HARARE – The clueless and desperate Zanu PF administration has come up with a raft of new taxes, further strangling its overtaxed citizens. President Robert Mugabe’s government last Thursday imposed a new 10 percent tax on tobacco sales, resulting in angry farmers threatening to withhold their crop for the current marketing season. The farmers’ response…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s warring ruling Zanu PF will hold two crucial meetings this week, which could determine the fate of some top party officials — as the former liberation movement’s mindless bloodletting continues unabated. This comes as State media reports suggested at the weekend that among the party heavyweights who are under the…
HARARE – Thousands of families could be relocated from Penhalonga, just outside Mutare, amid claims that rich diamond deposits have been discovered in the area — although the government is dampening expectations. This comes as production at the Marange diamond fields, also in Manicaland, has plummeted to an all-time low due to the government’s ill-advised…
HARARE – Zimbabwean motorists have launched a campaign against “abuse” by the police on the country’s roads, with the road users planning to petition Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo. So far, the petition by the Road Users Association (RUA) Zimbabwe on March 22 has got 3 012 signatures by yesterday afternoon out of a target…
HARARE – Zanu PF Masvingo provincial finance secretary Killer Zivhu has vowed to vie for Norton independent MP Temba Mliswa’s seat in the 2018 parliamentary elections, after a bitter war of words erupted between the two. This comes after Mliswa declared war on Zivhu, accusing him of swindling Norton residents of hundreds of thousands of…
HARARE – Government has moved to gazette the National Social Security Authority (Nssa)’s new and upgraded funeral cover for pensioners. Labour minister Prisca Mupfumira made the notice in a government gazette published on Friday under Statutory Instrument 46 of 2017. “A retired pensioner shall be entitled to a funeral enhancement benefit upon his or her…
HARARE – Parliament will soon approve a new law targeted at ending child marriages and enforce equal distribution of matrimonial property upon divorce or separation of spouses. The law, expected to come into force by year-end, is part of reforms under the new Constitution overwhelmingly adopted in a March 2013 referendum. The impending passage of…
HARARE – Collin Powell once said “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure”. With the same attitude, when other businesses have buckled and closed under the current economic hardships, Oceane Perfumes has proven its stamina and has withstood the whirlwind of the slow economy…
HARARE – Zanu PF members protest against the party’s national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere in Bindura on Monday. Pics: Annie Mpalume
HARARE – Gospel stars Charles and Olivia Charamba have confirmed that they will drop two albums this month as scheduled. Olivia, better known in gospel music circles as Mai Charamba, will release Voice of Mirriam, her first solo album since 2006, while her multi-award-winning husband, Charles, will release his first solo project in seven years…
