‘Failure to follow procurement regulations is criminal’

Before the reconstitution of the State Procurement Board (SPB) into the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz), public procurement processes were fraught with irregularities, which often led to the haemorrhaging of resources from the public purse often by corrupt officials acting in connivance with tenderpreneurs. This prompted the enactment of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act, which brought with it sweeping changes to regulations governing the procurement of goods and services by Government, including the conduct of accounting officers.

Rethinking pan-Africanism in the present epoch

With no rallying point, we are on autopilot to nowhere.

Another May is upon us. And that means another Africa Day.

After observing this occasion for almost 50 years now, it’s time to take stock.

Woman jailed for $116k fraud

A 43-year-old Harare woman has been sentenced five years in prison for allegedly duping two people of $116 400 in separate deals.

10-year-jail for stealing copper worth $20

A Harare man will spend 10 years behind bars after being convicted on his own plea of guilty of stealing 2kgs of copper cables valued at $20.

Zinara bosses resign…19 employees arrested

Zinara’s acting chief executive officer Ms Mathlene Mujokoro and audit manager Mr Shadreck Matengabadza have resigned, while 19 employees have been arrested for fraud cases involving more than US$210 000, as the dragnet on corporate malfeasance closes in on corrupt officials.

Let’s adopt solutions for commuters

The rise in kombi fares last week was triggered by a shortage of fuel, although the reaction of drivers, and probably owners, was way over the top and even as fuel started flowing into service stations fares remained around 50 percent more than a week ago despite the drop from mid-week double fares.

Sacked UK Minister reflects inherent imperial hangovers

Speaking on 16 February 2001 on the need for European Unity, then President of the European Commission, Romani Prodi exclusively told Britain’s The Guardian newspaper something that anyone interested in collective survival as a nation, race, continent must take seriously.

Economic stabilisation measures in motion

Government is working on a cocktail of fiscal and monetary measures that will trigger an expansion of the country’s foreign currency generation capacity, stabilise the interbank market and tame inflation to below 15 percent by year end.

Death of Hifa: The impact

CONSIDER this, 1 113 artistes participated at last year’s Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa); of these, 263 were visiting performers from 31 nationalities while 850 were Zimbabwean.

Zaoga’s journey of a thousand miles

Zaoga celebrates its 59th anniversary today and the sermon, which marked the beginning of this institution was delivered in Bindura under a eucalyptus tree, a site that now houses Ezekiel Guti University.

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