HARARE – South Africa is ready to assist Zimbabwe, although the latter is still to approach Pretoria for any assistance. Lindiwe Sisulu, South Africa’s International Relations and Cooperation minister, said the northern neighbour ‘‘cannot go to Zimbabwe and say; ‘here is a bag of whatever and you will have it’ as international relations depend on…
HARARE – Several senior police officers have been moved from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)’s traffic section to other units within the force. The transfers are part of efforts by the law enforcement agency to root out corruption within the traffic unit. On Thursday, the police top brass redeployed 819 officers mostly from the traffic…
HARARE – New Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza is ringing changes at the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), going against advice he got from his predecessor Joram Gumbo who is now heading the Energy ministry. While Gumbo had defended the Zinara board led by Wilfred Ramwi, which stands accused of refusing to act on a…
HARARE – Local authorities will continue to accept all forms of payment at government prescribed exchange rates in spite of the pricing madness rattling Zimbabwe’s moribund economy. Zimbabwe Local Government Association (Zilga) president Killer Zivhu told the Daily News yesterday that councils operate within the confines of the law as they are arms of government….
HARARE – Government is evasive on whether it will pay bonuses for its 300 000 employees, whose salaries take up a huge chunk of the national budget. With the fiscus operating on a shoe string budget, payment of the thirteenth cheque has been somewhat a challenge for more than a decade now. On Thursday, Public…
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. A general notice published in the Government Gazette yesterday under Statutory Instrument 205 of 2018 gave effect to the new tax, which…
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]
HARARE – One of the country’s leading medical aid societies, Cimas, said its members should continue to pay their contributions through payment modes made available to them by the regulatory authorities. This comes as other societies and health funders are only accepting payments in United States dollars. In a statement, Cimas said members can still…
HARARE – A Harare man who had dragged Well-Cash Debt Collectors to court arguing that its operations were illegal, has withdrawn the case before it could be heard in the High Court. Cephas Madyanyoka did not give reasons for withdrawing the suit, which arose after the debt-collecting firm was engaged by the Harare City Council…
HARARE – Police arrested several members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) yesterday to crush protests against an extortionate tax regime introduced last week by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
