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Govt loses millions in graft

WIDESPREAD graft and mismanagement in government and State-owned institutions has resulted in the loss of millions of dollars, at a time Treasury is battling to raise funding for critical expenditure like civil servants salaries, a government report has revealed. The report, which covers the financial period to December 31, 2013,…

British firms underplay Zim corruption

HEADS of British multinational companies have made startling disclosures that appeared to suggest they were comfortable with the level of corruption in Zimbabwe, saying sleaze in the country was insignificant and therefore not a big bother. In a report titled Zimbabwe Scoping Report by the Foreign & Commonwealth…

Mpofu’s riches under spotlight

TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development Minister, Obert Mpofu (pictured), is under renewed pressure to reveal his source of wealth after firebrand ZANU-PF Hurungwe West Member of Parliament, Temba Mliswa, repeated calls at a public forum for the Umguza legislator to come clean on how he came to be one of Zimbabwe’s…

Talk time over Mr President

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe made shocking revelations last week to the effect that one of his Cabinet ministers and a woman legislator had demanded bribes from a prospective investor in order to facilitate a meeting with him. He has previously made similar disclosures about some of his ministers who…

Corruption the bane of Zim’s future

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe recently revealed that a Cabinet minister and a legislator had recently demanded a bribe from a foreign investor and vowed that heads would roll over the latest graft charges. The President’s revelation comes after he made a similar damning charge at ZANU-PF’s December 2012 national…

Sincere apologies to Cde Goodwills, Cdes

Dear Cabinet andPolitburo members COMRADES, being a Christian leader that I am, a leader who was brought up under truly African values, I sincerely believe that I owe Cde Goodwills Masimirembwa hearty apologies for labelling him a corrupt and criminally-minded member of our society. That was wrong and…

Tax evaders on the prowl

EDITOR — I am passionate about a tax system that works for the people and helps reduce disparities between the rich and poor.  To that end, I loathe multi-national companies or transnational corporations like the one you referred to in your edition last week that, long after colonisation…