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Importation and exportation of currency by travellers into Zimbabwe
The importation and exportation of currency is governed by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in terms of the Exchange Control Act [Chapter 22:05] as read with Exchange Control Regulations, Statutory ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 248 | by Zimra
The current monetary policy review will worsen current fiscal imbalances
Background and Review It was trajectory, forex premiums is hurting Zimbabweans and hostile to business environment. FCA accounts have yielded positive r...Published: 10 hrs ago | 3077 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
SA civic groups blast Sadc over Zimbabwe rights violations
SOUTH African civic society groups, under the banner of the Southern African People's Solidarity Network (SAPSN), have accused Sadc of glossing over the human rights' violations in Zimbabwe.SA...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:30hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe scientists discover 'ozone hole' over South Africa
A team of Zimbabwean researchers has discovered an "ozone hole" over South Africa that is centred over the Free State Province during spring, which impacts on temperature and rainfall levels, accordin...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 23:04hrs | 4694 | by Staff reporter
Spiritual significance of lobola/ roora
Calls to abolish the payment of lobola/roora are associated with some feminist perspective, which decries it as the major cause of inequalities between the sexes. Arguments against it are well establi...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1419 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mnangagwa hails Education Amendment Bill
President Mnangagwa has commended the Education Amendment Bill that was published recently, saying it will re-introduce the concept of free education that was adopted at Independence, once it is passe...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:02hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa underscores free education
President Mnangagwa has commended the Education Amendment Bill that was gazetted on Friday, saying it will re-introduce the concept of free education that was adopted at independence, once it is passe...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:53hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sued over NPRC lifespan
MDC Alliance proportional representation legislator Concillia Chinanzvavana, who is a survivor of torture in 2008, has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the Masvingo High Court, seeking to force h...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:15hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Free primary education law coming
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that his government will soon be introducing a law that will make primary education free.Addressing ZANU PF supporters at a thank you rally in Mwenez...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 14:04hrs | 3326 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Government committed to implementing reforms
The new administration under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has shown serious commitment in amending major reforms, which are mainly economic, political and media reforms, as shown by ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 11:45hrs | 965 | by Gift Mashoko
Police Act amendment rebrands ZRP
The government has finally amended the Police Act in line with the Zimbabwean constitution, which will see the country's police force, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) re-named to the Zimbabwe Polic...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 10:21hrs | 4609 | by Staff reporter
Ncube to ask USA to lift sanctions - he must say whether elections free? Then slap him with sanctions too!
"Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is expected to travel to Washington next month and engage with US lawmakers to lift the sanctions imposed since 2001. But his trip is likely to be overshadowed by t...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:21hrs | 1748 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa's MDC welcomes firmer stance from US against army violence
THE Nelson Chamisa-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Wednesday welcomed the US government's call for "a neutral third party" to preside over dialogue between Zimbabwe's political rivals....Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:08hrs | 839 | by TimesLive
Biti warns of Rwanda-scale genocide in Zimbabwe
MDC deputy national chairman Tendai Biti has likened the recent brutalisation of civilians by the security forces to the Rwanda genocide of 1994 which claimed 800,000 lives.He was speaking dur...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1450 | by newzimbabwe
2% tax challenge, judgment reserved
High Court judge Justice Happius Zhou has reserved judgment in an application filed by pro-democracy activist Mfundo Mlilo, seeking an order to suspend the 2% electronic transactions tax introduced by...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:30hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa out of touch, cruel and disrespectful
The military government has removed any doubt of its cruelty and lack of remorse when its front man Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared in a disgusting interview of France24.He displayed a clear misun...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:50hrs | 4342 | by Hon. Dr. Bekithemba Mpofu
'Mnangagwa out of touch, cruel and disrespectful'
The military government has removed any doubt of its cruelty and lack of remorse when its front man Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared in a disgusting interview of France24.He displayed a clear misun...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 06:37hrs | 5082 | by Bekithemba Mpofu
Mnangagwa's Cabinet approves AIPPA repeal
The government has finally considered repealing the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA), with three separate bills on the cards as replacements.This was revealed by the...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 20:23hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa targets ill-gotten wealth
GOVERNMENT has begun crafting a law to provide a legal standing to probe and seize wealth from individuals suspected to have clandestinely accumulated riches.Last year, President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:46hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube engages US over reforms, Zidera
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is set to leave for the United States of America next month to apprise that country's government officials on positive developments the...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:42hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
How to combat electoral fraud
This article proposes and outlines a possible solution to the problem of electoral manipulation in Zimbabwe. First, it explains the problem. Second, as a solution, it proffers a unique form of caretak...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1345 | by Zachariah Mushawatu
Cabinet gives nod to POSA amendments
Cabinet yesterday approved principles for the amendment of the Public Order and Security Act (POSA), a development that underscores Government's commitment to the reform agenda in the Second Republic....Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 07:56hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt rapped for dilly-dallying over Motlanthe recommendations
LEGAL think-tank Veritas has rapped government's lethargy in implementing recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 post-election violence in which military personnel shot a...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 10:21hrs | 1400 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa building Zimbabwe block by block
The fascination with negativity and self-hate is creating an artificial but widely accepted false narrative that everything in Zimbabwe is going backwards and that Zimbabwe is at its worst time....Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:47hrs | 697 | by Nick Mangwana
'Posa going nowhere soon'
IN the past few months, the Justice ministry has dominated public debate regarding a number of issues pertaining to its operations. These issues range from combating corruption, alignment of laws with...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:08hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Apex Council backs off strike threat
Zimbabwe's main public sector workers' union, Apex Council, has backed off plans for a national strike, with chairperson Cecilia Alexander saying the divided civil servants had failed to reach a...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:53hrs | 2431 | by Staff reporter
Unions forge unity of purpose
Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) and Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) have joined hands in a move that will see Zimbabwe's two largest teacher unions embark on industrial action sta...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 20:34hrs | 533 | by Virginia Zifesho
Zesa engages BCC over power station
State power utility Zesa Holdings says it will engage Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and other stakeholders to resolve the ownership wrangle over Bulawayo Power Station, which BCC claims to own. ...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 22:51hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
CAAZ board dissolved
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Joel Biggie Matiza has, with immediate effect, dissolved the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe board led by Advocate Thembinkosi Magwaliba. ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:24hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Insider trading going unpunished in Zimbabwe
Insider trading offences in Zimbabwe are going unpunished as the law does not provide enough measures for the Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe to undertake thorough investigations into r...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:32hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's FDI drive off the rails
The African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) has capacity to provide cover on transactions worth $116 million into Zimbabwe this year out of the $1,6 billion in the pipeline due to the country's low contr...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:32hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's call for lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe laudable
The call by the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, for sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe to be lifted is progressive and worth celebrating.Ramaphosa joins Rwandan President Paul Kagame and ...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 11:24hrs | 937 | by Ashley Kondo
Racist DA's calls to report Zimbabwe to ICC, suspension of aid laughable
One of the International Criminal Court (ICC) roles is to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes is onerous and by no means a light matter, but when one of the small South A...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:08hrs | 454 | by Collen Chamunorwa
'Mthuli Ncube's 2% electronic transaction tax illegal'
LEGAL think-tank Veritas still maintains that the 2% electronic transaction tax, which was introduced last year by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, is still illegal and that attempts to amend the Financ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:30hrs | 2761 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths raid Kwekwe money changers
ZANU-PF youths over the weekend allegedly unleashed an orgy of violence on suspected illegal money changers in Kwekwe's central business district. The restive youths got away with various amounts in f...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:47hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
Rights lawyers challenge Zimbabwe internet shutdown
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), in conjunction with the Media Institute of Southern Africa-Zimbabwe chapter (Misa-Zimbabwe), has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel all the ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 08:46hrs | 3584 | by Staff Reporter
Govt, civil servants resume talks
Government and civil servants are today scheduled to meet for further discussions under the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) after consulting their constituencies over salary increments. ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:44hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
Stiff penalties for errant fuel firms
Owners of oil companies and service stations that cheat in buying or selling fuel face heavy penalties under new regulations gazetted at the weekend which also show that almost all the fuel price incr...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:15hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents object to ZPC takeover of thermal power plant
BULAWAYO residents are objecting to attempts by the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) to take over the city council-owned owned thermal power station arguing this was against the spirit of devolution....Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 14:57hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Forex dealer nabbed, appears in court
A 24-YEAR-OLD Marondera man, who was nabbed by police while selling foreign currency on the black market, has been arraigned before the courts.James Mukaro of Cherutombo suburb pleaded not gui...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:24hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru sued over a botched deal
THE High Court has granted an application by a Harare couple to amend summons in a case in which it is suing National People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru and her company, Ruzirun Investments, ove...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:21hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
3 reasons why the Gabon coup failed
Military coup drums continue to beat on the African continent in 2019. At 4:30am on January 7, Lieutenant Kelly Odong Obiang, leader of the Patriotic Youth Movement of the Gabonese Defence and Securit...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:30hrs | 1271 | by Martin R Rupiya
Jonathan Moyo sells his soul to the devil
Not to put words in his mouth, in 2016, self-exiled Professor Jonathan Moyo had this to say on the issue of sanctions: "All levels of the alleged incidences of intimidation are heaped on ZANU-PF, what...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1226 | by Prosperity Mzila
Govt, Apex Council continue wage talks
Government will today meet the Apex Council to review civil servants' salaries at the National Joint Negotiations Council (NJNC) at Kaguvi Building.This comes after civil servants demanded to ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:18hrs | 1399 | by Staff reporter
Suspected rapist freed after police bungle
The trial of a suspected Chikombedzi serial rapist failed to take off at Chiredzi Provincial Magistrate's Court on Tuesday after bungling by the investigating officers led to the accused walking free....Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:49hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Govt, civil servants crunch meeting on today
GOVERNMENT is today expected to table the cost of living adjustment it is offering to civil servants when it meets their representatives in Harare. The meeting, to be held under the auspices o...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:36hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Political drama engulfs 2018
The curtain came down on 2018 and as 2019 is finally into full swing, the Daily News spoke to a number of social and political analysts who gave us what they think were the political highlights of the...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:55hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
MPs call for review of the Termination of Pregnancy Act
LEGISLATORS have called for a review of the Termination of Pregnancy Act, which was enacted in 1977, but lawmakers say is now out of tune with the times in the face of rising illegal abortions....Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:27hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe duped $3,5 billion
Government has been prejudiced in excess of $3,5 billion by company directors who shut-down their firms in order to avoid payment of taxes only to re-establish themselves under different trading names...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:59hrs | 7379 | by Staff reporter
Foreign satellite service providers to pay tax
The cash-strapped government has amended the Finance Bill to enable it to tax foreign satellite service providers such as Multichoice.Parliament has acceded to the amendment of Section 14 of t...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:53hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
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