GOVERNMENT yesterday said it is ready to thwart any unsanctioned dissent in the wake of threats by the country’s largest opposition political party — the MDC — to unleash crippling protests in a bid to push President Emmerson Mnangagwa out of power. MDC president Nelson Chamisa told the media on Tuesday that the country was…
PASSENGERS Association of Zimbabwe (Paz) president Tafadzwa Goliati says the transport problems being faced by commuters are being worsened by the fact that government’s fuel support is only extended to Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) and not private commuter omnibuses. Goliati’s statement comes as hundreds of commuters have been left stranded over the last few…
SMALL and Medium Enterprises Association of Zimbabwe’s (SMEZ) executive director Farai Mutambanengwe yesterday chided government’s economic policies which he said are turning citizens into criminals. His sentiments come as the local Zimbabwe dollar has continued to tumble against major trading currencies of the world, reviving appetite to use the United States dollar (USD) to store…
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)’s drive to increase domestic revenue through tax to fund the country’s development remains mired by lack of tax compliance by the country’s buoyant informal sector. Millions of dollars in potential tax are stuck in the informal trade which is estimated to be contributing 60 percent of the country’s GDP. While…
FORMER Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi, pictured, has revealed stunning details of how the ruling Zanu PF rigs elections through harvesting fear, riding on people’s poverty and having prior access to the voters’ roll by its candidates. Mzembi, who is in self-imposed exile in South Africa and recently formed a political movement — the People’s…
UNITED States ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols has chided government for failing to address rampant corruption in the agriculture sector which has undermined food security. Nichols made the remarks in the wake of recent revelations that the current maize meal shortages were being worsened by widespread corruption at Grain Marketing Board (GMB) where some officials…
LEGAL think tank Veritas has said Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, who recently exempted Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies from paying income tax, has no jurisdiction to backdate tax. Two weeks ago, Ncube gazetted two statutory instruments which backdate Huawei Technologies exemption from paying tax to December 2009. “This is in line with a 2014 “framework…
THE government has justified its decision to repossess the late former president Robert Mugabe’s nephew Robert Zhuwao’s Zvimba plot, arguing the process was lawfully done. Zhuwao, who is accused of abandoning the farm since 2011, told the court that the 232-hectare land was offered to him under the land reform programme in 2004. He denied…
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa warned yesterday that the worsening economic situation in the country had created conditions conducive for a revolution, the Daily News reports. This comes as efforts to have Mnangagwa and Chamisa to hold much-needed talks to help fix the country are faltering, with hawks within both Zanu PF and the MDC said…
THE under pressure government yesterday reversed the steep examination fee hikes for Advanced(A) and Ordinary(O) levels that it announced recently, following a backlash from long-suffering parents and legislators. This comes as the government is also under the cosh from restless student unions to reverse its astronomical fees for tertiary education — which were announced at…
