PACIFIC Cigarette Company (PCC) has gone into voluntary business rescue after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) accused it of being in over US$19 million tax arrears. The tax man had since garnished the company’s bank accounts to settle what it owes. In a statement at the weekend, PCC, formerly Savanna Tobacco Company, said Zimra “performed…
CHOLERA cases in Zimbabwe have risen to over 4 600 with 130 deaths recorded since February this year, the Health ministry has confirmed in its latest situation report released over the weekend. This comes as authorities are scrambling to stop the spread of the communicable disease which has mainly hit Harare, Manicaland, Masvingo and Mashonaland…
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) says it has connected over 30 organisations that serve the needs of people with disabilities (PWDs) and donated 450 ICT gadgets to help empower PWDs. Speaking in Masvingo on Friday, the Potraz director general, Gift Machengete, at a workshop on basic digital skills, said disability was not…
THE government is set to auction over 400 abandoned vehicles after one -and-a-half months if they are not claimed by their owners. In a Government Gazette on Friday, the ministry of Transport said 442 unregistered, locally abandoned and accident-damaged vehicles, including foreign registered vehicles, across the country were going to be sold. “It is hereby…
THE United Nations (UN) has called on all stakeholders in Zimbabwe to work together and address the negative effects expected from the looming El Nino-induced drought and other natural disasters in the 2023/23 summer season. Addressing delegates in Harare on Friday to mark the official end of the four-year Zimbabwe Idai recovery programme, UN resident…
PARLIAMENT says it will follow the country’s Constitution with regards to this week’s surprise bid to recall 15 legislators belonging to the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). This comes as fresh confusion has hit the CCC after a well-known opposition fi gure claiming to be the party’s interim secretary-general, Sengezo Tshabangu, wrote to National Assembly…
ZANU PF is eyeing winning the by-election to be held in Gutu West constituency in Masvingo Province on November 11 this year. This comes as the parliamentary poll in the constituency could not be held simultaneously with the August 23 harmonised elections following the death of independent candidate Christopher Mutonhori Rwodzi, whose name had been…
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has called on the government to support local manufacturers to expand their exports. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday ahead of their annual congress next month, CZI chief executive officer Sekai Kuvarika said local manufacturers are building strong business for them to expand their influence in the region and…
ZESA is battling to pay for its electricity imports, resulting in outstanding debts of more than US$100 million, as it strives to keep the lights on in the country. This has seen some of the affected external suppliers threatening to switch off the under pressure power utility — a development that would worsen Zimbabwe’s resurgent…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa is stuck in the past and his calls for the country to hold an election re-run were a “pipedream”. Addressing his second politburo meeting in Harare yesterday after last month’s general elections, in which he emerged as the presidential winner, Mnangagwa told senior…
