BUSINESS NEWS

US$10 million gold scandal rocks Kwekwe mine

A sophisticated gold smuggling syndicate operating under the guise of legitimate mining in Kwekwe's Silobela area has siphoned off more than 120 kilogrammes of gold, worth over US$10 million, in unde...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Gold mafia scandal case 'could collapse SA banks'

A landmark R4.8 billion lawsuit filed by the South African Revenue Service (Sars) against Sasfin Bank could expose financial institutions to "limitless liability" for their clients' misconduct, the b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2025

POLITICS

Chimombe denies role in US$7.7m goats tender scandal

Businessman Mike Chimombe yesterday took the witness stand in his fraud trial, rejecting allegations that he masterminded a multimillion-dollar scam linked to the Presidential Goats-Pass-On Scheme.Te...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2025

POLITICS

Chiefs caught in land scandal

The Chikomba Rural District Council (RDC) has dramatically shifted its position in the ongoing legal wrangle over land allocations in Nharira, Chivhu, distancing itself from traditional leaders accuse...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 September 2025

POLITICS

Mpofu distances Chimombe from goats tender scandal

Businessman Moses Mpofu has denied claims linking his associate, Mike Chimombe, to the controversial US$87 million goats tender awarded to Blackdeck Private Limited, the company at the centre of an al...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 September 2025

EDUCATION

Academic manipulation scandal rocks top Harare college

The Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) has been plunged into fresh controversy following allegations that acting pro-vice chancellor for academic affairs, Willard Gwarimbo, is manipulating academic ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

NHS hit by pension scandal

Zimbabwe's state-controlled National Handling Services (NHS) is facing a serious corporate governance and financial scandal, with reports of unremitted pension funds totaling nearly US$1 million and q...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 August 2025

POLITICS

Funds looted in shocking Harare 'ghost projects' scandal

Millions of dollars earmarked for road rehabilitation and water infrastructure in Harare have disappeared under murky circumstances, with contractors paid in full for projects that were never carried...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Gweru City Council in financial scandal

A damning 2024 Auditor-General's report has exposed deep-seated financial mismanagement at Gweru City Council, revealing unreconciled bank variances amounting to ZWL$4,9 billion, missing asset record...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zupco corruption scandal reaches Constitutional Court

Nearly two decades after it first rocked Zimbabwe's political and corporate landscape, the notorious 2006 Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) corruption scandal has taken a dramatic legal turn -...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 July 2025

POLITICS

Trabablas Interchange scandal deepens

The cost of constructing the controversial Trabablas Traffic Interchange in Harare has surged to US$114 million, sparking a storm in Parliament amid growing concerns over fiscal transparency and poten...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo City Council hit by US$82,000 bitumen scandal

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has been rocked by yet another corruption scandal, this time involving the mysterious disappearance of 285 drums of bitumen - vital road construction material - worth o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2025

POLITICS

Prosecutors arrested in US$500 bribe scandal

Two prosecutors employed by the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) have been arrested for allegedly demanding a US$500 bribe from a traditional healer in a shocking abuse-of-office scan...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Medical waste scandal at Bulawayo's dumpsite

A grave public health threat is festering at Bulawayo's Richmond landfill, commonly known as Ngozi Mine, where hazardous medical waste has been discovered dumped in the open - sparking fears of diseas...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Council embroiled in US$18k advance salary scandal

Chiredzi Town Council is embroiled in a financial scandal after it emerged that nearly US$18,000 in salary advances given to employees remains unaccounted for, with some beneficiaries having already l...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Council in bond paper scandal

Karoi Town Council is at the centre of a damning procurement scandal after it emerged that the local authority ordered safety equipment worth US$1,100 but instead received bond paper in what lawmakers...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

BCC 20,000 litre fuel scandal, manager suspended

A senior manager in the Bulawayo City Council's Fire and Ambulance Services Department has been suspended from duty amid allegations of siphoning over 20,000 litres of fuel over a three-year period, s...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2025

POLITICS

Guvamatanga dodges Parliament again over US$400 million scandal

Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary George Guvamatanga failed once again to appear before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday, defying expectations that he would explain the gross ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe banker, SA banks implicated in R2 billion electoral scandal

A top Zimbabwean banker is at the centre of the nearly R2 billion Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) tender scandal involving a South African printing company paid R1.2 billion by the Harare governme...

By Roland Mpofu | Published: 08 May 2025

POLITICS

Roadworks scandal hits Harare

Harare City Council (HCC) is reeling from yet another controversy after an internal audit unearthed a major scandal through which some road contractors engaged to rehabilitate 43 selected roads in the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 October 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Chivhayo in fresh energy scandal

Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivhayo is in the eye of a storm as it emerged this week he could have misled the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) into making payments for earthmoving equipment worth ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 June 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Unifreight Africa in US$19m scandal

TRANSPORT group Unifreight Africa Limited allegedly prejudiced its shareholders on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) an estimated US$18 million wired into an offshore account in the United Kingdom (UK...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 June 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe Airways scandal sucks in Mugabe,Chikore, Gumbo

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched an investigation into the controversial Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) deal in a probe that has sucked in former president Robert Mugabe's so...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 September 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

$5m gold, cash scandal suspects set free

THE $5 million gold and cash scandal, which rocked Zimbabwe about two weeks ago, is dead in the water amid indications that the five Indian suspects have been released along with their "loot".While po...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

ZPC in $20m legal services bill scandal

The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is engulfed in a $20 million legal-payment row amid revelations that the Zesa Holdings subsidiary might have flouted procurement regulations by awarding such a hefty c...

By Financial Gazette | Published: 20 July 2018
Pages:
1
2
3

Latest News

Latest Published Reports

Latest jobs