks collapse
MERGER talks between flag carrier Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) and the dodgy Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) to create a merged state-run airline have collapsed after a nominee shareholder demanded to be paid ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's sister in court
FORMER President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore who is accused of unlawfully detaining a former Zimbabwe Airways employee Bertha Zakeyo during a dispute, appeared in court yesterday. ...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Cabinet: The skeletons are tumbling
The last time a Zimbabwean Cabinet minister publicly claimed that his hands were clean, he got rapped on the knuckles with handcuffs and thrown into the cooler for his efforts. Another minister has ju...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Air Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Airways merge
DEBT-RIDDEN Air Zimbabwe's new administrator Grant Thornton has been assigned the task of merging Air Zimbabwe and controversial carrier Zimbabwe Airways within the next six months.Transport m...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law in trouble
Former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Mutsahuni Chikore is reportedly wanted by police on allegations that he detained a former Zimbabwe Airways employee against her will.This emer...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rooting out corruption one arrest at a time
There is an old philosophical question that asks when exactly a certain amount of grains of sand turn into a heap. Where is the border – two grains, 100 grains, 1000 grains? We can witness something...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by Knowledge Moyo
Be wary of the ways of the crocodile, Cdes!
MANY of you appear to be convinced about this nonsense that I am now warming up to my tormentors. Do I look like the type of person who flip-flops on matters of principle? I will never compromise on w...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 20:34hrs | | by CZ
Matiza talks tough on VID corruption
Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza inherited a portfolio that superintends over struggling, but key parastatals such as Air Zimbabwe and the National Railways of Zimbabwe.Matiza (JBM) told ...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 18:59hrs | | by Staff reporer
Zimbabwe Airways $70m scandal sucks in Mugabe, Gumbo
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched an investigation into the controversial Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) deal in a probe that has sucked in former president Robert Mugabe's so...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law under probe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-corruption unit has reportedly opened investigations into former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chikore's involvement in the botched ZimAirways deal, N...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Confusion rocks Air Zimbabwe debt plan
GRANT Thornton is in the dark over its alleged "appointment" as the caretaker administrator of troubled national airline Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) after the sacking of the board early this month, escalati...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Airways chaos continues
THE policy flip-flop around Air Zimbabwe (AirZim)'s proposed merger with its equally controversial peer Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) has once again exposed the ineptitude of those superintending this...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's in-law tipped for top ZimAirways post
Former President Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chikore, is tipped to land a top post at Government's second airline, Zimbabwe Airways, which has roped in a British consulting firm - Evan Consulting - to ...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law pocketing obscene salary
FORMER president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chikore, and other top executives at Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) - a new airline whose murky ownership has sparked controversy amid conflict of int...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 14:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe Airways, Air Zimbabwe to merge?
GOVERNMENT is now considering merging Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) and Zimbabwe Airways, Business Times reported.Aviation sources who spoke to the publication said delays and hurdles in making ZimAir...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 18:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Boeing demands $2,7m for Mugabe Airways plane manuals
AMERICAN aircraft manufacturer Boeing is demanding $2,7 million from the government in order to supply manuals for four Boeing 777 jetliners which Harare is controversially acquiring from Malaysia on ...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 16:28hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Ministers in trouble over Zanu-PF funds
TRANSPORT minister Joram Gumbo and his Local Government counterpart July Moyo are in deep trouble over US$300 000 which was sunk in a botched deal in which controversial airline Zimbabwe Airways (ZimA...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
AirZim saga: Tale of half-truths, lies and deception
As someone -unknown - once said "if words don't add up, it's usually because the truth wasn't included in the equation".The same can be said of the story of Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways), whic...Published: 18 May 2018 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tensions mount over Air Zimbabwe saga
Tensions between senior Air Zimbabwe officials, the Transport ministry and ZimAirways are mounting after minister Jorum Gumbo recently blocked the convening of a disciplinary hearing against three eng...Published: 11 May 2018 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fight erupts over Zimbabwe Airways plane
TRANSPORT minister Joram Gumbo this week summoned senior Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) officials to his offices after the airline refused to accommodate the recently purchased Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) Bo...Published: 04 May 2018 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
I printed Zim dollar to stop coup, Gono says
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono says he was forced to print money even when he knew it would cause hyperinflation because the government was desperate to forestall a coup by hungr...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 09:43hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe Airways scandal: More dirty lies exposed as graft body steers clear
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is steering clear of a suspected multi-million illegal deal involving a new airline, Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways), which is linked to former president R...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Chinamasa, Gumbo self-enrichment plan exposed
TRANSPORT minister Jorum Gumbo and his Finance counterpart Patrick Chinamasa have been stopped dead in their tracks by exposure of their self-enriching plan to shut down flag carrier Air Zimbabwe (Air...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 11:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bigwigs corruption continues unabated
ENTRENCHED corruption and nepotism fuelled by elite members of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration despite the so-called "new dispensation" reflects an unabated continuation of unscrupulous ...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 11:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mukupe's behaviour stinks to high heaven
THAT recent developments in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "new/old regime" have shown that the corridors of power are littered with some rogue elements that are likely to hamstring the President's ef...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa, Gumbo battle to cover corrupt aircraft deal tracks
TRANSPORT minister Jorum Gumbo this week got further entangled in the aircraft purchase scandal which involves state-owned Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) and new airline Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) whose own...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 13:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Air Zimbabwe was plundered by chefs
TO put into context and perspective the current problems buffeting Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) amid the dodgy deal involving the new airline Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways), whose ownership and relationship w...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 12:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe scandal reflects parastatal rot
THE systematic decline and near-collapse of the country's flag carrier Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), attributed to mismanagement and corruption, reflects the general decay of struggling and bankrupt state-ow...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 12:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa avoiding the real corruption
Once upon a time, the new administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa mounted what it called an anti-corruption blitz. That was immediately after wresting power from Robert Mugabe through a soft co...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:34hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Mnangagwa intervenes on ZimAirways scandal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered Transport minister Jorum Gumbo to bring home Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) planes secretly bought using public funds, while government investigates the dodgy d...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe CEO fired
AIR Zimbabwe (AirZim) chief executive officer (CEO), Ripton Muzenda has been fired from the airline on charges of incompetence after refusing to implement a $2,4 million retrenchment programme as dire...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe plane registration to be changed
CAAZ ordered to change the registration of one #B772 for #ZimAirways. It had been registered #Z-RGM (Zimbabwe Robert Gabriel Mugabe) in honour of #MugabeResigns...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 15:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
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