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ZiG registers gradual growth in transactions
Zimbabwe has seen significant growth in the use of the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency in domestic transactions since its introduction in April 2024. According to Finance, Economic Development, a...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:04hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
US$250 for Zimbabwe e-passport at South African consulate
The Zimbabwean government has set the fee for e-passports at its South African consulate at US$250, classifying the document as an emergency application. This decision aligns with Statutory Instrument...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:37hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Flimsy tactics to resist use of ZiG exposed
Some shops in Bulawayo are defying government regulations by exclusively trading in US dollars and South African rand, ignoring the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency, despite legal obligations under Statut...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans enjoy border digitisation gains
The digitization of the Beitbridge port of entry through the Zimbabwe Electronic Single Window (ZESW) platform is significantly improving trade facilitation and clearance efficiency. Introduced in 202...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zuma wins MK party leadership case against media favourite Khumalo
Embattled uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party founder Jabulani Khumalo has been dealt a blow after the Electoral Court on Wednesday dismissed his hopes of being reinstated as the party's leader.The Sp...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 12:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to open passport offices in US, UK and Zambia
The Cabinet recently approved the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage's Integrated Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Systems Strategy, which aims to computerize government depa...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:03hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe passport fee includes US$20 QR Code fee
Those who spent the night at the Harare Passport office and the many who arrived early in December received a fortunate advantage as the government confirmed the anticipated increase in passport appli...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:05hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Trucks pile up on Zimbabwe side as SA runs out of parking space
Commercial cargo destined for regional and international markets is piling up on the Zimbabwean side at Beitbridge Border Post after the South African side ran out of parking space.Zimbabwe ha...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 12:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Extortionate passport fees spark outrage in Zimbabwe
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has proposed a sharp hike in passport fees despite concerns over the lack of transparency on how the proceeds are spent.Critics say while access to a passport is ...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 15:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman stabbed to death on the street in Manchester
A Zimbabwean woman based in Manchester, in the United Kingdom, has been stabbed to death in front of her two children in the street.Perseverance Ncube, 35, was stabbed in the chest in Du...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 11:52hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold-backed digital token to cause accounting, auditing headache
The introduction of the Zimbabwe gold-backed digital token (ZiG) is posing a significant challenge for accounting and auditing professionals due to the uncertainty surrounding whether it should be cla...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar future hangs in the balance
IT is imperative for every successful and expanding economy in the world to have its own currency and monetary policy. I make that statement because it is important for all Zimbabweans to understand t...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 06:33hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Nigeria opposition to appeal verdict upholding US endorsed Tinubu presidential win
Nigeria's main opposition candidates will appeal a tribunal ruling that affirmed Bola Tinubu's victory in a disputed presidential election in February that they claim was marred by irregularities, the...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe treasury lost $1,6 trillion to tax exemptions'
TREASURY, always in financial distress, lost about $1,6 trillion last year, up 312% compared to the prior year, through tax expenditures consisting of uncollected tax due to exemptions and incentives ...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa headline provisional list of 11 presidential candidates
A provisional list of 11 candidates headlined by incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa and arch-rival Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa's return into the ring will be vying f...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 17:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Confirmed election candidates to get electronic voters roll
All candidates successfully nominated to contest in the August 23 general elections will be issued with an electronic copy of the voters roll, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) said on Tuesday, ...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No voter registration at inspection centres'
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says voter registration will run concurrently with the voters roll inspection exercise that commences on Saturday this week.Zec will open the voters rol...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's presidential envoy abuses his position
CHARISMATIC Zimbabwean evangelist and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special envoy on Trade and Investment, Uebert Angel, is embroiled in a money laundering scandal involving the abuse of diplomatic p...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 18:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The most popular payment methods in Canadian online casinos
There are plenty of payment options in Canadian online casinos that allow for quick and easy transfers, In our guide, you will find the top methods for making deposit...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 14:47hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Potraz accelerates govt services digitilisation
The Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (Potraz) has said it is accelerating its national digitilisation programme to enhance decentralisation of government functions through electronic ...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
JSC welcomes use of ICTs in Judiciary
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) says the use of information communication technology (ICTs) in its operations will assist judicial officers to track and manage all cases filed at the courts....Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Electricity blackout stops Sikhala's bail bid
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala has been remanded further in custody after his bail hearing failed to start due to power outages that affected court processes.Sikhal...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec digs in on voters roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it will not avail the voters roll through a portable electronic mode to protect it from possible tampering.The decision has, however, riled elector...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border modernisation Phase 3 completion by December
THE construction of the light vehicles and pedestrians terminal under the US$300 million Beitbridge Border Post modernisation is nearing completion and is set to be opened to traffic in December this ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Only 208 Zimbabwean teachers pass Rwanda test
A TOTAL of 208 Zimbabwean teachers, more than 80 percent of those who sat, passed the written recruitment examinations to enable them to work in Rwanda and now face oral interviews next week.T...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Safeguard introduces high-quality turnstiles for easy access control
Leading security company Safeguard has introduced to the market a high-quality access control turnstile that can be operated electronically or manually to limit the number of people passing through an...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 21:45hrs | 15 | by Agencies
Long delays at Beitbridge as SA border workers strike
THERE were long delays in clearance of commercial cargo at the Beitbridge Border Post yesterday, as South African Revenue Services (SARS) customs officials continued their strike pressing for a 12 per...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustling riles Botswana, Zimbabwe
CONTINUED cattle rustling activities along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border are baffling and riling authorities despite intensive joint police operations to curb the vice.Recently the two countrie...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra launches facility to curb graft
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has launched an electronic single window expected to curb corruption at the country's borders as well as improve the ease of doing business while reducing conges...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra installs automated systems to curb corruption
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority has installed four automated systems in various entry and exit points of the country to curb corruption.ZIMRA ICT Director Shamu Moyo recently said they were making ...Published: 10 May 2022 at 15:13hrs | 7 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimra introduces automated systems to curb corruption
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has introduced automated systems as some of the country's entry points in efforts to curb corruption which is said to be rampant at the country's borders....Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Investor sues PG, deputy
A LOCAL investor is suing the Prosecutor General Nelson Mutsonziwa and his deputy Michael Reza for causing his prosecution over what he believes is an unsubstantiated allegation.Joseph Richard...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - Botswana agree on electronic tags for cattle
ZIMBABWE and Botswana have agreed to electronically tag cattle for communities living along the border and the programme is set to be pioneered at Mlambaphele border area in Gwanda District, Matabelel...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man loses $20m to card clonning scammers
A Bulawayo man is counting his losses after he lost about $20 million from his bank account to alleged scammers who cloned his bank card.Although Bulawayo province spokesperson Inspector Abedn...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Electoral reforms must dominate political discourse in 2022
AS we bask on the cusp of a new year, Zimbabweans appear to have gone agog about the pending by-elections and what many deem to be the watershed plebiscite of 2023.And yet for some of us, high...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Kazembe in climbdown over passport deal
HOME Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister, Kazembe Kazembe has come off his high horse, repelling an earlier Statutory Instrument empowering CBZ Bank to unilaterally receive US$20 passport applicati...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Murky passport deal raises eyebrows
IN April 2016, the late former president Robert Mugabe commissioned an electronic passport centre at the then King George VI now Josiah Magama Tongogara Barracks. Five years later, his successor Emmer...Published: 18 Dec 2021 at 11:16hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa ally clinches e-passport deal
GOVERNMENT yesterday awarded businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei's CBZ Holdings the monopoly to collect passport fees for the newly-introduced electronic passport (e-passport), which will be pegged in for...Published: 15 Dec 2021 at 06:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Superior courts move to paperless system
Designing of a paperless system for the superior courts is now complete and the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is ready to train staff on how to operate the new system ahead of the programme's laun...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 06:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
NetOne launches local forex remittance platform
State owned mobile network operator NetOne has launched a money transfer service, OneMoney Remit, which will enable locals to send foreign currency across the country.OneMoney Remit was launch...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:30hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
NetOne launches domestic remittance service
State-owned telecommunications service provider, NetOne, has launched OneMoney Remit, a domestic remittance service that is expected to contribute to Government's financial inclusion drive.Acc...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Who is Sybeth Musengezi?
IN the aftermath of his High Court application challenging his own party Zanu-PF over how it unconstitutionally and illegally convened, constituted and conducted a Central Committee meeting on 19 Nove...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 16:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
We declare war against greed
At no time in our recent past has the country's economic vitals looked any healthier.Between January and June this year, exports topped US$2,5 billion, which represents a 35 percent improvemen...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to appoint new ZIMRA board chairman, top management
The Treasury says it is close to finalising the appointment of a substantive chairman for the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) board. The tax authority is also putting the final touches to t...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt introduces forced vaccination for civil servants
IN ORDER to curtail new Covid19 infections and deaths, Government has, with immediate effect, ordered all civil servants to be vaccinated, while unvaccinated workers have been banned from boarding bus...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Spot fines not mandatory'
LEGAL think-tank Veritas says it is illegal for police to demand spot fines from offending motorists as they will be violating provisions of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.In i...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Identity theft a reality, be on high alert
IN the past few days, a crime alert message went viral on social media platforms warning of identity theft.The truth of the matter is, your identity can be stolen in so many different ways. To...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:19hrs | 18 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Matanga's 'daughter' swindles victim out of US$2,000
A HARARE woman is in trouble with the law for allegedly duping an unsuspecting victim of her money while pretending to be a lawyer who was also Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga's daughter....Published: 17 May 2021 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Power crisis cripples RG's office
THE Registrar-General's Office in Bindura has not been processing passports, birth certificates and identity cards after failing to purchase pre-paid electricity tokens for several months.Prov...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
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