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Harare loses millions in potential revenue
The City of Harare is losing millions of United States dollars in potential revenue from unpaid rates, with tuckshop owners and residents among the main defaulters. This was revealed by Acting Revenue...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:56hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Gweru unleashes debt collectors on defaulters
The Gweru City Council has announced that it will employ debt collectors to pursue ratepayers who have defaulted on their payments for more than two months. In a statement released on September 10, th...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 07:15hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy needs robust tax system
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) is pushing for a modernized tax system to address the complexities of Zimbabwe's economy, particularly the predominantly cash-based informal sector. ...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 07:07hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Government cuts Beitbridge water supply
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has cut water supplies to Beitbridge Town due to unpaid bulk water bills amounting to ZWG 2,711,362.80. Despite Zinwa and its sister government department...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 11:28hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
BPRA launches funeral cover for residents
The Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has elected a new board and launched a low-cost funeral cover, Uhlelo Lwezakhamizi Funeral Cover, aimed at underprivileged members of society. Thi...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimra clears Beitbridge arrears
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is up-to-date with its rates payment to Beitbridge Municipality, contrary to earlier reports that the tax collector was among several corporates with outstanding...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Property owners given ultimatum
HWANGE Local Board (HLB) has issued an ultimatum to property owners to pay their bills or risk their properties being attached.HLB spokesperson Dumisani Nsingo said the local authority was owe...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe clears 90% of debt to airlines
ZIMBABWE has cleared 90% percent of its obligations to international airlines which amounted to about US$100 million, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) revealed Wednesday.As o...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 21:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
483 rates defaulters lose property to council
GWERU City Council (GCC) has attached movable property of 483 defaulting residents and companies leading to the recovery of about $18 million.The local authority is seeking to recover $3,7 bil...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa switches off top officials, police in blitz
TOP government officials, critical security establishments, including police stations and ministry departments, were left in the dark last week after the country's power utility, Zesa, switched them o...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Power imports cost Zesa US$17m monthly
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) requires US$17 million per month for power importation to augment local supplies which are set to receive a major boost with coming on line of Hwange u...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man dated business women to kill & rob them
POLICE in Shurugwi have arrested a man who allegedly targeted single business women with whom he entered into love relationships before killing them and taking their properties such as vehicles as wel...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Council sues 400 defaulters per month
NEARLY 400 people are sued monthly by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and some end up having their property auctioned by the Messenger of Court after failing to settle their debts. Last Friday...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power cuts end in sight
Zimbabwe will start receiving 100MW from Zambia's state-owned power utility, Zesco, early next month under a five-year deal, while a delegation from Mozambique is expected in the country today to fina...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 09:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'RBZ risks litigation over rates'
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) violated the in duplum rule by increasing the bank interest rate to 200% from 80% with indications that the market could be bracing for more economic shocks and liti...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inflated BCC bills spark outrage
BULAWAYO City Council's decision to index charges in foreign currency and convert these at the prevailing official exchange rate has sparked outrage with residents saying they have received shocking b...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 21:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Door-to-door ARV distribution plans advanced
People living with HIV/AIDS will soon have anti retroviral (ARV) medication delivered to their homes under a programme meant to reduce cases of defaulting and enhance uptake. The programme, which will...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:04hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Govt tops pension defaulters list
STATE enterprises and parastatals top the list of 50 employers paying their former workers measly pensions, while owing the Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) $5,3 billion in pension contributio...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC identifies landlords as major defaulters
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has singled out landlords among major defaulters in paying water bills.The council accused the landlords of collecting rentals from tenants, but fail to pay bil...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents' property attached over council debts
AT least 10 residents from Senga suburb had their household property attached by the Messenger of Court at the instigation of Gweru City Council (GCC) in a bid to force ratepayers to settle their bill...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops resist 'punishing' transfers to rural outposts
AT least nine junior police officers have gone AWOL after resisting transfers to rural outposts.Confidential documents seen by NewZimbabwe.com indicate that the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara pleads with DBSA after default
ZIMBABWE'S roads administrator revealed on Tuesday that it had re-engaged the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) to review terms of a US$206 million loan granted about seven years ago, following ...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge residents demand govt intervention in Zinwa standoff
BEITBRIDGE residents want the government to intervene in the standoff between their local authority and the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) to ease water cuts in the border town.The ...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC threatens to disconnect defaulters
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has warned ratepayers that it will disconnect water supplies to defaulting residents, adding that it is owed $1,3 billion.Last month, BCC introduced credit control ...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare blacklists debtors
THE City of Harare is owed over ZW$17 billion in unpaid rents, rates, and other supplementary municipal charges, and will henceforth blacklist defaulters.The local authority is owed large sums...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 16:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans' unquestioning belief in their leaders a retrogressive weakness that prevents accountability and development
One would be forgiven for believing that questioning one's leaders, and holding them accountable would be a given - a normal part of everyday life, whereby a country's citizens, or city's residents, a...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 20:27hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
It's time ratepayers collectively withheld municipal payments until service provision improved
To say that I am thoroughly angered with the manner in which we, as ratepayers in the small town of Redcliff, are being mistreated and abused by our local...Published: 20 Nov 2021 at 08:00hrs | 5 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Gweru hikes Kudzanai bay rentals
INFORMAL traders operating at the Kudzanai bus terminus in Gweru will now have to fork out between $400 and $800 in rentals per day after the company contracted to refurbish the rank, Bentach Re...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why are Zimbabwean companies failing to pay taxes?
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) annual report for 2020 released last week confirmed the heavy burden that the country's industries are battling to contain — outstanding taxes are mounting, and ...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Companies struggle to pay $7 billion tax
ZIMBABWE'S private sector owed the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) $6,5 billion in unpaid taxes at the end of last year, according to an annual report released by the tax collector.Zimra sa...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Gweru defaulters face water cuts
Gweru City Council will from Monday start the process of disconnecting water to defaulting ratepayers.In a statement yesterday, the local authority said it could only offer adequate services i...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:45hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Hwange council threatens legal action against defaulters
THE Hwange Local Board (HLB) is owed over $100 million in unpaid rates and is contemplating taking legal action against defaulters.There are growing concerns that if the status quo continues, ...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wutawunashe in GMB Soya Bean inputs scam
Public Service Commission (PSC) Secretary, Ambassador Jonathan Wutawunashe has been fingered in a scam after he received Soya Bean inputs worth over $150 thousand and failed to plant the seed, TellZim...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 17:55hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
BCC, residents clash over water bills
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is on a collision course with ratepayers amid revelations that it is sending estimated water bills as it does not have manpower to conduct physical meter readings.T...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare launches crackdown on bicycle, dog owners
HARARE City Council (HCC) has launched a crackdown on bicycle and dog owners, demanding that they buy licences in an effort to increase revenue inflows.The annual licence fees on bicycles were...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Gweru ratepayers given 2 weeks to clear debts
GWERU City Council has backtracked on its decision to attach defaulting ratepayers' property and gave them two weeks to clear the arrears, Southern Eye has established.Defaulters owe council o...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Eight meter-readers available for entire city
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) could have put themselves on a collision course with residents as it has emerged that they have been estimating water bills since the beginning of the year.In a...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for Command Agric 'looters'
Farmers under Command Agriculture who failed to repay their loans at the end of last season owing to drought and the Covid-19-induced national lockdown, have been granted a huge relief after Governmen...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Affluent suburb residents not paying bills
BUSINESS and residents living in affluent suburbs like Burnside and Hillside are among those who have accumulated the highest unpaid bills to the Bulawayo City Council. The city is owed more t...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo clinics hit by staff exodus
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) clinics are being manned by 50% of the staff amid reports that the other half had left for greener pastures.This came at a time when the local authority was battlin...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa is getting a Covid-19 vaccine 'ID system'
The South African government is in the process of developing an electronic vaccination data system (EVDS) to assist with the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines across the country. The system aims t...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru to penalise defaulters
GWERU City Council has imposed a 19% interest charge on defaulting ratepayers as the debtors' bill continues to balloon, a senior council official has said.Presenting on the council's end of y...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 22:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council shuts water treatment plant
Harare City Council (HCC) has announced a temporary shutdown of Morton Jaffray and Warren Control waterworks treatment plants until Sunday, forcing many residents in the capital to experience a dry we...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC disconnects govt departments
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is disconnecting water supplies to government departments over outstanding bills running into several millions of dollars.Recently, the local authority switched off...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare to blacklist rates defaulters
Harare City Council is contemplating blacklisting government departments and residents, who re not paying rates on time. This comes as HCC is owed $2 273 738 420 with the industrial and commer...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt loses millions to loan defaulters
Government lost millions of dollars to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises loan defaulters and fraudsters employed by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Corporation. In an audit repo...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zesa tightens screws on bigwigs
ZESA has embarked on a blitz to compel all high-profile people who owe it money to pay up or face prosecution. So far, several bigwigs including former and serving ministers have appeared in c...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC to disconnect defaulters
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has threatened to disconnect water supplies to residents and stakeholders who are defaulting on rates and service charges.In a notice, city council advised stakehol...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
The situation in Zimbabwe has moved to another level
"FELLOW Zimbabweans … the situation in our country has moved to another level. Firstly, we wish to assure the nation that His Excellency, President Robert Mugabe and his family are safe and sound an...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Cliff Chiduku
Zimra cracks whip on tax defaulters
Taxable entities that delay their tax remittances face stiffer penalties after Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube hiked interest on outstanding debts by 400 percent. Intere...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
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