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BREAKING: Mphoko on the run
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) spokesperson John Makamure says Former VP president Phelekezela Mphoko is on the run."Mphoko was supposed to meet ZACC officials but he sped off ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 5219 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Phelekezela Mphoko appears in court
Reports from the Magistrates Court indicate that Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko arrived on Monday morning to answer allegations of corruption. He was accompanied by lawyer Zibusiso N...Published: 20 hrs ago | 6476 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa off globe-trotting to be declared winner of 2018 - if one leader does, will eat my hat
"Hupenzi inyama yegakava!" (There is no one more stubborn than a village idiot!) so goes the Shona maxim. The MDC leaders are village idiots and they are very stubborn too."On the 31st of July...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:15hrs | 5017 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Zifa Capture' fightback begins, Chiyangwa's sidekick 'spills the beans'
EXPELLED ZIifa board member Chamunorwa Chiwanza has challenged his recent dismissal from the football association's excecutive committee before accusing Zifa president Felton Kamambo and acting vice-p...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:58hrs | 1846 | by Staff reporter
Teacher fakes kids' death for insurance
A KWEKWE-based teacher faked the death of his daughter and claimed $2 500 from an insurance company.As if that was not enough, soon after the money ran out, the teacher used the same trick and...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:38hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa, Chiwanza in FIFA appeals
COSAFA president Philip Chiyangwa has escalated to the Fifa corridors his battle against a life ban imposed on him by Zifa, with the Harare property mogul arguing that in fact, it is the Association t...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:30hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
FIFA sucked into Zimbabwe football power struggles
FIRED Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) board member responsible for competitions, Chamunorwa Chiwanza has taken his fight against the Felton Kamambo led soccer mother body to Zuric, Switzerland, t...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:22hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Teacher fakes children's death for insurance
A KWEKWE-based teacher faked the death of his daughter and claimed $2 500 from an insurance company.As if that was not enough, soon after the money ran out, the teacher used the same trick and...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:00hrs | 449 | by Staff Reporter
Man files US$300,000 lawsuit against wife's lover
A LOCAL businessman who sued his alleged lover for defrauding him did not realise that by doing so he would land in hot soup as he is now being sued by the woman's husband for having an adulterous aff...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 11:03hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Journalist arrested
Journalist Sydney Kawadza was yesterday arrested on allegations of extortion. Kawadza, who is Zimpapers Mashonaland West Bureau Chief, was arrested by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission officers and ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:02hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga refutes accusations of land graft in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's anti-corruption drive has sucked in a businessman from that country who is based in South Africa, but the well-established entrepreneur denies any wrongdoing.Reports from that count...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 17:36hrs | 444 | by ANA
Mupfumira denied bail again
Former Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Prisca Mupfumira's second bid for freedom has flopped as she has been denied bail at the High Court today.Mupfumira has been ch...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 13:30hrs | 2443 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blessed Chiyangwa life ban?
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo and board member responsible for finance Philemon Machana have formally apologised to President Mnangagwa for the unfortunate events that rocked the Zimbabwe camp during ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira detective in mysterious transfer
IN a move that may jeopardise investigations into the corruption case against ex-Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Prisca Mupfumira, a detective who arrested the politician has...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:08hrs | 1353 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo calls on Zimbabweans to boycott Aug. 16 protests
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo sparked internet fury on Wednesday after calling on Zimbabweans to boycott protests called by the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change.The ...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 23:39hrs | 4498 | by ZimLive
Singaporean investor duped half a million by Zimbabwean partner
Harare businessman Fradreck Utsiwegota has appeared in court facing charges of defrauding a Singaporean investor of over half a million dollars.The Singaporean investor, Ramson Bupendra approa...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 23:30hrs | 1564 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Baba Tencen of the 'Kuripwa Kugara' fame arrested for fraud in SA
SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwean comedian Baba Tencen of "Kuripwa Kugara" fame was on Saturday nabbed in Johannesburg after he was reportedly found in possession of dozens of passports he allegedly ...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:08hrs | 2861 | by Staff reporter
SB Moyo implicated in NSSA looting?
A company linked to Zimbabwe's military establishment was involved in the looting of funds belonging to the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) the forensic audit report by BDO Zimbabwe Chartere...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 15:07hrs | 4040 | by Staff Reporter
Zacc boss faces integrity test
NEW Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chair Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo faces her first big test over allegations of wrongdoing involving her husband, Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo....Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1342 | by Staff reporter
Protest outside US embassy continues in Zimbabwe
A silent protest by a group of Zimbabweans outside the US embassy in Harare has continued unabated and has since gone past the 100 day mark.Spokesperson of the group going by the name Broad Al...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:52hrs | 684 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF accused of vote-buying
A leading election monitoring group says recent parliamentary and local government by-elections held in Matabeleland North were marred by vote-buying by Zanu-PF.The Zimbabwe Election Support N...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:25hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Nedbank fires 28 tellers over US$1m fraud
Nedbank Zimbabwe has fired 28 employees for their alleged involvement in an alleged foreign currency scam, which cost the financial institution US$1,1 million.The bank employees, mostly teller...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:23hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
Petition to deport Tytan from UK goes viral
A petition to deport singer Tytan from the UK has gone viral online.This follows after Tytan broke up with Olinda with both parties claiming domestic abuse against the other.In a live ...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:19hrs | 3701 | by Staff
Man in court over $35.5k school fees fraud
A 35-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has appeared in court for allegedly failing to honour an agreement to pay school fees for two children studying abroad resulting in their father losing $32 500. ...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:57hrs | 1296 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa talks tough
THERE are no sacred cows in the fight against corruption and Zimbabweans must collectively play a part in building a transparent society, the President has said. Officially opening the 20th Sa...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:48hrs | 3062 | by Staff reporter
Why elections cannot help liberate uMthwakazi- MIOR
It is not mind boggling that Elections cannot liberate UMthwakazi. What is mind boggling is that at this day and time, there are some people in UMthwakazi in particular who still believe that partakin...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 427 | by Mthwakazi Institute of Research
More trouble for Chombo in botched stand deal
A LOCAL firm, Dadmal Investiments (Pvt) Ltd has petitioned the Harare Civil Court seeking an order to compel the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to investigate and arrest former Local Government minist...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 892 | by Staff reporter
'Arresting Mupfumira over NSSA not enough'
ANTI-CORRUPTION watchdog, Transparency International Zimbabwe (TI-Z) has warned that State-owned enterprises (SOE's) will continue to be bled by corrupt senior civil servants and ministers as long as ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
New Zanu-PF/ MDC GNU is 'ordained by God' - brainwashing Magaba theology at its worst
"I know some of you have been saying 'why are you praying'. There is no dialogue between man and man which is not ordained by God. Now that we have dialogued with God, we have to dialogue man and man;...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 15:19hrs | 1305 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Corrupt Zanu-PF, govt officials must resign'
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) executive has thrown its weight behind the Zanu-PF youth league's anti-corruption drive by calling on party and government officials...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:59hrs | 1860 | by Staff reporter
Man in trouble for impersonating Perrance Shiri's son
A 31-YEAR-OLD Harare man is in trouble after allegedly impersonating Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri's son to ostensibly defraud and extort gold from a miner in the Manzou area, Mazowe.The...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1481 | by Staff reporter
Biti tears into Mthuli Ncube's 'lipstick and mascara'
HARARE East MP Tendai Biti yesterday tore into Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's 2019 supplementary budget, describing it as a big fraud and misrepresentation of the true state of the economy.He...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 17:03hrs | 7460 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira hit with fraud, money laundering charges
ENVIRONMENT, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira will face two fresh charges after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) reportedly established that she was involved in...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1690 | by Staff reporter
Sparks fly in Chirumhanzu chieftainship row
A fight has erupted over the replacement of Chief Chirumhanzu of the Midlands following the death of substantive chief Jerald Mudzengi in February. The succession battle has reached fever pitch with t...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Sparks fly over NSSA scandal
Former National Social Security Authority (NSSA) board chairman Robin Vela says he will challenge the damning forensic audit report in court claiming that it was part of a witch-hunt.The repor...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:24hrs | 1838 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man pops up in SA state capture inquiry
You will find Zimbabweans in the most unlikely of places.As South Africans embark on a bruising inquiry into allegations of whether the state was captured by a corrupt clique that milked gover...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:10hrs | 2934 | by staff reporter
Chombo named in another land scam
FORMER Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo allegedly parcelled out undesignated housing stands in Banket's Kuwadzana Phase 2 and converted the money to personal use, NewsDay has learnt.T...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:53hrs | 1631 | by Staff reporter
Shocking details of NSSA emerge
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) forensic audit report released in Parliament this week exposes shocking corruption, fraud, criminal abuse of office and theft that saw the authority being...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:33hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
Ambulances linked to Mnangagwa's ally seized
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has impounded two Kwekwe City Council ambulances for circumventing import tax, as investigations into the tax fraud involving former Director State Residences in...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:14hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
NSSA forensic audit exposes shocking corruption
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) forensic audit report released in Parliament this week exposes shocking corruption, fraud, criminal abuse of office and theft that saw the authority being...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:11hrs | 638 | by Staff Reporter
Personal Loans: Online Application| Fast, Cheap And Easy
Online loans are one of the solutions the younger generation preferred. The capability of moving money over the network or on the web saves time and is easier to make comparisons. The feedback usually...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 15:57hrs | 1520 | by Tiffany Wagner
Mthuli Ncube in USD$ 500 million scam
Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube has been sucked into a U SD$ 500 million scam involving Treasury Bills Professor Jonathan Moyo, a fugitive from justice, has alleged.Post...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 13:18hrs | 8648 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Talking Nkayi Development: Walking on thorny and uneven ground with corruption!
The scourge of corruption currently bedeveling the country is a decomposing and dilapidating wound on development. It is a cause for concern for all progressive Nkayians, Matabelelanders and the gener...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 20:21hrs | 1510 | by Nhlanhla Moses
July Moyo fingered in fraudulent crowning of chief
LOCAL Government Minister, July Moyo has been sucked into the fight over the Goronga wchieftainship amid claims he fraudulently appointed Boyi Nyamande as the traditional leader to succeed the late Ti...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1113 | by newzimbabwe
Biti thrown into ZACC's jaws …as Chamisa unleashes Varakashi on him
The bickering within the MDC Alliance presidium continues to crescendo with that party's leader, Nelson Chamisa hurling every weapon he bumps into, to his fiercest rival, Tendai Biti.The Harar...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 16:04hrs | 13156 | by John Sigauke
Masiyiwa-Chamisa refuses to go
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) is losing thousands of dollars every month as it continues to pay a full salary and associated benefits to suspended chief executive officer, Mrs Na...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
Icsaz lecturer's resignation opens can of worms
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Zimbabwe (Icasz) is under the spotlight after a former lecturer, Last Mapuranga, quit his job alleging exam fraud and poor corporate govern...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1590 | by Staff reporter
Harare law firm in soup over trust funds
Top Harare lawyer Jacqueline Sande has landed in trouble for failing to repay trust funds after her firm failed to purchase a house on behalf of client.The client, Simbarashe Kwenda (41), who ...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:44hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Professor Madhuku, Advocate Mpofu square off over Mupfumira bail refusal
Lawyers Professor Lovemore Madhuku and Advocate Thabani Mpofu have differed sharply about the application of Section 32 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act by a court on Saturday to further det...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 19:23hrs | 15278 | by ZimLive
Mupfumira arrest: Good visuals, poor on sound
The biggest problem with the post-Mugabe administration is that it has this weird fantasy of itself as an award-winning film producer. But that's a no-no because the ruling band is only good with the ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:23hrs | 1497 | by Tawanda Majoni
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