HARARE – The Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has recorded 1 431 fire incidences which destroyed 951 080,15 hectares of vegetation since July 31. Although the national burnt area is still lower than that of the previous year, it is increasing each week. Ema is therefore advising motorists to avoid driving close to veld fire flames…
HARARE – Only less than 30 percent of properties along the Enterprise Road corridor in Harare are still residential, with the rest having been turned into offices and restaurants. According to minutes of the City of Harare’s Environmental Management Committee, the Enterprise corridor must therefore be incorporated into Harare’s Combination Master Plan to include new…
BULAWAYO – The city council here has defended its 2019 budget, which will see residents forking out more in rent and rates. In its budget presented last week, council increased its budget to $212,5 million from $152, 5 million. The city fathers also indicated that they may be forced to review the budget due to…
HARARE – The new minister of Local Government, July Moyo, should put aside his party jacket if he is to successfully oversee the smooth running of councils across the country. He must desist from clashing with elected mayors and councillors like what his former colleagues — Saviour Kasukuwere and Ignatious Chombo — used to do…
HARARE – Government’s decision to charge a draconian two percent tax on electronic transactions is likely to face its first legal challenge today. The Daily News can report that a Harare man, Mfundo Mlilo, is approaching the High Court today, seeking to have the tax reversed on grounds that it is “illegal and immoral.” Mlilo…
HARARE – While it is understandable for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to call on Zimbabweans to adjust to the two percent tax regime for better economic transformation, analysts believe that the pain should also be shared by those in power. On Monday, Mnangagwa urged citizens to bear the pain of new taxation and other economic reforms…
HARARE – For the average Zimbabwean, birth control pills are lifestyle drugs while condoms are one of those accessories many would put into the shopping basket without considering the cost. Well, that was before commodity prices skyrocketed due to limited foreign currency coupled with the introduction of a two percent tax per dollar transacted electronically….
HARARE – While it could be too early to judge the performance of legislators in the Ninth Parliament, MDC parliamentarians have had a good start judging from the number of motions they have so far raised in the National Assembly. Members of Parliament from the MDC introduced a number of motions which mainly touch on…
HARARE – Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has apologised to MDC Member of Parliament for Zengeza West Job Sikhala after he wrongly ejected him from the august House last Wednesday for making noise, it has emerged. Sikhala along with MDC MP for Highfield Eric Murai were forced out of the National Assembly after…
HARARE – Consumers will continue to feel the heat as retailers adjust their prices upwards nearly on a daily basis to keep pace with inflation, which a United States-based expert put at 155,8 as of last Friday. Renowned US economist Steve Hanke said Zimbabwe’s 2018 cumulative inflation hit 155,8 percent as of October 12. According…
