A City of Harare employee on Monday appeared before Harare Magistrate Stanford Mambanje charged with criminal abuse of office after she illegally parceled out council land to a private school in Budiriro. Mutero is employed by the City of Harare as the Principal Estates Officer. The court heard that Mutero’s duties among others include effective […]
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Zimbabwe: Zacc Officer Granted Bail
A Zimbabwe Anti-corruption Commission (ZACC) officer Smart Mandofa who was arrested last week for abuse of office has been granted a ZWL100 000 by a Harare magistrate. Mandofa is facing allegations of criminal abuse of office as he was compromised by Gilad Shabtai, in an attempt to tarnish businessman Ofer Sivan’s name and divert attention […]
University of Zimbabwe students have accused the institution’s Dean of students Munyaradzi Madambi of inspiring a coup in the students politics after he allegedly masterminded a meeting which saw the expulsion of two Student Representative Council members Allan Chipoyi and Munashe Masiiwa. Chipoyi and Masiiwa who are the President and Secretary General respectively were expelled […]
The Police Command in Kaduna State says its operatives have neutralised a bandit and recoverd one AK-47 rifle with two rounds of live 7.62x39mm ammunition. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. Jalige said on March 13, operatives of the Command attached to Operation […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will deploy 22,282 ad-hoc personnel for the March 18 Governorship and State Assembly election in Bauchi State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Alhaji Mohammmed Nura stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Bauchi. He said the Commission had trained […]
Deputy minister for marginalised people’s affairs under the Office of the Vice President Royal Ui/o/oo said poverty among minority communities currently stands at 77%, which includes widespread hunger among children. “The economic status of the marginalised groups/indigenous minorities in Namibia, namely the San, Ovatue and Ovatjimba, is still below the national average, with 77% unemployment […]
No fewer than 14 political parties have fielded candidates for the March 18 Governorship Election in Bauchi State. The list of the candidates is contained in a document released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bauchi. INEC’s Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity in the state, Mr Adamu Gujungu confirmed the development […]
Cape Town — Goma Volcanological Observatory (OVG) in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has warned pilots to fly with caution while passing over Virunga region, and the city is on high alert after Nyamulagira showed signs of erupting, according to The East African. However, the OVG is reported as saying “we recommend to the […]
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has urged the citizenry never to vote for another hung Parliament in the future because the current legislature is less efficient as compared to the seventh Parliament. He called on them to vote massively for either the New Patriotic Party (NPP) or the National Democratic Congress (NDC) […]
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) 2024 presidential candidate, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has pledged to prioritise the restoration of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) to full operating capacity, if elected flagbearer of the party and subsequently, President of Ghana. “I will fix TOR and commit to ensuring the refinery operates efficiently, effectively and sustainably, providing affordable […]
Women have been urged to take advantage of the digital space to build their capacity and businesses. Ms Pearl Nkrumah, Executive Director, Retail & Digital Banking at Access Bank, who made the call at an event organised by Global Media Alliance (GMA), a leading Integrated Media and Entertainment Company, as part of activities to mark […]
A political scientist at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, has urged political leaders to extend their vision beyond their parties’ towards progress, growth and development. He noted that the country would achieve enormous progress “if leaders thought of the nation first and properly managed resources for rapid socioeconomic growth and development. “The extravagancy […]
The unequal representation and vulnerable groups in decision-making is undermining progress, growth and development of the country. Women and vulnerable groups continue to face several challenges due to cultural, religious and societal stereotyping has limited their involvement and activeness in decision-making processes. “The imbalance in the representation of women and other vulnerable groups at various […]
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) PLC has launched a new corporate strategy with a commitment to strengthen agribusiness financing to accelerate the achievement of its vision “to be the people’s bank, harnessing the transformational power of agribusiness for wealth creation”. The new corporate strategy, which was considered and approved by the Board of Directors of […]
The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataaha Museveni has urged the National Council for Higher Education to be vigilant in upholding education quality standards in the country. Speaking at the launch of the NCHE’s 20-year celebrations, Mrs. Museveni said the liberalisation of the education sector came with many players opening up higher institutions of […]
The devastating effects of Tropical Cyclone Freddy since landing in Malawi has not spared sports with Football Association of Malawi forced to postpone the match between Ntopwa and Evirom at Chiwembe Stadium Blantyre. The National Women’s Football Championship match was postponed on Sunday after incessant rains brought business to a halt as well as rendering […]
“It is fair and honourable to admit that the February 25 elections were not perfect. We did not set out to conduct perfect elections,” Mr Adamu said. The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, has admitted that the presidential and National Assembly elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission […]
New technologies are being deployed to monitor all sport betting shops in the country following dishonesty by some of these shops in remitting all they owe to the Government. From the 240 operators, the Government only received $320 million last year, with a general feeling that this is on the seriously low side considering the […]