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Zimra goes after smugglers
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has ramped up its efforts to combat the ongoing smuggling of goods into the country, amid growing concerns over the prevalence of the illegal practice. Despite a...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 11:17hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Stop Zanu-PF extortionists, villagers plead
VILLAGERS in some parts of the country have appealed to the Zanu-PF leadership to rein in their local party leaders who are reportedly fleecing them of cash under the guise of raising funds for indepe...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 08:44hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Former MDC senator blasts Mthuli Ncube over wealth tax
FORMER MDC senator for Matabeleland North Chief Ndlovu has blasted the Finance Minister over the wealth tax he imposed during the announcement of the 2024 national budget."I want to believe th...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 09:56hrs | 14 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's govt pampers chiefs
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has said government will soon review traditional leaders allowances because their earnings are meagre given the prevailing economic situation.Speaking on the sideli...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's white farmers: Who will pay compensation?
In Zimbabwe, thousands of white farmers were forced from their farms, sometimes violently, between 2000 and 2001 under a government programme of land reform. The seizures were blamed for destroying Zi...Published: 16 May 2019 at 20:25hrs | 2 | by BBC
War vets demand $13.5 billion
As part of the resolutions passed at the just-ended Zanu-PF conference in Esigodini last week, it was agreed that members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) be rewar...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 07:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Govt to intensify fight against corruption, says Mnangagwa
Traditional leaders are the custodians of society and they should be well-resourced to ensure they carry out their mandates effectively.President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his two vice presidents...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 13:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa pledges to pamper chiefs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to turn around the welfare of traditional chiefs by piling benefits and a share of the $310 million set aside for devolution in the 2019 National Budget....Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter
My two cents on Zimbabwe situation
The situation in Zimbabwe , it is like being caged in boxing ring fighting a strong man and the rest will be history. The lifestyle is thorn in the flesh. Where are we going as a nation? Zimbabweans a...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 13:29hrs | 4 | by Enos Denhere
MDC Alliance 'bullet train' political campaign
The MDC Alliance's "bullet train" political campaign has clearly been quick off the mark (no pun intended).Perhaps too quick off the mark to the extent that they had raked up in excess of 40 r...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:21hrs | 2 | by Staff writer
War veterans endorse Mnangagwa
War veterans yesterday endorsed President Mnangagwa as Zanu-PF's presidential candidate for this year's harmonised elections, saying victory for his administration will advance successes recorded unde...Published: 12 May 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa buys War Vets' loyalty ahead of elections
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised increase war veterans salary ahead of the elections.Mnangagwa made the promise during an interface with the veterans of the liberation stru...Published: 11 May 2018 at 19:27hrs | | by Byo24News Reporter
Chamisa admits progress under Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has grudgingly acknowledged the significant progress that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Government has made in the country since taking over in November last year....Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe mansion on school land
Mystery as ex-president's daughter builds house on state property earmarked for education centreRobert Mugabe's eldest daughter hired Chinese builders to build an opulent home on state-owned l...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 11:24hrs | 1 | by Peta Thornycroft
Govt to release 99-year leases for commercial farms
Government will issue 99-year leases as soon as an individual gets approval to occupy commercial farm land to enable farmers to access funding.Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Douglas ...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Speedy release of 99-year leases
Government will issue 99-year leases as soon as an individual gets approval to occupy commercial farm land to enable farmers to access funding.Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Douglas ...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Calls for govt to slash Land Unit Tax
A call has been made for the government to consider reviewing downwards the Land Unit Tax in cattle ranching regions where farmers occupy larger pieces of land and returns per hectare are low....Published: 04 Sep 2017 at 19:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Rural Industrialization: A sleeping potential for economic development
It is the fashion of the developing world that there largely is rural to urban migration. The opposite is true in developed worlds. The great trek to the city is in search of opportunities and other c...Published: 17 May 2017 at 14:16hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Resettled farmers fume over Mugabe's land tax
SOME beneficiaries of the land reform programme owe up to $60 000 each in land rentals that were introduced by the Government last year, after payments were backdated to 2009, a situation that has mad...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 10:09hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Resettled farmers owe up to $60 000 each in land rentals
SOME beneficiaries of the land reform programme owe up to $60 000 each in land rentals that were introduced by the Government last year, after payments were backdated to 2009, a situation that has mad...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 07:41hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Watch: (Shona) MaFake war veterans with Brett MuVet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVfSZhwyQdQEnglish TranscriptThere comes a time when one has to stand up and speak the truth no matter what othe...Published: 09 Apr 2016 at 20:11hrs | 1 | by Brett MuVet
War vets mingled with Mugabe
It was an historic moment yesterday when freedom fighters mingled with their patron President Mugabe in Harare to discuss, among other things, their welfare and challenges bedevilling Zanu-PF....Published: 08 Apr 2016 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, war vets meeting - live updates
1607: The meeting has come to an end and that concludes our updates.1604: Dube has finished his closing remarks.1554: Dube has expressed gratitu...Published: 07 Apr 2016 at 10:56hrs | | by Simiso Mlevu and Costa Mano
Zanu PF is a confused party- commentator
Political commentator Nqobile Sibanda has said Zanu PF is a confused party as now it is reclaiming farms it allocated to its supporters, citing failure of productively making use of these pieces...Published: 12 Feb 2016 at 05:44hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Heal Zimbabwe condemns conduct of Mazoe Councillor Mutyavaviri
Heal Zimbabwe has condemned the intimidation of villagers in Mazowe Ward 13 by ZANU-PF Councillor, Edward Mutyavaviri. On 12 October 2015, Mutyavaviri called for a meeting at Mungongoma area w...Published: 16 Oct 2015 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
New farmers to start paying rent
Commercial and communal land reform farm beneficiaries will - from this year - start paying rentals, with the funds being channelled towards compensating white former farmers who gave way to them....Published: 09 May 2015 at 14:53hrs | | by George Maponga
2015 National Budget is nothing but hot air, Zanu PF remains clueless
The 2015 National Budget presented late November is another clear indication that Zanu PF government continues to run the country in a toxic and retrogressive manner.Sadly, for the people of Z...Published: 03 Jan 2015 at 05:02hrs | 1 | by Elton Mangoma
Resettled farmers to pay land tax, $1 per hectare
The Zanu-PF politburo met on Thursday and discussed how resettled farmers will be charged a land tax.The Zanu-PF politburo meeting kicked off just after lunch hour and three main topics, w...Published: 19 Jun 2014 at 19:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Land Tax - A New Vision of Free Enterprise for Zimbabwe
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MPs propose re-introduction of the colonial hut tax
LAWMAKERS have made controversial tax proposals to enable cash-strapped councils to crawl out of the current financial quagmire, among them the re-introduction of the colonial hut tax, the Fingaz repo...Published: 30 Jan 2014 at 10:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe shelves land audits due to lack of funds
Zimbabwe has shelved plans to carry out a land audit this year citing financial constraints.The decision came after the Ministry of Lands and Rural Resettlement realised that the $10 million a...Published: 26 Jan 2014 at 08:26hrs | | by sundaymail
Policies and promises of Zanu-PF, MDC
Zimbabweans are set to choose their next leader this week in an election that many fear will not be free and fair. Africa Check takes a look at what the main contesting parties (Robert Mugabe's Zanu-P...Published: 29 Jul 2013 at 12:21hrs | | by AfricaCheck
MDC-T land management and agrarian revolution
At its inception in 1999, the MDC identified access to land and the enhancement of agricultural productivity as being central to sustainable development and the eradication of poverty.As such...Published: 18 Jul 2013 at 11:36hrs | | by MDC-T
In-laws assault woman over land
A Chirumanzu woman was assaulted by her husband's parents following an argument over a piece of land, a Gweru magistrate has heard.Elias Killian Masendeke (66) and his wife, Margret Chipangura...Published: 12 Mar 2013 at 21:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF officials bleed Lupane council
The son of Mines and Mining Development minister, Obert Mpofu, has been dragged to court for failure to pay land tax to the Lupane council in Matabeleland North.The Kusile Rural District Counc...Published: 03 Mar 2013 at 14:20hrs | 3 | by Nqobani Ndlovu
Risk of land repossession for Zimbabwe's resettled farmers
The country's resettled farmers are at risk of losing the farms due to land tax arrears. Local authorities have threatened to hand over tax defaulters to the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement which...Published: 04 Jan 2011 at 05:09hrs | | by Byo24
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