© ZIMBABWE’S struggling businesses say the introduction of a two percent transaction tax last year aimed at including the informal market in the country’s tax bracket has become a burden on formal enterprise. [GoogeAd] Treasury introduced the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax in 2003. At the time, the tax was set at five cents per transaction….
© MOST service stations stopped selling fuel yesterday afternoon, amid rumours that prices were being hiked to reflect the cost of foreign currency on the black market. A social media post, dismissed by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera), sent the rumour mill into overdrive yesterday, alleging the price of petrol had gone up from…
© TENSION has been rising countrywide ever since the country’s largest opposition party, the MDC, threatened to roll out a wave of protests over the rising cost of living, the Daily News can report. MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has been beating war drums over the economic meltdown, with the 41-year-old politician upping the tempo at…
© MDC president Nelson Chamisa has tipped his party’s former youth boss Happymore Chidziva as the future of the opposition party. Addressing MDC supporters at the just-ended congress the opposition leader said Chidziva showed great leadership qualities when he remained at the venue of their congress after he lost the race to be vice chairperson…
© FALLEN MDC bigwigs are pinning their hopes on party leader Nelson Chamisa to rescue their political careers by appointing them as national executive members. This comes after they lost their bids for positions at the just-ended congress. [GoogleAd] Those who failed to land posts at the recent MDC congress held in the Midlands capital…
© HIGH Court judge Tawanda Chitapi has thrown out a $1 million defamation claim by Chivi South Member of Parliament Killer Zivhu against Norton legislator Temba Mliswa. Zivhu had accused Mliswa of defaming him through his Twitter posts which alleged he fraudulently acquired land in Norton where he is developing the Galloway middle density residential…
© FORMER deputy minister for Information Bright Matonga appeared in court yesterday charged with duping a Malawian national of US$10 000. Matonga, who is jointly charged with Onesmo Ndoro, allegedly defrauded Kevin Chipeta after promising to acquire demonetised notes for him from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). [GoogleAd] Matonga and Ndoro were not asked…
© A MARRIED Chitungwiza man who attempted to terminate his girlfriend’s pregnancy without her consent has appeared in court. Tatenda Magombeyi, 31, allegedly inserted a pill into Bertha Chiwendere’s private parts without her knowledge. Chiwendere fell sick and was rushed to the hospital where doctors discovered that a pill was inserted in her privates. Magombeyi…
© A HARARE gynaecologist has been hit with a $357 000 lawsuit after allegedly administering wrong dosages of quinine on a pregnant woman during labour leading to her death. The claim has been made by Garikai Fadzi following his wife’s (Elizabeth Dzinzi) death in August 2016. Fadzi has listed the medical practitioner Sarah Manyame and…
© BULAWAYO-BASED youth human rights organisation, Victory Siyanqoba has heightened its initiative to spread the gospel of peace among youths through a sustained campaign dubbed “bridges for peace”. Victory Siyanqoba recently conducted a series of meetings in the city where they brought youth leaders drawn from different political parties so as to bring an end…
