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Zimbabwe needs a new leader

Mnangagwa has turned into our modern-day Vasco da Gama, globetrotting from one nation to another and signing fruitless mega deals while the vast mass of Zimbabweans live in extreme poverty.It has been extremely difficult to live under the …

Published: 07 Sep 2025 at 19:45hrs | 697 | by Leonard Koni

ZRP faces rising corruption, public safety at risk

Zimbabwe's police service, once hailed as a guardian of law and order, is increasingly under scrutiny as allegations of corruption threaten public safety. Under Commissioner-General Stephen Mutamba, reports suggest that the force has becom…

Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 09:37hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter

The Fight Against Corruption: A Collective Responsibility

Corruption is a pervasive and insidious pandemic that has infected our societies, leaving no one unscathed. It's a cancer that eats away at the fabric of our nation, causing irreparable harm and suffering. The fight against corruption is r…

Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 07:58hrs | 72 | by Tatenda Hwari

Zimbabwe has tragically become a lootocracy

Zimbabwe has been reduced to a shadow of its former promise - a jewel of Africa, a nation of hope and prosperity now lies bruised and exploited under the weight of a political elite that robs its people with impunity.Our country has tragic…

Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 16:22hrs | 558 | by Jacob Mutisi

Harare's special unit to tackle past corruption

The Harare City Council (HCC) has set up a dedicated Special Legacy Department to investigate historical corruption, implement corrective measures, and begin rebuilding public confidence after years of financial mismanagement and administr…

Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 10:30hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter

ZICC labels corruption a Human Rights Violation

The Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission (ZICC) has issued a strong condemnation of corruption in both public and private sectors, describing it as not only a governance failure but a fundamental human rights violation that undermine…

Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 09:19hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter

Daggers drawn against Nurses Council of Zimbabwe

Relations between the Nurses Council of Zimbabwe (NCZ) and the Harare Institute of Public Health (HIPH) have soured after the NCZ publicly disavowed HIPH's nursing assistants training programmes, sparking threats of legal action from the i…

Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 11:20hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter

Govt swindled out of thousands for Gokwe Uhuru gig?

The government is reportedly losing thousands of dollars due to inflated accommodation bills and fraudulent tender awards involving unregistered suppliers colluding with some officials, according to sources close to ongoing investigations.…

Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 11:20hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt reads riot act over corrupt land subdivisions

Agriculture Deputy Minister Davis Marapira has issued a stern warning to corrupt officials and stakeholders, urging urgent action to protect dairy farmers' land through the finalisation of title deeds. He highlighted rampant land subdivisi…

Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 11:20hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter

Corruption and poor planning blamed for Zimbabwe housing woes

Zimbabwe is grappling with a worsening urban housing crisis, as a combination of poor planning, corruption, and unaffordable housing compounds an estimated 1.5 million-unit backlog nationwide. Local authorities, housing experts, and reside…

Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 17:55hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo ramps up its anti-corruption efforts

The City of Bulawayo has ramped up its anti-corruption efforts by upgrading its internal audit unit into a full-fledged department, aimed at enhancing fraud detection, accountability, and good governance in local council operations.The dev…

Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 14:42hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter

18 Zimbabwe prosecutors arrested for corruption charges

At least 18 public prosecutors stationed across Zimbabwe have been arrested on corruption-related charges, predominantly bribery and extortion, the country's Prosecutor-General, Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo, revealed yesterday.She made the d…

Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 09:22hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa ally reported for corruption

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's business associate, Muller Conrad "Billy" Rautenbach, along with senior government ministers, has been reported to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for alleged fraud and corruption involving the…

Published: 19 Jul 2025 at 21:30hrs | 1434 | by Staff reporter

Council ropes in Mnangagwa

Amid escalating losses and allegations of deep-rooted corruption, Harare City Council has turned to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office to intervene in the stalled acquisition of a critical Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. The …

Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 21:01hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter

Senior magistrate blames crippling economy, supports corruption

Inyathi Senior Magistrate Samukeliswe Gumbo's leaked audio on corruption is circulating on social media.The magistrate who is reported to have offered passengers a lift was recorded blasting the country's economy while supporting corruptio…

Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 11:42hrs | 1060 | by Paul Ndou

Africa's inequality crisis: How government systems fuel corruption and entrench elitism

A recent Oxfam report has ignited renewed scrutiny of Africa's political and economic order, revealing a disturbing truth: while a handful of billionaires accumulate staggering wealth, hundreds of millions on the continent are being pushed…

Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:12hrs | 210 | by James Mathonsi

Zacc raises red flag over corruption in shipping and forwarding sector

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has raised alarm over a growing number of corruption cases linked to the shipping and forwarding of goods, warning that such practices are costing the country much-needed revenue.Speaking at t…

Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 18:32hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo councillor slams City management over corruption

Bulawayo Ward 3 Councillor Mxolisi Mahlangu has launched a scathing attack on the city's management, accusing officials of rampant corruption and gross mismanagement that he says is crippling service delivery and eroding public trust in th…

Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 08:54hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter

Kasukuwere escalates attacks on Tagwirei

Former Zanu-PF national political commissar and minister Saviour Kasukuwere has sharply escalated his criticism of local business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei following Tagwirei's public accusations labeling Kasukuwere as corrupt.The exchang…

Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:45hrs | 1821 | by Staff reporter

Kasukuwere viciously attacks Tagwirei

Former Zanu-PF political commissar and cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has launched a scathing attack on controversial businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei, accusing him of being the embodiment of state-linked corruption that is crippling Z…

Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 17:57hrs | 3258 | by Staff reporter

Panic grips Harare City Council bosses

Panic has swept through Harare City Council as senior executives scramble to safeguard their positions following the release of a scathing commission of inquiry report into the municipality's operations. The commission, appointed by Presid…

Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:20hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter

Even the government's own excuses prove it's to blame for drug shortages in hospitals

When incompetence runs deep, even your excuses end up exposing you. The recent state-sanctioned explanation in The Sunday Mail on why public hospitals in Zimbabwe are running out of basic medication such as paracetamol reads more like…

Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:12hrs | 183 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Mukanya, the great Chimurenga guru

Born Thomas Tafirenyika Muchadura Mapfumo. The epitome of a Chimurenga music guru. With a career spanning over 50 years, Mapfumo, whom his followers call Gandanga, has not let them down. Listening to Thomas and the Blacks Unlimited is an a…

Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:09hrs | 304 | by Leonard Koni

ZACC joins fight against education corruption

 The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has intensified efforts to root out corruption in schools across Manicaland by enlisting the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) and the police, following a wave of fraud and mis…

Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:34hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter

BCC collects US$2,000 in environment fines

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has collected more than US$2,600 from environmental fines while still being owed over US$3,300, according to a new report from the council's Parks Section detailing intensified operations against environment…

Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:33hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt eyes Harare-like probe in Bulawayo

The Commission of Inquiry into the Harare City Council has completed its year-long probe and handed its findings to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, with government now hinting at the expansion of similar investigations to other local authori…

Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:33hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter

Deep-rooted corruption at Harare City Council

Harare City Council has for decades been run by unscrupulous individuals whose corrupt activities continue to cripple service delivery, a damning Commission of Inquiry report has revealed. The findings, presented to President Emmerson Mnan…

Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:29hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter

Mandatory radio licence risks fuelling Zimbabwe corruption

The recently enacted Broadcasting Services Amendment Act No. 2 of 2025, which makes it mandatory for all motorists to pay for a Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) radio licence before renewing vehicle insurance or Zimbabwe National Ro…

Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 09:11hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe doesn't need 249 years to fight corruption, Mr. Murwira!

The Zimbabwe government never ceases to amaze.During the recent United States Independence Day commemorations in Harare, the American ambassador to Zimbabwe, Pamela Tremont, described corruption as a "cancer" that is robbing the people of …

Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 08:26hrs | 237 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

ZACC raises red flag over rampant corruption in schools

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has sounded the alarm over a surge in cases of financial misconduct in schools, implicating school heads and School Development Committee (SDC) chairpersons in the abuse of funds meant for lea…

Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:12hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter

Is the Trabablas Interchange a monument to Zimbabwe's misplaced priorities and corruption?

Is Zimbabwe's so-called â€˜spaghetti road' just another highway to corruption?The recent announcement by Zimbabwe's Ministry of Transport that the long-awaited Mbudzi Interchange - now curiously renamed the "Trabablas Interchange" - is nea…

Published: 15 May 2025 at 08:08hrs | 393 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Guvamatanga denies snubbing Parliament

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development George Guvamatanga has refuted claims that he is avoiding appearing before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to explain controversial payments of over US$40…

Published: 13 May 2025 at 19:39hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe govt must protect citizens from corruption'

Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) vice-president Valentine Chikosi has called on the government to urgently act against rampant corruption, warning that unchecked graft is inflicting severe hardship on workers and derailing economic…

Published: 05 May 2025 at 15:45hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter

Mid-Level managers are Destroying Zimbabwe's Health Sector

Zimbabwe's health sector is in critical condition, unfortunately no amount of propaganda or spin can change the facts on the ground. The problem with our health care system is not because of lack of funding, policy, or political will but b…

Published: 03 May 2025 at 11:51hrs | 890 | by Hector Madzima

It's high time foreign governments took the lead in investigating Zimbabwe's corrupt elite

The Zimbabwe ruling elite clearly won't act against high-level corruption.There is something profoundly disturbing about the silence of Zimbabwean authorities in the wake of the damning exposÃ© by South Africa's Financial Intelligence Cent…

Published: 03 May 2025 at 11:48hrs | 631 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Zimbabwe's rot of corruption began at the top - that's where it must end

No one can deny that Zimbabwe has become synonymous with corruption.This morning, I woke up to deeply disturbing news reports that shook me to the core  -  not because they were shocking, but because they were sadly familiar. One…

Published: 01 May 2025 at 19:53hrs | 991 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Bulawayo-Vic Falls road rehabilitation corruption in tender awards exposed

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has backtracked on its earlier claim that contractors are already on site to begin rehabilitation of the dilapidated Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road, citing the circulation of incorrec…

Published: 30 Apr 2025 at 16:42hrs | 3256 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa regime making blacks look bad in the eyes of the world

This is a painful article to write.There's a creeping shame that often grips me, deep and almost unspeakable. It rises whenever I hear former Rhodesians gloat, with a vindicated smirk, about how they always knew we couldn't govern ourselve…

Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 14:26hrs | 1087 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Prosecutors cry foul

The Prosecutor General Loice Matanda Moyo has issued a rotation and transfer memorandum of the National Prosecuting Authority's prosecutorial and administrative staff.According to the memorandum dated April 16, the move will go a long way …

Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 10:37hrs | 896 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Harare tops list of most corrupt provinces in Zimbabwe

Harare has been named the most corrupt province in Zimbabwe based on the number of complaints received by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) during the first quarter of 2025, according to the commission's latest report.In its 2…

Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 12:51hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter

Corruption now a national threat

Mnangagwa's administration is notoriously corrupt. Recently he wired $50 to police officers, thus greasing them during the mass shutdown organised by a former combat, Blessed Geza, that was code-named M31.There are also some allegations th…

Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:29hrs | 139 | by Leonard Koni

'Eddie must carry his Cross'

Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr. Jenfan Muswere has strongly condemned former opposition politician Eddie Cross for his recent unsubstantiated allegations against the First Family, describing him as an "excitab…

Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 11:34hrs | 2159 | by Staff reporter

Eddie Cross fails to provide evidence of Mnangagwa corruption

Unconfirmed reports claim that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa launched a blistering attack on prominent economist and former presidential adviser Eddie Cross following his explosive claims that the First Fam…

Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 20:35hrs | 1057 | by Staff reporter

Cross says corruption poses major threat to Mnangagwa's leadership

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's biographer, Eddie Cross, has pointed to the rampant corruption in Zimbabwe as the most significant challenge to the President's leadership, highlighting the growing dissatisfaction with the government's inabi…

Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 08:31hrs | 1160 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has faced numerous challenges in recent years, including economic instability, political turmoil, and social unrest. As the country looks to the future, there are several factors that will have to shape its social, economic, and p…

Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 19:46hrs | 423 | by Mlilo Joyinani and Ndaba M. Nhuku

Deaths from infrastructure collapse are usually the tragic cost of corruption

There's always a human cost to corruption.The recent tragedy at Bandama Farm Dam in Chipinge, where five lives were lost due to the dam's sudden collapse, is a stark reminder of the perilous state of Zimbabwe's infrastructure. Eyewitnesses…

Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 20:14hrs | 375 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Why Transparency Internationalâ€™s flagship Corruption Index falls short

For nearly 20 years, Transparency International has published a Corruption Perceptions Index that ranks countries (176 last year) according to how corrupt they are perceived to be by a small group of individuals. This approach was chosen i…

Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 09:54hrs | 247 | by Alex Cobham

Zimbabwe ranks highest corrupt country in SADC for 2024 by TI

Zimbabwe has come out as the worst corrupt country in SADC in 2024, according to the latest data from discredited Transparency International coming only ahead of a war-torn DRC.This was also the worst performance since 2015 when it recorde…

Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 09:52hrs | 1312 | by Staff reporter

HIT probes allegations of corruption, misgovernance

The Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) has announced that it is verifying allegations of corruption, misgovernance, and nepotism leveled against one of its senior officials, acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor Willard Gwarimbo.This follows a repo…

Published: 21 Feb 2025 at 11:07hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter

I'm not prepared to continue suffering until 2030!

Zimbabwe, under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has sank deeper into poverty.Granted, when President Emmerson Mnangagwa took power in November 2017 through a military coup, Zimbabwe was already struggling.The economy was in distress, the cas…

Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 22:56hrs | 1193 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

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Armed forces and HIV infections

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