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Zimra workers on go-slow
CUSTOMS and excise officers at Beitbridge border post and other stations yesterday briefly downed tools and later opted to go slow to register disgruntlement over poor wages, although the tax agency d...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 15:40hrs | 1699 | by Staff reporter
Zimra dismisses strike rumour, but border traffic too slow
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has dismissed claims by some people that operations had come to a stand still with customs officers on a go slow.There was anxiety among importers and exporters ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 18:02hrs | 1206 | by Staff reporter
Trio up for smuggling R900 200 goods
A TRUCK driver with a Chitungwiza logistic company, a businessman and clearing agent have appeared in court charged with smuggling property worth R900 223,02 through the Beitbridge Border Post, prejud...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:45hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
485 irregularly imported vehicles unearthed
A special post-vehicle clearance audit last year into vehicle imports, unearthed 485 irregular import documents with a potential revenue inflow prejudice to Treasury valued at US$70 million, the Zimba...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1397 | by Staff reporter
Zimra adapts to the new ICT-driven business model
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has started adapting to the information communication technology (ICT) mode of doing business to prevent the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). ...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:26hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
ZNA dismisses social media assault claims
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dismissed social media allegations that soldiers deployed in Kadoma and Kwekwe to assist the police in ensuring compliance to lockdown regulations are assaulting c...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:19hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Reward for turning-in tax dodgers
Whistle-blowers turning in tax dodgers can now claim a reward of 10 percent of the recovered taxes or duties under regulations gazetted on Friday by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:19hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Chinese people not guilty of compatriots' crimes
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday discouraged Zimbabweans from issuing blanket condemnation against all Chinese nationals for crimes committed by individual elements from the ally state.T...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:05hrs | 2375 | by Staff reporter
Zimra investigates over 600 corruption cases
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) investigated 600 corruption cases during 2019, with $154 million being identified for recovery as the institution goes after properties acquired through fraudule...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 19:40hrs | 2127 | by Staff reporter
Border authorities intercept 21 smuggling commercial trucks
AUTHORITIES at Beitbridge Border Post have increased surveillance and anti-smuggling activities during the ongoing lockdown and 21 trucks and 22 other vehicles smuggling an assortment of goods worth m...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 18:09hrs | 1169 | by Staff reporter
New exchange rate trebles customs duty
THERE has been an outcry at all ports of entry after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) hiked duty of all imported goods following a hike in the exchange rate by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on Tu...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1479 | by Staff reporter
Zimra nets $23,1bn revenue in 2019
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it managed to collect a net revenue of $23, 19 billion in 2019 against a planned $18, 6 billion target for the year. The tax authority is employing ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:57hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Pessimism grips forex platform
Business wants more "transparency more than promises" on the foreign currency auction system for the platform to succeed as the parallel market continued unabated yesterday, a day after monetary autho...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 16:36hrs | 2173 | by Staff reporter
Corruption storm brewing at Zimra
A corruption time bomb is ticking at the Zimabbawe Revenue Authority after anonymous car dealers filed a complaint with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission alleging that ZIMRA officers are d...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 09:43hrs | 5479 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Caps United funder speaks out
CAPS United bus donor Nyasha Mushekwi has for the first time spoken about pictures of CAPS officials seen loading 50kg sacks of maize in the boot of the bus. The club received the luxury...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 12:41hrs | 3155 | by Mandla Ndlovu
US$1 million gold theft: Judge revokes bail
HIGH Court judge Justice Thompson Mabhikwa has revoked bail for eight suspects allegedly involved in the theft of nearly US$1 million worth of gold at Plumtree Police Station after being infuriated by...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:09hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to buy land for Beitbridge workers
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is spending at least $2.4 million on renting properties to house its workers at Beitbridge Border Post and is considering acquiring the former Beitbridge Express...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
National Ports Authority long overdue, says Mthuli Ncube
Zimbabwe will expedite the establishment of the National Ports Authority to take over the management of its ports of entry and exit, a Cabinet minister has said.Finance and Economic Developmen...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1590 | by Staff Reporter
ZACC launches operation 'Wakazvitenga Sei?'
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has launched a new operation code-named "Wakazvitenga Sei?" that is set to see individuals who fail to account for their wealth forfeiting it to the Stat...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 08:22hrs | 2484 | by Staff Reporter
Mthuli Ncube tours Beitbridge Border post
Beitbridge Border Post was described as a very important Border Post that requires Government support.This was revealed by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Nc...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 21:09hrs | 2339 | by Staff reporter
'Forex allowances won't affect national budget projections'
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube has said the US$75 allowance and 50 percent salary increment for civil servants will not affect national budget projections. ...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
Smuggled chicks intercepted, destroyed
POLICE here have intercepted two men smuggling a consignment of 19 600 day-old chicks across the Limpopo River from South Africa into Zimbabwe. The pair was arrested on Tuesday evening near Pa...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1332 | by Staff reporter
Cargo traffic surges at Beitbridge Border
THE volume of commercial cargo traffic using Beitbridge Border Post has increased since the start of the lockdown period, which most Sadc countries are implementing to curb the spread of the Coronavir...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 15:11hrs | 3198 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi smuggling trial date set
HARARE regional magistrate Mr Crispen Mberewere yesterday set June 13 as the possible trial date for businessman Genius Kadungure and his company Piko Trading on tax evasion and smuggling charges they...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:02hrs | 3009 | by Staff reporter
Zimra targets unscrupulous traders
Zimra is upgrading its audit and mandatory data gathering to combat unscrupulous traders using multiple personal mobile money lines to avoid paying income tax, VAT and withholding taxes by hiding thei...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:36hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi's Gas Company guilty of tax evasion
Businessman Genius Kadungure's company Piko Trading today admitted to charges of tax evasion when he appeared at the Harare magistrates court.Piko Trading, which was being represented by Kadun...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 16:51hrs | 1512 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Border upgrade contractor abandons project
JOHANNESBURG Stock Exchange-listed construction firm Raubex, the primary contractor on the $241 million Beitbridge Border Post upgrade, has abandoned the project and left the site.This develop...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 09:48hrs | 2490 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe black market rates run amok
BLACK market rates have surged in recent weeks resulting in concurrent hikes in the prices of basic commodities and a clamour from workers to have wages increased.Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, t...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 20:39hrs | 8197 | by Xinhua
Smart card system to track fuel supply chain
ZIMBABWE will soon have a smart card system to track fuel through the entire supply chain to the retail consumers. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is working with the Harare Institute of Technology...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:40hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa top aide's cars forfeited
Top Government official Douglas Tapfuma has been jailed for four years and had his six cars forfeited to the State.Tapfuma was convicted on three counts of criminal abuse of office as a public...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 17:34hrs | 4808 | by Staff reporter
High Court blocks big eight fuel monopoly
THE 2020 licensing of fuel-import companies has taken a dramatic twist after the High Court declared null and void the Zimbabwe Energy and Regulatory Authority (Zera)'s decision last month to licence ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:13hrs | 1907 | by Staff reporter
Traffic at Beitbridge doubles
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says the volume of traffic at Beitbridge Border Post has doubled in the last few days.Beitbridge Border Post is one of the busiest inland ports in sub-Sa...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:00hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Zimra acts on congestion
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has come up with a raft of measures including creating express lanes for critical consumables and transit cargo to ease congestions that has been reigning suprem...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:24hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Zimra officer clears vehicles as groceries, jailed
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer based at Plumtree Border Post was jailedan effective six years for defrauding the tax collector of over US$500 000, excluding local currency, in illegal cl...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:35hrs | 1348 | by Staff reporter
Zimra official jailed 14 years for US$500k fraud
A Plumtree-based Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer linked to a car smuggling racket that defrauded the revenue collector of more than US$530 000 was yesterday sentenced to 14 years in jail fo...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Zimra official loses house over corruption
Former Zimra revenue officer Mr Kennedy Nyatoti has made history by becoming the first person to lose assets under Zimbabwe's civil-based asset forfeiture law when his US$150 000 mansion and US$10 000...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:42hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
Zimra activates facility to send groceries home
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has activated an imports relief facility to help Zimbabweans based in South Africa to send groceries and other goods home in commercial trucks through Beitbridge...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 20:03hrs | 4686 | by Staff reporter
Zimra's Documented Processing Centres hit by teething problems at borders
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)'s Documented Processing Centres (DPC) have been hit by teething problems, which have resulted in cargo piling up mainly at Beitbridge, Chirundu and Forbes border...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:05hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive serial fraudster arrested - 3 years on the run, 12 homeseekers duped
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a serial fraudster who has been on the run for three years after swindling 12 home seekers of more than R800 000. Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abe...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:01hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Zupco bus deal a hot potato in govt circles
CABINET ministers were evasive this week after being asked to explain the details of a murky deal between the government and Landela Investments (Pvt) Ltd, a company linked to President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:35hrs | 3427 | by Staff reporter
Relief for small fuel importers
Small fuel companies are now allowed to import fuel after the High Court on Wednesday overturned the decision by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) to issue import licences to only eight ...Published: 29 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
23 arrested for grocery smuggling through Limpopo river
TWENTY-THREE people have been arrested and $1,5 million worth of groceries seized from smugglers who bring in the contraband through the Limpopo River while 21 vehicles were impounded by the authoriti...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:04hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
The fall of Emperor Gershem Pasi
He was a power into himself, self-anointed emperor of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) who ran the government entity with a sense of unparalleled corruption and impunity. To all intents an...Published: 27 May 2020 at 10:30hrs | 2612 | by Ishemunyoro 'Joe Slovo' Mupokosera
Mthuli suspends duty on flour, maize meal
Customs duty on imported wheat flour and maize meal has been suspended for six months from 22 May to 21 November in terms of regulations gazetted yesterday by Minister of Finance and Economic Developm...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1502 | by Staff reporter
oMalayitsha call on Government to provide special permits
CROSS border transporters popularly known as oMalayitsha have called on Government to assist them with special permits which will ensure smooth passage of their goods into the country to enable them t...Published: 25 May 2020 at 16:16hrs | 3090 | by Staff reporter
Unclaimed vehicles at Zimra depot to be auctioned
At least 100 vehicles abandoned at Vehicle Inspection Depots in Gwanda and Bulawayo will be auctioned if not claimed within 30 days, according to a notice by Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commiss...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Beitbridge police brutality
A BEITBRIDGE court has ordered police to refund a resident, who was coerced to pay a fine for violating the lockdown regulations, amid accusations of gross human rights violations by law enforcement a...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:52hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
8 arrested for smuggling groceries
EIGHT people have been arrested in Beitbridge for smuggling groceries, blankets and electrical equipment from South Africa. Police are still to assess the value of the smuggled goods. ...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1567 | by Staff reporter
Transit trucks slow down commercial cargo movement
The volume of haulage trucks transporting commercial cargo through Beitbridge Border Post has been increasing in the last three days as more lorry drivers now prefer to transit through Zimbabwe to avo...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge cross-border transporters seek exemption
THE Beitbridge Cross-border Transporters Association has written to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) asking for its members to be allowed to traverse across Zimbabwe and South Africa for procure...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:26hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
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