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© THE government says people with free funds  including cross border traders  will continue to import goods without being asked to account for their source of foreign currency. The clarification comes days after pronouncements by newly-appointed Finance deputy minister, Clemence Chiduwa, caused widespread panic and anxiety among importers. [GoogleAd] Addressing the media on Friday, Chiduwa…

© EXPECTATIONS — largely on social media — that the return to Zimbabwe of fit-again Vice President Constantino Chiwenga would mark the beginning of a titanic political contest between him and President Emmerson Mnangagwa appear to have so far received short shrift, the Daily News reports. [GoogleAd] This comes after the two men appeared to…

© THE State has withdrawn charges against 13 National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students who were arrested for holding a demonstration, after the institution absolved them of any wrongdoing. In September, the students allegedly barricaded the university’s entrances with logs and iron bars, blocking staff from accessing the campus after lecturers boycotted teaching…

© FORMER National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board (Nieeb) employees have filed a High Court application against the Industry and Commerce ministry, demanding thousands of litres of fuel that they were owed by the indigenisation company. Among some of the former employees that have approached the court are Virginia Mugari, who is owed 2 910,77…

© HIGH Court judge Edith Mushore has reserved judgment in a case in which two civic society organisations sued President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the government’s decision to shut down the Internet in January following a three-day stay-away called by labour unions. [GoogleAd] Mushore, who heard the matter on Thursday, reserved ruling in the matter after…

© THE government is distributing food aid to over six million people in both rural and urban areas weekly. This comes as close to half the country’s population is in need of emergency humanitarian aid. The World Food Programme (WFP) has also placed Zimbabwe among the world’s 16 high risk countries in need of urgent…

© KAROI Town Council housing director Sibongile Mujuruki has been sent on two months forced leave pending investigations into a housing stands scandal that has rocked her department. [GoogleAd] Mujuruki’s department has been at the centre of controversy amid allegations of deep-rooted corruption in the stands saga gripping the farming town for several decades. According…

© ZIMBABWE has over the past few years failed to allocate seven percent of its budget to water and sanitation in line with the commitment made at the 2014 Sanitation and Water (SWA) for All high-Level meeting hosted by the World Bank in Washington. [GoogleAd] During this meeting, 55 countries, donors and banks made specific…

© GOVERNMENT must re-look at the scope of the Youth Employment Tax Incentive (Yeti) which seeks to promote employment among the young as it can be abused by unscrupulous business people, an industry official has said. [GoogleAd] Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube, while presenting his 2020 budget, said this measure would help reduce…

© THE demand for hotel rooms is dropping as the deteriorating economy continues to reduce the aggregate pursuit for domestic tourism. [GoogleAd] This comes as other related sectors such as property have also recorded a drop in occupancy due to severe erosion of consumer disposable incomes for both individuals and companies. The widening gap between…