HARARE – Over the years, the population of Norton — a town about 40 kilometres outside Harare — has risen from 45 000 to between 85 000 and 100 000 people as approximately 300 babies are born per month. And yet the small numbers of nurses at the town’s clinics and at the main Norton…
HARARE – Energy minister Joram Gumbo has had a baptism of fire since his recent appointment coincided with the deepening fuel crisis in the country that has sparked calls for his resignation from some quarters. The Daily News on Sunday’s Mugove Tafirenyika (Q) recently spoke to Gumbo (A) on the fuel crisis and other related…
HARARE – They say “ignorance is bliss”, but perhaps not when people’s health and wellbeing is endangered by lack of determination on Harare City Council (HCC)’s part to finish what they started. Rainy seasons are normally celebrated as they are relied upon for the provision of water, an essential facet of life, but the case…
HARARE – The two percent tax impinges the elite, who transact large sums of money, an economist said this week, noting that the masses should just endure the pain as the government makes efforts to redress an inherited economic fiasco. But how much can an ordinary citizen with either a paltry salary that has been…
HARARE – For Trymore Gumbo, 34, the long queues being witnessed in the fuel sector are a sad reminder of the 2008 scenario, where every queue was worth joining regardless of what will be on offer. During the 2008 era, people had mastered the art of endurance, standing in queues for long hours even just…
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has resolved to join the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and the rest of the suffering citizens in protesting against the deteriorating economic conditions in the country. The resolution was made during the MDC’s urgent national executive committee meeting that was held at the party headquarters in Harare…
HARARE – Pornography is consuming a big chunk of Zimbabwe’s Internet data, which could point to addiction to eroticism on the part of users. It was revealed at the Zimbabwe Internet Governance Forum (ZIGF) conference held in Harare on October 8, that the distribution and circulation of pornography in the country mostly involves young people…
HARARE – Government has triggered a storm after forging ahead to effect a draconian two percent tax on electronic transactions through a process legal experts say is unlawful. This comes as financial institutions, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority and telecommunication companies began extending the collection of the tax across all electronic transactions yesterday. Legal observers told…
HARARE – Government has triggered a storm after forging ahead to effect a draconian two percent tax on electronic transactions through a process legal experts say is unlawful. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Despite the massive resistance which followed the unveiling of a draconian two percent tax on electronic transactions last week, government has now moved to make the fee lawful with immediate effect. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
