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The Sentry report on Mutapa Fund is shallow and weak
I had the MISFORTUNE of going through a report prepared and distributed by The Sentry, possibly written by an excitable Nick Donovan. Long story short, the report is shallow and weak. Here is ...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 16:37hrs | 14 | by MMatigary
Veritas blasts Social Welfare ministry for squandering budget
Legal think tank Veritas has slammed the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare for squandering its 2021 budget and failure to relay donated equipment to targeted recipients who need st...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Musk 'frees' the bird
Elon Musk became Twitter Inc's owner on Thursday, firing top executives and providing little clarity over how he will achieve the lofty ambitions he has outlined for the influential social media platf...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 20:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parly grills Harare over missing US$200m
PARLIAMENT yesterday opened an inquiry into the disappearance of US$200 million from Harare City Council coffers after the local authority terminated a contract with its financial software supplier....Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:15hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'US$120m looted from parastatal'
SUSPENDED PetroTrade board chair Tinomudaishe Chinyoka yesterday alleged massive looting and mismanagement at the State-owned entity which he claimed had prejudiced the company of nearly US$120 millio...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans' unquestioning belief in their leaders a retrogressive weakness that prevents accountability and development
One would be forgiven for believing that questioning one's leaders, and holding them accountable would be a given - a normal part of everyday life, whereby a country's citizens, or city's residents, a...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 20:27hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
China rescues Zimbabwe on Covid-19 as world faces vaccine apartheid
AS the world faces a Covid-19 vaccine apartheid amid privatisation and monopolisation of its science and technology as well as the doses, and hoarding by rich countries, China has rescued Zimbabwe by ...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Harare lawyer deregistered over US$100 000 scandal
A HARARE lawyer, Lawman Chimuriwo has been deregistered after he was found guilty of misappropriating trust funds amounting to over US$100 000.Chimuriwo was found guilty of unethical conduct b...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs in fresh trouble
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched a fresh investigation into allegations that Zanu-PF bigwigs unjustly benefited from lengthy leases from the ailing Cold Storage Company (CSC...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Probe unearths Zesa rot
SHOCKING revelations of deep-seated rot and corporate malfeasance have been unearthed at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa), where millions of United States dollars were siphoned through...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara plugs financial leakages
Government has clipped the wings of the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) and ordered it to stick to its core mandate of fixing road user fees and disbursing funds for road maintenance....Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara pays US$589k to non-existent firm
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) paid out over half a million United States dollars to a non-existent company between 2012 and 2013 under its "special projects arrangement", investi...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara audit exposes double-dippers
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) dished out a whopping US$71 million between 2011 and 2016 to 17 private companies that largely failed to deliver, The Herald reported. It als...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo 'overpaid' in $5million Gwanda project
THE Minister of Energy and Power Development, Dr Joram Gumbo, has said Intratek Zimbabwe Private Limited, a company owned by flamboyant Harare businessman, Mr Wicknell Chivayo, which was paid $5 milli...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Damaging allegation against BUSE vice chancellor
A FORMER Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) lecturer has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to direct President Emmerson Mnangagwa to suspend his pending dismissal by the instituti...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-lecturer exposes Bindura Varsity vice-chancellor
Former Bindura University of Science Education lecturer, Professor Macleans Mzumara, who is being sued by the Bindura University of Science Education vice-chancellor, Edias Mwenje, for allegedly damag...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 12:13hrs | 12 | by Ndou Paul
Zimbabwe govt takes Meikles to court
GOVERNMENT has taken John Moxon's Meikles Limited (Meikles) to court demanding a $30 million refund after the latter was allegedly overpaid through Treasury Bills issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabw...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo under fire
Transport minister Joram Gumbo has come under fire from various stakeholders in the economy for failing to transform parastatals under his portfolio and develop critical infrastructure in the country....Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 16:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Audit exposes Zimparks rot
Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) board members are in a spot of bother after a Government audit revealed that they could have used funds from the parastatal unproce...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Matapi hostels must be demolished,' says Parirenyatwa
Pressure is piling on Harare City Council to decisively deal with the perennial typhoid outbreaks with Health minister David Parirenyatwa calling for the demolition of Mbare's Matapi hostels.T...Published: 28 Oct 2017 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bid to block Zinara probe backfires
FOUR senior public officials, including two directors in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, have been suspended for trying to block investigations into the abuse of State funds...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt probe team recommends Zinara suspensions
A GOVERNMENT probe team set up to investigate possible abuse of State funds, particularly in contracts involving the rehabilitation of roads in rural district councils (RDCs), has recommended the susp...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Harare mayor, MDC-T leadership clash
Harare mayor Councillor Bernard Manyenyeni has clashed with the MDC-T Harare leadership over his intentions to cut the city's salaries following a salary benchmarking exercise.Clr Manyenyeni s...Published: 18 Aug 2017 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Woman faints in court
BUSINESS came to a standstill at the Victoria Falls Magistrates' Courts on Tuesday when a woman who was being accused by her landlady of failing to pay $60 for water, collapsed in the courtroom....Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara splashes $3 000 clothing allowances on managers
Auditor-Genera Mildred Chiri's reports on government finances always read like a rol cal of the most corrupt, extravagant and poorly managed entities.The rogues include paras...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangoma directed to repay Government allowances
Former Energy minister Elton Mangoma has been directed to reimburse Government $1 064,61 as part of allowances he received after he was no longer minister.The money is said t...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mayor boycotts council events
Harare mayor Councillor Bernard Manyenyeni is boycotting council events in protest against alleged laziness and bureaucracy by his subordinates in dealing with the city's business at Town House. L...Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outsourcing your payroll lets you focus on growth and strategy
As a business builder or the manager of an enterprise in Africa, you face a complex regulatory and tax environment as well as ever-stricter enforcement of the rules by your government and tax authorit...Published: 21 Dec 2016 at 08:08hrs | | by Anton van Heerden
Plot to oust John Moxon from Meikles exposed
Dark clouds are hanging over the Meikles Group after details emerged of an alleged plot to oust Mr John Moxon from the business and replace him with a former Lornho executive by engineering a disp...Published: 21 Nov 2016 at 07:05hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
SA tycoon bleeds Zinara
A South African businessman Mr Niko Shefer, is reportedly siphoning millions of dollars from the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) as facilitation fee for the $206 million loan accessed ...Published: 31 Aug 2016 at 06:32hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Company owner 'pointed' gun at Zimra official
BOPELA Group of Companies owner, Agrippa Masiyakurima, allegedly pointed a gun at a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority official after a misunderstanding over his South African-registered motor vehicle at Plum...Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
NetOne overpaid supplier by $500,000
One of the companies under forensic audit at NetOne, Bopela Group of Companies, was allegedly overpaid by $500 000 for the installation of base stations. The company is owned by one Mr Agrippa Masiyak...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Bulawayo rewards loyal ratepayers
THE Bulawayo City Council has resolved to reward ratepayers who did not benefit from the government's directive to write off debts by crediting each ratepayer's account with $100 in recognition of the...Published: 07 Dec 2015 at 08:40hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Zanu PF MP bragging over none existent improvements is proof of regime's continued indifference
Highfields Zanu PF MP Psychology Maziwisa was elected in June 2015 and already he is boosting of improving the lives of the people in his constituency and angling for promotion into the bloated cabine...Published: 29 Sep 2015 at 16:42hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe robbed Zanu PF, now he wants to rob us all!
When you have naïve and gullible followers there are no limits to the nonsense you can sell them and get away Scott-free! Mugabe is a corrupt and murderous tyrant with panache to distorting facts and...Published: 02 Sep 2015 at 10:28hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Pioneer Coaches lays off 80 workers
Some 80 workers at Pioneer Coaches were left stranded last week after their contracts were terminated as the bus company withdrew its buses from all local routes. Some of the workers who spoke...Published: 27 Apr 2015 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cuthbert Dube Is Taking Zimbabweans For Granted
I read with youthful amazement that the former PSMAS Chairman is now dragging the PSMAS organization to courts to try and get unpaid salaries through an agreed contract that had not expired at the tim...Published: 12 Jul 2014 at 19:58hrs | 1 | by Chido Wilcox
Everything in Zim needs renewal, starting at State House
As Winston Churchill once remarked; Men occasionally stumble over the truth but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. We have seen in Zimbabwe that our lead...Published: 10 Apr 2014 at 10:32hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Zim employees do not trust their organisations
Employee confidence in the country took a dip for the month of December, according to the latest Employee Confidence Index by Industrial Psychology Consultants (Pvt) Ltd....Published: 06 Feb 2014 at 19:56hrs | | by Tawanda Musarurwa I BH24
Eddie Cross's appeal turned down by the court
Magistrate Gladmore Mushove has turned down the Bulawayo South Member of Parliament, Edward Graham Cross's plea to extend his trial date.Mushove told Cross that the court could not wait that ...Published: 17 Jan 2014 at 12:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans are overpaid - Callisto Jokonya
The past president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) Mr Callisto Jokonya says that Zimbabweans are over paid and are the highest paid workers in the region.Speaking at a li...Published: 20 Dec 2013 at 20:02hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Estimated electricity bills to stay
CONSUMERS will have to endure estimated bills until pre-paid meters are installed because Zesa Holdings has no capacity to issue actual bills.Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution...Published: 15 Nov 2012 at 03:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim govt slashes salaries of parastatal bosses
Government has slashed the salaries of parastatal bosses amid concerns ...Published: 29 Sep 2012 at 23:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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