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Zimbabwe companies miss Zimra revenue target
THE ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) says companies, which are some of the major contributors to revenue, missed the target for the quarter by 17,8% due to depressed economic performance and negativ...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
SA customs officials strike: Commercial cargo movement improves
The movement of commercial cargo between Zimbabwe and South Africa has gradually improved after some customs officials from the neighbouring country who have been on strike over a pay increase returne...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 19:36hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, July Moyo accused of bunking Parliament
MEMBERS of Parliament (MP) have expressed outrage at the repeated failure to attend House of Assembly business by some cabinet ministers and accused the Executive branch of government of disrespecting...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:29hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Zimra builds main office in Bulawayo
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has started the construction of its main offices in Bulawayo, set to house all its operations as the tax collector seeks to improve efficiency.Work on th...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 09:59hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Zimra garnishes Chinese contractor
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has garnished for the fourth time in six months, bank accounts of a Chinese contractor, China International Water and Electric Corporation (CIWE), developing Lak...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 10:42hrs | 1248 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo must stop acting like a debt collector MPs
LEGISLATORS have slammed Local Government minister July Moyo for strangely behaving like a debt collector on behalf of Netherlands-based company Geogenix BV in the controversial US$400 million Pomona ...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:37hrs | 2119 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation doubles in two months to 191%
ZIMBABWE'S annual inflation rate quickened to 191.6 percent in June, more than doubling the consumer price increases of two months ago, official statistics showed Saturday.The development came...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:16hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Zimra border officers probed for building mansions, flats in Harare
BEITBRIDGE Border Post, the country's busiest inland port of entry, has been identified as the country's major corruption hot spot, with some Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials under investi...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Zimra flags Beitbridge as corruption hotspot
BEITBRIDGE Border Post, the country's busiest inland port of entry, has been identified as the country's major corruption hot spot, with some Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials under investi...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Zesa bosses acquitted over debt collectors
FORMER Zesa Holdings chief executive Joshua Chifamba and two other senior officials, who were appearing in court on allegations of appointing a Harare law firm as debt collectors paying it US$3 millio...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Teachers union says joining doctors and nurses on strike
Doctors, nurses and teachers across Zimbabwe went on strike Monday, as the country's latest financial crisis has left their salaries almost worthless.Nurses earn 18,000 Zimbabwe dollars per mo...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 18:56hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
'Councils mustn't attach residents' property'
LOCAL authorities are not allowed to arbitrarily attach property from residents or engage debt collectors to recover outstanding debts of rates and levies, but should pursue other options to recover t...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Zimra official jailed 30 months for aiding smugglers
A 20-year-old Beitbridge border post Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) sealing officer has been jailed for an effective 30 months for facilitating the smuggling of an assortment of alcohol beverages ...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:25hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Gold branding necessary in anti-smuggling fight, says ZACC
Zimbabwean gold needs to be branded so it can be positively identified once smuggled out of the country, to enable easy identification, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has said....Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:54hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
ZACC blocks US$18m illegal transactions
THE widening of the battle against corruption to include prevention as well as hunting down the lawbreakers is paying off for the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission which recently blocked two illegal...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:03hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Zimra systems in shambles
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) systems are in a shambles, with companies and individuals being made to pay for the tax collector's inefficiency while the authority is also suffering huge finan...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Court strikes down sections of Customs, Excise Act
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) must now allow any buyer of improperly cleared goods to make representations before it is allowed to enforce payment of customs duty by that buyer, after the Hig...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:30hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
#OperationDudula turns against South Africans
Members of the extremist xenophobic vigilante group have been accused by South African vendors in Alexandra township of forcing them to pay protection fees after they were given vending stalls which b...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 08:50hrs | 4906 | by Mandla Ndlovu
NPA targets US$50m ill-gotten properties
THE Asset Forfeiture Unit at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has lodged six High Court applications to seize assets from individuals who allegedly acquired them through proceeds of crime....Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:16hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Govt rejects Bulawayo's 2022 budget
BULAWAYO residents will heave a sigh of relief, at least for this month, as they will be billed using last year's rates after the Government rejected the local authority's proposed 2022 budget, Sunday...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 08:00hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Duty-free boost for agric
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has listed import duty and Value Added Tax (VAT)-free agricultural equipment while the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development has...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:20hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
BCC requires US$700m for roads rehab
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it requires about US$700 to rehabilitate its road network, which is in a sorry state following heavy rains that pounded the city in the past weeks.Most of the ...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:22hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) suspends road repairs
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has said 75 percent of its road network is in poor condition but has suspended road repairs until the end of the rainy season.Driving around Bulawayo's roads is...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:20hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Manager transfers 300 'corrupt' Zimra staff
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)'s new manager at Beitbridge Border Post, Kenneth Mungati, has reportedly ordered the transfer of over 300 staff members from the border town after accusing them ...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2257 | by Staff reporter
Road rehab moves to high-density suburbs
The emergency road repairs and rehabilitation being undertaken by the Government are now moving into the suburban roads in high-density suburbs, which have been neglected for years by inept and corrup...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:32hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Southerner takes over at Zimra
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) Acting Commissioner General, Mr Rameck Masaire, is leaving the tax collector on early retirement with effect from next month.In a statement yesterday, Zimra ...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:54hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Zimra warns traders over US$ transactions
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has warned traders and businesses against fabricating financial information on transactions done in foreign currency. Zimra implored those in violation o...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 09:01hrs | 412 | by Staff Reporter
National Blankets halts production as tiff with Zimra escalates
TEXTILE giant National Blankets has temporarily stopped production after the manufacturing firm failed to settle a ZW$800 000 Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) debt.The Bulawayo company...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:51hrs | 209 | by Staff Reporter
Zimra grants car importers duty grace period
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has extended a two-week grace period to importers who under-declared duty on motor vehicles, as the tax collector adopts moral suasion as a first option to promo...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Corruption at Beitbridge has gone too far
IMAGINE a border post where haulage trucks are forced to spend more than five days in a queue to complete a customs clearing process that under normal circumstances would not take mere hours.T...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Popular 2021 business ideas categorised
Becoming an entrepreneur and running one's own business is regarded as extremely desirable by many - over 62% of people believe it's a good career. Unfortunately, enthusiasm for the career is not the ...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 12:49hrs | 26 | by Staff Writer
Who is behind forex dealers?
NO matter how well-meaning and determined, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) could be towards uprooting rampant delinquency in the economy, the effort may count for nothing if other institutions are ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:38hrs | 3 | by Nathan Gurira
Govt making a mockery of democracy
TEACHERS employed by church- run schools do not subscribe to trade unionism. They don't take part in industrial action to press the employer for better conditions of service and salaries that are comm...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:52hrs | 13 | by Martin Stobart
Why are Zimbabwean companies failing to pay taxes?
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) annual report for 2020 released last week confirmed the heavy burden that the country's industries are battling to contain — outstanding taxes are mounting, and ...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:13hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Professor Arthur Mutambara, Dr Nkosana Moyo and Advocate Nelson Chamisa are speaking
I have dwelt a lot regarding Chamisa's infantile approach to politics and his policies that do not make too much sense. However, I wish to commend Chamisa's visit to Matabeleland South two days ago. T...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 17:20hrs | 6 | by Nomazulu Thata
Companies struggle to pay $7 billion tax
ZIMBABWE'S private sector owed the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) $6,5 billion in unpaid taxes at the end of last year, according to an annual report released by the tax collector.Zimra sa...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Treasury loses $112 billion to dodgy crony tax exemptions
TREASURY, always in financial dire straits, lost about ZW$112 billion in potential revenue last year (approximately US$1.3 billion on the official exchange rate) through tax expenditures consisting of...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimra recruits 100 revenue officers
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has embarked on a recruitment drive to beef up its staff with about 100 new revenue officers. A total of 50 officers will be deployed to the customs and ...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 19:33hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park garbage lies uncollected for 2 years
COWDRAY Park residents in Bulawayo have raised concern over non-collection of garbage for over two years, leading to the proliferation of undesignated dumpsites that are posing a health hazard to resi...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zinara introduces automatic cameras at tollgates
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has introduced automatic number plate recognition cameras at tollgates along the Plumtree-Mutare Highway as part of broader measures to reduce conges...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:41hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Companies flout tax directive
MANY businesses are not complying with a government directive to adopt fiscalised tax registers as part of efforts to increase revenue collections and plug off leakages, Standardbusiness has establish...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Zinara technology to ease congestion at tollgates
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has introduced automatic number plate recognition cameras at tollgates along the Plumtree-Mutare Highway as part of broader measures to reduce conges...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sets US$140 million budget for Mnangagwa re-election in 2023
Zanu-PF has set a target of raising US$140 million for the 2023 election campaign, just days after a new report accused the party of "mortgaging" the country's minerals to finance its past campaigns....Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo roads benefit from Mnangagwa programme
THERE is significant progress on some of Bulawayo's major feeder roads, which are being rehabilitated under the ongoing Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimra executives in US$585m tax evasion corruption scam
CORRUPTION skeletons involving a series of multi-billion-dollar tax evasion scandals are tumbling out of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) cupboard amid a new corruption scam involving Chinese di...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 11:17hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Zimra seals border posts
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it will only process commercial traffic and returnees to allow them to pass through the country's borders.In a statement yesterday, Zimra spokespers...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Shortage of refuse trucks hits BCC
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has blamed the shortage of refuse trucks for its inability to regularly collect refuse across the city.The council is supplementing its refuse fleet by engaging pri...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
SI127 working well to stop cheats
THE civil penalty system introduced in Statutory Instrument 127 allowing the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to hit abusers of foreign currency, and especially the foreign currency auction system, where it h...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Council unleashes debt collectors
HARARE City Council has unleashed debt collectors on bad debtors owing in excess of $7,2 billion in unpaid rates.The city has been dogged by poor service delivery at a time when government dep...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Byo makes emergency roads rehabilitation inroads
Roadworks in Bulawayo under the Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) recently launched by President Mnangagwa, have gathered pace with significant progres...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 09:41hrs | 35 | by Staff Reporter
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