HARARE – The cash-strapped government has amended the Finance Bill to enable it to tax foreign satellite service providers such as Multichoice. Parliament has acceded to the amendment of Section 14 of the Income Tax Act so that fees and charges that are paid to foreign satellite service providers are deemed as income sourced from…
HARARE – As the broke Zimbabwean government seeks to seize every cent it can lay its hands on, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) will tax specific classes of donations to beef up the fiscus. The tax collector said even though donations are not incurred for the purposes of trade or in the production of income,…
HARARE – The $1,132 billion allocated to the Primary and Secondary Education ministry will bankroll teacher training in local languages, and fund rural education and development, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said. This was after lawmakers had raised queries about the arrested development in rural schools. Ncube said the education sector received the highest allocation…
January ED visits sick Tsvangirai Apart from President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s visit to the home of the late Morgan Tsvangirai, another highlight for January 2018 was the arrest of several former government mandarins who were loyal to former president Robert Mugabe such as Samuel Undenge and Walter Chidakwa, on allegations of abuse of office. February …
HARARE – Family of God Church founder and leader Andrew Wutawunashe has described Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as the midwife of the new dispensation. Chiwenga, 62, led the military takeover in Zimbabwe in November 2017 that toppled long-ruling despot Robert Mugabe. Introducing Chiwenga at a national prayer at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair grounds in…
HARARE – Government will this year release US$3 million in support for cancer programmes. As resources become available, there are also plans to establish a fully-fledged cancer hospital. Currently, government operates a cancer unit at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals and over US$10m has been expended on the project. “The 2019 budget provides for a US$3m…
HARARE – A fire tender hired out to the ruling Zanu PF party during its annual National People’s Conference held in Esigodini last month has caused ructions here after it was rented out at a massive discount against council policy. Zanu PF had its 17th conference in Matabeleland South between December 11 and 16, 2018,…
HARARE – Government could be headed for a complete shutdown if it does not urgently address the concerns of its employees who are downing tools to press for better pay and improved working conditions, analysts warned this week. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Government could be headed for a complete shutdown if it does not urgently address the concerns of its employees who are downing tools to press for better pay and improved working conditions, analysts warned this week. This comes as teachers, specialist doctors, radiographers and nurses have joined the month-long industrial action by junior…
HARARE – Senators have called on central government to expeditiously provide financial resources for construction of a new airport in Kariba and upgrade its tourist facilities to international standards. They said given the strategic role of tourism to the country’s economic development, both as a major foreign currency earner and source of employment, the decline…
