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2 Zimra officers remanded to June
Two Chiredzi-based Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), revenue collection officers, accused of extorting clients of over $80 000, were last week remanded to June 27. The courts have temporaril...Published: 19 hrs ago | 517 | by Staff reporter
Relief for Botswana deportees
THE situation at Plumtree High School, a Covid-19 isolation centre for Zimbabweans repatriated from Botswana, has improved after Government responded to an exposé by Chronicle on Saturday. More than ...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 1132 | by Staff reporter
Imports surged before lockdown
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it recorded a seven percent increase in imports coming into the country a week prior to the closing down of borders to non-essential traffic and the impleme...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 07:58hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe battles to recover confiscated ambulances
THE Kwekwe City Council is battling to repossess two ambulances that were impounded by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) for allegedly circumventing import tax, as the local authority seeks to be...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Zimra introduces online tax services
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has suspended all manual transactions with clients, encouraging them to utilise the online platforms for all its operations and tax updates.Zimra Commiss...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:16hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube redirects 2020 budget allocations to fight Covid-19
GOVERNMENT has availed $500 million and approved recruitment of 4 200 health workers as part of a wider Covid-19 (coronavirus) mitigation measures, that include redirecting the 2020 budget expenditure...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:56hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
Government-led lockdown not enough for Zimbabwe’s fight against Coronavirus
It took a while for the Zimbabwean government to meaningfully respond to the Covid19 pandemic, better late than never.Now that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has decreed that there shall be a 21...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 10:36hrs | 823 | by Edzai Zvobwo
Zanu-PF benefactor in murky Zupco bus deal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisor and Sakunda Holdings boss Kuda Tagwirei, whose tentacles stretch across a vast spectrum of the economy, has been acquiring buses for Zupco's public transportatio...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 08:10hrs | 5579 | by Staff reporter
South Africa, Zimbabwe clear travellers
Zimbabwean and South African immigration authorities yesterday worked round the clock to clear the final batch of travellers entering the country through Beitbridge Border Post. Human traffic ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:34hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Olinda Chapel donates 10 000 masks to Zimbabwe
UK-based Zimbabwean businesswoman and socialite, Olinda Chapel has donated 10 000 disposable face masks to Zimbabwe.The donation was made through her Olinda Chapel Foundation."The Olin...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 15:14hrs | 2949 | by Staff reporter
Pool boss 'snookered' in love triangle
A BULAWAYO businessman reportedly confronted former Bulawayo Pool Association president and beat him up for allegedly having an affair with his wife of seven years, who is a well-known national pool p...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:25hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Zimra suspends processing of immigrants rebate on vehicles
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) on Tuesday suspended the processing of returning residents immigrants rebate on vehicles until further notice citing possible exposure of its staff to COVID-19....Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Zimra goes digital to avert COVID-19 spread
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has suspended manual clearance processes in favour of digital services as it moves in to operationalise the Government's national responsiveness plan to contain ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:22hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Border Post closes tonight
Zimbabwe and South Africa will at midnight jointly close Beitbridge Border Post to non-residents with only Zimbabwean residents allowed to travel north and South African residents to move south. ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:18hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
ZIMRA takes measures to curb the spread of COVID-19
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) is aware that due to the nature of the daily work and the positioning of our offices, stations and ports of entry, our staff are at high risk in terms of exposur...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 19:26hrs | 2312 | by Faith Mazani ZIMRA Commissioner General
Panic at Harare airport...ZIMRA workers strike over Zororo Makamba death
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) at the Robert Mugabe International airport have downed tools after the death of broadcaster Zororo Makamba who was diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus. ...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 09:03hrs | 10885 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimra introduces new transfer pricing return for taxpayers
ZIMBABWE has introduced an advance version of the transfer pricing return that taxpayers are directed to file with their annual self-assessment corporate income tax return for the year ended 31 Decemb...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:48hrs | 2298 | by Staff reporter
New twist to Ginimbi case
IN a new twist to businessman Genius Kadungure's case, the State yesterday insisted they would be proceeding with his criminal prosecution in a matter he is jointly charged with his company Piko Tradi...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:58hrs | 3064 | by Staff reporter
Pastor 'smuggles' dangerous drugs
A PASTOR from Bulawayo allegedly smuggled heroin, morphine and codeine weighing more than one kilogramme and worth $130 000, wrapped in a parcel that contained a small Bible, bottles of holy water and...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling cartels cost Zimbabwe US$1bn
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is studying an explosive dossier compiled by a regional anti-corruption institution detailing how the tax collector could have been prejudiced an estimated US$1 ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:42hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Zimra official in US$15 000 swindle
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer in Beitbridge allegedly ganged up with a customs clearing agent and swindled a Harare businessman of US$15 000 after fraudulently clearing his imported car...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:38hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Will our MPs be spared from Coronavirus by wearing masks
Surgical face masks have now become a fashion trend and also a symbol of this generation fighting COVID-19 which is ravaging the world.Face masks have always been the significance of hiding on...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 13:28hrs | 1002 | by Paul Ndou
Zanu-PF MP evades paying vehicle import duty
ZANU-PF legislator for Hurungwe Cecil Kashiri has been arrested and appeared in court on Saturday on allegations of importing his luxury vehicle using forged documents to evade paying import duty....Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Zimra creates fast lane for maize imports
GOVERNMENT has imported close to 300 000 tonnes of maize since January with the bulk of the imports coming through Beitbridge Border Post.According to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), 1...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:07hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Govt to deal with corrupt fuel retailers
GOVERNMENT has activated high-level systems to deal with corrupt fuel retailers engineering artificial shortages, with strict surveillance and penalties crafted to clean up the sector.Ch...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:50hrs | 185 | by Staff Reporter
Whistleblowers help Zimra recover $90 million
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has recovered about $90 million in unpaid taxes through the whistleblower facility over the past 10 years as it makes concerted efforts to mop up revenue from no...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:45hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Service stations in Bulawayo hike fuel prices
SOME Bulawayo service stations selling fuel in foreign currency have hiked prices, reportedly in response to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority's (Zimra) foreign currency duty demand for petrol and diesel...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 08:15hrs | 3399 | by Staff Reporter
6 tonne chemical spillage in Entumbane
A SOUTHAfrican registered haulage truck overturned in Entumbane suburb in Bulawayo and spilled nearly six tonnes of hazardous substances.The truck which was enroute to the DRC, was carrying 32...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 16:00hrs | 2962 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi - Zimra in out of court settlement
Flamboyant businessman Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure's case where he faces over $3,8 million in unpaid taxes, will not be heard amid reports that the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority is only interested in gett...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:51hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa aide claims bad blood with Ndhlukula
FORMER principal director of State residences in the Office of the President and Cabinet Douglas Tapfuma, who is facing three counts of criminal abuse of office, yesterday told the court that there wa...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 05:19hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans steal fuel worth R3 million in South Africa
Two Zimbabweans charged for alleged theft of fuel worth R3 million in South Africa have been denied bail at the Warden Magistrate court and their trial has been postponed to March 24.Owen Mute...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 20:12hrs | 1886 | by Staff reporter
Forex fuel irks transports operators, motorists
GOVERNMENT'S decision to licence a number of service stations to sell fuel in foreign currency as the Emmerson Mnangagwa administration battles to rein in recalcitrant economic problems has irked publ...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:26hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
ZITF bars exhibitors from COVID-19-affected countries
The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) hangs in the balance amid reports the ZITF Company will bar exhibitors from countries affected by coronavirus (COVID-19) from attending this year's trade e...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:19hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Zimra ordered to refund firm $545,000
The High Court has ordered the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority to refund Benchman Investments (Pvt) Ltd $545 058 it paid 14 years ago as unjustified duty-fee for its imported vehicles. Benchman Inv...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 05:54hrs | 2063 | by Staff reporter
Zimra releases Mpilo Hospital equipment
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has released the clinical equipment meant for Mpilo Central Hospital after it was impounded from a team of United Kingdom health specialists.This prompte...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 11:03hrs | 1916 | by Staff reporter
George Charamba fumes at 'Mpilo Hospital lies'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has dismissed reports that Zimra was holding on to dialysis equipment belonging to Mpilo Hospi...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 20:57hrs | 5456 | by Staff Reporter
Assessing the latest Monetary Policy Statement
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) delivered its first monetary policy statement for 2020 (On 17 of February 2020) with an impetus on stabilizing prices and the exchange rate. The central bank deliver...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 07:50hrs | 424 | by Victor Bhoroma
Ex-Mnangagwa aide boss has case to answer
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed former State House director Douglas Tapfuma's application for discharge saying he must be put to his defence.Tapfuma, who is represented by Jonathan Sam...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 07:36hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Zimra impounds lifesaving equipment
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has seized dialysis equipment donated to Mpilo Central Hospital over unpaid customs duty amounting to 3 000 pounds, a development that has affected an ongoing tr...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 05:48hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Government intensifies maize imports
GOVERNMENT is importing an average 120 tonnes of maize from South Africa through Beitbridge Border Post daily, as efforts intensify to ensure food security.The imports are part of a cocktail o...Published: 01 Mar 2020 at 12:44hrs | 1805 | by Staff Reporter
Fuel cheats exposed
FUEL retailers could be hoarding fuel for speculative purposes or diverting the commodity to either the black market or service stations that sell in foreign currency amid revelations they drew down i...Published: 01 Mar 2020 at 08:49hrs | 4009 | by Staff Reporter
Ginimbi offers Zimra $400 000 monthly out-of-court settlement
SOCIALITE and businessman Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure, who is facing charges of tax evasion and smuggling, has offered a $400 000 monthly out-of-court settlement deal with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authorit...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:39hrs | 3912 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sucked into US$9m GMB saga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa have been sucked into a US$9 million saga for the rehabilitation of Grain Marketing Board (GMB) silos fronted by millers, whi...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 07:14hrs | 2822 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses US$3bn to illicit financial flows
ZIMBABWE has lost over US$3 billion to illicit financial flows through tax evasion, smuggling, corruption, fraud, drug trafficking and money laundering, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chai...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 05:52hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
US$7bn loot stashed in foreign lands:, says ZACC
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) says it has identified over US$7 billion in cash and properties stashed outside the country by former and current senior Government officials and captain...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 05:50hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Maize cartel 'boss' fails to account for US$27 million in Pairliament?
The Herald Herald Correspondent GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) chairman Mr Tafadzwa Musarara yesterday failed to account for US$27 million which the association received from the Reserve...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 05:50hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwaa's govt laments informalisation of economy
Government has expressed concern over a disturbing trend in which formal businesses are opting to go informal complicating calculation of their tax obligations. This is at a time the Zimbabwe ...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:30hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Zimra configures customs clearance system
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has configured the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) to accept the clearance of designated goods in foreign and local currency. The move is exp...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:15hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Justice Wadyajena divides parliament?
The 33 member Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and rural resettlement is alleged to be divided on tribal, political and personal interest lines as it emerged tha...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 13:16hrs | 2288 | by Nicholas Ncube
'Mthuli Ncube has no authority to backdate tax'
LEGAL think tank Veritas has said Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, who recently exempted Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies from paying income tax, has no jurisdiction to backdate tax....Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:49hrs | 3578 | by Staff reporter
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