Chinese Top Tax Fraud List
Companies represented by individuals with Chinese names have dominated the list published by Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) that the tax collection body says are engaged in fraudulent activities regarding Value Added Tax (VAT). The public notice issued by the Commissioner General, Ms Doris Akol, and published in Daily Monitor on Friday, URA explained that the […]
Corruption Undermines “the Africa We Want” – Cyril Ramaphosa
Addressing an Africa Day celebration for the first time since taking office, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa spelled out his administration’s foreign policy concerns on continental issues. Edited excerpts follow: South Africa’s foreign policy will always be rooted on the African continent, seeking to contribute towards Africa’s renaissance. In this regard, we draw inspiration from […]
Former police boss Augustine Chihuri says not ready for Parly grilling
PARLIAMENT has finally managed to serve former Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri with summons to appear in the House for grilling over the $15 billion diamond revenue which allegedly went missing in Chiadzwa. The former police chief this week wrote to the Temba Mliswa-led Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy saying he was […]
President Emmerson Mnangagwa targets high-profile graft cases
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has revealed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s move to set up a special anti-corruption unit in his office came after realising that other State security agencies were reluctant to tackle high-profile graft cases. On Tuesday, the Office of the President and Cabinet announced the establishment of the unit whose mandate is to […]
Trouble for Olusegun Obasanjo As Nigerian Govt Revisits Probe of $16bn Power Spending
Abuja — There are indications that former President Olusegun Obasanjo may be in for serious trouble, as the federal government plans to begin a fresh probe of how $16billion earmarked for power projects during his administration was spent. This is coming just as President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday challenged Obasanjo to show Nigerians the electricity he […]
G40 kingpin Saviour Kasukuwere Returns From Self-Imposed Exile
Former Zanu-PF national political commissar and G40 kingpin Mr Saviour Kasukuwere returned home yesterday after spending six months and six days in self-imposed exile. He fled the country last November alongside other G40 cabalists, Professor Jonathan Moyo and Mr Patrick Zhuwao, who remain in exile. Mr Kasukuwere, who was aboard a South African Airways plane, […]
Law and Politics of removing Mugabe: Alex T. Magaisa
A continuing crisis The crisis in Zimbabwe escalated this week after the military took control of the national broadcaster to announce that they had seized key functions of government. However, Zimbabwe’s “coup” is in a class of its own. Its authors have been keen to downplay it, insisting that it is not a coup. For […]
Deposed Vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa back in Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe has fled to Namibia and Robert Mugabe is detained by military in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s dictator Robert Mugabe has been detained by the military in a ‘bloodless correction’ of power amid claims his wife has fled to Namibia. Mugabe’s decades-long grip on power appeared to be over this morning after military vehicles blocked roads outside the parliament in Harare and senior soldiers delivered a late-night television address to the […]
Breaking News: Coup is indeed happening in Zimbabwe
A former banker heavily connected with Zanu just confirmed that indeed a coup is taking place in Zimbabwe. The source states that Robert Mugabe has been on lockdown at his house for the last 2 days, no one is allowed in or out of the property. Also on lockdown is Professor Moyo and his crew […]
Army tanks seen heading towards capital Harare amid rising tensions between Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF and military
Tanks have been spotted heading towards Zimbabwe’s capital Harare. Eyewitnesses said military vehicles were also blocking major roads outside the city. Local media also reported that heavily armed military personnel had sealed off state TV broadcaster ZBC. It comes amid rising tensions between the southern African nation’s military and the country’s ruling Zanu-PF party, headed […]
