HARARE – A number of private schools are heading for confrontation with government after it emerged they are still charging fees for Form 1 entrance tests despite a standing ban imposed on the practice. The ban followed an outcry by parents over the steep cost of entrance tests — prompting Primary and Secondary Education ministry…
HARARE – The Auditor-General Midred Chiri (pictured)has warned about the ability of 15 State-owned enterprises to continue as a going concern. In her State Enterprises and Parastatals Report of 2016, the government auditor named Zesa Holdings (Zesa) and its subsidiaries; TelOne, Grain Marketing Board (GMB), National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa),…
HARARE – The Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) paid over $25 000 in fees to a non-existent board, the Auditor-General Mildred Chiri has said. Chiri reported this as a malpractice in her audit report on State enterprises and parastatals for the financial year ended 2016. “The corporation paid expenses amounting to $25 228 during…
HARARE – Various government departments loaned insolvent Air Zimbabwe over $8 million to bankroll its operational expenses in the 2016 financial year. The Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri revealed this in a forensic report of government departments’ revenue statements and fund accounts for the year ended December 31, 2016. The AG established that the New Number…
HARARE – Zanu PF has been accused of withholding food aid from opposition members as part of forcing them to vote for their candidate in next month’s Chiwundura by-election in the Midlands Province. However, Zanu PF has rubbished the allegations, maintaining that it is concentrating on retaining the seat which fell vacant following the death…
HARARE – A woman who was busted at Harare International Airport hiding 3,8 kg of cocaine in her luggage will have to proffer special circumstances exonerating her from the offence or be jailed for the mandatory 15 years today. Beauty Mutashu was convicted of possession of cocaine after Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube ruled that the…
HARARE – University of Zimbabwe (UZ) security clashed with medical students at the UZ campus yesterday when a demonstration against fees hike turned violent. Security replied with batons as hooded students threw missiles during the march by medical learners. Police later pitched up and arrested some of the students, together with #ThisFlag cleric Evan Mawarire…
BULAWAYO – The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) here has admitted failing to address the scourge of commuter omnibuses and small vehicles picking up passengers from undesignated points in the Central Business District (CBD). “We find that there are a lot of illegal operators that cover their number plates using a cloth, some of them they make…
HARARE – The Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri has once again shaken the birdcage, as she unveiled yet more reports exposing the rot in President Robert Mugabe’s government and State-run institutions. According to the 2016 reports, financial indiscipline — gross misappropriation and abuse of funds — has actually escalated unabated to unprecedented levels. Year-in, year-out, Chiri…
HARARE – Today, Zimbabwe stands on the brink of chaos if Zanu PF fails to deal decisively with its succession. Without a shadow of doubt, President Robert Mugabe’s unresolved succession issue continues to affect the country and in so many ways. Prospective investors are standing on the sidelines waiting to see positive signs that could…
