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Ramaphosa calls for removal of sanctions on Zimbabwe
SOUTH AFRICAN President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has called on the European Union (EU) to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe saying the country has turned a wonderful corner and needs support on its path to great re...Published: 5 hrs ago | 218 | by Staff reporter
Where are you Mr President ED Mnangagwa
First off, let me confess that I was the happiest man to see you ascend to the post of the President of Zimbabwe but that euphoria is quickly running thin.My dismay has many sources but today ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 6027 | by Sam Wezhira
Mnangagwa takes a swipe at 'Chamisa'?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has censured retrogressive, unpatriotic, selfish individuals who are bent on abusing democracy and not adhering to the dictates of the constitution.President Mnang...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 14:52hrs | 15178 | by Staff reporter
MDC blasts Prof. Madhuku
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has come out guns blazing against Profesor Lovemore Madhuku calling him a discredited commissioner who is not fit to be part of the Kgalema Motlanthe led ...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:55hrs | 4942 | by Mandla Ndlovu
41 arrested over Aug 1 post-election violence
Forty one people have been arrested in connection with the August 1 shootings that claimed six people in post-election protests that were met by a military crackdown, detective chief inspector Edmore ...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 13:29hrs | 1526 | by Staff reporter
17th November 2017, One year on - Was it a second coup?
For Zimbabwe to achieve stability, there was to be a return to constitutionality. Sanity had escaped the political landscape. The operation restore legacy was not be complete without order and a...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:55hrs | 794 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Outrage over military, police testimonies
OPPOSITION parties, civil society and ordinary people reacted with outrage to the testimonies of military and police bosses who tried to exonerate themselves from the post-election violence in which s...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1905 | by Staff reporter
Hacking forces MSU to stop SRC polls
MIDLANDS State University (MSU) students have raised concern after the institution's administration halted the Students Representative Council (SRC) elections and postponed them indefinitely.T...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:53hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Tourism sector seeks tax reviews
TOURISM players have pleaded with Treasury to review the 15% value-added tax (VAT) on foreign accommodation, the 2% transactional tax and duty exemption for car rental owners in order to make the coun...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Chigumba testifies the Motlanthe commission
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba testifying before the commissionThe Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 Post-Election Violence continued today wi...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 12:33hrs | 3286 | by Staff reporter
Plea to exempt cotton farmers from 2% tax
THE Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) has proposed that cotton farmers be exempted from the 2% tax on electronic transactions as well as from the 10% withholding tax to help them build capacity....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:01hrs | 151 | by staff reporter
Guard on the run after R30 000 theft
A SECURITY guard is on the run after allegedly stealing R30 000 and $200 from a lodge where he was employed in Gwanda. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector Philisa...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:52hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube trims monthly fiscal budget deficit
TREASURY has scored excellent progress in trimming monthly fiscal budget deficit as part of Government's economic reform agenda with September 2018 deficit reduced to $19 million against a target of $...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:50hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
ZNA August 1 murders questions!
The ZRP Police Commissioner has told the International Inquiry into the ZNA murders of civilians that he asked the VP to deploy the Army because ZRP thought the demonstrators wanted to march to State ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 18:58hrs | 5214 | by Ndaba Nhuku
Mazibisa dares Kirsty Coventry
The Founder of Mazibisa Inc. Nkosana Mazibisa has challenged Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Kirsty Coventry to show up for her duty and treat the Youth Ministry with the energy an...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 12:24hrs | 3295 | by Mandla Ndlovu
1 August killings: Army did not consult me says Police Boss
The Chief superintendent for Harare Central District‚ Albert Ncube said the army did not meet him to get orders before firing at the protestors. Ncube was giving evidence in front of the Commission ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 11:49hrs | 6992 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tendai Biti back in court
On Monday, the trial of opposition political party leader Tendai Biti commenced at the Harare Magistrates Court. He is being represented by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights members Beat...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 09:33hrs | 2133 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Driver disappears after strange car crash
MYSTERY surrounds a suspected accident where a Mercedes Benz E class 450 plunged onto the railway line at the Emakhandeni fly-over in Bulawayo, forcing residents to panic and intercept a speeding good...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:23hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says there is no agreement on national issues with Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa believes that the country's economic situation will remain dire until a solution is found to the legitimacy question that he is currently pursuing. In this wide-rangi...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:31hrs | 1445 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa doing things differently from Mugabe
Much to the chagrin of the opposition dictatorship, Nkosana Moyo predicted, well before the elections, that a President Emmerson Mnangagwa would do things, (not necessarily well), but certainly differ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:55hrs | 3442 | by Zifiso Masiye
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'rift widening'
Intense jostling for control of the ruling Zanu-PF between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga is escalating into public fights between backers of the two heavyweights ami...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:15hrs | 11561 | by Staff reporter
Zimra puts cap on imported goods
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has set the maximum quantities of good cross-border travellers can import for personal use that can be covered under the traveller's rebate.Travellers re...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:06hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
Zifa circus: New details emerge
FRESH details have emerged on how Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa allegedly used dirty tricks to try and ring fence his position from being contested in the December 1 board elections, with disqualifi...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:05hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
'2019 budget deficit will be 4% of GDP'
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has indicated that the 2019 national budget would reduce budget deficit to 4% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019, and subsequently to 2,4% in the following year....Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:04hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga implicated in August 1 deadly shootings
HIGH Court judge Justice David Mangota has implicated Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga in the August 1 post-election shooting, ruling that the former Defence minister deployed the soldiers, who kil...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:01hrs | 3025 | by Staff reporter
Court endorses Mnangagwa's Commission of Inquiry
THE High Court has endorsed the Commission of Inquiry set up by President Mnangagwa to investigate the causes of the violence that claimed six people in Harare's central business district on August 1 ...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:53hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Travellers' rebate unchanged: Zimra
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has emphasised that it will remove the traveller's rebate for people who bring in goods in excess of $200. This comes as the Government indefinitely susp...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:36hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Hackers breach MSU security system
Midlands State University was forced to postpone its Student Representative Council Elections after hackers breached the security system. In a statement posted on http://vote.msu.ac.zw/ the Re...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 17:14hrs | 2065 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Goods de-listed from import licence requirement
Following the gazetting of Statutory Instrument (SI) 237A of 2018, a number of goods which were formerly controlled by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Development were removed from t...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 16:59hrs | 3309 | by Zimra
Joram Gumbo systematically obstructed Zinara investigations
UNDER-FIRE Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo systematically obstructed investigations into the alleged looting of funds at the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) to protec...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 16:39hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Shock as judge suggests Chiwenga deployed soldiers involved in August 1 killings!
In a shocking move, a High Court Judge has ruled that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga ordered the deployment of soldiers who were involved in the August 1 post election killings that saw them ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 11:20hrs | 43951 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Rusape bus crash declared a national disaster
Government has declared a state of national disaster an accident in which 46 people were killed when two buses side-swapped at the 166-kilometre peg along Harare-Mutare highway on Wednesday evening. ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:05hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Government drops duty on sanitary pads
GOVERNMENT has removed duty on sanitary pads, a move likely to be welcomed by women as the price of basic toiletries is now beyond the reach of many. Gender activists and legislators have over the yea...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:04hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Rusape accident victims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolences to families who lost their loved ones following the Rusape bus accident along the Harare-Mutare highway which occurred yesterday....Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 12:50hrs | 1861 | by Staff Reporter
2% money transfer tax simplified
Intermediated Money Transfer Tax is a tax collected in terms of Section 36G as read with the Thirtieth Schedule of the Income Tax Act [Chapter 23:06]. This tax has been in place since 2003 and an amen...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 10:30hrs | 5039 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe son-in-law gets trial date
The trial of former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore, who is facing charges of unlawfully detaining former Zimbabwe Airways (Zim Airways) legal head Bertha Zakeyo, has been set for N...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 1240 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cracks whip on 'State capturers'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly cracked the whip on top ally and State residences principal director Douglas Tapfuma, who has been implicated in alleged corrupt deals, including the disapp...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 5002 | by Staff reporter
Hurungwe council officials arrested in graft dragnet
TWO Hurungwe Rural District Council officials have been arrested over alleged corruption while a third one is reportedly on the run as authorities take the fight against graft to rural areas.P...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
Forex shortages hinder start-up
In 2006, Bike and Boat Bar (BBB), a Bulawayo company, started manufacturing motor cycles, a first for the country and the region. Soon after, however, the economy tanked as hyperinflation rendered the...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Are civil servant persecuted for Mugabe's sake??
At least with respect to political appointees, not only is this allowed, but it actually happens every time an Administration changes. Zimbabwe had never had a meaningful administration change in thir...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 16:41hrs | 3953 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimsec refuses to release results of 'exam cheats'
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has defended its decision to cancel the results of at least 16 "O" Level pupils from Nagle House School in Marondera, arguing that their answer script...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 11:02hrs | 1549 | by Staff reporter
Man demands maintenance from estranged wife
AN unemployed Bulawayo man has approached the court demanding $90 maintenance from his estranged wife who works at a local supermarket.The woman offered to pay him $8 as spousal maintenance. I...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 07:00hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'prison officer' fired
ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has finally fired the prison officer accused of undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa by addressing MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa as "my presid...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:25hrs | 1330 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's 'tricks' exposed, invents rape charges
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa's spirited effort to retain his post at all costs in next month's executive committee elections have been exposed, amid shocking claims that he invented fictional rape ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:11hrs | 2015 | by Staff reporter
Let's engage as the youths
ELECTIONS have come and gone and remarkably Zimbabwean youths participated in large numbers to shape their future, something we, as the Zanu-PF Youth League, believe is testimony to the fact that we a...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 314 | by Pupurai Togarepi
The most expensive cars in Zimbabwe
As you drive in the streets of the Sunshine City you realise the number of expensive cars is growing at a very fast rate.Competition for the most luxurious is also increasing at an alarming rate.From ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 15:05hrs | 17573 | by Prince Ngwenya
Chamisa's MDC Alliance rocked by confusion over expulsions
Confusion has rocked the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC amid conflicting signals from senior officials over suspended mayors as well as the fate of those who stood as independent candidates in the July 30 ele...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 11:43hrs | 3284 | by Staff reporter
Remove pink tax on menstrual products to foster gender responsive budgeting
Sanitary Aid Zimbabwe (SanAid) is a not-for-profit organisation which supports girls in Zimbabwe to stay in school by providing free sanitary pads and menstruation health education. We also support fe...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 10:15hrs | 470 | by Theresa Farai Nyava
Zimra to flush out touts, bogus agents from Beitbridge
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is working on a number of initiatives to deal with bogus clearing agents and other rent-seeking activities, it has emerged. Border authorities said last ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:26hrs | 1363 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora reverses decision to fire Victoria Falls mayor
MDC Alliance secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has reversed a decision by the Matabeleland North provincial leadership to fire Victoria Falls mayor Somvelo Dlamini.Dlamini was accused of brin...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:34hrs | 1822 | by Staff reporter
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