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Court scraps way leave tax on ZETDC
Local authorities across the country are set to lose a combined $16 million annually in potential revenue after the High Court scrapped way leave tax on the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distr...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:26hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ouster plot exposed
THE gloves are off in the opposition MDC as hawks plotting the ouster of leader Nelson Chamisa are reportedly unhappy that the party's elective congress will be held in October next year, when they wo...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:04hrs | 2965 | by Staff reporter
Multi-lingual Mohadi charms delegates
VICE President Kembo Mohadi yesterday charmed health ministers and experts from Central, East and Southern Africa with some jokes while speaking in various indigenous languages spoken in the region. ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 2215 | by Staff reporter
'Only UN can deal with Gukurahundi'
The United Nations is the most suitable organ to bring the controversial Gukurahundi issue to finality as domestic instruments are not fit to address the issue, a United Kingdom conference recently he...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 16:57hrs | 956 | by STaff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube's 2c tax unsustainable'
Industry says the controversial Intermediary Money Transfer Tax should be amended in the upcoming 2019 National Budget to improve the ease of doing business in the country.The Confederation of...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 10:14hrs | 2666 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira speaks to London investors
Zimbabwe is open for business - this was the strong message heard at the Invest Zimbabwe Forum held in London on Thursday.In her opening address, Hon. Priscah Mupfumira, Minister of Environmen...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:18hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Solar energy plant not yet a boon for locals
MANAMA, Gwanda South - Three years ago, in 2015, when the 200-panel mini-grid solar energy power plant was established in this remote and hot rural community, 140km south of Gwanda town and about 20km...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:17hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
RBZ boss refuses to scrap bond notes
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya yesterday defended the use of bond notes saying the real cause of problems facing the economy was not the surrogate currency but ballooning ele...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:02hrs | 5761 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns against abuse of funds
The Second Republic does not tolerate siphoning of public funds for personal gain and such criminal propensities will leave offenders in jail, President Mnangagwa said yesterday. Addressing de...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:00hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
'2% tax paying dividends,' says Mnangagwa
The 2 cents intermediary money transfer tax introduced by Government recently is helping Government to narrow its budget deficit significantly, President Mnangagwa has said. Responding to ques...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 17:09hrs | 4074 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF announces fundraising sub-committee
ZANU-PF Bulawayo province yesterday launched its provincial fundraising exercise for the party's forthcoming 17th Annual National People's Conference to be held next month and announced members of the...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:50hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Tax evaders give Zimra headaches
Organised criminal networks, smuggling syndicates and gold cartels are costing government millions of dollars and complicating Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)'s revenue collection efforts.T...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 11:40hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Manicaland fights reach boiling point
POLITICAL dogfights within the Zanu-PF Manicaland provincial leadership have intensified ahead of the ruling party's national conference as other members, who are not loyal to the provincial leadershi...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 1977 | by Staff reporter
Afreximbank pledges to continue assisting Zimbabwe
AFRICAN Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has pledged to continue assisting Zimbabwe meet its financial needs, saying all the loans extended to local entities by the bank have performed to expectation,...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 12:54hrs | 1080 | by Staff reporter
Austerity begins with the Executive, Mr Mnangagwa
As promised in our previous article, this week we focus on ways in which government can cut expenditure. It is a commonly accepted fact that our government has a weakness when it comes to spending. Go...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 2724 | by Paul Kaseke
Modi woos Belgian, Luxembourg investors to Bulawayo
INDUSTRY and Commerce Deputy Minister, Raji Modi, has enticed Belgian and Luxembourg companies to exploit manufacturing investment opportunities in Bulawayo and Zimbabwe at large. The Bulawayo...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:32hrs | 968 | by Staff reporter
AFM leader to step down
ONE of the longest serving leaders of a Pentecostal church in Zimbabwe, AFM president Dr Aspher Madziyire will step down from the helm of the church after elections to choose a new leader are held thi...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:38hrs | 2667 | by Staff reporter
Captured Ramaphosa disses the term 'white monopoly capital'
President Cyril Ramaphosa has dissed the term "white monopoly capital" while addressing the inaugural SA Investment Summit dinner on Friday."One thing that I learnt is the three Es: Education,...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 18:51hrs | 2892 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance meeting ends in chaos
INTRA-PARTY violence reared its ugly head on Sunday during a crunch MDC Alliance district meeting in Shurugwi meant to suspend party cadres who stood as independent candidates during the July 30 polls...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:28hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
Fresh bid to nullify Cyril Ramaphosa's ANC election
A fresh bid to nullify the election of President Cyril Ramaphosa as ANC leader is under way, with unhappy party members claiming that Ramaphosa was elected by bogus Mpumalanga branches at the party's ...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 18:35hrs | 3617 | by City Press
Chiyangwa dares would be challengers
ZIFA president Phillip Chiyangwa has dared possible challengers to his leadership to pick up nomination papers before the October 30 deadline and go for the polls in December instead of making unfound...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 08:11hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe eyes UK market post Brexit
Britain is expected to leave the European Union (EU) in the next few months, and has signaled intention to strengthen economic and trade ties with its former colonies, which include Zimbabwe.A...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 15:09hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
Mandaza appeals elections result
LOSING candidate for the Zifa Southern Region chairmanship Musa Mandaza has appealed to the Zifa Electoral Appeals committee challenging the outcome of the elections that saw him losing to Andrew Tape...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:36hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa woos SA investors
The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday embarked on a charm offensive to woo investors in South Africa during the country's "Zimbabwe is open for business" summit held in Johannesburg. Hosted by ...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:32hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
Is there anyone listening? It's not about Mnangagwa and Chamisa!!
I have said it over and over again and I will say it until I die, Zimbabwe situation does not need a political solution. Mass street protests by themselves are not sufficient to effect political chang...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 17:45hrs | 5698 | by Sam Wezhira
Mnangagwa's government in SA charm offensive as economy takes tumble
THE Zimbabwean government on Tuesday embarked on a charm offensive to woo investors in South Africa during "Zimbabwe is open for business" summit held in Johannesburg.Hosted by Zimbabwe's emba...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 14:41hrs | 2586 | by ANA
Zimbabwe sits on 13m tonnes gold reserves
ZIMBABWE is sitting on an estimated 13 million tonnes of unexploited gold reserves and only 580 tonnes have been exploited since 1980, an official has said. Speaking during last week's Mine En...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:24hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
2% tax headache for Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government violated the law by gazetting a legal instrument that put into force the 2 cents tax on electronic transactions as part of a cocktail of austerity measures, f...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:55hrs | 2312 | by Staff reporter
Govt working on new energy plan
GOVERNMENT intends to adopt an energy mix-based tariff structure as opposed to the prevailing commodity-based tariff for mining companies to ensure production efficiency, Energy and Power Development ...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:54hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
AFM divorce sealed
Leadership structures in Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM)'s two camps are already being set up as moves are made to seal the divorce between church president Dr Aspher Madziire's camp and tha...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:02hrs | 2575 | by Staff Reporter
Mthuli's illegal instrument must be jettisoned
The Minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube gazzeted his predatory tax regime through a statutory instrument while purporting to repeal section 22G of the Finance Act.The new tax regime is totalitar...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 07:48hrs | 1391 | by Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
Zinara board fired
THE Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Engineer Joel Biggie Matiza has dissolved the Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (Zinara) board. He said the entity's board, whose management ...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:22hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Sustainable key ideas of resuscitating Zim economy
There is a huge gap between demand and supply. Our economy mainly survive on borrowing and imports. We have imports more than exports and therefore our balance of payments are in red. Zimbabweans must...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 10:01hrs | 928 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zimbabwe govt targets ghost workers
THE Public Service Commission (PSC) is targeting "ghost workers" in the civil service as part of government's transformative agenda, chairperson Vincent Hungwe has said.Hungwe told journalists...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:35hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: A dictator in the making
"A dictator is someone who has absolute power or who at least behaves as if they do by bossing others around". This is exactly what the MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa is turning himself into sinc...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 13:50hrs | 2997 | by Elijah Chihota
Mnangagwa, ministers clash over Mthuli Ncube tax
The recently announced tax regime has divided President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet right through the middle with a section of it pushing hard to have the austerity measures reversed to ease the suff...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:33hrs | 4620 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa backs Mthuli Ncube on 2% tax
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said the Intermediary Money Transfer Tax of 2 cents will remain in force as it is critical in transforming the economy, which has suffered from two decades of stagnation....Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
Privatisation deadline for parastatals
Government has given under-performing State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and parastatals it has earmarked for disposal - among them NetOne, TelOne and People's Own Savings Bank (POSB) - between six and ni...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 06:40hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
No going back on 2% tax, says Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa yesterday said the Intermediary Money Transfer Tax of 2 cents will remain in force as it is critical in transforming the economy, which has suffered from two decades of stagnation....Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 06:40hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
African governments urged to integrate statistics and geospatial information for sustainable development
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 5, 2018 - The Regional Committee of the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management in Africa (UN-GGIM: Africa) ended Thursday with experts urging African le...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 09:47hrs | 627 | by APO
Zanu-PF conference set for Esigodini
The Zanu-PF National People's Conference will be held in Esigodini, Matabeleland South province in December, the party's secretary for information Simon Khaya Moyo has said. Khaya Moyo made th...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:37hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
ZimTrade conference focuses on linkages, export growth
ZimTrade, the country's trade development and promotion organization, today hosts its annual exporters' conference and awards dinner in Harare, which focuses on building linkages and partnerships to g...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:51hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Sable Chemicals is 52% off output target
SABLE Chemicals Industries (Sable), Zimbabwe's only manufacturer of ammonium nitrate (AN), has produced just about half of its target output in the first eight months of the year, an official has said...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:28hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Dodgy Bulawayo business forum corns delegates
A poorly organised Zimbabwe is Open for Business forum in Bulawayo, organised by the Corporate Capital Consultancy led by Mr D Nyika scammed delegates who paid $25 to attend the meeting.The me...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:56hrs | 1268 | by Delegate
National budget tracking critical for legislators
THE best time to sensitise incoming legislators about important issues is when they have just been sworn-in, still beaming with excitement and newly-found confidence. Some key issues they need to be a...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:53hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Push for citizens' participation in governance issues
CHURCHES have joined hands with civic society organisations (CSOs) to roll up an educational programme aimed at mobilising citizens to increase their participation in governance issues and stop leavin...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:46hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cement demand to exceed supply in 2 years
ZIMBABWE'S cement industry could run out of capacity by 2020 as national demand grows faster than the expansion in investment, one of the major producers has said.The industry is dominated by ...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 07:01hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
Illicit trading exaggerates trade deficit
ZIMBABWE's persistent trade deficit has been magnified by unstated foreign trade activity, the country's national statistical agency has said.In recent years, the southern African country has ...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 20:39hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube told to let the bond float
GOVERNMENT should not peg the exchange rate of the bond note, allowing it to float freely within the multi-currency system as a first step towards the introduction of a proper local currency, a local ...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 19:01hrs | 4192 | by Staff reporter
AFM church saga reaches tense stage
The ongoing fight in the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church in Zimbabwe has reached a tense stage with the church's president, Reverend Aspher Madziyire on Wednesday suspending vice-president Revere...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:26hrs | 4114 | by Staff Reporter
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