Thursday, February 23rd, 2017
Preying on the desperation of a nation facing up to 90% unemployment, scam artists have turned their attention to employment websites and digital payment methods to rip off hopeful job seekers. Sadly, in this terrible economy, people have a tendency to grab onto any glimmer of hope, making them more vulnerable than ever. Job seekers
Thursday, January 19th, 2017
Photo: A resident ponders the rainy New Caledonia landscape in January. New Caledonia is one area which has seen illegal land grabs abound. (Harry Davies) Story by Harry Davies and Farai Dauramanzi With the 2018 elections drawing near,...
Friday, November 4th, 2016
An audit report from the Ministry of Local government leaked to the media today reveals a gross abuse of City of Harare finances by council executives on top salaries. At a time when council workers from tier...
Monday, September 5th, 2016
Mobile money service agents have been targeted by dishonest individuals using fake US dollar bills to trick agents out of hundreds of dollars at a time. According to several EcoCash agents who spoke to Harare News, the...
Thursday, August 11th, 2016
A woman was caught and faces heavy fines for felling council trees on the verge of Enterprise Road in Chisipite without permission on 1 July. Obliging workers at the site, apparently unaware they were doing anything wrong,...
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
A new association has formed to address the excessive and frequently corrupt police roadblocks that plague Zimbabwe’s roads. The Road Users Association (RUA) is an informal group led by businesspeople, legal experts and leaders from the transport...
Friday, July 1st, 2016
Reports to Harare News in recent weeks suggested that a team of loggers in informal clothing was felling large trees and removing them on an unmarked truck and trailer. This morning Harare News was tipped off that...
Monday, June 6th, 2016
Valentine Marowa owns a three tonne truck he hires out to farmers ferrying their different produce to market areas in Harare. This year he has been busy with tobacco farmers from his Sengwe rural home in Hurungwe....
Monday, March 14th, 2016
Job seekers in Harare must be increasingly cautious as the number of ruthless fraudsters claiming to be genuine employers grows. This is particularly true in the security services sector. The city’s open spaces commonly host people undergoing...
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
Journalism in Zimbabwe is a risky business, especially when trying to expose dodgy dealings. Today I was trying to get a photo for a story about job scams. In particular, scams being run by bogus employment agencies...
