MP Mliswa threatens to effect a citizen’s arrest at Parliament on Moyo and Kasukuwere over corruption allegations.

MP Mliswa threatens to effect a citizen’s arrest at Parliament on Moyo and Kasukuwere over corruption allegations.

  NEWLY-elected Norton MP Temba Mliswa (independent) yesterday threatened to effect a citizen’s arrest at Parliament Building on Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo and his Local Government counterpart Saviour Kasukuwere over corruption allegations. The outspoken legislator told journalists on the sidelines of a pre-budget seminar in Bulawayo yesterday that Zimbabwe would remain in the economic doldrums and failing to attract much-needed investment if corrupt ministers were allowed to go scot-free. Moyo and Kasukuwere are in…

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‘ (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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‘Zimbabwe Republic Police are not ready to arrest me and the courts have no jurisdiction to order my arrest’.- Jonathan Moyo,

‘Zimbabwe Republic Police are not ready to arrest me and the courts have no jurisdiction to order my arrest’.- Jonathan Moyo,

  Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo, who is under fire over allegations of abusing $450 000 from the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) said the police were not ready to arrest him and the courts have no jurisdiction to order his arrest. Opposing an application by a Harare vendor, Mr Hardlife Mudzingwa to have him arrested on corruption charges, Prof Moyo deposed an affidavit stating that Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri, who was cited…

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All Zimdef ‘looted’ funds by Jonathan Moyo and his Deputy Dr Godfrey Gandawa went into their to personal business’

All   Zimdef ‘looted’ funds by Jonathan Moyo and his Deputy Dr Godfrey Gandawa  went into their to personal business’

Not a single cent of money allegedly siphoned from the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) by Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo and his Deputy Dr Godfrey Gandawa went to Zanu-PF.   Investigations by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) showed that the money went to personal business.   Commissioner Goodson Nguni, who chairs the ZACC investigations Committee, yesterday dismissed claims by Prof Moyo that the money had been used…

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‘An under-pressure Zanu PF used Zimdef funds to counter the protest Evan Mawarire’s #ThisFlag movement

‘An under-pressure Zanu PF used  Zimdef  funds  to counter the protest  Evan Mawarire’s  #ThisFlag movement

‘An under-pressure Zanu PF used Zimdef funds to counter the protest Evan Mawarire’s #ThisFlag movement   The surprise popularity of exiled cleric, Evan Mawarire and his #ThisFlag movement rattled Zanu PF, which tried to counter the new wave of anti-government protests using money sourced from the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef), NewsDay has established.   Documents pertaining to the ongoing corruption probe of Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo, his deputy, Godfrey Gandawa, and…

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‘Jonathan Moyo is being persecuted for supporting President Robert Mugabe’-VP Mphoko

‘Jonathan Moyo is being persecuted for supporting President Robert Mugabe’-VP Mphoko

Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo is being persecuted for supporting President Robert Mugabe, acting president Phelekezela Mphoko has further claimed. On Sunday, Mphoko said a clique behind Moyo’s planned arrest wanted to destabilise government. “His only crime is that he supports the President and those who want to have him arrested are people who do not support the President because the one million man march is a Zanu-PF initiative and the 21st February Movement is…

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Mugabe orders investigation into a complaint by Jonathan Moyo (Zacc)’s investigation of his ministry is ‘factional and malicious’

Mugabe orders investigation into a complaint by Jonathan Moyo (Zacc)’s investigation of his ministry is ‘factional and malicious’

  AN ANGRY President Robert Mugabe has ordered an investigation into a complaint by Higher Education minister Professor Jonathan Moyo that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc)’s investigation of his ministry is “factional and malicious”. Moyo, his deputy Godfrey Gandawa and the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) chief executive officer Fredrick Mandizvidza were saved from arrest by Mugabe on Wednesday during dramatic scenes at the Zanu-PF party headquarters. The Tsholotsho North MP has named Vice-President Emmerson…

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CORRUPTION: Zimbabwe’s vice president Phelekezela Mphoko, admits there is rampant corruption

CORRUPTION: Zimbabwe’s vice president Phelekezela Mphoko, admits there is rampant corruption

CORRUPTION: Zimbabwe’s vice president Phelekezela Mphoko, admits there is rampant corruption  The Vice President, admits that Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC ) needs to be cleaned up of all corrupt figures and restaffed with elements who are corruption free if we are to make positive gains in reconstituting a progressive , corruption free commission . By Sibusiso Ngwenya More news to follow,….

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’19 Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) Employess Suspended To Facilitate Investigations Into Various Crimes’

’19 Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) Employess  Suspended To Facilitate Investigations Into Various Crimes’

  THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has suspended 19 employees, who include investigators, to pave way for investigations into various crimes.The suspensions were effected yesterday, according to a statement by Zacc chairperson Job Whabira.   “The 19 have been suspended on the following allegations – fraud, corruption, insubordination, failure to obey lawful instructions, absence from duty without official authority, divulging commission information to outsiders in breach of the Official Secrets Act, as well as giving…

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Permanant Secretaries Have Been Spooked By Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) Blitz

Permanent secretaries yesterday expressed outrage over the behaviour of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to ambush them and accuse them of alleged crimes committed by officials in parastatals and state-owned enterprises under their purview. Some of the affidavits, signed by chief investigations officer Servious Kufandada, cited the permanent secretaries as accused persons even when most of the cases said to be under investigation belong to their respective parastatals. It also emerged yesterday that while the…

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