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Zimbabwe govt whips errant Chinese miners
The Zimbabwean government has intensified its efforts to combat environmental degradation linked to alluvial mining along the Sanyati River in Hurungwe, targeting two Chinese companies accused of illi...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:48hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Call for reparations: A mere excuse by failed African leaders!
As the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) kicked off this week in Samoa, the topic of reparations for slavery and colonialism has once again been thrust into the spotlight. Sever...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 20:31hrs | 269 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZRP responds to viral video of confrontation with motorist in Masvingo
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has acknowledged a video circulating on social media that shows two police officers involved in a physical altercation with a motorist in Masvingo. According...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 19:50hrs | 2308 | by Staff reporter
Ghanaian in court for fraudulent Zimbabwean passport
YET another foreign national managed to fraudulently acquire Zimbabwean identity documents, including a passport.She was arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport over the we...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 15:32hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
Zimra goes after businesses rejecting ZiG
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has launched a sweeping operation targeting businesses that are evading taxes and undermining the Zimbabwean currency (ZiG or ZWG) by rejecting the local currenc...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 12:29hrs | 1395 | by Staff reporter
Zimra launches crackdown on economic saboteurs
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has launched a nationwide blitz targeting businesses that evade taxes and undermine the local currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), by either rejecting it or falsel...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 08:16hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe National Assembly resumes sitting
The National Assembly of Zimbabwe resumes today after a three-week break, during which the country hosted the 44th SADC Summit at the new Parliament Building in Mount Hampden. The Senate will ...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 10:28hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge businessman charged for tax evasion
A 37-year-old entrepreneur from Beitbridge, Bestinos Zhou, has been fined US$250 for tax evasion. Zhou appeared before the Beitbridge Magistrates' Court, facing charges of violating Sectio...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 14:40hrs | 969 | by Staff reporter
Zimra mulls severe penalty on tax debts
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is considering imposing severe tax penalties to compel public and private entities to settle substantial outstanding tax debts. These debts primarily stem from c...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 08:31hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube makes bold measures to anchor ZiG stability
The Government has introduced measures to enhance the stability of the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency, promote its use, and provide tax relief to boost consumer spending and production. In the Mid-Term ...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 06:32hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Malema's EFF hits back at Ramaphosa
The EFF has hit back at President Cyril Ramaphosa's statement, saying he failed to address "pressing issues" they had brought up during the opening of Parliament debate.The Red Berets' respons...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:38hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo has Mnangagwa in his pocket?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's association with controversial figures continues to raise concerns, with recent revelations highlighting his ties to convicted tenderpreneur Wicknell Chivayo. This devel...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 10:12hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Rutendo Matinyarare's alleged sponsor exposed
Controversy surrounds Simon Rudland, co-founder of Gold Leaf Tobacco, amid allegations that he is funding Zanu-PF activist Rutendo Matinyarare's campaign against INNSCOR and its founder, Zinona "Zed" ...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 07:32hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING:Notorious Mafia Boss Francesco Marconati arrested for Community Service evasion...son on the run
In a dramatic turn of events, notorious self-styled Italian Mafia boss Francesco Marconati has been arrested for failing to conduct the community service mandated by the court. His son, Alessandro ...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 16:18hrs | 97 | by George Tshuma
Zimra, UNDP launch tax compliance campaign
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) have joined forces for a taxpayer awareness campaign aimed at educating the public about tax laws and complia...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Billions in African Gold smuggled to UAE yearly
Gold smuggling out of Africa, mainly to the United Arab Emirates, has surged over the last decade, with hundreds of tonnes of gold worth tens of billions of dollars illegally leaving the continent eve...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean permits: Helen Suzman Foundation takes on Motsoaledi in Constitutional Court
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has gone to court to oppose a bid by Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to appeal against a ruling that he may not terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP)...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 19:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra gives small businesses tax reprieve
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has offered a six-month grace period for informal businesses to register for taxes in a move seen to boost State revenues.Revised guidelines outlining sp...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 04:20hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's govt won't tell lies
Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the opposition party Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Zimbabwe, has expressed his commitment to a government founded on truth. He emphasised that under his leadersh...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimra tightens screws on businesses
GOVERNMENT and the business sector are headed for a showdown after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) yesterday announced a raft of tough measures limiting the formal traders' access to commoditie...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's budget puts ZANU PF's strongholds at risk as VAT requirement threatens rural-owned businesses
In a move that is set to have significant repercussions in Zimbabwe's political landscape, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's new budget has introduced a requirement that manufacturers only supply go...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 13:49hrs | 6 | by Andile Ncube
Chamisa faces severe backlash over SADC statement
In a recent turn of events, the beleaguered leader of the CCC (Citizens' Coalition for Change), Nelson Chamisa, found himself in hot water as his own supporters on the social media platform X criticis...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 18:58hrs | 8 | by Dereck Goto
Mukupe suffers another blow
Imprisoned Zanu-PF central committee member and former deputy finance minister, Terence Mukupe, faced another setback as the Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial leadership instructed farmers to remain...Published: 20 Nov 2023 at 22:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe 'dead as a dodo'
TECHNICALLY-INSOLVENT Air Zimbabwe has accumulated losses of US$407,84 million, while total liabilities have exceeded assets by US$380,22 million, further casting significant doubt on the airline's ab...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Molai never sponsored Kasukuwere
Adam Molai, the tobacco tycoon and owner of Pacific Cigarette Company (PCC), has refuted allegations that he provided financial support for former Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere's fail...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 19:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Adam Molai's Pacific Cigarette Company forced into voluntary corporate rescue
Pacific Cigarette Company (PCC), led by local business magnate Adam Molai, has voluntarily initiated corporate rescue proceedings due to a substantial $19 million tax liability. This move comes amid a...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 16:00hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco smuggling between Zimbabwe - SA now security threat
SOUTH Africa is drowning in illicit cigarette smuggling which has seen the neighbouring country losing at least R50 million (US$2.6 million) daily in potential revenue from well-coordinated syndicates...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses more than US$23b through IFFs
Zimbabwe lost more than US$23 billion through illicit financial flows (IFFs) between 1980 and 2018, a new report compiled by the African Development Bank (AfDB) shows.Other sources, however, s...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere not Zimbabwe's Saviour
In the realm of Zimbabwean politics, the emergence of Saviour Kasukuwere as a self-proclaimed Presidential candidate has raised eyebrows and scepticism from many quarters.A man with a tarnishe...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 20:11hrs | 1 | by Kundayi Masekesa
Why Mnangagwa blocked Mthuli Ncube's export tax
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa recently blocked Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's 10% tax on mining exports to pay arrears on the country's debt overhang - which makes it difficult for the government to b...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Fuel smuggling hampers growth
FUEL smuggling into Zimbabwe is hampering the Government's revenue collection, and has become a threat to economic growth, despite tax and law enforcement authorities' efforts to curb the scourge....Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Redwing: a tale of plunder, impunity, chaos and death
Redwing Gold Mine, once touted as a giant gold mining venture capable of transforming the quality of life in the Penhalonga area of Manicaland province and a cash cow for the national economy, has bec...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 12:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar not going anywhere
THE Treasury has assured the market of continued usage of the local currency and that deliberate steps are being taken to strengthen its value so as to restore consumer purchasing power and buttress t...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary
APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 3 | by Jonathan Moyo
Mnangagwa govt fails to rig price hikes
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has frozen bank accounts of four major distributors of basic commodities as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government scrambles to find solutions to soaring prices a...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Are Zimbabwe retailers dumping goods on the streets?
Vendors in the country's major cities and towns have literally invaded all strategic points, including verandas of big retail shops, selling a variety of goods including basic commodities in foreign c...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 more die at Mnangagwa ally's mine
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's top ally Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya's Better Brands has reportedly continued conducting secret mining operations at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland, which led to t...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plot to shield a fugitive backfires
A ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) investigator appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on Saturday charged with criminal abuse of office after allegedly shielding a fugitive with three war...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
High Courts foils illegal hostile company takeover
IN a huge victory for Israeli investor Ofer Sivan, the High of Zimbabwe has blocked the 'illegal' hostile takeover of earth moving equipment business, Adelcraft Investments, by Gillad Shabtai and his ...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 08:44hrs | 21 | by Paul Ndou
Lukashenko joins Zimbabwe lithium rush
BELARUSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko this week travelled 7 982 kilometres, the distance by air from his capital Minsk to Harare, in his first sub-Saharan visit to meet President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa associate biggest winner in Zimbabwe-Belarus deals
ZIMBABWE'S honorary consul to Belarus Alexander Zingman, a close associate to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, was the biggest winner in trade agreements signed t...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
President Alexander Lukashenko warns Mnangagwa
VISITING Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko told his ally President Emmerson Mnangagwa to work extremely hard to win this year's elections which he said will not be a stroll in the park for the Za...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Police raid illegal alcohol warehouse
THE police have vowed to bring to book the supply network of Bulawayo businesses and beyond that are linked to the warehouse where US$110 000 worth of suspected smuggled alcohol consignment was seized...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zacc investigators threatened, assaulted
A DIRECTOR at Lanwood Private Limited, trading as Megasave, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court facing charges of defeating the course of justice and assaulting Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Assessing the US$12 billion mining industry target
The Zimbabwean government launched an ambitious plan to transform the mining sector into a US$12 billion export industry by end of 2023. The plan was launched in October 2019 as a key pillar to sustai...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 12:01hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimra is now owed over $33 billion as defaults rise
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has reported a 283,65% increase in debt to $33,25 billion in 2021 owing mostly to exporting firms indicating that the current tax regime remains too high for com...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rich pickings for whistle-blowers
Whistle-blowers who outed corporates involved in tax-related offences have pocketed more than $29 million from the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) over the last four years after assisting the tax-m...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
186 000 arrested for bribery, smuggling
MORE than 186 600 people have been arrested countrywide on the three targeted crackdowns against cross-border crimes, bribing police and operating in machete gangs.The suspects have been arres...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Busisiwe Mkhwebane off to court to challenge unlawful and hurried suspension
The legal showdown between suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to continue.This time Mkhwebane wants the Cape Town high court to set aside her su...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 19:00hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Arthur Fraser's sworn affidavit rocks Ramaphosa's camp, why did Zondo deny him chance to testify?
STARTLING revelations by former State Security Agency (SSA) director-general, Arthur Fraser, in an affidavit deposed to the South African Police Services (SAPS), about an undisclosed sum of money, bel...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 12:34hrs | 1 | by Sizwe Dlamini
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