Zimbabwe Banks, companies under probe
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission is setting up a special investigating team to focus attention on companies and banks involved in shady deals in violation of the country’s laws. The team will also target retailers and food outlets who do not bank cash. Most of them are reportedly channelling the cash into the parallel market. Addressing […]
Zimbabwe Power Company told to pull plug on ex-convict Wicknell Chivayo
PARLIAMENT yesterday recommended the investigation and prosecution of the four former Energy ministers Samuel Undenge, Dzikamai Mavhaire, Elton Mangoma and former Energy deputy minister Munashe Mutezo after they were all implicated in Wicknell Chivayo’s controversial Gwanda Solar Project. The call was made by Mines and Energy Portfolio Committee chairperson, Temba Mliswa where he also recommended […]
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 […]
How Zimbabwe’s ruling party ZANU-PF killed Grain Marketing Board
In an attempt to boost agricultural production in the wake of a disastrous land reform programme, government adopted the Targeted Command Agriculture scheme last year, which is being funded through a $500 million facility. This is despite running down the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) through open acts of corruption and lax accountability systems. Government contributed […]
Treat parastatal audits seriously
ELSEWHERE in this issue, we carry a story revealing that some parastatals have not been audited since 2009 while the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and several state-owned enterprises have not submitted their accounts for many years. Eight long years! This is criminal dereliction of constitutional responsibilities. There are no two ways about it. Section 9 […]
How Zimbabwe National Roads Administration bosses were let off the hook
The first part of this investigative piece done by The Standard in partnership with the Information for Development Trust (IDT) published last Sunday revisited the alleged Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) corruption scandal in which the state institution acquired 40 graders at a cost of more than $8 million without going to tender, providing yet […]
After Month-Long Theatrics, Jonathan Moyo Appears Before Zacc
AFTER a month-long defiance during which he insisted he would never appear before a “croc-infested” anti-corruption commission, Higher Education Minister Jonathan Moyo finally presented himself before the agency Wednesday. He was questioned for several hours after which the commission released him into the custody of his lawyers, pending a court appearance on Thursday. Moyo’s lawyer, […]
Professor Jonathan Moyo Arrested
Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo was yesterday arrested for alleged abuse of office and misappropriating over $400 000 Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) funds.He was later released into the custody of his lawyer and is expected to appear in court today. Zimdef is a parastatal that falls under […]
Zimbabwe Fires Anti-Corruption Commission Bosses
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has fired three of the four managers who were recently suspended for allegedly engaging in corrupt activities at the anti-graft body while one manager, Ms Sukai Tongogara, has been exonerated of the charges. Those that were fired yesterday are Mr Christopher Chisango (general manager finance, administration and human resources), Mr […]
President Mugabe Takes Over Anti-Graft Body
Face with a rapidly advancing scourge of corruption, President Robert Mugabe has assumed full control of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), which had apparently became a victim of feral factional fights within his ruling ZANU-PF party, the Financial Gazette can report. Before the latest move, effected through Statutory Instrument (SI) 68 of 2016, the anti-graft […]
