THE absence of an alleged fugitive, a top Defence ministry official, Davison Muvandi, who is at the centre of a cleaning services scam involving $300 000, has resulted in delays in completing investigations into the matter. Muvandi, who is the director finance and human resource at the ministry, is the owner and signatory of Maid…
Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri has admitted his ministry’s shortcomings in delivering its key mandates which include ensuring food and nutrition security as well as foreign currency generation. Shiri made the remarks at a time when more than half of the country’s population is food insecure and reeling from the El Nino-induced drought. Speaking at the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangangwa’s former top aide, Douglas Tapfuma, who is accused of corruptly acquiring duty-free certificates for car imports, said the chief accounting officer in the President’s Office Ray Ndhlukula should have been treated as an accomplice since he authorised the documentation. Tapfuma is being accused of evading car import duty using the State Residences…
HARARE businessman Stephen Margolis was brought to court on theft of trust property charges after allegedly disposing a client’s car that he held as surety over a debt. Margolis, 68, who owns Stephen Margolis Resort, appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda and was remanded to February 18 on free bail pending finalisation of investigations. The…
THE Grain Millers Association (Gmaz) has expressed concern over the channelling of maize-meal into the black market in a development that has seen the organisation moving to curb leakages in the supply-distribution chain. The country has been facing maize-meal shortages after the government briefly removed subsidies on grain sold to millers, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa…
OVER four million people in rural areas are wallowing in extreme poverty as the country’s economic situation continues to deteriorate, while the El Nino-induced drought also persists, the Daily News can report. Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency(ZimStats)’s poverty report revealed that out of about 11 205 687 people living in rural areas, close to 4 583…
FORMER Health minister David Parirenyatwa has applied for discharge at the close of the State case on his criminal abuse of office charge. Parirenyatwa is accused of corruptly directing Natpharm board chairperson George Washaya to end Flora Nancy Sifeku’s contract with the organisation as managing director in June last year replacing her with Newman Madzikwa….
A CAMP commandant in the Defence ministry has been sucked into the $300 000 cleaning services scam and appeared in court yesterday. Luxwell Ngara, 51, was charged with fraud when he appeared before Harare regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya. He was released on $1 500 bail, ordered to report once every Wednesday to Chegutu Police Station…
Lands and Agriculture ministry has urged farmers to utilise mulching, rain water harvesting, among other methods to conserve rain water ahead of the dry spell anticipated in the weeks to come. Although notable rainfall has been observed throughout the country for over three weeks now, the Meteorological Services Department has warned that a dry spell…
JITTERY authorities yesterday launched a manhunt for a Njube High School teacher whom they allege incited students to demonstrate against the recent school fees hike and the poor salaries earned by their teachers, the Daily News reports. This comes as militant teachers’ unions have called for more such demonstrations — which they claim will force…
