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300 pirate taxis impounded
POLICE have impounded more than 300 pirating vehicles following the launch of an operation to bring back sanity onto the city's roads.Some of the pirating taxis would park in the middle of the...Published: 50 mins ago | 19 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi continues to draw resources from the government
Zanu-PF second secretary Kembo Mohadi is drawing fuel from the government for partisan political programmes, a leaked document shows.Mohadi has crisscrossed the country in recent months meetin...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1420 | by Staff reporter
Fuel abuse rocks Zimbabwe municipalities
SEVERAL local authorities are failing to account for thousands of litres of fuel allocated and disbursed for specific projects in an exposé that confirms how corruption is now rife within councils....Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:11hrs | 1613 | by Staff reporter
Zimra clearing agent in US$437,000 fraud
A REGISTERED Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) clearing agent appeared at the Harare magistrates court charged with fraud after he converted to own use US$437 433 he had mistakenly received from the ...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Zimra rolls out self-service kiosks
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has started rolling out self service facilities (Kiosk) for clients in a move to enhance efficiency in tax remittance as well as improve collections, especially ...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
'Councils pay for undelivered goods'
MOST local authorities have yet to submit last year's accounts for audit, with only 21 of the 92 having done so by the end of the May deadline, the Auditor-General, Mrs Mildred Chiri, has said....Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:54hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must revisit its ruinous stance on NGOs
Zanu-PF has been in overdrive with its attacks of civil society organisations with party spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa being the latest top ranking official to launch an unprovoked tirade....Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:48hrs | 270 | by Evans Mathanda
Zinara and VID deal raises eyebrows
The country's roads administrator, Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) assigned the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) to collect transit and overload fees without a contract, a new report...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:47hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Who is afraid of Donald Trump?
When reading about United States politics, the reader should remember that the Democrats are the brainy party, but they are too brainy for their own good. While the Republicans are the stupid party, t...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:46hrs | 230 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Fear grips undocumented foreign workers in South Africa
Zimbabwean domestic migrant worker Precious clocked in late for work, launched into her duties for a white South African family as if nothing happened, yet hours earlier she had been arrested for bein...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:38hrs | 1608 | by Staff reporter
Zimra fails to receipt ZW$1,6bn
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) failed to receipt deposits from clients worth close to ZW$2 billion (about US$3 million) last year, according to the Auditor-General Mildred Chiri.This i...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:24hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar to return soon
Zimbabwe's ruling party wants the country to revert to using the local currency as its sole means of exchange."I am very confident it's a matter of time" before that happens, Christopher Mutsv...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 18:34hrs | 10068 | by Staff reporter
MPs blast 'dishonest' Mthuli Ncube in heated tax-free salary stand-off
LEGISLATORS stood their ground in Parliament this week, firmly rejecting what they saw as a bid by Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube to use the Senate to backtrack on a commitment to increase th...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:08hrs | 2621 | by Staff reporter
Mixed reactions to police blitz
ABOUT 81 people had been arrested as of yesterday in the latest crackdown against unlicensed, uninsured and unregistered vehicles in Harare central business district.Police said criminals were...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police target briefcase companies
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a campaign to encourage businesses to operate within the law by registering their enterprises after noting that many people are being swindled by briefcase companies....Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
100 pirate taxis impounded in clampdown
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday impounded more than 100 pirate taxis and two buses for violating the traffic regulations and using undesignated areas in the city centre as pick-up and drop-off points...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Exposing Mudenda and Chokuda double standards
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda and the Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Mugove Chokuda have been exposed as being corrupt and dishonest in executing their duties and functions at Parliament.Th...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 11:22hrs | 2046 | by Maxwell Chaunoita
Zimra tender raises eyebrows
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has reportedly awarded a US$4,6 million tender for the supply, delivery and installation of a fiscalisation back-end system to Norwegian firm, Norway Registers D...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1130 | by Staff reporter
State entities not submitting reports for audit, says AG
AUDITOR-General Mildred Chiri has said most State entities are yet to align their practices and policies with the provisions of the Public Entities Corporate Governance Act after 53 entities failed to...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar shortage bites
THE government will today give an update on contracts it suspended last month pending a pricing review as pressure mounts for it to honour its obligations.Last month, as part of measures to sa...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 2849 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar to further strengthen?
The Zimbabwe dollar is likely to strengthen as extra strands in the policies to decrease the amount of local currency in bank accounts, while increasing the amount of foreign currency in official mark...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's many challenges and problems are microcosm of our failure to reason
Man is a creature of reason; all humans are born with inert potential to think and reason.Some people have lost the ability to reason out of drunken stupor, laziness or some such reas...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 18:47hrs | 133 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF stretching the truth on prices
YOU know we are in the election season when the Zanu-PF government starts lauding itself over non-existent economic improvements.The latest self-praise comes from the Treasury, the Reserve Ban...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree: A fuel smugglers paradise
FUEL smuggling is rampant along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border, with illicit traders resorting to paying bribes to evade arrest, a practice that has seen the country losing millions of dollars in potent...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Treasury blows whistle on plot to loot public funds
ZIMBABWE'S Treasury has exposed a calculated plot to loot public funds through an inflated tender awarded by Parliament to two companies which are charging astronomical prices for the supply of laptop...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:57hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter
Egodini project takes shape
SOUTH African based developer, Terracotta will this week start preparations for the laying of asphalt to the sides of Egodini Bus Terminus as they work towards the completion of Phase 1A of the rehabi...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:52hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF is more equal than others
A WHOPPING two months after Zanu-PF's Abton Mashayanyika unambiguously, and in broad daylight of July 2022 called for the assassination of opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | 176 | by Khanyisani S Ncube
The dangers of a long colonialism
Walking the last mileBY the time you read this piece, Queen Elizabeth II, late sovereign of the United Kingdom and titular head of the pizza-like Commonwealth, will be two days away from her f...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | 83 | by Jamwanda
Zimbabwean caregivers sing the blues in UK
ZIMBABWEAN nationals working as caregivers in the United Kingdom (UK) are at crossroads with agencies fleecing desperate workers of their salaries in the name of bond fees.The Independent is i...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 19:36hrs | 2620 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teachers welcome extension exemption permits, call for waivers
Zimbabwean teachers in the Western Cape have welcomed Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi's decision to extend the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEP), but they called for the relaxation of visa ...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:14hrs | 2867 | by Staff reporter
Bus operators pledge to end crisis
PUBLIC transport players have committed to revamp the sector with modern and customer-friendly buses to help manage the country's unrelenting transport crisis.Addressing delegates during a pas...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Fresh calls to scrap Mthuli Ncube tax
ZIMBABWE'S 2% intermediated money transfer tax (IMMT) is the highest charge on electronic transactions across Africa and should be scrapped because it affects the poor more, non-governmental organisat...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:08hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Traffic nightmare as kombi crews create 6th Avenue rank
DRIVING on Bulawayo's streets has become nightmarish as rowdy kombi crews violate road rules causing congestion.Roads such as 6th Avenue Extension and Herbert Chitepo streets from 5th Avenue t...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Parastatals defy govt directive on US$
SOME government departments are reportedly still demanding payment exclusively in United States dollars (US$) in defiance of a government directive to accept both local currency and US$.Treasu...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:54hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Report exposes double standards in Zimbabwe's reform drive
THERE have been double standards in Zimbabwe's hyped reform programme, a report by the United States (US) has noted, raising concern over land expropriations and undertakings to protect property right...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt pampering looters with tax breaks'
ZIMBABWE'S civic society organisations have raised fresh concerns over elevated plunder of the country's resources by multinationals, and are pushing to close loopholes.During a crucial confer...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
My accuser begged to join our farming project before cheating us: former ZNA captain
The former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Captain Solomon Ndlovu who had been jailed six years for theft of vehicle belonging to a businessman Osfael Mazibuko has said his accuser had begged to join the...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 14:52hrs | 1019 | by Stephen Jakes
Harare councillors waste thousands on trips outside capital
HARARE residents have accused City of Harare councillors of wasting taxpayers' money and fattening their pockets at the expense of essential service delivery to the general populace grappling shoddy, ...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | 1053 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe policies ineffective'
Opposition FreeZim Congress believes Zimbabwe's economy needs effective policies to be self-sufficient.In a report titled Five key Policies for High Impact Positive Social Change and Developme...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe chefs attempt to sneak to UN
SENIOR government officials reportedly secretly contacted the United Nations (UN) secretariat seeking to attend the UN General Assembly and other routine meetings, a leaked memo from Agriculture perma...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 1440 | by Staff reporter
No automatic bonuses for Zimbabwe's senior civil servants
GOVERNMENT has directed that there will not be automatic bonus payments for senior civil servants, but they will only receive the 13th cheque depending on their work output in line with performance-ba...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
BCC's new parking system generates $30m
THE new parking system implemented by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) in partnership with the privately-owned Tendy Three Investments (TTI) has generated a combined $30 million in parking and clamping...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
If only Zimbabwe also had a respectable leader whom we could revere as the British do their Queen!
As the British, and others around the world, mourn the death of their dearly beloved Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away yesterday, at her Balmoral Castle in Scotland - I cannot help admire and be mov...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 10:59hrs | 627 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chiwenga duped
The Cold Storage Company in Bulawayo remains closed, despite a grand "official re-opening" by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on August 22, ZimLive can reveal.Chiwenga, then the acting pre...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 19:57hrs | 4641 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sued 120 times over unpopular policies
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says he has been sued over 120 times over his unpopular economic measures.Since becoming the Treasury boss in September 2018, Ncube has implemented several contro...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has 2nd highest rising food prices, claims WB
THE World Bank says Zimbabwe has the second highest food prices in the world after it recorded a real food inflation annual rate of 52.In an update dated August 11, 2022, released on Sat...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Masisi proves ruling elite out of touch with suffering ordinary citizenry as he enjoys life in ivory tower with Mnangagwa!
I perfectly understand that life in the ivory tower of power and wealth is so lavish and comfortable!I am similarly aware that - living an ...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:31hrs | 502 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Police raid on park pirates nets 16 buses
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday impounded 16 buses, 13 pirate taxis and five private vehicles for picking up passengers at undesignated areas.There has been rampant picking of passengers at undes...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:48hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife snubs WHO sanctioned event in Harare
THE First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa Wednesday failed to turn up for a World Health Organisation (WHO) sanctioned event at which she was expected to officiate.This was despite her having confirmed...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 10:16hrs | 2640 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's strategy exposed as he fails to condemn xenophobic Limpopo MEC
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday condemned anti-immigrant protests that have prevented foreigners from accessing a hospital in the capital, fuelling concerns about rising xenophobia....Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 19:00hrs | 1361 | by Staff reporter
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