NAMIBIAN authorities say they are “meticulously examining” documents relating to the looting of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Bank of about N$247 million (about US$15 million) to determine whether any criminal activities and Zimbabwean businessman Enoch Kamushinda (pictured) contributed to the bank’s collapse in 2017. BY NATHAN GUMA The country’s courts have said Kamushinda…
ALTHOUGH the government of Zimbabwe has revised it GDP growth forecast by 1.5 percentage points from 3.8% to 5.3% in 2023, a social justice watchdog, the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd), says attaining the target may be hampered by the effects of a disputed election. NATHAN GUMA Zanu PF won the disputed August…
A FRESH report by Justice Alfred Mavedzenge, a constitutional law academic and a legal advis[1]er at the International Commission of Jurists, complied together with the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum director Musa Kika, has outlined how Zimbabwe can end the history of disputed elections. BY BRENNA MATENDERE The report recommends that the international community be…
SPEKE Avenue, a road that links the central business district to Copacabana bus terminus in central Harare, is one of the busiest roads in the city, bustling with people, day and night. NATHAN GUMA At dusk, the area near the footbridge along Speke Avenue lights up, as vendors holding portable florescent torches light mounds of…
HARARE City Council’s accounts were last audited in the 2019 financial year and this lack of scrutiny into the local authority’s transactions has heightened the risk of corruption and incompetence. The irregularity was noted during the local authority’s budget presentation by Finance and Development Committee chairperson, Costa Mande, who said they are yet to implement…