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Zimbabwe's govt to privatise 20 enterprises under Mutapa
The government is considering removing the public entity status of the 20 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) that fall under the Mutapa Investment Fund, leading to debates regarding their procurement exem...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:21hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Guvamatanga rubbishes retailers' complaints over spaza shop influx
George Guvamatanga, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, has chosen to downplay the impact of tuck shops on formal retailers. Instead, he has suggested that many businesses are being managed by i...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:18hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Treasury has not exempted state enterprises from procurement rules
The state enterprises under the Mutapa sovereign wealth fund still have to comply with procurement rules despite an exemption issued for the fund itself, The Ministry of Finance says.In a gove...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 19:57hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: George Guvamatanga sets the record straight on Mutapa fund exemptions
Treasury Secretary George Guvamatanga says they have not exempted nearly two dozen state companies in which the Mutapa Sovereign Wealth Fund holds shares from public procurement procedures. He maintai...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 19:46hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Mwazha faction leader confronts police
The long-standing factional dispute for control of the African Apostolic Church (AAC), founded by Archbishop Paul Mwazha, has resurfaced, with one faction accusing its rivals of using the police to pr...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 17:00hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Mnangwagwa was 'jittery' over Harare vote
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is said to have been so worried about the Harare vote in the August 23 and 24 elections so much that he had to repeatedly check with officials during counting of votes, in...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 09:03hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter
Matanga warns unruly elements
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has warned all unruly elements who engage in activities that border on criminality and acts that are either overtly or covertly calculated to throw this coun...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 07:40hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
'She is lying' - Torro says as he disputes rape allegations
POPULAR music promoter Charles ‘Torro' Guvamatanga has laughed off allegations he raped his niece in a house with three other people without her raising alarm telling the court that his accuser is f...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 21:55hrs | 518 | by Court Reporter
Barbara Rwodzi attacked by alleged Chamisa supporters, hospitalised
ZANU-PF's Chirumanzu South Member of Parliament (MP) and Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism, Barbara Rwodzi has been is reported to have been attacked by alleged CCC thugs. According t...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 21:47hrs | 3217 | by Staff reporter
ZRP boss promotes 186 officers day after elections
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner General Godwin Matanga promoted 186 officers a day after elections in what is understood to be a ploy to ensure President Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to retain...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 08:51hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
A time to decide Zimbabwe's next leaders
It is the only time in five years that the electorate matters to politicians. They know that a barefooted woman in Manana or Fumukwe or that wisened octogenarian in Chiendambuya have the key to politi...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Police warn against gatherings at polling stations
POLICE Commissioner General, Godwin Matanga, has warned members of the public against unsanctioned gatherings at polling stations as he urged voters to maintain peace and stability during the election...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police warn troublemakers
In a statement on the eve of the elections, Commissioner-General, Godwin Matanga warned political parties and civic organisations against inciting the public.Police warned on Tuesday they will...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police assures peace for tomorrow
The Zimbabwe Republic police assured its preparedness for the election day tomorrow and the preceding period.Commissioner General of th...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 21:58hrs | 11 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
19 police recruits arrested for public violence in Harare
POLICE in Zimbabwe have said 19 recruits were arrested for a spate of violence that rocked Harare on Friday evening.In a statement, National Police Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nya...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa supporter Chitsunge was run over by a truck,' says police boss
Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga has said Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, Tinashe Chitsunge who died following political violence in Glenview 7 recently, was run over by the pa...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:55hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ZEC declares readiness for credible, free polls
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is ready to deliver free and credible elections next Wednesday with most of the logistical arrangements now in place.The chairperson of the electoral body, Ju...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Police 'secretly' vote in Zimbabwe
TEMPERS flared yesterday after it emerged that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) had "secretly" allowed police officers to vote ahead of the August 23 polls in the absence of political parties' ...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:51hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt increases tax-free threshold
GOVERNMENT has increased the tax-free threshold to $500 000 from $91 000 with effect from August 1 to boost Zimbabweans' disposable incomes who earn in local currency in the face of a rising cost of l...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
CCC supporters besiege murder site
MURDERED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporter Tinashe Chitsunge's 27-year-old wife Dzidzisai broke down in tears as reality struck, her husband was now just a memory, another statistic on Zim...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters burn 10 Zanu-PF houses?
THE Shurugwi arson case in which 10 houses were burnt has taken a new twist, with police identifying the victims as ruling Zanu-PF supporters.This follows a statement by President Emmerson Mna...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's security organs intensify safety measures ahead of elections
THE police and other security arms have intensified safety and security measures in the country to ensure that the public is free to conduct their activities in a serene environment ahead of the harmo...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Police issue arrest order for top cop threatened by Zanu-PF MP
A senior police officer who was at the receiving end of chilling threats by deputy tourism minister Barbra Rwodzi for arresting a Zanu-PF thug has allegedly gone missing.Police appear not too ...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 18:13hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Barbra Rwodzi gets defiant police Assistant Inspector transferred
CHIRUMANZU South legislator Barbra Rwodzi has gotten a police Assistant Inspector transferred from his station, a few weeks after he stood up to her demands that a criminal investigation into one Zanu...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man sues Zimbabwe police over unlawful arrest
A HARARE man is suing Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga over unlawful arrest after he was detained for two nights for buying whisky at a local supermarket.Acco...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police should not be cowed
IN our Thursday issue of NewsDay, we carried a rather sobering report about junior police officers who petitioned their bosses to intervene and save them from harassment by top Zanu-PF officials. ...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar flips to best currency in the world?
The rebound, driven by new rules that require corporate taxes to be settled in the local currency, are seen easing inflation ahead of next month's general elections.In most countries, the curr...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 17:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police protest abuse by Zanu-PF heavyweights
JUNIOR police officers have complained to their superiors about Zanu-PF officials who are interfering with their duties as the country prepares for the August 23 harmonised elections.NewsDay i...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Barbra Rwodzi being investigated by Zimbabwe police
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has opened investigations in a recording an audio circulating on social media concerning the incident involving some ZRP Charundura members allegedly with the Deputy Minis...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 08:16hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's fuel cartels under fire
Fuel is then offloaded in Zimbabwe before trucks are filled with water and dispatched to cross the borders again.Treasury has launched a series of investigations aimed at fishing out fuel indu...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 18:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Greedflation' rocks Zimbabwe
THE ZW$ gained by 4,8% on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Foreign Exchange Auction Tuesday amid concerns that most retailers remain reluctant to reduce prices of basic goods.A trading update rele...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe unleashes crack police team to deal with poll violence
Police have set up an Elections Committee and Special Investigations Teams countrywide to deal with political violence ahead of next month's harmonised elections.So far, about 83 percent of po...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police urged to maintain peace throughout elections period
Police must maintain the highest degree of vigilance to guarantee maintenance of law and order as well as the protection of life and property before, during and after the forthcoming harmonised genera...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Maintain peace throughout elections period'
Police must maintain the highest degree of vigilance to guarantee maintenance of law and order as well as the protection of life and property before, during and after the forthcoming harmonised genera...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council backs down on US dollar billing
The Harare City Council (HCC) has reversed its controversial decision to bill rate payers in US dollars only following a treasury order for the local authority to abandon the action.Town House...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt blocks Harare's US$ billing
GOVERNMENT has blocked a move by Harare City Council (HCC) to start billing its clients in United States dollars, with Finance ministry secretary George Guvamatanga describing the proposal as unlawful...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Government says NO to payment of bills in forex
THE directive late last week by the Government that all local councils must continue charging in local currency as opposed to United States dollars as had just been announced by the Harare City Counci...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Staff rporter
Forex rate premium falls
THE parallel market exchange rate premium has fallen below 50 percent, as policy interventions by the Government continue to drive appreciation of the Zimbabwe dollar, but pockets of resistance remain...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwe police gear up for elections
GOVERNMENT is equipping police with adequate resources to deal with violence-related crimes ahead of the August 23 harmonised elections while police have set up a special investigative unit to deal wi...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a peaceful, credible, free and fair election
ELECTIONS in our country have tended to be hotly-contested over the past 23 years. Ordinarily, they must be a contest of ideas, but in a number of cases, the contestation has degenerated...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops in trouble for torturing woman
FOUR Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers are being sued by a Zaka woman whom they tortured as they coerced her to reveal the whereabouts of her son.The police officers, Constables Mavis Si...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman shot outside Cape Town court was Zimbabwean witness to murder
A woman shot dead outside a courthouse in Cape Town, South Africa, on May 25 was a 30-year-old Zimbabwean who was a witness against a man who killed her friend, ZimLive revealed.In a viral vid...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 14:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Lumumba loses child custody
HIGH Court judge Justice Priscilla Munangati-Manongwa has ordered William Mutumanje, popularly known as Acie Lumumba, to return his minor child to his estranged wife Lilian Rufaro Madyara after he kid...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt departments warned for dumping Zimdollar
Finance and Economic Development secretary George Guvamatanga has warned government departments to desist from giving preference to clients paying for services in US dollars as opposed to local curren...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt urged to respect rule of law
LEGAL think-tank Veritas has accused the government of failure to respect the rule of law through unlawful suspension of standing statutes by Cabinet ministers.In its latest Bill Watch publica...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe industry frets over suspension of import duty
CAPTAINS of industry in Zimbabwe are sweating over the recent suspension of import duty and import value-added tax (VAT) on 10 basic groceries saying this was tantamount to exporting jobs and killing ...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
List of duty-free goods released
Import duty and import VAT was suspended yesterday on 10 basic goods: maize meal, rice, milk, flour, salt, cooking oil, petroleum jelly, toothpaste, bath soap and washing powder.The suspension...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Home Affairs secretary in meddling storm
HOME Affairs permanent secretary Gerald Gwinji has been accused of meddling in a case where he made attempts to summon his counterpart, secretary for Local Government ministry Zvinechimwe Churu, on be...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK invite surprised Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he was still surprised how he got an invite to attend the coronation of King Charles III, which will take place in London, the United Kingdom, at the weeken...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
7-day ultimatum for unscrupulous suppliers
Suppliers of undelivered goods and those Government officials who authorised the contracts for undelivered goods are now under intense investigation with arrests imminent, Permanent Secretary of Finan...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
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