CHIEF WRITER THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is targeting 50 000 informal traders in a major push to expand the country’s tax base and boost overstretched State coffers. Appearing before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Budget and Finance earlier this week, Zimra Commissioner for Domestic Taxes, Misheck Govha, said the authority was rolling out new…
CHIEF WRITER FORMER Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena was yesterday elevated into the Zanu PF central committee by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Wadyajena, who was a member of the Gokwe District Coordinating Committee (DCC), returned to the ruling party’s leadership structures at a higher level. His appointment was part of a reshuffle of the party’s leadership…
Brighton Muronzereyi CHIEF WRITER AUTHORITIES have issued an urgent national alert regarding sophisticated human trafficking syndicates targeting vulnerable job seekers abroad. Speaking in Harare yesterday, the minister of Information, Zhemu Soda, warned that unscrupulous criminal networks were increasingly exploiting citizens by promising lucrative employment opportunities in neighbouring countries, the Middle East, and Asia. “The government…
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…
CHIEF WRITER THE government has roped in international experts to determine what caused the helicopter crash, which killed businessman Wicknell Chivayo, his wife and three others. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, the minister of Information, Zhemu Soda, said preliminary on-site investigations had been completed and the wreckage secured for detailed forensic examination…
CHIEF WRITER GOVERNMENT has committed over US$600 million to construct at least 1 350 schools, targeting zero infrastructure deficit by 2029. The move is expected to reduce the distances travelled by pupils to access education, with the government targeting a situation where no learner walks more than five kilometres to school. Speaking to the Daily…
CHIEF WRITER THE Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) has urged growers to exercise extreme caution to avoid costly crop failures from early seasonal rains. This development comes as some parts of the country would experience thunder-storms this week. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, ZCFU president Shadreck Makombe said although widespread rainfall had provided an…
CHIEF WRITER PARLIAMENT will begin a crucial five-day nationwide public consultation exercise on the 2027 National Budget on Monday. This comes as key stakeholders have urged authorities to ensure that they protect vulnerable groups and also ease the current high tax burden on businesses. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper…
SOME parts of the country will experience thunder storms early next week. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’ s most influential newspaper — a spokesperson of the Meteorological Services Department (MSD), Isaac Masawana, confirmed yesterday that the unsettled weather conditions were expected on Monday and Tuesday. “We expect the current weather conditions to…
CHIEF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged the church to promote unity, patriotism, and social cohesion to support the country’s economic development agenda. Speaking at the burial of national hero Edward Raradza at the National Heroes Acre in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said the church was a critical moral force and partner in the implementation of…
