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Ginimbi denied bail in $3,5m fraud, money-laundering case
SOCIALITE and businessman Genius Kadungure, popularly known as Ginimbi, was yesterday denied bail by a Harare magistrate in a case in which he is accused of prejudicing Treasury of $3,5 million in a t...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2088 | by Staff reporter
Lumumba fights in Ginimbi's corner
In a move that has been viewed as a desperate attempt to sing for his next supper, embattled whistleblower William Mutumanje (Acie Lumumba) has called for the immediate release of millionaire Ge...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 21:37hrs | 4008 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ginimbi involved in an accident before being arrested
Businessman Genius Kadungure was arrested on Thursday just hours after he was involved in an accident near Domboshava.Kadungure was grabbed by detectives as he left the Harare Magistrates Cour...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:21hrs | 6123 | by ZimLive
'I am Zimbabwe's saviour' says Mangudya
Embattled Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr. John Panonetsa Mangudya has claimed that he is going out of his way to solve economic challenges happening in Zimbabwe.Addressing legislators at...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 08:46hrs | 6037 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chinamasa sucked into Chivayo scam
FORMER Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa was yesterday named as the official who advised Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) to raise $5 million to pay businessman, Wicknell Chivayo for the Gwanda Solar pro...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:00hrs | 968 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya's US$1 billion fraud exposed?
Whistle blower Prisca Mutema has alleged that embattled Central Bank Governor John Panonetsa Mangudya is involved in a US$1 billion fraud that saw him and his cronies benefiting from loans taken from ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 07:38hrs | 19048 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo's ex-deputy flees over $400,000 scam
THE High Court yesterday issued a warrant of arrest for former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa, who is facing allegations of swindling the Zimbabwe Manpower Development F...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | 1177 | by Staff reporter
How bond notes remind me of street scams
Plot Mhako grew up on the mean streets of Glen-Norah and Glen-View and is familiar with a street scam or two. He makes a compelling analysis of bond notes - Zimbabwe's surrogate currency.This ...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 10:10hrs | 2376 | by Plot Mhako
Lawyer convicted of $400,000 fraud
A BULAWAYO lawyer who defrauded more than $400 000 from 41 clients within a period of two years was on Friday convicted of fraud.Leslie Bhekimpilo Sibanda who was once employed at Webb, Low an...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:44hrs | 1383 | by Staff reporter
Gold ore exhibit vanishes under police watch
THE police Minerals and Border Control Unit (MBCU) in Shurugwi has been accused of misappropriating tonnes of gold ore confiscated from a syndicate suspected of illegal mining operations and kept as a...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:05hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Poll Reveals 66% support for Magaya HIV Cure
A shocking Poll result of a survey conducted by ZiFM Stereo on whether they would buy Prophet Walter Magaya's HIV and cancer "cure" revealed 66% of the respondents are willing to buy it while a meagre...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 08:41hrs | 1402 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe banks fingered in US dollar scams
Market indiscipline in the local financial services sector necessitated the separation of Foreign Currency Accounts (FCAs) and real time gross settlement (RTGS) accounts, Finance and Economic Developm...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:17hrs | 2264 | by Staff reporter
RBZ scam: AG's office ready to investigate
AUDITOR General Mrs Mildred Chiri has said her office was ready to help Government investigate financial leakages at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) if its services are required. Ordinarily...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:38hrs | 1803 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Councillor in 'employment scam'
Bulawayo Ward 24 Councillor Arnold Batirai continues to clash with residents in his ward with latest accusations being his alleged employment of members of his 30 July campaign team to the ward's comm...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:04hrs | 1534 | by Staff reporter
Best advice on how to deal with current Zimbabwe economic crisis
Patience pays for our situation. What has contributed much to our current situation is that Zimbabwe pressed the panic button after contested elections. We need to move on and deal with what is curren...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1553 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Lumumba linked to 'untidy' Zanu-PF hatchet job
ZIMBABWEANS have reacted strongly to government's apparent failure to both detect and act upon a massive foreign currency scandal involving some top central bank managers and a handful connected indiv...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 08:10hrs | 8263 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa declares war on 'rogue' banks
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared war on banks reportedly linked to a cartel behind illegal currency activities and the chaos in the economy, it has been learnt.Reserve Bank of Zimbabw...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 06:45hrs | 5207 | by Staff reporter
How to find a safe and reliable online casino
Finding a safe and reliable online casino is easier said than done - if you succeed, you will be rewarded with endless hours of fun and the possibility to win thousands of pounds, if not millions. But...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 10:04hrs | 381 | by Staff Reporter
RBZ bosses suspension laudable, but ...
YESTERDAY'S suspension of four senior Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) directors fingered in fuelling the parallel market rates between the United States dollar and the bond notes, which has resulted in...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:34hrs | 1851 | by Editorial - newsday
Mnangagwa's Perm Sec loses $15,000 in EcoCash scam
PERMANENT Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Sylvester Maunganidze allegedly lost $15 000 from his bank account to an EcoCash agent after he gave her his CBZ bank card and pin number...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:31hrs | 2421 | by Staff reporter
Ex-CIO RBZ director suspended again
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has suspended its senior officials pending investigations into allegations levelled against them by Finance and Economic Development Ministry chairman of the communications ta...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 21:39hrs | 8861 | 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 | 7600 | by Tawanda Majoni
Joram Gumbo must leave office and face justice
The man at the centre of the jerry can madness is actually worse than revealed by his opinions on fuel containers. While his expressions on jerry cans were reflective of his unfitness to hold public o...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 18:01hrs | 4813 | by MDC Communications
Zanu-PF youths jailed for defrauding colleagues
Two Zanu-PF youths who defrauded three of their colleagues of $1 080 in a land scam, have been slapped with an 11-month jail term each by a Concession magistrate.Simon Madzudzo (33) and Musa M...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:52hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Zimra sued for 'evading tax'
They are mandated by an Act of Parliament to clamp down on tax evasion but the script appears to have changed as Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has been dragged before the High Court for evading w...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 18:30hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Multi-million dollar scandal rocks Zinara
AN external forensic audit has uncovered massive corruption, tax evasion and corporate governance rot at the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara), in which the government agency lost millio...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 13:38hrs | 3433 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa petitioned to rein in Zanu-PF officials selling State land
CHIEF Jahana and villagers from Shangani in Insiza North, Matabeleland South, have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to rein in Zanu-PF district officials from reportedly grabbing and selling St...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:12hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga's surety deal scam matter postponed
THE case in which businessman Frank Buyanga fraudulently sold a Harare businessman's Mabelreign house after being given the title deeds as loan surety was last week postponed to tomorrow for continuat...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 08:06hrs | 1292 | by Staff reporter
3 Zesa bigwigs in court over $11m scam
Three Zesa bosses appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Courts yesterday facing two counts of swindling the parastatal of over $11,8 million in a tender scam.Zesa Holdings group chief executive ...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1048 | by Staff reporter
Protect personal data breaches
SOMETHING that has become very worrying for me is the misuse of personal information since the election period and in this edition, we consider the importance of this and steps to be taken to minimise...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | 451 | by Paul Kaseke
Dodgy Bulawayo business forum corns delegates
A poorly organised Zimbabwe is Open for Business forum in Bulawayo, organised by the Corporate Capital Consultancy led by Mr D Nyika scammed delegates who paid $25 to attend the meeting.The me...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:56hrs | 1268 | by Delegate
Zanu-PF MP's divorce takes nasty twist
ZANU PF legislator for Murehwa North constituency Daniel Garwe has accused his estranged wife, Pedzisai Liliethy, of adultery and labelled her a criminal who has been abusing authority and trust, as t...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1344 | by Staff reporter
NatPharm in golden handshake scam
FORMER managing director of the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm), Mrs Flora Sifeku, is set to walk away from the national drug procurer $200 000 richer after the board resolved to give her a...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:29hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bottled water 'scam' shakes market
PANIC gripped the country's retail sector yesterday, with some shops rejecting some bottled water brands deemed as contaminated.The Zimbabwe Independent first broke the story following laborat...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:51hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF linked terror group 'fleeces' kombi operators
A GROUP of Zanu PF supporters in Kwekwe led by Midlands provincial youth secretary for education, Tapuwa Muto, is allegedly fleecing commuter omnibus operators at the Kwekwe city interchange rank, for...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 11:36hrs | 2328 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's next five years: 2018-2023 (realities, lies)
POLITICAL perspectives in Zimbabwe, at least after the recent 2018 general election, have tended to have a sense of immediacy and urgency.Spurred on by the fundamentally zero-sum power games t...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 11:29hrs | 1407 | by Takura Zhangazha
Zanu-PF youths running extortion scam
REDCLIFF mayor Clayton Masiyatsva has accused Zanu-PF youths in the town of frustrating council operations by extorting and victimising informal traders after the MDC Alliance swept all the seats from...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 07:11hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has unveiled beacons of hope
The Second Republic under President Emmerson Mnangagwa has unveiled beacons of hope which, if not sabotaged by indolent or mischievous workers put in office by God to help rule this country, will go a...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:26hrs | 355 | by Stephen Mpofu
Fake Magaya on the loose
A NUMBER of Zimbabweans may have fallen victim to a Facebook scam, where a suspected Nigerian scammer has been impersonating Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder Prophet Walter Magaya....Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:43hrs | 2081 | by Staff Reporter
Chitungwiza scammed of $120 000
CHITUNGWIZA Municipality was last year fleeced of almost $120 000 after a suspected fraudster took advantage of a deal left hanging to approach the High Court and force payment.Dalington Chira...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:23hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Zimra official in nasty tiff with tax whistleblower
AN acrimonious fight between a top Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official and a whistleblower has reportedly prejudiced the country of millions of dollars with the former allegedly slashing amoun...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
30 investigated over forged academic certificates
At least 30 people were yesterday under police surveillance, following an investigation launched on cases of suspected culprits who used fake Ordinary and Advanced Level certificates to apply for visa...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 12:34hrs | 1931 | by Staff reporter
Biti in $30 million NSSA scam
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday indicated that it was keen to interview Finance Minister during the Government of National Unity era Tendai Biti over allegations that he instructed t...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Wasted vote went to Chamisa
The behaviour of the opposition in elections was deplorable they entered the race with a warped mind which was bent on creating anarchy and distress. The supporters of the opposition dwell in serious ...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 06:04hrs | 6217 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Police warn against pyramid schemes
POLICE have issued a warning to members of the public to avoid being enticed into investing their hard earned cash into illegitimate "get rich quickly" money schemes as a number of people have been du...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 07:31hrs | 1184 | by Staff reporter
Thousands conned in EcoCash scam
A NUMBER of people could have lost thousands of dollars in a well-calculated pyramid scheme that was being orchestrated through WhatsApp and EcoCash.One person has since been arrested and appe...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:55hrs | 890 | by Staff reporter
Woman celebrates ex's elections defeat
South Africa based businesswoman Vimbai Chakanyuka who claims to have used her fortunes on the electoral campaign for Mabvuku-Tafara Zimbabwe Partnership and Prosperity Party (ZIPP) House of Assembly ...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 16:02hrs | 6104 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's statement made him sound like that false Pentecostal prophet
Last Friday, Nelson Chamisa declared that he would be challenging his electoral loss to Emmerson Mnangagwa, and even promised his supporters that change was still coming. His latter statement is unbel...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 10:00hrs | 1370 | by Tawanda Majoni
MDC Alliance official exposes the altering of V11 forms figures in Bulawayo
The MDC Alliance official Descent Bajila has expores the whole scam on how Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) working with Zanu PF manipulated and altered figures on the V11 forms so as to add votes ...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 17:01hrs | 10661 | by Stephen Jakes
ZEC scams to make Mnangagwa the winner by 53% claims Jonathan Moyo
Exiled Professor Jonathan Moyo has suggested that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is may have committed electoral fraud and has brought in security reinforcements in fear of reaction from fellow Z...Published: 31 Jul 2018 at 21:10hrs | 13657 | by Staff Reporter
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