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Woman 'steals' imported car at Plumtree border post
A Plumtree woman appeared in court Friday for allegedly stealing a motor vehicle she had not imported, by clearing and paying duty fees for it at the border town's Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) o...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1599 | by CiTE
Car import ban costs Zimra $3 billion
ZIMBABWE lost more than $3 billion in potential revenue in April alone following its ban on imports of vehicles that are older than 10 years. The number of vehicles imported has dropped steeply by bet...Published: 9 hrs ago | 605 | by Staff reporter
Privatization plans off rails
In November 2018, the Zimbabwean government set out a privatization plan to dispose completely and partially privatize over 23 state entities and parastatals (SEPs). According to the Auditor General R...Published: 07 May 2021 at 15:41hrs | 991 | by Victor Bhoroma
'Zimbabwe part of Kazungula Bridge project'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday said Zimbabwe was now part of the Kazungula Bridge project that was snubbed by his predecessor, the late President Robert Mugabe.Kazungula Bridge is a...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1719 | by Staff reporter
CSC in bid to recoup US$34m debt
COLD Storage Company (CSC) corporate rescue manager Vonani Majoko is planning to institute legal action against the parastatal's debtors to recoup an estimated US$34 million owed it by mostly Zanu-PF ...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:35hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls Town Clerk arrested
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZAAC) has arrested Victoria Falls Town Clerk Ronnie Dube on allegations of corruption.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi r...Published: 06 May 2021 at 19:45hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
Court frees Zimra duo charged with criminal abuse of office
A Chiredzi regional court has acquitted two Zimra revenue officers in the sugar cane growing town who were facing criminal abuse of office charges due to a lack of incriminating evidence.Regio...Published: 06 May 2021 at 19:44hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe continues to endure crises of unimaginable proportions
Statement by Mr. Michael Sibangilizwe Nkomo, a Zimbabwean citizen and aspiring president of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) on the transport crisis in Zimba...Published: 05 May 2021 at 18:22hrs | 447 | by Mr. Michael Sibangilizwe Nkomo
Victoria Falls' councillors reverse Town Clerk suspension
VICTORIA Falls councillors have reversed the city mayor's decision to suspend Town Clerk, Mr Ronnie Dube, and ordered his reinstatement with immediate effect saying the suspension was unprocedural....Published: 04 May 2021 at 19:49hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to ease cargo flows due to construction delays
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is working on several measures to speed up the flow of commercial cargo traffic through Beitbridge Border Post where parking space is now limited due to the ongo...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:17hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge upgrade to cause six weeks of delays
The busiest border crossing in southern Africa will experience six weeks of significant delays as an upgrade begins.The Beitbridge crossing straddles South Africa and Zimbabwe and is an import...Published: 03 May 2021 at 17:17hrs | 1528 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa cuts off government departments over unpaid bills
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has disconnected water supplies to several government departments, local authorities and growth points as it seeks to recover ZW$2.1 billion in unpaid bil...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:31hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to auction smugglers' vehicles
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has resolved to sell impounded vehicles used to transport smuggled goods in and out of the country as the entity escalates its fight against corruption.I...Published: 02 May 2021 at 18:32hrs | 1806 | by Staff reporter
Anticipated delays at Beitbridge border post
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) wishes to advise all travellers, importers, exporters, transporters, clearing agents and the general public that due to ongoing extensive construction work at Be...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:42hrs | 2119 | by Staff reporter
NGOs mustn't be surprised when Govt cracks whip
I am not a regular imbiber but once in a while I go into a decent bar for an hour of two, just to catch up. And just last week, I popped into a hotel bar, seeking decency, social distance and a bit of...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:34hrs | 239 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Drunk varsity students go on rampage
A BULAWAYO motorist was forced to fire warning shots to deter drunken university students who engaged in an orgy of violence — attacking motorists and passersby after attending an unsanctioned party...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:21hrs | 1713 | by Staff writer
Gweru residents slam mayor's lavish lifestyle
GWERU residents associations have slammed mayor Josiah Makombe's plans to move into the mayoral mansion despite suggestions that the house be turned into a money-spinning venture.Addressing jo...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:20hrs | 406 | by Staff writer
Mayor suspends Town Clerk Dube
VICTORIA Falls Mayor Councillor Somveli Dlamini has suspended the city's town clerk Mr Ronnie Dube accusing him of corruption, gross incompetence, abuse of office and causing the local authority to lo...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:17hrs | 606 | by Staff writer
How blockchain is transforming Zimbabwe's economy
Zimbabwe is perhaps the first example that comes to anyone's mind when they think of failed states or economies. The country has been regularly making global headlines for the wrong reasons, with its ...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 18:33hrs | 1440 | by Staff writer
54 buses intercepted with smuggled goods
FIFTY-FOUR buses transporting smuggled goods worth over US$20 million have been intercepted since the beginning of March.As a result of the smuggling, the country has been losing millions of d...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 16:58hrs | 1781 | by Staff reporter
Prosecution recommended for Zinara looters
ZINARA officials involved in special projects undertaken with questionable and dubious contractors between 2012 and 2016, that prejudiced the Zimbabwe National Road Administration of US$71,5 million a...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:12hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Ministry compiles absentee teachers' list
The list of teachers who skipped lessons last month has been sent by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to the Public Service Commission while the list of teachers missing from their clas...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:11hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Separated by a river, but worlds apart
Depending on one's propensity to follow the news, the world, at varying days of December of 2019 was introduced to the novel corona virus, a highly contagious and deadly virus preliminary reports at t...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 14:40hrs | 2264 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
Villagers renew push for tollgate relocation
VILLAGERS in the Dema area of Seke district have renewed their efforts to have the Dema tollgate relocated as it is economically affecting their lives.The tollgate, located along Chitungwiza-W...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:09hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Government enforces 'no work, no pay' policy
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema has directed school authorities to submit names of teachers who have not been reporting for duty since the reopening of schools last month as Gove...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:02hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Govt enforces 'no work, no pay' policy
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema has directed school authorities to submit names of teachers who have not been reporting for duty since the reopening of schools last month as Gove...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1239 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe increases licensing fees for all gambling houses
The Zimbabwe government has decided to raise licensing fees for all gambling houses, casinos, lotteries, and betting shops, which are now estimated to be $250,000. The DailyNews reported that Home Aff...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 17:27hrs | 889 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa's govt caves in on salaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has bowed to pressure and agreed to consider another adjustment on civil servants' salaries after teachers threatened a full-blown strike last week as their e...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:40hrs | 7933 | by Staff reporter
Health hazard as council cuts water supplies at schools
PUPILS and teachers at a number of government schools in Bulawayo have been left exposed to communicable diseases after the city council cut water supplies due to failure by the State to settle a $12 ...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:37hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Mayweather coming to Zimbabwe
LEADING hospitality player rainbow Tourism Group subsidiary Gateway Stream has entered into a lucrative partnership with the Zimbabwe National Boxing and Wrestling Control Board and Lion Heart Promoti...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:58hrs | 758 | by Arthur Mutambara
SMM workers want administrator fired over US$43m salary arrears
SHABANIE and Mashava Mines Holdings (SMM) has accrued a debt of over US$43 million in salary arrears and unremitted pension contributions, it has emerged.This was revealed in an application re...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:10hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 vaccine to jump-start tourism sector
On January 30, 2020, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern....Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 20:10hrs | 254 | by Tirivanhu Kateera
Reprieve for second hand vehicle importers
LOCAL importers of second-hand light vehicles over 10 years old from the date of manufacture have up to the end of next month to clear their cars following the gazetting of Statutory Instrument 89 of ...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 19:42hrs | 2188 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga placed on Interpol Red Notice
Millionaire businessman Frank Buyanga has been placed on Interpol's Red Notice at the request of Zimbabwean police, freshly-leaked documents show.The 41-year-old gold coins trader - who has sq...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 21:19hrs | 2439 | by Staff reporter
No work, no pay for teachers
Teachers who are not reporting for duty risk losing their salaries after Cabinet yesterday reiterated that the "no work, no pay policy" will be enforced to ensure all teachers report for work. ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:11hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Winky D demands US$12 000 from Magamba TV for copyright breach
PROMINENT Zimdancehall artiste, Wallace Chirumiko, popularly known as Winky D has slapped Magamba TV Network with a US$12 000 lawsuit for infringement of copyright after network reproduced and played ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 05:34hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Chopper border patrols deter smuggling
The introduction of helicopter patrols by security officials has resulted in reduced cases of smuggling along the country's border with South Africa.National police spokesperson Assistant Comm...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 14:52hrs | 2124 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe a dumping ground for used cars?
LAST year in November, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube announced that imports of second-hand vehicles more than 10 years old were to be banned to contain the import bi...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:01hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
$6m 'theft' haunts Mwonzora
MDC-T activist Patson Murimoga is lobbying party members to demonstrate against their leader Douglas Mwonzora on Thursday this week to compel him to account for over $6 million which he allegedly stol...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:31hrs | 2935 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle imports tumble more than 60%
Numbers of second-hand vehicles imported through Beitbridge have slumped from around 60 a day to an average of 22 a day this month following the introduction of new regulations that make it very hard ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's telco regulator takes bold steps towards greater digital inclusion
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for African governments to pursue rapid digital transformation.Digitisation has the ability to transform economies and people's liv...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 19:32hrs | 357 | by Angela Collins
Excessive taxation driving fuel prices up
On the 5th of April, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) announced new pump price ceilings for fuel on the local market. The maximum pump price for Diesel is now ZW$111.77 per litre, up fr...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 09:09hrs | 1327 | by Victor Bhoroma
Unresolved economic issues for 2021
The Zimbabwean economy has experienced a period of relative stability since October 2020, even though multiple reforms have to be implemented to attain sustained economic growth. To a larger extent th...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 09:05hrs | 643 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe shall rise again
EMMERSON Mnangagwa, in his message during Zimbabwe's 38th Independence celebrations, months after the coup that removed long-serving leader Robert Mugabe and a few months before his election as ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:54hrs | 222 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Zimra slammed over non-disclosure of US dollar revenue
ECONOMIC experts have slammed the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) over the non-disclosure of foreign currency revenues in its earnings.This is despite the fact that government published Sta...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:24hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Zimra engulfed in corruption storm over whistle-blowers
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), which operates a whistleblower facility in a bid to eradicate tax fraud and duty evasion, is caught in a damaging storm of corruption in which its senior office...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:24hrs | 1287 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe poverty reaches alarming levels
ABOUT 1.5 million people living in Zimbabwe's urban centres plunged into alarming penury after their livelihoods were disrupted by the outbreak of Covid-19 and restrictions which were enforced to cont...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:18hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs' debts choke CSC
A Cold storage Company (CSC) debtors' list shows that Zanu-PF top officials renting the parastatal's farms owe hundreds of thousands of dollars to the ailing company, with revenue collections dropping...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:03hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Idolisation of champions of corruption
We are just two days away from celebrating Zimbabwe's independence from the shackles of colonialism. For some painful years, we have been trying to decide how best we can fight the cancerous worm of c...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:00hrs | 255 | by Sharon Hofisi
Land tenure reform to transform Zimbabwe rapidly
Two historical notes confirm the importance of land tenure and secure property rights. In the world today, only 18% of all agricultural land is privately-owned under freehold title. Yet this small are...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:58hrs | 1114 | by Eddie cross
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