BUSINESS NEWS

Mangoma nailed over Zesa tender scam

PROCUREMENT and Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) chief executive Nyasha Chizu yesterday said former Energy minister Elton Mangoma violated the Procurement Act by giving a South Korean company a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Tax scam costs Govt billions

Some players in the garment-making sector are allegedly skimming the Government of billions of dollars in potential tax revenue and suffocating downstream textile industries by abusing a special cloth...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2019

OPINION

Zimbabwean students fall prey to scammers

What began as a dream to hone their skills and knowledge in international capitals of the world such as Beijing has turned out to be a living nightmare for many Zimbabwean students.Duped out of their ...

By Fatima Bulla | Published: 30 December 2018

POLITICS

Kasukuwere, Mombeshora named in land scam

HUNDREDS of people risk losing residential properties in the newly-established medium and high-density suburbs of Kia Ora in Banket after it emerged that former Local Government minister Saviour Kasuk...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

$100m Zesa tender scam raises stink

IRREGULAR tender procedures coupled with a lax accounting system, among other factors, have delayed the completion of the US$100,4 million prepayment and smart metering project the power utility, Zesa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 December 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Large-scale gold miners in scam

Government has threatened to descend heavily on large-scale gold mining companies that are reportedly under declaring their gold output. Some of the primary producers are understood to be selling thei...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

NatPharm in golden handshake scam

FORMER managing director of the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm), Mrs Flora Sifeku, is set to walk away from the national drug procurer $200 000 richer after the board resolved to give her a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2018

POLITICS

Biti in $30 million NSSA scam

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday indicated that it was keen to interview Finance Minister during the Government of National Unity era Tendai Biti over allegations that he instructed t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2018

OPINION

Postal votes scam and the forgotten postman

Too many cooks spoil the broth. That's true, of course, but once in a while, it takes only one cook to do that, breaking the utensils and burning down the kitchen too. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commissio...

By Tawanda Majoni | Published: 15 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Harare's $32m tender scam, officials' application dismissed

HIGH Court judge Justice Amie Tsanga, has dismissed an application for discharge by former Harare town clerk, Tendai Mahachi, who is charged alongside other officials on allegations of abuse of office...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa's nephew named in land scam

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's nephew, Tongai, has been accused of illegally parcelling out council land to desperate home-seekers as a vote-buying gimmick.Tongai controversially won the Zanu-PF ticke...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Pension fund in corruption scam

A probe into the Unified Councils Pension Fund (UCPF) has unearthed massive abuse of funds amid evidence the board pocketed US$8,7 million in allowances, sitting fees and staff salaries between 2010 a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Stakeholders should act swiftly on card cloning scams

THE last few months have seen an upsurge in cases of electronic credit card fraud involving use of cloned ATM cards, as more Zimbabweans have embraced the use of plastic money due to cash shortages.Po...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Bank card cloning scams hit Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has been hit by a wave of sophisticated card cloning syndicates, which has seen retailers and individuals lose huge sums of money.Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) president Denford M...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Man arrested over fake vehicle insurance scam

A former employee of Regal Insurance company is in hot soup after he allegedly fleeced 16 motorists of nearly $1 000 by selling them fake passenger vehicle insurance policies. Munyaradzi Mhlanga (24) ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 June 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa named in Zesa scam

A STATE witness yesterday dropped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name in former Energy minister Samuel Undenge's criminal abuse of office trial, claiming that his office had allegedly given a directiv...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

POLITICS

Grace Mugabe sucked into ivory scam

A state-sanctioned investigation into a massive ivory and rhino horn trafficking scandal that prejudiced the foreign currency-starved nation of millions of United State dollars has sucked in former fi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 March 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mayor in stand scam

SOME Mutare councillors have drawn daggers against mayor Tatenda Nhamarare, whom they accused of arm-twisting management to allocate himself a residential stand that was earmarked for a church buildin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 March 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Bulawayo farmers lose big in cattle scam

MORE than 50 farmers in Bulawayo have lost huge sums of money after the Cattle Ownership Society failed to honour its obligation despite receiving payments, NewsDay has established.Under the scheme, f...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 March 2018

POLITICS

Harare City bosses in court for $32m scam

FORMER Harare town clerk Tendai Mahachi and three other top council managers were yesterday formally charged with corruptly awarding a tender worth over $32 million.Mahachi, town treasurer Misheck Mub...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 February 2018

POLITICS

Mudede's office in vote-rigging scam

THE Registrar-General's Office has been caught in a vote-rigging scam, where thousands of potential voters in urban areas have been disenfranchised after failing to get national identity documents to ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

POLITICS

External auditors to probe ZRP scam

GOVERNMENT will engage the services of a private audit firm to carry out a probe into the financial irregularities rocking the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) after it emerged that some senior commande...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 January 2018

POLITICS

Chihuri fingered in fake spot fine books scam

WOES continue to mount on retired Police Commissioner-General, Augustine Chihuri, who now faces a possible criminal case of abuse of office and corruption.Former police officer Tafadzwa Gambiza, fired...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 January 2018

POLITICS

Mphoko sucked into another scam

Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has been sucked into a scandal which saw a local businessman fleeing Zimbabwe for fear of persecution as the former and his front liners allegedly took over hi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 January 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

'CMED fuel scam culprits could scare off investors'

THE continued presence of staff who participated in the botched fuel deal that prejudiced the Central Equipment Mechanical Department (CMED) of $2,7 million could scare off investors willing to partne...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2017
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