THE Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) says over 1 000 businesses were sanctioned in the last four months of last year for operating without point of sale (POS) machines. This comes as the CPC, backed by law enforcement agents, launched a blitz last year against businesses, particularly fuel dealers, who were operating without POS machines, saying…
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has advised all fast food operators that starting today they are required to remit one percent of the value of each sale of any product to the tax collector. This comes after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in the 2025 National Budget presented last November introduced a fast foods tax. He…
ONE of the country’s leading construction companies, Beta Holdings, has applied to the Master of the High Court for the firm to be placed under voluntary business rescue due to lack of sufficient working capital. This comes amid a boom in the construction industry that has seen an influx of foreign companies in the sector,…
A MANHUNT is on for Mthulisi Moyo who fled, three months ago, from an unnamed wholesaler in Victoria Falls where he was employed as a branch manager, with over US$35 000. He was supposed to bank the cash. Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the suspect took the money from a cash-in-transit crew for depositing…
A TOTAL of 342 210 cases of common diarrhoea and 173 deaths were recorded across the country since the beginning of 2024. This comes as the country also battled this year with other communicable diseases such as dysentery, typhoid and flu. According to the latest statistics from the Health ministry’s disease surveillance report, from the…
SENATORS have implored authorities to invest more in curbing the production and distribution of illicit beer across the country. This comes as Senator Maggie Chakabuda this week raised a motion in the Senate for the government to come up with measures that deal with the illegal brewing of illicit beer. Debating on the motion, senators…
THE country yesterday experienced a national blackout due to technical disturbance on the national grid. This comes after the country and Zambia experienced a similar blackout last month due to technical fault. In a statement last night, Zesa said its technicians were working flat out to ensure that power is restored countrywide. “Zesa Holdings would…
Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER bmuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw STAKEHOLDERS have called on authorities to allow more foreign investors in the media industry, which will go a long way in growing the country’s broadcasting sector and will enhance diversity and inclusion. This comes as the parliamentary portfolio committee on Media, Information and Broadcasting Services yesterday commenced public hearings in…
Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw AT LEAST seven people succumbed to diarrhoea last week, bringing the cumulative number of deaths to 171 this year as the country continues to grapple with the disease. According to statistics from the ministry of Health disease surveillance report released yesterday, from the beginning of the year, 335 191 cases…
FINANCIAL institution TIME Bank has agreed conditionally to the Inclusion of War Veterans’ compensation of US$3,5 billion under its loan proposal of US$38 billion. This comes after the former freedom fighters recently wrote to the bank seeking to be included among 10 groups of people including victims of the land reform programme to be compensated…
