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CSOs voice strong opposition to the Zimbabwe tax
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have voiced strong opposition to the Zimbabwean government's 2025 national budget, criticizing new taxes as oppressive and harmful to citizens already struggling wit...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 08:54hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'pizza budget' proves economy on the verge of collapse
Zimbabwe's 'pizza budget,' presented two days ago by Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube as the 2025 National Budget Proposal, is a stark illustration of an economy on the verge of collapse. ...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 19:01hrs | 538 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthuli Ncube squeezes taxpayers
Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister, Mthuli Ncube, yesterday unveiled a set of new taxes aimed at bolstering government revenue in the 2025 national budget. The tax measure...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:16hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
Vendors oppose city's planned levy
The Harare City Council's proposed 2025 budget has sparked resistance from vendors over the inclusion of new levies for street lighting and emergency services. These charges are aimed at addressing th...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:05hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Why should vehicle owners pay for a Radio License for non-functional or non-existent radios?
44 years on, The Zimbabwean liberation struggle was fought to end the exploitation and marginalisation of the majority. Central to this was the pursuit of fairness, equality and the eradication of unj...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 17:31hrs | 7921 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Axe argument turns ugly
Two Sheraton workers in Plumtree had a serious argument over their employer's axe, resulting in one of them axing his colleague.The matter came to light on Friday at Plumtree magistrates court...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:23hrs | 98 | by Simbarashe Sithole
UK ready to fight Russia in Eastern Europe
Britain's armed forces would be ready to fight their Russian counterparts "tonight" if Vladimir Putin invades another Eastern European nation, a top U.K. military chief said Thursday."If the B...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 16:46hrs | 2095 | by Staff reporter
Funeral and repatriation service provider to drive Warriors' campaign
The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has announced a partnership with Zororo Phumulani, who will serve as the official transport partner for the Warriors as they prepare for their crucial Africa C...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:12hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa turns Famona Fire Station into recreational park
Three students from Girls College, Bulawayo, took center stage as they guided President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a Zanu-PF-organized tree-planting event at the Famona Fire Brigade Station Park. The event...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 12:27hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
BBC to axe iconic investigative show HardTalk
The BBC is reportedly set to cancel its long-running investigative journalism program HardTalk, bringing an end to nearly three decades of hard-hitting interviews that held global leaders, politicians...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 18:14hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
DA terminates Renaldo Gouws' membership
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has announced the termination of Mr. Renaldo Gouws' membership, a decision unanimously made by the party’s Federal Executive. Mr. Gouws has been officially notif...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 15:16hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
The Grand Tour: One for The Road - Zimbabwe edition to premiere on September 13
Prime Video has now unveiled a first look at the final episode of The Grand Tour: One For The Road.The first look snaps reveal emotional Grand Tour stars Jeremy Clarkson, 64, Richard Hammond, ...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 15:32hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
How smartphones have changed gaming
You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't carry a smartphone with them everywhere they go. Smartphones have become an indispensable part of our daily lives and have become much more than tools...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 11:33hrs | 196 | by Staff Reporter
Man axes woman to death
A 24-YEAR-OLD man is on the run after allegedly fatally axing a woman (84) in Lupane.In a statement on X, police said they are investigating a case of murder with occurred at Mlonyeni on 12 Ju...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 13:45hrs | 880 | by Staff reporter
Quartet on the run after axing man to death
A MAN died after four unknown suspects struck him with machetes and axes.In a statement on X, police said on 10 July near Svesve village four unknown suspects struck Nkosana Moyo (40) with mac...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 14:25hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
Axe-wielding man jailed
A Plumtree man was convicted yesterday for axing his friend over a money dispute.Everton Tshuma was sentenced to two years behind bars by Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware.Prosecuto...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 19:58hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe civil servants, govt clash over US$ deductions
Civil servants are protesting against the government's decision to deduct United States dollars from their salaries, arguing that it further impoverishes them. The move, in line with a circula...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gift Mabhaudhi successfully advocates for removal of taxes on devices for persons with disabilities
Renowned ZANU PF DCC leader and disability rights activist, Gift Mabhaudhi, has recently achieved a major victory in the ongoing battle for fair treatment and accessibility for persons with disabiliti...Published: 13 Apr 2024 at 17:10hrs | 11 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Zimbabwe war vets bay for minister's blood
WAR veterans are demanding the axing of Matebeleland North Provincial Affairs minister Richard Moyo over a basket of charges that include disrespecting the Zanu-PF leadership.Moyo, who is also...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:35hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Afrochine loses US$3m tax battle with Zimra
AFROCHINE Smelting Private Limited has been ordered to pay nearly US$3 million in royalties for under-declaring its earnings. Afrochine Smelting is a company that produces and exports ferrochrome, an ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
School heads face chop over 0% pass rates
Members of Parliament want heads of schools recording zero percent pass rates to be demoted among other punitive measures that Government should impose.The legislators noted that some better r...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC in uncertain waters
WE are only a month into the new year, but it already feels like it has been long. The political year has started in earnest, lending credence to the counsel of political sages: A day is a very long t...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:02hrs | | by Ntando Dumani
'Something stinks at the Highlanders clubhouse'
THE car wash business at the Highlanders clubhouse that paid the Bulawayo giants US$50 in revenue for the whole of 2023 as revealed by financial statements read out by club interim treasurer Israel Mo...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli must resign
Two weeks ago we saw the exchange rate going berserk as the Zimbabwe's economy nose dives. The saying goes- one can rig the election but one cannot rig th...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 22:26hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
Bread shoots to US$1,30 in Zimbabwe
PRICES of most basic commodities, particularly food items, have surged by more than 30% since last year as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to lose value against the greenback.The new 15% value-added tax...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:02hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
US$300 Covid allowance goes permanent as salary
Civil servants will now be receiving the old US$300 Covid-19 allowances as part of their permanent pensionable salary, with the first batches of workers, including uniformed forces and health workers,...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Holidaymakers throng Bulawayo tourist attractions
TOURIST attractions around Bulawayo were on Christmas Day teeming with activity as hordes of holidaymakers, among them Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Barbara Rwodzi, took time out to celebr...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:27hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Is China good for Zimbabwe?
IMAGINE your father having an "all-weather friend" who appears to stand by him in every situation.This seemingly "all-weather friend", however, looks away as your father brutally batters your ...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 09:10hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Should your family know what they will inherit when you are dead?
As legal professionals, we understand the intricacies involved in estate planning and the potential challenges that may arise when it comes to communicating one's assets and intentions to heirs. Here ...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 15:31hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
Is China really helping suffering Zimbabweans?
Imagine your father has an 'all-weather friend', who appears to stand by him in every situation.He looks away as your father brutally batters your mother and does not appear to give a hoot whe...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 12:39hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF climbs down on suspensions
Zanu-PF Midlands province has climbed down and nullified all hearings, suspensions and prohibition orders issued to several members accused of de-campaigning the party's candidates ahead of the August...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:31hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Siziva tears into Ncube's budget
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy spokesperson Gift "Ostallos" Siziva has called on Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion minister Mthuli Ncube to reverse his decision to tax...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 20:39hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
A sad Christmas present from clueless Mthuli Ncube
The just presented 2024 budget by Prof Mthuli Ncube has left Zimbabweans in shock. This is the worst budget ever produced by minister of Finance since independence and the colonial era.It has ...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 10:39hrs | 13 | by Leonard Koni
Ncube budget proves, once again, 'nation can tax itself into prosperity' by taxing poor to spare the rich
"I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle," said Si...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 08:44hrs | 9 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mthuli Ncube squeezes everyone
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced a cocktail of tax increases, pushing up the cost of living and ease of doing business after reviewing its 2024 revenue projection upwards by 22,22% to ZWL$53,9 trillion....Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mbalula denies axing David Masondo over Zanu-PF criticism, Ibbo Mandaza lecture
THE ANC last week announced that its head of political education David Makhura has been appointed as the new head of the party's governance school, meaning that ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highlanders fans call for change
Highlanders FC fans have been increasingly dissatisfied with the team's recent performance. The team has been struggling to achieve positive results, and the frustration has primarily been directed at...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's small scale miners take Minister to task over bottlenecks
The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) convened with the newly appointed Mines Minister on Friday to discuss the complex challenges afflicting the sector.Annually, the sector's miners contribute...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delays in issuance of mining certificates worrying
The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has expressed deep concern over the protracted delays in the issuance of mining certificates, citing that this has led to unnecessary disputes arising from the ove...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Umguza activists on post-election witch-hunt
Zanu-PF activists in Umguza, Matebeleland North, have threatened a witch-hunt targeting villagers who voted for opposition parties such as the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) last week.Acc...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Girlfriend pours boiling oil on lover's privates
IT is normal, occasionally, in any relationship that tempers flare and hurtful words are spoken.But what happens when you discover that your loved one is cheating on you?Wonder no more...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mistress assaults lover's wife
WHAT happened after a woman finds another woman in bed with her husband?Obviously she would fly into a frenzy and launch a violent attack on the love rival. But that wasn't the case for a woma...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Community wants witchcraft-accused family banished
St Peter's residents on the outskirts of Bulawayo are calling for a family to be banished from the community for practising witchcraft.This is after some community members suffered some myster...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 16:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa blocked Mthuli Ncube's export tax
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa recently blocked Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's 10% tax on mining exports to pay arrears on the country's debt overhang - which makes it difficult for the government to b...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:27hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
From baba to daddy; the epic transformation of our time
SUNDAY was Fathers' Day. In our days, the father in the home was called baba/ubaba. Today, the children call him daddy. They also call me daddy in my own home but I grew up in the era when the father ...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:52hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
USA-based Zimbabwean star to put Afro-pop on the map
Born and raised in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 21-year-old singer/songwriter MUNYAA (Munya Mambira) is here to put Afro-pop on the map.After just three years of living here, he's already leaving his m...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:53hrs | 7 | by Caden Traw
'4 ED' groups accomplices in Zim govt prejudicing the elderly!
It was extremely shocking watching, on state television, some shady pro-Mnangagwa organization doling out so-called 'empowerment projects' to elderly pensioners. The group called, 'Zimbabwe Pe...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 10:03hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Redwing: a tale of plunder, impunity, chaos and death
Redwing Gold Mine, once touted as a giant gold mining venture capable of transforming the quality of life in the Penhalonga area of Manicaland province and a cash cow for the national economy, has bec...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 12:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Cheating wife axed to death, hubby commits suicide
Concession residents were left shell-shocked in the early hours of today when a 42-year-old jealous man fatally axed his wife during an infidelity dispute and subsequently committed suicide by throwin...Published: 29 May 2023 at 20:51hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
It's time we retrace our footsteps
Face contorted as a result of the bitter taste in their mouth, baby on her lap near a crackling fire, the African mother does the ritual dutifully without fail. Was this not an immune-boosting herbal ...Published: 24 May 2023 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
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