HARARE – War veterans say the end is “definitely nigh” for the Zanu PF faction which is rabidly opposed to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa succeeding President Robert Mugabe — which goes by the moniker Generation 40 (G40). At the same time, the disgruntled former freedom fighters also claim they have now buried the hatchet with…
HARARE – Firebrand MDC secretary for mobilisation, Job Sikhala, has promised President Robert Mugabe and his warring ruling Zanu PF an even bigger hiding in next year’s watershed polls than the shellacking they received in the hotly-disputed 2008 elections. Sikhala’s warning comes as opposition leader and MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai has signed memoranda of understanding…
HARARE – The MDC has embarked on aggressive campaign to woo Zimbabwe’s seemingly disinterested youths to register and vote in next year’s national elections which opposition parties plan to contest as a coalition. This comes as the country is gearing for the watershed polls with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) conducting campaigns to educate ordinary…
HARARE – Scrapping of government’s imports ban policy — Statutory Instrument (SI) 64 — is long overdue, as the measure was “ill-advised and never the solution” for Zimbabwe’s deepening economic crisis, economists and industry players said. This comes amid flip-flop in government’s position on the policy — which escalates long-standing concerns on lack of clarity…
HARARE – A Harare man, Tofara Dube, has launched a website that provides mathematics tutorials in local languages. He said the move is part of efforts to assist students in easily grasping the subject’s key concepts. This follows the introduction of a new education curriculum, which demands that children in Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is far from digital migration in accordance with the International Telecommunications Union, as the country is still to complete the process nearly three years after the deadline, experts said. The country was required to migrate from the current analogue broadcasting technology to the digital broadcasting technology by June 17, 2015. The migration…
HARARE – Legislators last week grilled Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere over land degradation caused by Chinese mining companies. According to the legislators, the Chinese conduct has created conflict in Karoi where they are extracting sand from Badze River. Zanu PF proportional representation legislator Goodluck Kwaramba was the first to take the minister — who…
HARARE – Harare CBD shop operators are now boycotting paying rates arguing the influx of vendors is dampening their businesses. Acting town clerk Josephine Ncube told councillors of the informal sector committee that the boycott was in protest over vendors eating into their profits while they also littered their shop fronts. With unemployment hovering above…
HARARE – Zimbabwean banks say adopting the South African rand will not help solve the country’s economic challenges. Addressing delegates at the two-day Financial Markets Indaba in Harare last week, Barclays Bank Zimbabwe managing director George Guvamatanga said more has to be done to solve the current liquidity crunch. “Adopting the rand is not the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) income will now be exempt from income tax, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said. In General Notice 274 of 2017 published in the Government Gazette of May 19, 2017, the Treasury chief announced that in terms of the Third Schedule of the Income Tax Act, the statutory board was…
