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Zimbabwe's Dynamos switches off Zambia's ZESCO
ZESCO United 0 - 0 Dynamos(Dynamos won 1-0 on aggregate)Lloyd Chigowe urged his team to play with pride and fight like true soldiers against ZESCO United at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium ...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:17hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema blunders again
Today, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will hold the 44th ordinary summit of Heads of State and Government in Harare, Zimbabwe. The SADC Summit is accountable for the regional bloc's...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 15:47hrs | 3278 | by Dr Fred M'membe
GWM Tanks invade Zimbabwe
AS Zimbabwe's automotive landscape continues to evolve, the vehicle that has captured my attention, as well as that of driving enthusiasts, is the GWM Tank 500. It has invaded Zimbabwe, courtesy of Zi...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 13:31hrs | 10203 | by Andrew Muzamhindo
Zanu-PF councillors resist govt interference
ZANU-PF councillors in Mudzi, Mashonaland East province, have accused the government of interfering in their operations after the Local Government ministry suspended Mudzi Rural District Council chair...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 07:40hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military offer free medical support to Tsholotsho
When approached by a man in military uniform at her local hospital on Tuesday afternoon asking how he could help, Mrs Simayedwa Mnkandla of Sipepa area in Tsholotsho was taken aback .By her ow...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:30hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hunts for 100 000 HIV positive people running away from treatment
The National Aids Council (NAC) in Zimbabwe is urgently searching for approximately 100,000 individuals who are HIV positive but not receiving antiretroviral treatment (ARVs). Despite 10.6% of the pop...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 17:17hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zambian Vice President visits Mnangagwa
In a diplomatic gesture, former Vice President of Zambia, Mr Enock Kavindele, paid a courtesy call on President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the State House in Harare, Zimbabwe, this afternoon.Mr Kav...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 17:07hrs | 1506 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs US$10 million to procure condoms
Zimbabwe needs to raise over US$10 million from domestic sources to support condom procurement for 2025 and 2026 due to the withdrawal of donor funding. The country has three markets for condoms: publ...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:11hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
Khupe reveals new cancer fight
Former Deputy Prime Minister, Thokozani Khupe has implored parliament to exercise its influence on government to channel more resources towards cancer treatment and awareness programmes as she went de...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 14:43hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans cross Zambia border for cheaper healthcare, medicines
At 5pm at the Victoria Falls border post, Margaret Tshuma - who has a 24-hour day pass to be in Zambia - is in a rush to return home to Zimbabwe before dusk.This is not the first time Tshuma, ...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Gold output rebounds after Govt intervention
Gold deliveries by small-scale miners to Fidelity Gold Refinery have rebounded to January 2024 levels after the reversal of a 15 percent value-added tax (VAT) on gold deliveries. In the second quarter...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe condom funding coming to an end next year
Public health practitioners are concerned about the potential reversal of progress in HIV prevention in Zimbabwe due to imminent funding shortages for condoms. National HIV Prevention Coordinator Gert...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:27hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Bizarre tariffs cripple Zimbabwe power projects
In Harare, Zimbabwe, Gloria Magombo, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Power Development, highlighted the challenges faced by the country's sub-economic tariffs in funding crucial ...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Attachment of residents' houses displays CCC's heartless agenda
The decision by the Harare City Council (HCC) to take drastic measures against low-income residents who are struggling to pay their monthly rates by attaching over 50 properties due to non-payment, ha...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 08:28hrs | | by Tonderai Ndoro
Delta takes Zimra to court
Zimbabwe's largest beverages producer recently announced its opposition to a US$54.8 million tax claim, labeling it as unjust enrichment for the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra). Delta Corporation, ...Published: 18 May 2024 at 12:17hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe blocks Starlink services
Zimbabwe's telecoms regulator says it has told Elon Musk that his SpaceX should first submit a licence before its Starlink can be allowed to operate in the country.On Friday, Starlink blocked ...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 18:05hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'ZiG difficult to accept in US$-dominated market'
RESPECTED businessman and economist Nigel Chanakira says acceptance of the new currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), will be difficult given that the majority still prefer the greenback.The Reserve B...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
'ZiG difficult to accept in US$-dominated market'
Businessman and economist Nigel Chanakira says acceptance of the new currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), will be difficult given that the majority still prefer the greenback.The Reserve Bank of Zim...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Internet providers bemoan high taxation
ZIMBABWE'S internet access providers (IAPs) have raised concern about high taxes which they claim are impeding their ability to operate and forcing them to pass the costs to customers, Standardbusines...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A beast which used to cost US$700 is now fetching US$80
GWANDA villagers are concerned about unscrupulous cattle buyers who are taking advantage of the drought situation to buy livestock at low prices.Ward 1 councillor, Stanford Nkala, told Souther...Published: 30 Mar 2024 at 16:02hrs | 5 | 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
Mbudzi US$1m fraud case back in court
THE State yesterday sought to merge documents in a case in which the government was duped of close to US$1 million in a botched Mbudzi interchange deal.Businessman and director of Ledmart Inve...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
United States sanctions on Zimbabwe: who is off the list, who is on?
The United States on Monday sanctioned Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube issues chilling warning over sugar tax-linked price hikes
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has issued a firm warning to traders engaging in unjustified price hikes on sugary beverages, arguing that the officially gazetted tax thresholds do not warrant such exce...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe treasury exposes abuse of sugar tax for profiteering
GOVERNMENT has condemned the abuse of the Beverages Sugar Content Tax and other tariff measures by some businesses that deliberately misinterpret clear policy propositions for profiteering while unjus...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe millers warn of rice price hikes
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has approached the Treasury to scrap the 15% value-added tax (VAT) on rice, warning that the levy will hit consumer spending.The developments c...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
St Faith High School Priest shows off punching skills
TEMPERS flared at St Faith's High School on Wednesday, with a priest from the Anglican Diocese of Manicaland showing his boxing skills as parents who escorted Form Five learners bulldozed their way in...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 08:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
State opposes bail for Mbudzi fraud accused transport director
THE deputy director in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Enerst Shenje, who allegedly made a US$1 million fraudulent claim for compensation of a property affected by the const...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests top govt official over Mbudzi interchange project fraud
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested a Ministry of Transport top official on allegations of conniving to fraudulently claim compensation for a property affected by the ongoing c...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests deputy roads boss over US$1m fraud
THE deputy director of Road Services in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Ernest Shenje, has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) over an alleged US...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA court hears how diesel consignment from British oil company to Zimbabwe 'disappeared'
British oil company BP claimed to have exported a consignment of diesel to Zimbabwe in 2019 - but the fuel never arrived.A case brought by the South African Revenue Service (Sars) in a South A...Published: 17 Jan 2024 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mayor Mafume lashes Zinara
The City of Harare (CoH) is experiencing growing dissatisfaction with what they perceive as an unjust funding system implemented by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA).The local...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Parents kick up dust over exam levy
PARENTS with children who wrote their Advanced and Ordinary Level science examinations last year are up in arms with authorities at St Anthony's High School in Masvingo after the school threatened to ...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's taxes kick in
Zimbabweans will begin a new year tomorrow faced with a basket of new taxes, levies and fees that will push up the cost of living for many that are already struggling to make ends meet.Finance...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 13:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 2024 school fees gazetted
Tuition fees for Government schools for next year were gazetted yesterday by Primary and Secondary Education Minister Torerayi Moyo with those for primary schools ranging from US$5 a term for P3 rural...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 06:11hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube defends 2024 budget
FINANCE, Economic Development and Investments Promotion minister Mthuli Ncube has cold-shouldered critics of his 2024 national budget saying targeted revenue would assist ordinary Zimbabweans....Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Finance Ministry open to reevaluate 2024 Budget amid public backlash
In response to widespread concerns and criticisms from various quarters, Deputy Minister David Mnangagwa has announced the Finance Ministry's readiness to reevaluate the proposed 2024 budget. The budg...Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 07:35hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Mthuli Ncube defends proposed sugar tax
Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has defended the proposed tax on high sugar content beverages, saying the revenue generated will go towards creat...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart raises concerns over proposed wealth tax
Bulawayo mayor, David Coltart, has expressed concerns that the proposed Wealth Tax by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube will encroach upon local councils' authority to levy rates against property owners w...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 05:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lithium mines given March 2024 deadline
Lithium mining companies have been given a deadline of March 31, 2024, to submit beneficiation plans as the Government seeks to tap into substantial mineral revenues that can be generated from the ben...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 05:28hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt 'sabotaged' de-dollarisation plan, says Biti
Former Finance minister Tendai Biti has said government's forceful nature of its policies to adopt the volatile Zimdollar sabotaged plans to de-dollarise the economy .The local currency has be...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 04:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC borrows poor language from Nerves Mumba
IN A WHAT COMES ACROSS AS A POOR CASE OF BORROWING poor language from Nerves Mumba's controversial Sadc Electoral Observation Mission on Zimbabwe's 2023 harmonised general election, Nelson Chamisa's C...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 18:23hrs | 4 | by Jonathan Moyo
'Zimbabweans are already overtaxed'
AMERICAN financial literacy website, Investopedia defines 'wealth tax' as a tax based on the market value of assets owned by a taxpayer.A wealth tax is typically put on a 'high-net-worth' indi...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:37hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Biti rips into Ncube's 'disastrous' budget
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti has described the 2024 budget as a disaster amid concerns that the proposed raft of taxes will deepen Zimbabwe's poverty levels and worsen the economic challenges....Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans unhappy at hike in passport fees
A raft of new taxes and increases announced as part of Zimbabwe's 2024 budget by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has been widely condemned.The increase in passport fees to $200 (£160), up from ...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube makes Zimbabwean passport most expensive in the region
A raft of new taxes and increases announced as part of Zimbabwe's 2024 budget by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has been widely condemned.The increase in passport fees to $200 (£160), up from ...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 11:01hrs | 5 | 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 | 6 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe MPs urged to reject Mthuli Ncube's budget
ECONOMISTS have urged Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to redo the 2024 budget as the one he presented this week only serves to condemn the rest of the population to abject poverty.Ncube presente...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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 | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZPC appeal against Chivayo's Intratrek thrown out
The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal filed by the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) challenging the High Court's decision to reinstate Wicknel Chivayo's contentious Gwanda solar project. This conclude...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 15:51hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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