HARARE – They say “ignorance is bliss”, but perhaps not when people’s health and wellbeing is endangered by lack of determination on Harare City Council (HCC)’s part to finish what they started. Rainy seasons are normally celebrated as they are relied upon for the provision of water, an essential facet of life, but the case…
HARARE – The two percent tax impinges the elite, who transact large sums of money, an economist said this week, noting that the masses should just endure the pain as the government makes efforts to redress an inherited economic fiasco. But how much can an ordinary citizen with either a paltry salary that has been…
HARARE – For Trymore Gumbo, 34, the long queues being witnessed in the fuel sector are a sad reminder of the 2008 scenario, where every queue was worth joining regardless of what will be on offer. During the 2008 era, people had mastered the art of endurance, standing in queues for long hours even just…
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has resolved to join the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and the rest of the suffering citizens in protesting against the deteriorating economic conditions in the country. The resolution was made during the MDC’s urgent national executive committee meeting that was held at the party headquarters in Harare…
HARARE – Pornography is consuming a big chunk of Zimbabwe’s Internet data, which could point to addiction to eroticism on the part of users. It was revealed at the Zimbabwe Internet Governance Forum (ZIGF) conference held in Harare on October 8, that the distribution and circulation of pornography in the country mostly involves young people…
HARARE – Government has triggered a storm after forging ahead to effect a draconian two percent tax on electronic transactions through a process legal experts say is unlawful. This comes as financial institutions, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority and telecommunication companies began extending the collection of the tax across all electronic transactions yesterday. Legal observers told…
HARARE – Local authorities will continue to accept all forms of payment at government prescribed exchange rates in spite of the pricing madness rattling Zimbabwe’s moribund economy. Zimbabwe Local Government Association (Zilga) president Killer Zivhu told the Daily News yesterday that councils operate within the confines of the law as they are arms of government….
HARARE – Government is evasive on whether it will pay bonuses for its 300 000 employees, whose salaries take up a huge chunk of the national budget. With the fiscus operating on a shoe string budget, payment of the thirteenth cheque has been somewhat a challenge for more than a decade now. On Thursday, Public…
HARARE – Despite the massive resistance which followed the unveiling of a draconian two percent tax on electronic transactions last week, government has now moved to make the fee lawful with immediate effect. A general notice published in the Government Gazette yesterday under Statutory Instrument 205 of 2018 gave effect to the new tax, which…
HARARE – Despite the massive resistance which followed the unveiling of a draconian two percent tax on electronic transactions last week, government has now moved to make the fee lawful with immediate effect. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
