SPORTS WRITER GOVERNMENT will begin taxing sports punters from January next year as it seeks to widen its tax base. Presenting the 2025 National Budget Statement yesterday, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said winning punters at betting houses in Zimbabwe will now be liable to a 10percent withholding tax on gross winnings. “Sports betting punters currently…
Thembinkosi Nyathi ENTERTAINMENT WRITER MUSIC stars Enzo Ishall and Nutty O will share the stage tonight at Socialite Gardens in Chitungwiza. They will be supported by Slyme Foxx, Mr Attention, Madede, Jnr Spragga, Kabhidha as well as wheelspinners DJ Fambo, DJ Eyeone, DJ Kritical, DJ Marlon, MC Kalu, MC Fidodo, MC Adhama, MC Kushy and…
Progress Chaya STAFF WRITER chayap@dailynews.co.zw RISING authors Elliot Chatima and Rumbi Chen will launch their latest book, ‘Landing in Fifteen Minutes’ at Nhaka Gallery today under the banner of the Harare International Literature Festival. ZimParks board Chairperson Agrippa Sora will be the guest of honour and will be joined on the podium by speakers such…
Progress Chaya STAFF WRITER chayap@dailynews.co.zw RISING gospel music star Francis Hawu Juma will share the stage with Trinity Singers Chikwaka at the inaugural Kungoma Kumagitare concert to be held tomorrow at the Anglican Cathedral Hall in Harare. The highly anticipated concert, which aims to celebrate and diversify music by blending traditional drumming (Ngoma Nehosho) with…
Beaven Dhliwayo GROUP FEATURES EDITOR THE permanent secretary for the ministry of Industry and Commerce, Thomas Utete Wushe, has underscored the importance of businesses committing to quality and excellence to combat the prevalence of counterfeit and substandard products in Zimbabwe’s marketplace. Speaking at the recent National Annual Quality Awards (NAQA) organised by the Standards Association…
Blessings Mashaya, and Brendon Josphat STAFF WRITERS THE 2025 National Budget presented by hard-pressed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in Harare yesterday reflected the myriad challenges facing the fiscus and the country’s economy. As a result, Ncube had little space to manoeuvre — to make life that much easier for under the cosh consumers and businesses…
Thembinkosi Nyathi STAFF WRITER nyathit@dailynews.co.zw A SUSPECTED Harare armed robber, Ebelloy Chikemura, was yesterday denied bail by a High Court judge. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the judge’s decision was based on the strength of the State case against the accused and that Chikemura was likely to abscond as the evidence linking him…
Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw THE European Union (EU) ambassadors and senior government officials yesterday held a formal partnership dialogue aimed at deepening relations between the two. Speaking during the Zimbabwe-EU partnership dialogue in Harare, EU ambassador to Zimbabwe Jobst von Kirchmann said the bloc valued the opportunity for dialogue and “reaffirms our ambition to continue deepening…
Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO THE government has opened a one-stop facility at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo to provide gender-based violence (GBV) victims with safe healing spaces. Speaking at the launch yesterday, minister of Women Affairs Monica Mutsvangwa, said more safe healing spaces were needed for GBV victims in the country.The safe space at Mpilo hospital…
Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailyne.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) law enforcement agents have impounded hundreds of unlicensed taxis and kombis, better known as mushikashikas, in a two-week blitz to bring sanity in the central business district (CBD). Acting HCC town clerk Phakamile Mabhena Moyo confirmed the blitz to the Daily News yesterday, saying it started on Monday…
