2026

CHIEF WRITER GOVERNMENT is set to transfer the Consumer Council of Zim­babwe (CCZ) to the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC), positioning the commission as the lead statutory enforcement agency responsible for consumer and prod­uct integrity. Speaking in Gokwe during the annual consumer conference yes­terday, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga said the move aimed to strengthen the national…

Brighton MuronzereyiCHIEF WRITER THE government must review the country’s much-debated Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT) and sugar tax to ease the financial burden on both consumers and businesses.Speaking to legislators earlier this week, business leaders warned anew that both taxes were continuing to negatively impact ordinary people, jobs and the viability of many companies.They said…

Shamaine ChirimujiriSTAFF WRITER A QUARTET of suspected armed robbers, comprising a member of the Air Force of Zimbabwe, Tawanda Musendo, allegedly posed as police officers and robbed motorists of more than US$169 000 in three separate incidents in Harare.Musendo, 36, Trust Jimu, 37, Evans Chimunsi, 46, and Tafadzwa Matigimu, 34, are facing three counts of…

Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITER THRONGS of mourners gathered in Harare’s central business district yesterday for the joint funeral service of businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife, Lucy Muteke.The massive turnout brought traffic to a standstill and forced police to deploy crowd-control measures around Doves Funeral Services, as attendees jostled to view the caskets.Some people ended up…

Brighton MuronzereyiCHIEF WRITER DELAYS and inconsistencies in Treasury disbursements are severely crippling health service delivery across Zimbabwe, with unpaid suppliers withholding critical medical equipment.Giving oral evidence before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health yesterday, the director of Finance in the ministry, Lynette Tennis, said some suppliers were now holding onto their medical equipment because they…