HARARE – The Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) is now exempt from paying income tax following provisions gazetted by the Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa on Friday. In a government gazette, Chanamasa said in terms of paragraph 2 (j) of the third schedule to the Income Tax Act, the income accruing to IPEC will be exempt…
HARARE – Victoria Falls Town Council is inviting bidders for the installation of solar street lighting on selected roads in the resort town. Town clerk Ronnie Dube said bidders were being invited to express interest in the installation of solar street lights under a private public community partnership arrangement. The process is being done in…
HARARE – The State is pursuing the prosecution of a Harare man accused of murdering businessman and socialite Shingi Mukandi in a suspected hit-and-run accident. Alfred Takudzwa Machipisa was represented by Anesu Bangidza when he appeared before Harare magistrate Edwin Marecha yesterday for commencement of trial on culpable homicide charges. However, the trial was deferred…
HARARE – Two suspected armed robbers who went on the run after seizing a cash safe containing $55 000 at Blue Circle Bus Company appeared in court yesterday. The duo, Alouis Nyamadzawo, 38, and Prince Makodza, 29, — who were part of a gang of armed robbers involved in a shoot-out with police officers in…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s call for a Zanu PF indaba to heal wounds emanating from its just-ended chaotic primary elections is a sign of panic amid fears for another bhora musango scenario reminiscent of the 2008 elections, analysts say. Mnangagwa is desperate to unite winning and losing candidates of the recently conducted primary elections…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s new airline, Zimbabwe Airways — which has been linked to the family of ousted former president Robert Mugabe — has hit fresh controversy. This comes as the Daily News has been told that one of the airline’s “new” planes that it recently sourced from Malaysia — a Boeing 777 jetliner — has…
HARARE – Ousted former president Robert Mugabe risks going to jail for continuing to ignore directives by Parliament to give evidence on the disappearance of $15 billion diamond revenue, with the august body yesterday issuing him with a final ultimatum failure of which he will face the consequences. Mugabe was yesterday expected to appear before…
HARARE – The MDC’s weekend primary elections descended into chaos, with violence, death threats and allegations of bribery marring the main opposition party’s internal polls in some constituencies as its supporters voted to choose their representatives for the country’s looming national elections. [Adz]
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has filed High Court papers demanding an order barring a rival camp led by Thokozani Khupe to stop using the party’s name and symbol. This follows a Supreme Court ruling directing that the matter to be heard urgently. Chamisa’s camp had initially approached the Supreme Court on appeal challenging…
HARARE – Child defilement in relation to sodomy cases are dominating the country’s courts. This comes as frustrations of a jobless younger generation, the dereliction of duty by their elders and an unhealthy mental state of the nation have contributed to the increase in these crimes, observers say. Just last week, a 73-year-old man was…
