PARLIAMENT has directed police to ensure Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara, pictured, appears before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Lands today to explain how he and other millers used the US$27 million from the RBZ for wheat importation and the other money meant for refurbishing GMB silos. This comes after Musarara…
FORMER Zanu PF youth league deputy secretary Lewis Matutu has questioned the party’s secretary for administration Obert Mpofu’s Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PHD) qualifications and his source of wealth while responding to a $10 million defamation suit filed against him by the senior party official. Mpofu initiated litigation against Matutu in June last year, after…
ECOBANK Zimbabwe Limited has been awarded the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) certification giving it a competitive advantage above other financial institutions in the country. The ISO certification given by the British Standards Institution (BSI) are according to Ecobank’s Regional Executive for Central and Southern Africa Cheick Travaly a reflection of the bank’s legal and…
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) will be hunting down unlicensed vehicles in the country in collaboration with the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) and the police. In a statement the organisation has urged motorists to get their vehicles licensed to avoid clamping. “Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), in partnership with Zinara and VID, would like to…
UNIONS have re-ignited their bid to have workers’ salaries paid in United States dollars, following the recent decision by the government to allow oil companies with access to foreign currency to sell fuel in forex, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government is escalating its push to have the Zimbabwe dollar as the…
LUPANE residents have threatened to stage protests at the Provincial Registrar’s office where there are reports of corruption in the issuance of passports and identity documents. This comes after some workers recently wrote to Registrar-General Clemence Masango in a bid to force him to act on reports of graft at the provincial office. This follows…
TAPIWA MASHAKADA – Understanding the (Zimbabwe) problem is fine, but let us focus more on solutions. In terms of alternative solutions we propose the following: 1. Political, Governance Institutional and Economic reforms to create a conducive environment leading to peace, stability, confidence and economic growth. Zanu PF and ED must show leadership and magnanimity. They…
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed the presidency in November 2017, he promised so much, reforms and smashing graft. His rallying point was simple, Zimbabwe is open for business. Slightly more than two years ago, Zimbabwe is not open for business, but open for corruption. We don’t want to impute that Mnangagwa is corrupt, but the…
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has raised a red flag over the continued vandalism and theft of newly-commissioned base stations in Matabeleland South Province, in a development that has seen operators losing millions of dollars as a result. Speaking after rounding off a week-long consumer awareness campaign in the province yesterday,…
THE Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has come under fire for exempting Huawei from paying tax, with legislators saying it’s against the principles of good public finance management. Ncube exempted the Chinese telecommunications giant from paying tax under Statutory Instrument 25 of 2020 recently. MDC Member of Parliament for Mabvuku-Tafara James Chidhakwa told…
