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Zimra cracks down on fake tech flooding Zimbabwe's streets
Harare - The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has launched a sweeping crackdown on counterfeit electronics flooding the country's markets, targeting fake mobile phones, laptops, and accessories that...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 20:59hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube under pressure to ease tax burden
Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is facing mounting pressure from business leaders and economists to overhaul Zimbabwe's tax regime, with demands ...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 11:24hrs | 1281 | by Staff reporter
Exploring the new mines and taxation law
In Zimbabwe, the Finance Act No. 13 of 2023, specifically Section 26(3), introduces a unique provision regarding the taxation of mining titles. This legislation imposes a special capital gains tax on ...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 14:18hrs | 9 | by Clifford S. Ncube
Concerns over endless Zim debt escalates
Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) and the Zimbabwe Public debt Indaba (ZPDI) have said there are rising concerns over the deepeni...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Pushback over Chinese lithium push from US funded NGOs
A massive push by Chinese investors into Zimbabwe's multibillion dollar lithium mines has raised fresh fears of plunder with a leading resource campaigner pushing for stronger Parliamentary oversight....Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's gold policy fueling criminality'
GOVERNMENT'S policy of buying gold on a no-questions-asked basis is creating chaos and fueling criminality in the mining sector, the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has said....Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:05hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Plans to repeal crippling taxation on cards
THE Ministry of Mines and Mining Development is currently engaged in major discussions with fiscal and monetary authorities to address the issues of the punitive tax regime and surrender thresholds th...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe attracts 2 new investors to develop platinum mining projects
Zimbabwe will in coming weeks name two new investors who will develop separate platinum mining projects west of the capital as the country ramps up mining output in an attempt to ease a severe dollar ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:23hrs | 5 | by Reuters
Mnangagwa's first 100 days as president
Incoming President Emmerson Mnangagwa is inheriting a deeply-divided nation which needs reconciliation and healing, analysts contend adding that the former vice president has a huge task establishing ...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 13:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kadoma miner accuse Principal Director of Information Ministry of abuse of office
Kadoma miner Jame Nyamarebvu has accused the Principal Director in the Minister of Information Regis Chikowore for abusing public officer by using it as a tool to try and frustrate him from mining at ...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 05:50hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe mulls new mining tax
Zimbabwe is planning to introduce a new mining tax this year aimed at boosting the country's depleting revenue streams, businessdaily has established.Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said th...Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa's 2017 headache
Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has to make bold decisions when formulating the 2017 national budget and reduce taxes as well as encourage the wider use of the South African rand to save the ec...Published: 20 Nov 2016 at 12:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mining tax regime unfair, says Zimra
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says the country's mining tax regime must be reviewed, in the wake of shrinking royalties over the past year from the sector.Zimra chairperson Willia Bon...Published: 16 May 2016 at 15:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
PDP Weekly Economic Policy Brief - Zimbabwe's key economic enablers
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has identified 13 key economic enablers in its economic blueprint HOPE (Holistic Programme for Economic Transformation). These will be critical in creating a new Zi...Published: 23 Feb 2016 at 09:34hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Chinamasa unveils $4.1 billion 2015 budget
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Patrick Chinamasa has presented a $4.1 billion 2015 National Budget, amid indications that $3.32 billion will go towards employment costs.Chin...Published: 27 Nov 2014 at 16:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
No longer a curse? - African leaders take action that may transform the mining
The Hollywood blockbuster movie, Blood Diamond, tells a gripping story of how diamonds fuelled Sierra Leone's 11-year civil war which erupted in 1991. It depicts kidnappings, use of child so...Published: 17 May 2014 at 07:39hrs | 8 | by Kingsley Ighobor
Zimbabwe to review mining taxes, royalties
GOVERNMENT says it will review mining royalties and rates of taxation with a view to reduce the cost from mining charges to ensure optimal exploitation of minerals, Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining...Published: 05 Nov 2013 at 11:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Negotiating turbulent tax & compliance legislation key to growth in mining sector
The South African mining industry, currently facing one of the biggest downturns it has ever seen, has been fraught with confusion about the introduction of new legislation, which reports say could wo...Published: 17 Jul 2013 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Roxanne Lopez
Zimbabwe to hike mining taxes to bankroll elections
Zimbabwe will increase mining royalties soon to raise $132 million to bankroll the forthcoming elections, Finance minister Tendai Biti has said. The $100 million that had been promised b...Published: 02 May 2013 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ghana's ‘new path' for handling oil revenue
When the oil rigs started pumping crude off the coast of Ghana's Western Region in December 2009, many people hoped for better living standards and development. They wondered whether Ghana would ...Published: 21 Mar 2013 at 16:22hrs | 1 | by Efam Dovi
Zimbabwean born Zambian president accused of 'buying' votes
Both President Rupiah Banda and senior members of his administration have been brushing off critics who have accused the administration of "abusing public resources" in order to win votes in Zambia's...Published: 20 Jun 2011 at 05:51hrs | | by .
Zimbabwe mining sector seen growing 31% in 2010
Zimbabwe's mining sector is expected to grow by 31 percent in 2010, Desiree Sibanda, the country's Economic Development ministry permanent secretary says. Speaking...Published: 29 Oct 2010 at 06:05hrs | 2 | by Business reporter
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