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Chivayo just name droping, says Charamba
WHAT INSANITY: You have business partners who dribble one another. In the ensuing fallout, one of them allegedly name-drops in order to scare away the rest. I am supposed to be exercised by su...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 12:01hrs | 1 | by George Charamba
More changes loom at ZBC
A CHANGE of the editorial team at State broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is looming in the wake of a restructuring exercise being implemented by a newly-appointed board.The ...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZBC CEO saga takes new twist
THE resignation of Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief executive officer Adelaide Chikunguru has taken a new twist after a letter emerged purporting that Information minister Jenfan Muswere ...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 05:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe CEOs push back on salaries disclosure
THE chief executives (CEOs) of firms trading their shares on Zimbabwe's two stock exchanges have slapped down proposed regulations that would force them to disclose their earnings in line with interna...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:16hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa wants to know who is using water in Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has urged farmers to utilise dam water according to the law by entering into agreements with the parastatal, ahead of the winter cropping season.I...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Oscar Pambuka, Psychology Maziwisa head back to Chikurubi Prison after bail pending appeal thrown out
FORMER Zanu-PF legislator, Psychology Maziwisa and ex-ZBC broadcaster, Oscar Pambuka, could be heading back to jail after their appeal against conviction and sentence in the Zimbabwe Power Compa...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 19:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
More woes for embattled Wadyajena
HARARE magistrate Barbra Mateko has ordered the seizure of a fleet of vehicles belonging to embattled Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena (Zanu-PF) on suspicion that they were purchase...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zinara says, 'We are now reformed'
State-run Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), which has been red-flagged in multiple reports by the Auditor General (AG) and parliament for unbridled levels of corruption, looting and nepo...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:08hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
NetOne cashier in $150m scam
A NETONE cashier was nabbed by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) after swindling the parastatal of $150 million in an airtime voucher scam.Daniel Kalira (39) splashed the money on...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa knew about Glencore corruption'
Former Eskom chief executive Matshela Koko said he was consulting lawyers about igniting fresh investigations into President Cyril Ramaphosa-linked Glencore and its dirty deals at the power utility....Published: 31 May 2022 at 13:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admits failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted failing to bring sanity in parastatals that are crumbling due to gross mismanagement and corruption under his watch.In his weekly column published in ...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to rehire Zesa technocrats
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said his government had convinced some former Zesa technocrats who were holding senior positions abroad to come back home and assist in finding a solution to the...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Mines perm sec convicted of graft
In the latest high-profile corruption conviction, former Mines and Mining Development Permanent Secretary Francis Gudyanga was yesterday convicted of corruptly claiming US$29 000 from the Minerals Mar...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former Mines Permanent Secretary convicted of graft
In the latest high-profile corruption conviction, former Mines and Mining Development Permanent Secretary Francis Gudyanga was yesterday convicted of corruptly claiming US$29 000 from the Minerals Mar...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
GMB looks for CEO
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is hunting for a new chief executive officer to replace Mr Rockie Mutenha who retires on April 30, 2022.He is retiring from his post after the expiry of his fiv...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
NRZ loses millions in property scandals
NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe is taking stock of its properties across the country amid revelations that it could have lost more than $30 million from paying utility bills for assets it sold over 20 y...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
58 'excess'NRZ guards spared the axe
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board has revealed that 58 security officers, who graduated on Wednesday, were supposed to be retrenched by the rail company, but were thrown a lifeline after T...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:24hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
GMB rebrands
Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has embarked on a rebranding exercise that will see it changing its image and mandate.The changes reflect the organisation's evolution from a predominantly grain st...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:07hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Kangai loses $2m defamation suit
FORMER NetOne chief executive Reward Kangai has lost a $2 million defamation lawsuit against his former employer at the High Court.Kangai was jointly and severally suing his former employer, c...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge, Gwanda owe big chunk to Zinwa
BEITBRIDGE and Gwanda, combined, have the highest debt of $407 million out of the total $507 million owed by all the country's 92 municipalities in the country to the Zimbabwe National Water Authority...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinwa disconnects Beitbridge
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) on Friday disconnected water supply to Beitbridge town over a $65 million debt. Zinwa had revised Beitbridge Municipality's debt to $65 million af...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ converts 2 diesel electric D6 locomotives to mainline
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has converted two diesel electric D6 locomotive models to mainline locomotives to circumvent capacity challenges on traction power and reduce recurring hiring c...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
NetOne board members face Sacu probe
FORMER NetOne chief executive Lazarus Muchenje has written to the Special AntiCorruption Unit (Sacu) requesting that it launches a probe against the telecommunications firm's board members.Muc...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ acquires US$1,5m vehicles
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has acquired a fleet of 57 vehicles at a cost of US$ 1,5 million meant to transform the operational landscape of the organisation.The vehicles, 12 eight...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zesa disconnects NRZ properties over debt
NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) properties in Hwange had power disconnected yesterday by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) over an undisclosed amount owed by t...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parly exposes Zinara tender scam
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) unprocedurally awarded lucrative contracts to private entities to supply equipment and services that prejudiced the parastatal of huge amounts of mo...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Top Zimbabwean auditors face probe
THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ) has given in to pressure to investigate owners of audit firm BdO Zimbabwe over allegations of unprofessionalism.The investigation will...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gata tells Mnangagwa's govt to trim ministers' powers
ZESA executive chairperson Sydney Gata yesterday urged government to revise its architecture of public enterprises as well as clip powers vested in Cabinet ministers to enable the country to successfu...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'NRZ machines, equipment belong to the scrapyard'
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona has expressed dissatisfaction with the state of affairs at the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) and challenged the parastatal's board ...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
GMB primes for bumper harvest
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) will establish 1 800 mobile buying points countrywide by the end of this month as part of a cocktail of measures to ratchet up preparations for a record-breaking bumper...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man in court for defrauding Zinara of US$21,000
A 33-YEAR-OLD man, who was employed as a data capture clerk at the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), appeared in court on Wednesday for defrauding the parastatal of US$21 000.Adm...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
NetOne boss Muchenje fired via section 11(2) notice
EMBATTLED NetOne chief executive Lazarus Muchenje has been fired from the parastatal.NetOne acting board chairperson Susan Mutangadura made the announcement in a notice published in the first ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zinara boss in court for transferring Grace Mugabe linked employees
ZINARA chief executive officer Nkosinathi Ncube was yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Trynos Wutawashe on allegations of victimising and transferring four subordinates that are linked to Gr...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teachers dig in over PPE
DEFIANT teachers have dug in demanding provision of personal protective equipment for fear of contracting COVID-19 before returning to the classrooms.The teachers also vowed not to invigilate ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
NetOne Cellular seeks Kangai defamation dismissal
NETONE Cellular (Pvt) Ltd has approached the High Court seeking an order dismissing its former chief executive officer, Reward Kangai's $2 million defamation claim.NetOne's acting board chairp...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:27hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
US$23m 'vanishes' from NRZ
A top National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) official has been accused of misappropriating US$23 million in what insiders say could be a glimpse of the financial rot at the struggling parastatal....Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
It's politics at play, Zinara boss tells court
ZIMBABWE National Road Administration (Zinara) finance director Simon Taranhike has claimed that the allegations that he criminally abused his office were a result of power struggles at the parastatal...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo dares ZACC
Minister of State for Presidential Affairs (Implementation and Monitoring) Joram Gumbo has dared the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to investigate him as he says he has a clean record in a...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC needs to rethink by-elections strategy
An inquest was inevitable following the opposition MDC's loss in the weekend by-elections, particularly the Lupane East constituency, with finger-pointing predictably being the order of the day. For m...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Zinara faces Parliament grilling over operations
PARLIAMENT will today question the Zimbabwe Nationals Road Administration (Zinara) over the state of affairs at the parastatal which has, of late, hogged news headlines because of corrupt practices....Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe grapples with US$85m SAA debt
ZIMBABWE owes South African Airways (SAA) over US$85 million (R1,1 billion) in unrepatriated revenue from ticket sales as the country continues to grapple with biting foreign currency shortages amid g...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | 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
Zinara finance director, deputy suspended
Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) finance director Simon Taranhike and his deputy Anyway Mudodo, who are under investigation on allegations of criminal abuse of office and attempts to con...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 22:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara finance director arrested
ZIMBABWE National Road Administration (Zinara) finance director Simon Taranhike has been arrested on allegations of criminal abuse of office and attempts to conceal corruption. Sources close t...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament wants Zinara boss fired
THE Tendai Biti led parliamentary committee has demanded the firing of one of the senior executives at the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara). During yesterday's hearing, Parliamen...Published: 21 May 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa-Chamisa gives Biggie Matiza a five-day ultimatum
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe National Road Administration Authority (Zinara) chief executive officer Nancy Masiyiwa-Chamisa has given Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza a five-day ultimatum to issue a public...Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:20hrs | | 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
'Don't load-shed Beitbridge'
The head of Zimbabwe's tax agency has called on government to spare the Beitbridge Border Post from the new power load-shedding regime which she said would hit cross border business hard and impact re...Published: 15 May 2019 at 07:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Air Zimbabwe purchases new plane
Air Zimbabwe has purchased a new plane, an Embraer ERJ-145, bringing the number of planes owned by the company to two. The Post Cabinet briefing on Tuesday reported that Zimbabwe has tak...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 17:24hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Temba Mliswa talks tough on NRZ managers
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has blasted Senior managers at the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) who are alleged tobe trampling on and changing through the back door the terms and condi...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 16:05hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
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