HARARE – An employee with Premier Tobacco Auction Floors has been charged with fraud after she allegedly hacked into the banking system of a local financial institution from which she spirited nearly $10 000. Lizzie Kandengwa, 40, was released on $50 bail when she appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande charged with fraud. As part…
HARARE – Government’s fight against corruption has gathered momentum with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) widening its dragnet to include the private sector and local authorities where the anti-graft body is investigating tender scams which might have prejudiced government tens of millions of dollars. This comes as former ministers and senior parastatal officials who served…
ZAPU president Dumiso Dabengwa is maintaining his onslaught on the new government led by Emmerson Mnangagwa saying the new political dispensation was no different from the old order under Robert Mugabe. The former Cabinet minister who was a guest at an event organised by pressure group Ibhetshu Likazulu to mark Gukurahundi on Unity Day here…
JOHANNESBURG – On A Wednesday afternoon in November, Grace Mugabe stood outside the Zanu PF headquarters in full party regalia before a crowd of thousands. Her husband’s face was stamped across one sleeve, her wrists stacked with armbands in Zanu green and yellow and red and black. She was smiling. Her biggest rival, Emmerson Mnangagwa,…
HARARE – Nine people died in 89 reported road traffic accidents that happened during the recent 2017 Christmas, though the fatalities are 44 percent down from the 16 deaths recorded on the same day last year, police details show. Ironically, the significant reduction comes at a time the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has been forced…
HARARE – Malawian preacher Shepherd Bushiri’s November 2016 prophecy that Defence, Security and War Veterans minister Kembo Mohadi would “go higher and higher” in his political career has come to pass after the senior politician was appointed vice president of the ruling Zanu PF party last weekend. By this token, Mohadi is set to become…
HARARE – Government’s plans to revive flag carrier Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) are dead in the water for now after it failed to secure partnerships with reputable airlines that were put off by the massive debts at the struggling airline. At present government has no money to bail out the haemorrhaging AirZim which this year made…
HARARE – In most cases, when a man is jailed for a long period, his world comes down crashing on him, and all hopes and dreams about life fade away. Doom and gloom consume him. And the situation is especially tough for the man’s wife, if he is married. Left behind to fend for the…
HARARE – Government’s fight against corruption has gathered momentum with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) widening its dragnet to include the private sector and local authorities where the anti-graft body is investigating tender scams which might have prejudiced government tens of millions of dollars This comes as former ministers and senior parastatal officials who served…
HARARE – This year’s Command Agriculture yield is under threat amid reports that the fall armyworm that ravaged last season’s crop has been identified in some parts of Manicaland Province. Farmers in the eastern lowveld of the country told the Daily News on Sunday last week that the armyworm had mainly stormed Chipinge. A farm…
