THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC)’s interdepartmental adjudication committee is in trouble after a recent internal audit exposed a well-knit bribery and corruption scandal involving six of the city council’s tenders. The audit, which was instituted at the beginning of the year, was, according to a latest council confidential report, prompted by an anonymous tip-off on…
TWO Bulawayo councillors have lost their commercial stands after it emerged that they had fraudulently used their positions to acquire prime council land ahead of deserving beneficiaries. The repossessions come as residents have raised complaints over the questionable behaviour of some of the councillors who were accused of corruption. The Bulawayo City Council was forced…
ZIPRA war veterans have called for a united approach in their fight to recover Zapu properties which were seized by the government in the 1980s. The properties were confiscated by the government under the Unlawful Organisation Act in 1982 (Caveat No. 15 of 82) and transferred to the President of Zimbabwe in January 1987 (under…
WITH the country slowly but surely gliding towards the crunch harmonised elections, fears abound that violence might be the order of the day resulting in many consequences including loss of life, the church is expected to play its role in neutralising the country’s toxic political environment. This week our Southern Editor Jeffrey Muvundusi sat for…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has abandoned its long drawn battle to secure the release of its cremator which has been stuck in Durban, South Africa, for over five years after realising it was no longer cost effective to complete the process. The cremator, which was meant for West Park Crematorium, was imported from Japan…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday took a huge step towards bringing closure to the emotive Gukurahundi massacres of the 1980s when he directed traditional leaders to begin a reconciliation consultation process. Over 20 000 people in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces are estimated to have been killed in the 1980s by the Fifth Brigade during the post-independence…
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Regina Chinamasa, pictured, has implored all stakeholders in the tourism industry to shun corruption as the scourge has a massive negative impact on the international market through the erosion of investor confidence. Addressing tourism players yesterday at the ongoing Sanganai/Hlanganani expo, Chinamasa said in a bid to fight corruption around…
THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) says the country must put focus on promoting domestic tourism as this will play a crucial role in developing the sector. In 2020, the government launched the National Tourism Recovery and Growth Strategy to re-start the sector, in reaction to the industry’s performance which had been heavily crippled by the…
THE 15th edition of the Sanganai/ Hlanganani World Tourism Expo kicks off today at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre after coming back to its physical format following the relaxation of the Covid-19 restrictions. The expo comes amid renewed hope that buyers, who are already in the country, will help put the nation on a positive…
ZAPU president Sibangilizwe Nkomo’s leadership is under scrutiny as his short period at the helm of the party has been met with resistance with some senior party members demonstrating at the weekend demanding him to step down. This comes after six members of the party’s national executive were on Thursday served with suspension letters for…
