© CHITUNGWIZA Municipality is considering engaging government to seek cancellation of debts accrued through statutory obligations with revenue falling far short of expenditure. The resolution was made during a 2020 budget consultative meeting this week where stakeholders urged council to seek debt cancellation to enable the smooth flow of operations. [GoogleAd] Finance director Evangelisto Machona…
© FINANCIAL trader Access Finance (Access) has been cleared of suspicion by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) after its accounts had been frozen along with those of three other companies in September, businessdaily has learnt. This comes as the government has come up with new and stringent rules to govern the operations of nearly…
© COUNCILLORS and council employees will soon be receiving capped allowances on foreign trips after the Finance ministry issued a circular to that effect. According to minutes of a recent meeting of Harare City Council (HCC) human resources committee, the municipality had already re- ceived the allowances. [GoogleAd] The issue of allowances for city officials…
© ZIMPLATS, the country’s largest platinum producer, says it will continue to engage government on its indigenisation plan after platinum and diamonds were removed from the reserve sector list. The plan, which was first mulled in 2012 and is yet to be approved, has been a subject of confrontation with government. [GoogleAd] In 2013, Zimplats…
© HORDES of hard-pressed Zimbabweans yesterday swarmed the Registrar-General’s Office in Harare in response to messages the passport office would assist those in need of emergency passports. The passport seekers formed a kilometre long, chaotic and winding queue in the morning hoping to process their passports and exit the country for various reasons, mainly economic…
© SIMBISA Brands (Simbisa) says it recorded a 134 percent increase in profit to $32,4 million in the year ended June 30, 2019, compared to $13,8 million during prior year, largely driven by steady performance across its markets. The listed fast-food retailer’s operations span from Zimbabwe into the region where it plans to increase market…
THE Labour Court has postponed a case in which the Health Services Board (HSB) had applied to determine the legality of the ongoing doctors’ strike in the wake of the medical practitioners’ refusal to comply with a government directive to return to work on Monday. [GoogleAd] The matter was adjourned after HSB lawyer Tim Tombo…
© THE Government yesterday ap- proved the Cyber Crime, Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill which, among other things, provides penalties for the trans- mission of data messages inciting violence and damage to property. Industry and Commerce minister Mangaliso Ndlovu, who was standing in for Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, told a post-Cabinet media briefing yesterday…
© IN STRANGER than fiction new revelations, former first lady Grace Mugabe apparently performed bizarre rituals on the remains of her late husband, Robert Mugabe and also barred close family members and other relatives from viewing his body when he was buried in Zvimba on September 29, the Daily News reports. [GoogleAd] This followed Mugabe’s…
© ZIMBABWEANS should brace for more bread shortages as the country has run out of flour, Bakers Association of Zimbabwe chairperson Dennis Wala has said. “The issue is shortage of flour. Our members cannot find flour. The information we have received is that they cannot find flour anywhere and they don’t have raw materials,” Wala…
