‘ (Zacc) has no arresting and detention powers and was acting unconstitutionally by arresting me’-Jonathan Moyo

‘ (Zacc) has no arresting and detention powers and was acting unconstitutionally by arresting me’-Jonathan Moyo

HIGHER Education minister Jonathan Moyo claims the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) had taken a position to arrest him before completing its investigations on his alleged fraud case and wanted to detain him in custody until he was brought to court.Moyo and his deputy, Godfrey Gandawa, and Zimbabwe Manpower Development Funds boss Frederick Mandizvidza are being accused of siphoning over $400 000 from Zimdef.Gandawa and Mandizvidza appeared in court yesterday, but Moyo did not appear after…

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CORRUPTION: ‘Deputy Minister Gandawa and (Zimdef) principal director (finance) Mapute, yesterday appeared in court and were remanded in custody for bail ruling today’

. HIGHER and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Deputy Minister Dr Godfrey Gandawa and Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) principal director (finance) Mr Nicholas Mapute, yesterday appeared in court charged with fraud and were remanded in custody for bail ruling today.   Their co-accused, Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo did not show up at the Harare magistrate courts yesterday. Chief law officer Mr Lovett Masuku opposed bail…

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ConCourt has suspended Moyo’s arrest pending determination of his application challenging the constitutionality of the arrest

ConCourt has suspended Moyo’s arrest  pending determination of his application challenging the constitutionality of the arrest

  Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo heaved a sigh of relief yesterday after the Constitutional Court suspended his arrest until a determination of his application challenging the constitutionality of the arrest.Prof Moyo was briefly arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on Wednesday after he presented himself to the anti-corruption body. He was supposed to appear at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday for initial remand, but was away…

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‘Jonathan Moyo desperately lodges urgent application at Constitutional Court seeking to declare Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission powers to arrest him as unconstitutional’

‘Jonathan Moyo desperately  lodges  urgent application at  Constitutional Court seeking to declare Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission powers to arrest him as unconstitutional’

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has ordered Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo to co-operate with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) as well as have his day in court in order to clear his name, NewsDay has established. This came as Zacc yesterday also arrested Moyo’s deputy, Godfrey Gandawa, and Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) chief executive officer Fredrick Mandizvidza, a day after their boss was nabbed by the anti-graft body. But, last night, Moyo launched…

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JONATHAN MOYO will miss today’s National University of Science and Technology (NUST) graduation ceremony to attend court in the Zimdef funds corruption scandal

JONATHAN MOYO  will miss today’s National University of Science and Technology (NUST) graduation ceremony to attend court in the Zimdef funds corruption scandal

  JONATHAN MOYO the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education will miss today’s National University of Science and Technology (NUST) graduation ceremony as he will be appearing in court in Harare to answer to charges of corruption in the Zimdef funds. The Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) fund is administered by the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education and Jonathan Moyo stands accused with his deputy Gandawa over misappropriating Zimdef funds. They will both appear…

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(MDC-T) Senator Demands Clarity Over Egypt ( HIV /Aids) Discriminatory Varsity Scholarships

(MDC-T) Senator Demands Clarity Over Egypt ( HIV /Aids) Discriminatory Varsity Scholarships

MANICALAND Senator David Chimhini (MDC-T) has demanded policy clarification from the government over an advertisement for scholarships in Egypt, which he said discriminated against people living with HIV and Aids. The advert in question came out in several local newspapers and required testing for HIV for prospective students, who intended to study in the North African country. “I want to believe there is co-operation between our country and Egypt, but they advertised for scholarships, saying…

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