HARARE – Plans by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) to demonstrate against the recently introduced tax were thrown into disarray yesterday after police banned the protest saying government is still to contain the cholera outbreak. In a statement yesterday, the police said last month’s ban on public gatherings still stands and ZCTU cannot…
HARARE – Government has been urged to own up to its overspending and stop punishing ordinary citizens by burdening them with the extra two percent per dollar tax. Responding to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s recent utterances that Zimbabweans should take the pain, analysts said it was not fair for the government to hurt the ordinary citizens….
HARARE – Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo has stuck to his guns, declaring that he will not resign despite pressure from stakeholders peeved by the worsening fuel situation. This follows calls for his resignation for allegedly misleading the nation into believing that the country had enough fuel when long, winding queues have become…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s travelling public is scrambling to secure Emirates tickets, some booking as far ahead as August 2019 for speculative reasons. Emirates, is among the few major airlines which have not yet withdrawn full ticketing in Zimbabwe after British Airways (BA) — operated by Comair — joined a long list of air travel providers…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Special Anti-Corruption Unit has dedicated a week to prosecute former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere on corruption charges. Kasukuwere is now being represented by Charles Chinyama after Jonathan Samukange renounced agency last week. He appeared before Harare magistrate Elisha Singano and was advised that his trial would run from October…
HARARE – A Harare regional magistrate yesterday questioned the delay in prosecution of businessmen Genius Kadungure and Wicknell Chivhayo who are facing corruption charges dating back to 2012. Regional magistrate Morgan Nemadire who is presiding over Kadungure and Chivayo’s fraud trial ordered prosecutor Ephraim Zinyandu to furnish the court with a report after enquiry on…
HARARE – MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says he will not be “tricked” into a government of national unity (GNU) like what happened with the party’s founding president, Morgan Tsvangirai, in 2008. Chamisa poured cold water on sentiments that he must smoke a peace pipe with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stem an economic Armageddon which has…
HARARE – Thousands of struggling workers are at risk of failing to access medical services after the Association of Health Care Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) yesterday warned that it will soon start charging subscriptions in United States dollars. AHFoZ represents all medical aid societies in Zimbabwe. This comes in the wake of sharp hikes in…
HARARE – Former Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi appears to have hit hard times as the senator for Marondera is battling to settle some of his obligations, the Daily News can report. According to the Progressive Agriculture and Allied Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (Paawuz), the veteran politician — aged 74 — is struggling to pay his…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is on the brink of crippling protests over the recently introduced tax regime that are seen dampening current efforts aimed at reviving the country’s economy, which has continued on a downward trend, amid serious shortages of goods and escalation of prices. Last week, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) — the…
