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Tax rebate for job creators
GOVERNMENT is planning to introduce a tax rebate for companies that create additional jobs as part of broader fiscal policy measures aimed at stimulating the economy towards an upper middle-class stat...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:32hrs | 238 | by Staf reporter
'We must Buy Zimbabwe or die'
The Israelites reportedly took 40 years in the wilderness on a journey that ordinarily took a month.Clearly, something was not right.Suffice to say, gross indiscipline and an inability...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:45hrs | 4652 | by Munyaradzi Hwengwere
Mnangagwa reviews Mthuli Ncube's 2% tax
Government will review the two percent transactional tax on electronic money transfers to make it sensitive to the needs of both business and consumers, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.T...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:35hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Afreximbank pledges to continue assisting Zimbabwe
AFRICAN Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has pledged to continue assisting Zimbabwe meet its financial needs, saying all the loans extended to local entities by the bank have performed to expectation,...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 12:54hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on technological shift
President Mnangagwa has challenged the Harare Institute of Technology to change the narrative of Zimbabwean discourse from technological theory and aspirations to acquisition of real and tangible rese...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:42hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Citizen Cabinet Ministers Unveiled
An Alteernative 16 member Cabinet was launched in the Capital Harare today. The Citizens Cabinet as it is called will play the primary role to shadow critic and offer alternative policy solutions to t...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 15:33hrs | 3668 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli Ncube has a good plan
Political legitimacy, economic bailout and the draconian Public Order and Security Act (Posa) and Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Aippa) laws are some of the topics Zimbabwe's new...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 06:42hrs | 3260 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe drops in World Economic Forum rankings
The US remains the world's most competitive economy, whilst Zimbabwe has fallen from 124th to the 128th, according to the World Economic Forum (Wef)'s annual rankings issued this week.The Wef ...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 11:48hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe black market rates tumble
PARALLEL market rates plummeted in Bulawayo yesterday after Government guaranteed the 1:1 convertibility value of Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) balances into the United States dollar as well as av...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:53hrs | 7133 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube goes on a tangent, sounds very dodgy
FINANCE minister Honourable, Professor Mthuli Ncube goes at a tangent while trying to address the question of double taxation on Zimbabweans moving money from their bank account to their mobile money ...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 11:16hrs | 5938 | by Staff reporter
French kiss for Mnangagwa reforms
The chief executive of the French government's development agency, Mr Rémy Rioux, says Paris is enhancing ties with Harare, and President Emmerson Mnangagwa is welcome to send a delegation to his cou...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:36hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Mthuli Ncube continues listening & consulting roadshow meeting with SMEs
Minister of Finance continues listening and consulting roadshow meeting today with 50 Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) Minister of Finance and Economic Development Mthuli Ncube conti...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 13:12hrs | 5147 | by Agencies
Money transfers tax a threat to financial inclusion
Announcing fiscal measures on Monday, Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube said the intermediated money transfer tax had been reviewed from five cents per transaction to two cents pe...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:49hrs | 789 | by David Mhlanga
Zimbabwe still awaits mega deals
LOCALLY, thousands have called him a hero for toppling the only leader Zimbabwe has known for almost four decades.Abroad, investors are, for the first time in decades, considering Zimbabwe as ...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 20:38hrs | 1387 | by Staff reporter
BCC sees SME mainstreaming as engine of growth
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has pledged to formulate policies aimed at promoting the growth of small-to-medium-scale enterprises (SMEs), as part of its strategy to revive the city's economy....Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Modi SMEs loan deadline closes
THE deadline for the Raj Modi Trust loan scheme closes today with successful applicants expected to get funding soon to boost their businesses. Project coordinator, Mr Hope Sendamai said the i...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new political order
South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko and black consciousness icon once said, "It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die". President Mnangagwa o...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 369 | by Keith Guzah
Calls to combat Zimbabwe graft grow louder
INDICATIONS from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government currently show that he has taken a tough stance against corruption, a cancer that has done significant damage to the country's socio-economic...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:19hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Chiwenga's hand swollen
The state media ZBC News today published a photo showing Vice President Retired General Dr Constantino Chiwenga's swollen hand. The VP was at hi...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 16:21hrs | 32111 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's mobile data charges second highest in Africa - report
Zimbabwe has the second most expensive mobile data in sub-Saharan Africa after Equatorial Guinea at $25 for one gigabyte, a technology report released last week has shown.Despite the spread of...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:41hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
MDC Khupe urges new govt to be more accountable
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T has challenged the new government to abide by the Constitution and to be accountable and responsive to speed up the country's economic transformation.MDC-T spokes...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:41hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
ZimTrade board appoints new substantive CEO
THE ZimTrade board has announced the appointment of Mr Allan Tawanda Majuru as the new substantive chief executive officer for the country's trade promotion agency with effect from 1 September 2018. ...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T Statement on cabinet appointments
The MDC-T would like to congratulate the new cabinet which was sworn in today. We note with great appreciation efforts of inclusion of women, youth and other minority groups in our country. The cabine...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 18:45hrs | 3106 | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
Bulawayo man takes Sedco to court
A Bulawayo resident, Mandlenkosi Ndlovu, has filed a chamber application for leave to file a Constitutional Court application, challenging the constitutionality of the Small Enterprises Development Co...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:28hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Corruption major hurdle to meeting development goals
THERE are many questions which require some answers for Zimbabwe pertaining to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially on whether Zimbabwe will achieve the targets of the 17...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | 69 | by David Mhlanga
Pumula South residential stands sold out
DIVERSIFIED financial services group, Old Mutual Zimbabwe, has sold out residential stands under Phase 1 of its Pumula South project in Bulawayo.The Old Mutual Zimbabwe group is developing 1 0...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:38hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Pumula South residential stands sold out
Diversified financial services group, Old Mutual Zimbabwe has sold out residential stands under Phase 1 of its Pumula South project. In Bulawayo, the Old Mutual Zimbabwe group was developing 1...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 08:58hrs | 2180 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's New Cabinet?
COCKPIT PRESIDENT --- ED DEPUTY PRESIDENT --- CHIWENGA DEPUTY PRESIDENT --- KHAYA MOYO CHAIRMAN --- OPPAH KASHIRI ...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 07:02hrs | 37330 | by Noble Tawanda Ngara
NMB promotes growth of SMEs
NMB Bank has urged small to medium sized businesses to take advantage of the advisory and financial services its Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) Banking Unit offers them to help grow their enterpris...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 09:31hrs | 840 | by Agencies
Leaked - Chamisa's Cabinet
Before reading: Please note that these are Sam Wezhira's views and they do not represent those of Bulawayo24.com...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 20:09hrs | 25384 | by Sam Wezhira
Mujuru to win the Zimbabwe presidential election on July 30
THREE years after she was unceremoniously fired from Zanu-PF and government, former vice-president Joice Mujuru will on July 30 contest her first election as an opposition candidate and she believes v...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:36hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa man of the moment
As the 2018 harmonised elections beckons with only twelve days to go, political parties are busy criss-crossing the length and breadth of Zimbabwe trying to lure the electorate to vote for them. In al...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 16:19hrs | 1553 | by Elijah Chihota
Old Mutual's centre to jumpstart informal sector
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed financial services group, Old Mutual, says its $21,4 million state-of-the-art small to medium enterprises (SMEs) Eastgate Market in Harare would be opened next month....Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Medical aid firm targets informal sector
FAST-growing Gweru-based medical aid company, Zimbabwe General Medical Aid Fund (ZG Medical) has begun tapping into the country's vast jobless market, which is usually neglected by most insurance and ...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 06:51hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector requires $2bn
Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector requires around $2 billion in capital funding for optimum operation, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has said. CZI president Sifelani Jabangwe pi...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 06:59hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenges Old Mutual to invest in agric
President Mnangagwa yesterday challenged Old Mutual Limited to consider investing in the country's agricultural sector and help fund commercial infrastructure in line with global trends and developmen...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:41hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens women's bank
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially opened the Zimbabwe Women's Microfinance Bank (ZWMB), promising to soon announce comprehensive strategies to alleviate cash shortages in the economy....Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 15:06hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
Ecobank rolls out $150m letter of credit lines
Ecobank Zimbabwe has rolled out over $150 million worth of letters of credit lines into the Zimbabwean market in the last eight months as the bank moves to support the economy.Ecobank Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Ecobank to source more funds for critical imports
ECOBANK Zimbabwe, a unit of Togo-based Ecobank Transnational Inc, is arranging a $45 million line of credit to fund importation of critical raw materials, an official has said. Zimbabwe is grappling w...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:46hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
RBZ told to 'delegate forex allocation to banks'
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe should abandon its foreign currency allocation framework and delegate the role to individual banks as this gives the impression of a distorted economy, the Zimbabwe Nation...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 06:56hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
NRZ Pension Fund sues SMEs over $13 000 rental arrears
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe Contributory Pension Fund has taken one of its Bulawayo tenants, Small and Medium Enterprises Association of Zimbabwe, to court over $13 000 rental arrears. N...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:21hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
'It's time to clear MDC-T rot,' says Chiwenga
It is now time to clear the rot perpetrated by MDC-T councils in cities and towns and President Mnangagwa's administration will not evict residents duped and illegally settled by land barons before Go...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:24hrs | 655 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga puts land barons on notice
It is now time to clear the rot perpetrated by MDC-T councils in cities and towns and President Mnangagwa's administration will not evict residents duped and illegally settled by land barons before Go...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:16hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance's wish list
The MDC Alliance unveiled its manifesto last week with a promise to grow a $100 billion economy by 2028 should its candidate, Nelson Chamisa, prevail at the July 30 harmonised elections.The gr...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 09:08hrs | 1505 | by Staff reporter
Musakwa wins big at business awards
THE owner of Oakleigh House School in Beitbridge, Mrs Sikathele Musakwa, was the toast of the day at the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) Matabeleland Annual Business Awards ceremony held ...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:27hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
I am sorry Mr Chamisa, but my vote isn't yours
To begin with, I must applaud the MDC Alliance for coming up with a splendid document.It does take some effort and concern and obviously all the issues at the heart of the Zimbabwean are hard ...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:40hrs | 1125 | by Radar
'Madhuku' - arrested 18 times but still standing
As the country hurtles towards the general election next month, aspiring candidates from across the political divide have started canvassing for votes - promising the electorate development and someti...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 12:32hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets tax cuts for SMEs
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) plans to cut taxes for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) as part of efforts to help them formalise their operations through compliance.A working paper t...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 08:20hrs | 406 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo's Chelsea Shield players named
BULAWAYO's finest 15 footballers – unattached to professional clubs – have been named to represent the city in the search for the player who will make it into the Shield-Chelsea Africa XI squad. ...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:04hrs | 284 | by Staff rpeorter
SMEs transition key in uplifting the Zimbabwean Economy
The transition of SMEs to big business or corporates is pivotal in any economy in the world. It is actually the relative measure of how well an economy is performing as SMEs are the seed-bed of busine...Published: 18 May 2018 at 17:51hrs | 898 | by Victor Bhoroma
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