HARARE – At least $17 million was unaccounted for by the Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment ministry, Auditor General Mildred Chiri has said. In her 2017 report, the AG said the ministry failed to appropriately account for $17 520 015 which was processed under the salary bill without Treasury authorisation. The ministry was then run…
HWANGE – Members of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines and Mining Development were on Friday left seething with anger after Hwange Colliery administrator Bekithemba Moyo and the management committee snubbed them during a visit to the coal miner. Hwange mines coal in the northwest of Zimbabwe on some of the country’s richest coal deposits….
HARARE – It feels almost like 2008 all over again in Zimbabwe. In 2008, the country was embroiled in one of the worst economic hardships in history, which forced millions of people to flee to neighbouring states, including South Africa, to escape an economic meltdown which led to widespread shortages, 80 percent unemployment and inflation…
HARARE – Authorities are working with the National University of Science and Technology (Nust)’s Applied Genetic Testing Centre (AGTC) to try and identify deceased victims of last Thursday night’s horror road accident in Gwanda who were burnt beyond recognition. AGTC director, Zephaniah Dhlamini, told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that the centre had already…
HARARE – A titanic clash is looming between increasingly twitchy authorities and the MDC, over the main opposition’s plans to mount a massive demonstration to protest the country’s falling standards of living which it blames on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government. This comes as the commission of inquiry that was appointed by Mnangagwa to…
HARARE – An unmoved President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday insisted opposition leader Nelson Chamisa must appear before the commission of inquiry investigating the deadly August 1 shootings, which left at least six civilians dead in Harare. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – The public is getting frustrated by the drive against corruption which has become more about creating media hype and less about nailing the suspects, Chief Justice Luke Malaba has said. Speaking at a Judicial Service Commission (JSC) workshop in the capital yesterday Malaba said cases of corruption must be dealt with decisively by…
HARARE – The merger or demerger of government ministries after recent changes of government has made it difficult to account for assets and public funds, Auditor General Mildred Chiri has said. Merging and de-merging of some line ministries was done to remove functional duplications as well as contain unnecessary expenditures, thus enhancing efficiency in the…
HARARE – The director of intelligence, investigations and prosecution at the Anti-Corruption Commission of Sierra Leone Calvin Mantsebo is being tipped to land the Prosecutor General (PG) job after he reportedly came tops in the recently held public interviews. This emerged after three names were submitted to President Emmerson Mnangagwa for consideration. Mantsebo’s name is…
HARARE – Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo yesterday made an impassioned plea to pharmacies to stop selling drugs in US dollars but charge in local currency. Moyo told senators that he was consulting Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ziyambi Ziyambi on the best way to help patients. “We…
