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FULL TEXT: President Mnangagwa's full Independence speech
President Emmerson Mnangagwa today delivered his first Independent speech at the national Sports Stadium. In the speech Mnangagwa paid tribute to the victims of Cyclone Idai both from Zimbabwe...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 20:41hrs | 3271 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimra targets tax dodgers
WHEN the taxman pays an impromptu visit, they all shut their doors; and when he calls-in everyone stampedes for the exits just to get a good reason to say "no one heard the call".Very few peop...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:18hrs | 2076 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa trumpets Indian support to Zimbabwe's economic reconstruction
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday applauded the immense contribution of India to Zimbabwe's economic reconstruction, diplomacy and international politics. Represented by Patrick Chinamasa...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 21:36hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai hits Manicaland business
THE devastating Cyclone Idai has affected Manicaland's agro-based industry thereby reducing exports, while players in the small to medium enterprises sector were either forced to close shop or downsca...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:48hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Removal of the Indigenization policy: Good Riddance
The announcement by the Zimbabwean government that it will scrap the Indigenization and Empowerment policy for all investments into the country comes as a welcome development for domestic and foreign ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 13:04hrs | 2802 | by Victor Bhoroma
SMEs sector to be taxed, says Zimra
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) will soon be incorporating the small to medium enterprises sector into the tax collection system in line with efforts to broaden the revenue collection base. ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 10:24hrs | 890 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisoners to enjoy more rights
Cabinet on Tuesday approved changes to the Prisons Act in a move that that will see prisoners being accorded constitutional rights they deserve in line with international norms and standards. ...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:49hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches technology centre
President Mnangagwa yesterday launched the India-Africa Incubation Centre in Harare which he described as a key conduit that will drive the modernisation and industrialisation of the economy. ...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 22:35hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches India-Africa Incubation Centre
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially launched the India-Africa Incubation Centre which is meant for training women and youths and prepares them for employment creation and strengthening the SME...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:09hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
Looting protests: Vendors feel the heat
THE ongoing crackdown against perceived opposition activists following recent riots in Harare and other parts of the country has left vendors vulnerable. Most of them lost their wares, while trading i...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:02hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
SMEs engage BCC after lootings
SMALL to Medium enterprises in Bulawayo who were affected by the violent demonstrations that rocked the country two weeks ago have approached the city council seeking new sites to operate from after t...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 12:16hrs | 1908 | by Staff Reporter
ZimTrade aims to increase exports by 10%
TRADE and export promotion body ZimTrade has projected to increase exports of value-added goods and services by 10 percent this year through lining-up various promotional programmes aimed at encouragi...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:28hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe counts huge costs of stay-away
Zimbabwe lost millions of dollars after the country was brought to a virtual standstill by a highly successful mass stay-away engineered by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and social medi...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:08hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
The evil hand of civil society, MDC-Alliance
This week, Zimbabwe's opposition MDC-Alliance, civil society organisations and NGOs fronted a so-called shutdown that was underlined by anarchy, looting and lawlessness. The orgy of violence saw the d...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:03hrs | 307 | by Panganai Kahuni
Mnangagwa urged to hike public sector salaries
A Zimbabwean businessman has urged government to raise wages in a bid to prevent the meagre income of public sector workers becoming a source of anger for citizens.In a letter to President Emm...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 14:56hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Re-dollarisation of economy: Wrong turn for Zimbabwe
There is an effervescence in the economy – an imperceptible but definite shift towards re- dollarisation of the economy.Initially a trickle, this will soon turn into a mighty tide in one dir...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:06hrs | 1602 | by Joseph Mverecha
Economic meltdown pushing many into poverty
As the festive mood grips the nation, there is a feeling among most Zimbabweans that the 2018 Christmas will be dull. Economic woes headlined by cash shortages, fuel shortages, multi-tier pricing and ...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 16:52hrs | 923 | by Victor Bhoroma
Empower Bank to introduce agency banking
EMPOWER Bank has set sights at introducing agency bank as part of its efforts to reach out to all marginalised youths across the length and breadth of the country.Empower Bank head of marketin...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:50hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Entrepreneurship, the new spirit of Zimbabwe
The turn of the 21st century was not good for Zimbabwe as the country was slapped with illegal sanctions by the west which led to the closure of many industries. Despite going for nearly two decades w...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 13:53hrs | 1452 | by Elijah Chihota
Zanu-PF urged to focus on fixing economic challenges
THE ongoing Zanu-PF national conference must give the party a chance to realign its energies into coherence and come up with responsive strategies to arrest the obtaining economic challenges.T...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:32hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Surviving under sanctions 101
Cuba was under US economic embargoes for 50 years but managed to erect firewalls around its sovereignty . Zimbabwe needs to do the same - we have the brains and the capacity to do so. The mini...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 09:27hrs | 1499 | by Never Maswerasei
Mega deals remain elusive for Zimbabwe
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: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:50hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Concern over Bulawayo disused industrial space
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncube says her office is seized with identifying more working space for Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as part of measures to ensure success of their bu...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:22hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Minister suspects hidden hand behind infernos
A FIRE razed a girls' hostel at Mbuyazwe Secondary School in Umguza District, Matabeleland North yesterday amid calls for security services to investigate the alarming cases of infernos being experien...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:50hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's chance to shine
ALL eyes are on Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube as he presents his 2019 National Budget proposals in Parliament today, the first in the Second Republic. The Bu...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:36hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
Thumeza changing logistics landscape in Bulawayo
My name is Gugulethu Siso and I am the Founder and CEO of Thumeza which is registered as a Private Business Corporation. Thumeza is a delivery solutions provider focused on on-demand and last mile del...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 12:43hrs | 1763 | by Gugulethu Siso
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 | 258 | 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 | 4715 | 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 | 751 | 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 | 1111 | 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 | 108 | 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 | 3684 | 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 | 3833 | 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 | 378 | 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 | 7481 | 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 | 5981 | 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 | 473 | 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 | 5204 | 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 | 792 | 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 | 1502 | 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 | 157 | 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 | 372 | 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 | 583 | 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 | 32637 | 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 | 825 | 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 | 480 | 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 | 517 | 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 | 3117 | 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 | 290 | by Staff reporter
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