HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) has extended to October 31, the period within which residents would be entitled to a 50 percent discount for their debt clearance. Council spokesperson Michael Chideme said the city fathers are also evaluating a request to have the period extended to December 31. This comes after the Harare…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has urged taxpayers to review their tax affairs and make voluntary disclosures where there is any income omitted from returns submitted or where there are any tax obligations that the taxpayer may not have complied with. The intention is to encourage voluntary compliance from taxpayers and avoid charging…
HARARE – The courts yesterday dismissed an application for discharge filed by television personality Oscar Pambuka and former Zanu PF MP for Highfield Psychology Maziwisa who are facing charges of defrauding Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) of $12 650. In their last appearance, Maziwisa and Pambuka filed an application for dismissal at the close of the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is back in the international spotlight for all the wrong reasons altogether. In recent weeks, the southern African state has been making headlines — locally and internationally — dominated by its economic meltdown. It has also gripped media’s attention because of the alleged human rights abuses and the August 1 killings of…
HARARE – South Africa is seen benefiting immensely from the lifting of Statutory Instrument (SI) 122 of 2017, economic analysts say. On Tuesday, government lifted a two-year ban on the import of basic commodities, in a move likely to be welcomed by South African businesses. The lifting of the ban seeks to allow importation of…
MUTARE – Mutare City Council (MCC) is losing 68 percent of its treated water through burst pipes, a senior council official has revealed. MCC director Engineering and Technical Services Maxwell Karenyi told a business community consultative meeting recently that it is only getting revenue from 32 percent of its treated water making it difficult to…
HARARE – Business came to a standstill at a Harare hotel yesterday after Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief executive officer Karikoga Kaseke was told that a less-than-400ml glass of orange juice had outrageously spiked to $10. The Daily News crew was at the hotel conducting other business when Kaseke had a run-in with hotel staff…
HARARE – Buoyed by the swift removal of vendors from its central business district (CBD), the Harare City Council (HCC) has launched a blitz on small vehicles (mushika-shika) that are picking up passengers at undesignated points in the city. This comes as Harare mayor Herbert Gomba has warned municipal staff to conduct their duties diligently…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s wheat output will plummet unless farmers are paid part of their produce in foreign currency to enable them to keep pace with the prevailing economic environment, an official of the Zimbabwe Wheat Board (ZWB) has said. The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is paying $500 per tonne for wheat. Zimbabwe’s cost of production…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has put news and current affairs director Tazzen Mandizvidza on involuntary leave without pay. He has been barred from entering the ZBC premises, and instructed to surrender all company property in his possession which includes office keys, ZBC identity card and a motor vehicle. Mandizvidza was fingered in…
