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Duty free access into EU for Zimbabwe exports
The European Union (EU) has reaffirmed its commitment to boosting foreign direct investment (FDI) and offering duty-free access to European markets for Zimbabwean products, EU Ambassador to Zimbabwe, ...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:29hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Zacc recovers 350 corruptly imported vehicles
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has recovered more than 350 vehicles that were illegally imported through the abuse of the civil servants' vehicle rebate scheme that allows established ...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:43hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Allow all Zimbabweans to import vehicles DUTY FREE your current policy is discriminatory
Zimbabwe, a country grappling with economic challenges, has recently made headlines with a policy decision that has sparked both debate and controversy. The government has partially lifted the ban on ...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 20:58hrs | 953 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Berita officially divorced from Nota Baloyi
In 2022, SA Music Award (Sama) award-winning singer Gugulethu Khumalo, better known as Berita, announced that she had split from her husband, controversial pop culture commentator and podcaster Nhlamu...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 12:38hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle rebate haunts civil servants
CIVIL servants are under probe for allegedly abusing the vehicle rebate system as it emerged that some government employees were importing cars duty free on behalf of other people for a fee.St...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Woman loses vehicle rebate case
A RETURNING citizen has lost a High Court case against the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) after she sued the authority for refusing to clear her Honda Fit vehicle using a duty-free rebate....Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power outages a reflection of subdued generation
Many of the recent power outages have arisen from faults since generation capacity is up and many private businesses have reduced their demand on the grid by installing solar panels, Energy and Power ...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:37hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Mthuli gives in to MPs' demands
FINANCE minister, Mthuli Ncube, has been forced to increase the budget allocation for Parliament to curry favour with legislators after they threatened not to pass his 'anti-poor' budget.Membe...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 06:13hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs press Mthuli Ncube to raise their salaries
Zanu-PF MPs pressed finance minister Mthuli Ncube to raise their salaries and commit to give them houses and Toyota Land Cruisers before passing his budget on Thursday.Comparing themselves to ...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 17:38hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs push for hefty salaries...multiple vehicles
Amid growing concerns over legislative priorities, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Parliamentary Caucus Secretary, Farai Chinobva, has made controversial remarks suggesting that CCC legisl...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 13:35hrs | 13 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Zimbabwe records 468 000t wheat harvest
The successful land reform paid dividends to wheat farmers this season following the attainment of a resounding record wheat harvest of 467 905 tonnes compared to 375 000 tonnes last season with farme...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duty free entry for Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) has approved a customs clearance system for South Africa-based residents who hold Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) to bring their goods to Zimbabwe on duty-free when...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Duty-free cars for retired senior civil servants
Retired senior public servants can now import cars duty free with the maximum set between US$40 000 and US$60 000, depending on grade, within five years of retirement following the gazetting of Statut...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZACC recovers 36 vehicles from bogus civil servants
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority have joined forces to curb the abuse of tax rebates extended to civil servants by the Government so they could import vehicle...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parliamentarians request extension of duty-free vehicle import facility
OUTGOING legislator for Buhera South Joseph Chinotimba has appealed to the Minister of Finance and Economic Development to allow MPs to import vehicles duty free upto December.The provis...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 07:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's import duty waiver on basic goods praised
ZIMBABWEANS have applauded the Government for lifting all restrictions on the import of basic commodities to boost market supplies and granting a 100 percent retention of domestic foreign currency ear...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe toothpaste maker faces closure
The country's only toothpaste maker - Merken- is in danger of going out of business following the government's decision to allow the unfettered entry of the products it manufactures into the country, ...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:07hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
CALA curriculum not fit for purpose in Zim
In my view, the Zimbabwe government has done well by my inviting the parents and all stakeholders, to review CALA curriculum. Of course, this type of curriculum demands a lot for it, in order to be pr...Published: 23 May 2023 at 14:46hrs | 20 | by Njabulo
ZCBTA statement on scrapping of duty on basic commodities
The Zimbabwe Cross Border Traders Association (ZCBTA) commends the Minister of Finance for taking appropriate steps to protect ordinary citizens and other vulnerable groups in Zimbabwe from negative i...Published: 23 May 2023 at 14:33hrs | 15 | by Erick Matotoba
Mthuli Ncube scrambles to rescue Zimdollar
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has removed duty on all basic commodities to combat the rampant price increases in a slew of desperate measures to save the collapsing Zimbabwe dollar.Over the pa...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Counselling for SA returnees
GOVERNMENT has started equipping frontline workers, who will assist an estimated 170 000 holders of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP), with counselling and psychosocial skills which will assist in ...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 11:54hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
South Africa extends validity of non-ZEP permits
SOUTH Africa's Home Affairs Department has extended the renewal of permits that expire at the end of this month to December 31.The extension does not apply to Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) h...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs demand overdue allowances
LEGISLATORS are yet to be paid allowances backdating to September last year, despite getting assurance they would be paid during last year's pre-budget seminar, and Treasury having budgeted for them....Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec clarifies guidelines for learners from South Africa
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has laid down the technicalities that will be considered for absorbing learners coming from outside the country into the country's education system....Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimra goes after buses smuggling goods
Crews and owners of buses caught smuggling goods across the border at Beitbridge face rising fines and the possible seizure of the bus involved as Zimra step up compliance of customs and increasingly ...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt anticipating mass deportation of Zimbabweans based in South Africa
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it was anticipating the mass deportation of Zimbabweans based in South Africa after the expiry of their permits.Addressing journalists during a post-Cabinet briefing,...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Private operators import 150 buses
Private bus companies have imported 150 buses using the zero-duty concession set by Government to complement efforts in improving public transport system.Private operators expect to double the...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dangles duty-free cars for councillors
GOVERNMENT has reviewed councillors' allowances as President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he had approved a scheme to import vehicles duty free.Mnangagwa also said councillors would get special ter...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube redollarises
GOVERNMENT yesterday brought back the United States dollar as legal tender to stem rising inflation and restore confidence in the economy, but critics say the move will lead to more demands for salari...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:26hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt succumbs to pressure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has succumbed to public pressure and has opened the public transport system to other players, effectively ending a two-year ZUPCO monopoly.The move comes at a time...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Kombis back on the road
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has buckled under pressure and has revoked the ban on private public transporters.This comes after his decision to have Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) a...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa improves MPs, civil servants perks
Government has fixed up to US$10 000 worth of vehicle that civil servants can import duty free while Members of Parliament will now be allowed to import two vehicles duty free as the Second Republic s...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Screws tightened on 'dishonest' civil servants
GOVERNMENT has tightened the duty-free rebate scheme on motor vehicles for civil servants following reports that unscrupulous car dealers were importing second-hand vehicles duty free after conniving ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mine workers understate 46% wage increment
HARARE - NMWUZ - National Mines Workers Union Of Zimbabwe has vehemently rejected the 46 percent wage increment recently awarded the already financially struggling mineworkers by COMZ - Chamber ...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 06:25hrs | 19 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Years of teacher tears
Over the years, the Zanu PF regime's response to teachers' grievances has been lip service from a place of lack of concern and a mere want to get the impo...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 08:31hrs | 2 | by Nontokozo Malaba Ncube
Mthuli Ncube's 'high-sounding nothing'
The government on Tuesday announced minor adjustments to civil servants' pay and a battery of non-monetary incentives in a move aimed at breaking a paralysing strike by teachers.Finance minist...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 18:51hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants get more US$
Treasury has announced a 20 percent salary increase for all civil servants plus an additional US$100 cash allowance, as well as school fees allowance among other non-monetary benefits.This fol...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Improved package for civil servants
Civil servants and teachers have been awarded a lucrative package that includes a 20 percent increment across the board backdated to January 1, with the equivalent of US$100 of this in foreign currenc...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants withdraw forex bonuses
CIVIL servants were smiling all the way to the bank yesterday as they started receiving their bonuses in foreign currency.They are receiving up to a maximum of US$700 and civil service pension...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zesa promises to improve electricity supply
Electricity supplies are set to improve soon as Zesa completes a cocktail of interventions to end the major load shedding that has hit residential areas hard and has even affected industrial areas alt...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in new electricity import deals
Zimbabwe is negotiating for new power supply deals with Zambia and Mozambique, which could see the country importing additional 280 megawatts from the two countries, Energy and Power Development Minis...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions collapsed Zimbabwe beef industry
THE country's famed beef industry collapsed at the turn of the millennium following the imposition of illegal sanctions by Western countries when the country embarked on the successful fast-track land...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CEOs mount plan for US$3,2 trillion bloc
ZIMBABWEAN CEOs last week urged domestic industries to mount aggressive strategies to unlock big opportunities brought by January's launch of the African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a US$3,2 trillion ma...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Major boost for Zimbabwean exporters to Europe
ZIMBABWEAN exporters will now enjoy preferential tariffs on their exports to European markets after a new policy, the European Union-East and Southern Africa (EU-ESA) interim Economic Partnership Agre...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants get 50% salary increment
THE GOVERNMENT has increased civil servants' salaries by between 45 percent to 50 percent as it fulfils a promise to stagger the wage increment for employees. In April, Government increased civil serv...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants should remain patient, says PSC
THE Public Service Commission (PSC) says civil servants should be patient and understand efforts being made to improve their livelihoods and working conditions as Government strives to balance between...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Buy from Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S economy is well diversified and the country is a reliable and competitive supplier of a wide range of minerals, agricultural products, manufactured goods as well as value-added services....Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CIO spook arrested over US$783k gold smuggling
Central Intelligence Organisation officer Chamakandiona Nyahunda has been arrested on suspicion of carrying more than 13kg of gold in 23 pieces worth US$783 000 through Robert Mugabe International Air...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe curbs importation of older vehicles
IT IS now illegal to import vehicles that are more than 10 years old, after the government gazetted a new law yesterday aimed at curbing the purchase of battered cars into the country.The new ...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 15:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Massive bloc thrusts Zimra under spotlight
GOVERNMENT says the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) must be prepared to play a crucial role in facilitating the shipment of bigger cargo volumes as regional trade grows under the African Continenta...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
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