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AUTHORITIES say they are not going to remove the Interme­diated Money Trans­fer Tax (IMTT), asserting that the tax continues to sustain the government. IMTT is a tax chargeable on financial transactions that occur through transfers such as direct debits, online transfers, mobile money transfers, supplier pay­ments, and interbank transfers. This stance comes as repre­sentatives of…

THE country is faced with serious health­care challenges as the Health Resilience Fund (HRF) ends this year, leaving a US$90 million fund­ing gap for essential health services, the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health and Child Care has revealed. Speaking during the 2026 Na­tional Budget seminar, legislator Discent Collins Bajila, repre­senting the portfolio committee chaired by…

VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has implored Na­tional Foods Limited to boost local production by investing in research and adopting innovative technologies. Addressing the media after a private meeting with the com­pany’s management in Bulawayo yesterday, Chiwenga said Na­tional Foods was a pivotal player in Zimbabwe’s food industry. “The government is committed to creating a supportive…

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A MINISTRY of Public Works district officer and director of Rota Cons Engineering, Ken­neth Nyakujawa, has appeared at the Bulawayo Magistrates Court facing allegations of diverting a school painting project to his own company. Nyakujawa, 40, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Richard Ramaboea charged with conceal­ing from a principal a person interested…

THE opposition is free to engage the ruling Zanu PF over its much-debated 2030 push, as well as on other issues, a top ruling party official has said. Addressing a Zanu PF meeting in Gutu on Wednes­day, the former liberation movement’s secretary for security in the politburo, Lovemore Matuke, also warned that authorities would deal…

Takudzwa Dhambu A 22-YEAR-OLD man from Esigod­ini, Bulawayo, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Gwanda Regional Magistrates Court for raping a 93-year-old granny during a night­time break-in in July this year. The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe yesterday said the offender broke into the victim’s bedroom via the door and raped…

Tapiwa Chirume HARARE residents have raised alarm over the city council’s pro­posed 2026 burial and exhumation fee hikes, describing the move as “anti-poor” and an attack on strug­gling ratepayers already burdened by high service charges. According to the draft sched­ule of proposed 2026 tariffs, adult burial fees at Warren Hills Ceme­tery would increase from US$275…

THE government says it is inten­sifying efforts to clear its exter­nal debt and rebuild trust with international creditors as part of its drive to restore economic stability and attract new investment. Speaking during the 2026 pre-budget semi­nar, the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, said the government was pursuing two key strategies to deal with its…

Thabiso Mutirwara AT LEAST six companies have submitted applica­tions to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) for licences to generate their own electricity, with solar power emerging as the dominant technol­ogy of choice. In notices published yesterday, Zera named the companies seeking licences as Almid Private Limited, D G Rickards Private Limited, Pride of Africa…

Blessings Mashaya and Hazel Marimbiza THE upcoming 2026 National Budget will prioritise lifting the lives of the poor through policies that spur job creation, increasing social safety nets and fostering the country’s current relative economic stability. So confirmed an upbeat Finance minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday, while opening the 2026 pre-budget seminar in Bulawayo. Ncube stressed…