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By Mary Taruvinga CORRUPTION accused former health minister Obadiah Moyo has told a Harare court he would now be seeking his removal from remand after prosecutors have been delaying his trial. Moyo has been on remand since his surprise arrest June last year. He faces corruption charges for illegally approving tenders worth US$60 million in the procurement of Covid-19 Personal Protective Equipment. Since his arrest, the former Chitungwiza General Hospital CEO has been frequenting the courts without any meaningful progress to his trial. His matter kept on being postponed for one reason or anoth...

How cartels operate – and their impact on the people of Zimbabwe According to the recently published Report Entrenching their patrons’ hold on power; Slowing down democratisation; Creating an uncompetitive business climate.  This leaves Zimbabweans poorer, more severely underserved by their government and unable to hold the state to account. Cartels typically restrict supply, fix prices and terms of trade, assign members, customers or geographic locations to monopolies, and create syndicates. In Zimbabwe’s private sector, collusion is made easy through weak institutions that are unabl...

The Somali health Service Collapses Tuesday January 26, 2021 - 22:19:48 in Latest News by Super Admin Visits: The Somali health Service Collapses Sunatimes.com - As Covid-19 cases continues to soar in Somalia, serious discontentment is growing due to misappropriation of funds within the ministry of Health in the country. Twelve top officials among them the Director General in the ministry hav Sunatimes.com - As Covid-19 cases continues to soar in Somalia, serious discontentment is growing due to misa...

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 17:09 UTC © JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP via Getty ImagesA year into the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, government officials across the globe are facing accusations of taking advantage of the crisis to profit off of increased aid intended for public health relief. Below are a few examples of coronavirus corruption scandals that plagued corrupt governments over the past year. Zimbabwe Zimbabwean authorities arrested the country's health minister, Obadiah Moyo, in June on allegations of corruption regarding the government procurement of Chinese coronavirus tests and equipment worth $6...