President Uhuru Kenyatta Mandates Lifestyle Audit for Public Servants
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has intensified his war on graft by announcing that all public servants will undergo a compulsory lifestyle audit to account for their sources of wealth. This latest announcement follows financial scandals that have rocked the country with revelations that millions of dollars were lost in various government agencies through corrupt deals […]
Corruption, Single Biggest Menace to Africa’s Development, Says President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has identified corruption as the single biggest menace to Africa’s development. The President stated this when he hosted members of the Diplomatic Corps to Ramadan Iftar at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. According to him, corruption undermines development and impedes democracy and the rule of law. “As I mentioned in my […]
We Are ‘Treated Like Dogs’ and ‘Forced to Pay Bribes’ to Get Asylum – Foreign Nationals
It is a costly affair for asylum seekers at the Desmond Tutu Refugee Reception Centre in Marabastad, Tshwane. They’ve described the centre as a prison-like environment, where they are treated like dogs and forced to pay various bribes. Several foreign nationals, speaking on condition of anonymity detailed how people “hang around” the centre to rob […]
Norton MP Mliswa meet rehabilitated Walter Mzembi in South Africa
The outspoken Norton member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has revealed his meeting with former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi who was recently hospitalised in South Africa and battling for his life. In revealing their meeting, Mliswa said on Twitter: “Just met Hon. Muzembi who says he’s rehabilitated & ready to return to the country to vote. […]
‘Some of the People Who Talk About Me Are Also Corrupt’ – Jacob Zuma
Former president Jacob Zuma has threatened to air the dirty laundry of those who keep talking about him in public. “I’m a citizen now, I can say whatever I want to say about them. I’ll defend myself,” he said on Friday. He also accused his detractors of being corrupt. “Some say that I’m corrupt. I […]
Zimra boss Faith Mazani quizzed over ‘smuggled’ Zanu PF campaign material
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general, Faith Mazani was yesterday grilled by MDC-T Chitungwiza North legislator, Godfrey Sithole, who demanded to know if Zanu PF had paid import duty for campaign vehicles and other materials, which were recently imported ahead of next month’s general elections. The issue was raised in Harare during a Zimra engagement meeting […]
Zimbabwe Consolidation Diamond Company boss admits Marange diamond looting
ZIMBABWE Consolidation Diamond Company (ZCDC)’s chief executive officer, Morris Mpofu, has claimed that some of his subordinates were working in cahoots with illegal diamond miners to steal the gems from Chiadzwa. Mpofu made the remarks during an all-stakeholders diamond security conference in Mutare last Friday. His remarks came amid reports that illegal foreign diamond buyers […]
Ziscosteel: Mnangagwa’s ultimate test
On January 15 this year, a bubbling President Emmerson Mnangagwa — freshly installed into office a month earlier after a coup against Robert Mugabe — promised that within 100 days of his rule, he would reopen the Redcliff steel-making giant, Ziscosteel. Ziscosteel, once the largest employer in Midlands province, collapsed due to government bungling, looting, […]
Bulawayo-Harare highway: A sad reminder that nothing has changed
Under a gigantic Zanu PF colourful election campaign billboard covered with the image of a half-smiling president of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is a small stall manned by a middle-aged vendor selling vegetables and fruits under the sun-drenched weather of Chegutu. The billboard, erected along the Harare-Bulawayo road and a kilometre from Chegutu town centre, poignantly […]
The Scams Which Drain West Africa’s Resources
The international coalition of journalists which pioneered reporting on the “Panama Papers” has teamed up with West Africa’s Norbert Zongo Cell for Investigative Journalism (Cenozo)* to expose the tax avoidance, financial crime and corruption which siphon money out of the region, hindering development. In what the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) calls West Africa’s […]