Top news items in major Zimbabwean media outlets

HARARE, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Zimbabwe's major media outlets on Tuesday:

-- Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has established a Special Anti-Corruption Unit housed in the Office of the President and Cabinet to improve efficiency in the fight against all forms of graft and to strengthen the effectiveness of national mechanisms for the prevention of corruption.

This was announced by Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda in a statement to The Herald Monday night. (The Herald)

-- The 100 million U.S. dollars given to Zimbabwe by the United Kingdom reduces demand for foreign currency from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe by private firms and the savings will go a long way in easing cash shortages, Presidential Press Secretary George Charamba said Monday.

Charamba said there was a direct link between the improvement of the cash supply situation in the country and the loan given by CDC, UK's development finance institution. (The Herald)

-- Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is expected to give oral evidence tomorrow before a parliamentary portfolio committee on diamond leakages at Chiadzwa, which he indicated in 2016 as pegged at 15 billion U.S. dollars.

The decision to summon the former head of state and government follows a claim he made in February 2016 that the country could have been prejudiced of over 15 billion dollars in unrealized diamond revenue from Chiadzwa. (The Herald)

-- Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's family business, Alpha Omega Dairy (Pvt) Ltd, has been taken to court by a local property consultancy firm, Levgal Investments (Pvt) Ltd, over a 29,000 U.S. dollar rental debt at its rented premises in Harare's Southerton industrial area.

According to summons issued last Friday, Levgal Investments, through its representative, Dawn Property Consultancy, cited Mugabe's firm Alpha Omega Dairy, two senior employees Stanley Nhari and Joseph Zirebwa as respondents. (Newsday)

-- The security of Zimbabwe Election Commission website, where prospective voters can check whether their names appear correctly on the voters' register, is under the spotlight, as the platform used has low security and is susceptible to hacking. (Newsday)

-- The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, in conjunction with the police, has issued a warrant of apprehension against former higher and tertiary education minister Jonathan Moyo, who is facing 14 counts of fraud. (Daily News) Enditem