'Wadyajena's tax bill bigger'
HARARE - Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Wadyajena’s tax woes and liabilities could have been bigger — had the taxman not “nicked” a portion of his penalties off the total bill, documents show....
View ArticlePeople speak on age limit for kombi drivers
BULAWAYO - Government has announced its intentions to review the Highway Code and raise the minimum age requirement for public transport drivers from the current 25 to 35 years to curb road accidents....
View ArticleWhere to Zim?
HARARE - Zimbabwe must first resolve its leadership succession problem, implement austerity measures, effect policy consistency and rebrand itself if it is to revive the country’s ailing economy,...
View ArticleDeMbare seek revenge
HARARE - Dynamos assistant coach Tichaona Diya is itching for revenge against Hwange when the two teams clash in a Castle Premiership match at the Colliery on Sunday. The Glamour Boys have not...
View ArticleNeymar inspires Brazil
SAO PAULO - Brazil's poster boy Neymar scored twice and the outstanding Oscar added a late third as the hosts came from behind to beat Croatia 3-1 in a thrilling World Cup opening match on Thursday....
View ArticleDon't mortgage minerals — WB
HARARE - The World Bank has warned Zimbabwe against mortgaging its minerals, saying this jeopardises future generations’ welfare. Nadia Piffaretti, the World Bank’s senior economist, told a news...
View ArticleMDC youths threaten mass demonstrations
HARARE - Opposition MDC party youths have threatened to unfurl street protests against President Robert Mugabe’s administration over the mounting economic hardships. Clifford Hlatshwayo, MDC youth...
View ArticleZanu PF rolls out $2,4bn agric project
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF Youth League yesterday unveiled an ambitious $2,4 billion revolving agricultural facility under a joint venture with Lasch Enterprises Pvt Ltd. The project,...
View ArticleCourt to rule Monday on ANZ application
HARARE - A Harare magistrate will on Monday rule on an application for refusal of further remand lodged by Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) group editor, Stanley Gama in a criminal defamation...
View ArticleZIBF tackles book piracy
HARARE - Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) says it is facilitating the reform of the local book industry in a bid to combat rampant book piracy. Chairman of the ZIBF executive board Musaemura...
View ArticleMiss Women's University in Africa pageant tonight
HARARE - Urban Groves star Cindy Munyavi will share the stage tonight with rappers Mudiwa and Dj Naida at the Miss Women’s University in Africa pageant to be hosted by the Book Café. Before the beauty...
View ArticlePadenga targets 10pc output increase
HARARE - Innscor's crocodile-skin producer Padenga Holdings said it aims to increase production by approximately 10 percent in 2015. The company, with crocodile farms in Zimbabwe and the United States...
View ArticleDelta pays $ 27,8m dividend
HARARE - Beverages manufacturer Delta Corporation Limited (Delta) has paid out a total $27, 8m dividend for the year to March 2014. The group — about 22 percent owned by South Africa-based SABMiller —...
View ArticleRTG mum on retrenchment plan
HARARE - Listed hotelier Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) has refused to disclose details of its planned retrenchment exercise saying they are yet to finalise the process. The group, which has embarked on...
View ArticleZimAsset impractical: Denmark
HARARE - Denmark says Zimbabwe’s economic blueprint, ZimAsset, is not practical and government needs to come up with concrete steps to revive the stuttering economy. Erik Rasmussen, head of mission at...
View ArticleLast of my Wise Men gone…
HARARE - As a journalist, I have always wondered how my career would have gone if Nathan Shamuyarira had offered me a job in the Ministry of Information in 1980. “I’m sure we can fit you somewhere”...
View ArticleZimra's move disastrous
HARARE - The move by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) to impose stiff penalties and garnisheeing the accounts of defaulting corporates is not only disastrous for companies but for the whole...
View ArticleCriminal defamation unconstitutional
HARARE - The Constitutional Court yesterday ruled that the use of criminal defamation laws has a “stifling and chilling effect” on free speech in Zimbabwe. In the landmark ruling that has been...
View ArticleTough times ahead for civil servants
HARARE - Civil servants should brace themselves for challenging times ahead as government continues to shift pay dates, piling more misery on the already hard-pressed government workers. Civil...
View ArticleVapositori fail to raise bail
HARARE - The wives of 24 members of the Madzibaba Ishamea Mufani’s Johanne Masowe Church, whose husbands were granted $100 bail at the High Court yesterday, have appealed for financial help to secure...
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