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2020 vehicle imports marginally surpass 2019 despite COVID-19 shutdown
Vehicle imports marginally increased to 40,052 units between January and October this year up from 40,016 units recorded during the same comparative period last year despite the advent of the Covid-19...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1284 | by Staff reporter
Treasury orders refunds for exempted 2% tax transactions
Treasury has widened exemption on selected foreign currency denominated transactions from the two percent tax in response to submissions by stakeholders. Those considered would now be refunded...Published: 12 hrs ago | 268 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa betrayed Matutu in his greatest hour of need'
Former MDC Alliance member, Tongai Matutu, who recently crossed the floor and joined the ruling Zanu-PF party in a red carpet event presided over by President Mnangagwa and his two deputies at the Sta...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 11:45hrs | 7323 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean arrested in SA over explosives
POLICE in South Africa yesterday arrested a 27-year-old Zimbabwean national allegedly caught with 115 units of blasting cartridges and 100 units of explosive accessories.The explosives were packed...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1375 | by Staff reporter
My experience as a returning resident
After spending 4 years in Namibia it was time to go back to my country Zimbabwe at the end of 2020. I announced the news to friends. Some disapproved my decision to return home while others encouraged...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:19hrs | 1103 | by Etiwel Mutero
Govt has failed to resolve strike by teachers, and all civil servants
The major reason why the Zimbabwe government is failing is in whole part for its reason to resist the tide. For a start, the government has over the decades tried and failed dismally to control th...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 12:29hrs | 3784 | by Zanda Shumba
'Border jumpers fuel spike in COVID-19 cases'
THE Department of Immigration has reduced its staffing levels at border posts to curb the spread of COVID-19 amid a rise in the number of travellers using illegal entry points to dodge scrutiny at the...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 08:03hrs | 1636 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans survive on second-hand undergarments
ZIMBABWEANS mainly in urban areas are relying on second-hand undergarments smuggled into the country and sold at flea markets across the country as economic hardships continue to take a toll on the po...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:41hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
9 tankers intercepted smuggling fuel worth R3 million
AUTHORITIES at Beitbridge Border Post are tightening screws on the movement of commercial cargo following the interception of nine tankers last week carrying fuel worth nearly R3 million that was bein...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:39hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border buses defy regulations
CHAOS continues to reign supreme at the Beitbridge Border Post as more cross-border buses continue to arrive without clearance from the Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa. Last week the embassy ...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 05:34hrs | 2198 | by Staff reporter
'Prophet' in court over attempted smuggling
Self-styled Johane Masowe eChishanu apostolic church prophet and leader, Lazarus Simbarashe Nengomasha, known as Madzibaba Simba yesterday appeared at Harare magistrates court on allegations of attemp...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 05:31hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya co-defendant disputes CCTV footage
The long court hearings over the bail applications by Henrietta Rushwaya and her four co-defendants held on charges of attempting to smuggle 6kg of gold continued in their second week yesterday. ...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 05:29hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Zimra demands US$7m fuel import duty
DIRECT Fuel Imports Group Zimbabwe (DFIGZ), a grouping of small-scale fuel procurement firms, is seeking a relief order from the High Court that will nullify demands by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority ...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:55hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
Govt losing millions as firms evade US dollar tax
THE Zimbabwe government is being cheated of millions of United States dollars in tax revenue by businesses that are accepting foreign currency payments but not declaring or under-declaring the forex p...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:47hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tightens screws on returnees from SA
THE Zimbabwe consul in South Africa, Melody Chaurura, has announced that only five buses will be cleared daily to transport Zimbabwean returnees from the neighbouring country.Chaurura said thi...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:46hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
Retailers seek tax exemption on rice
RETAILERS and suppliers have approached Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's office seeking exemption from paying value-added tax (VAT) on rice.Government recently ordered them to pay VAT on ...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:34hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Forbes Border Post imports decline by 40%
Forbes Border Post has recorded a 40% decline in cargo imports to a daily average of 200 this year from 330 in 2018, statistics from the Mutare Dry Port show. The current figure grew from low daily vo...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 21:31hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border buses chaos
THE movement of cross-border buses transporting Zimbabweans returning from South Africa will with effect from tomorrow be first cleared by the Zimbabwe Embassy in the neighbouring country. The...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:23hrs | 3584 | by Staff reporter
Zimra finally clears stranded travellers
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) staff in Beitbridge have finally processed the customs procedures for 366 Zimbabweans returning from South Africa in 12 buses whom they had refused to clear on S...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:26hrs | 484 | by Staff writer
Zimbabweans stranded at Beitbridge
The refusal by Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) staff at Beitbridge to handle bus passengers yesterday saw 366 Zimbabweans returning from South Africa in 12 buses stranded at Beitbridge Border Post,...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 16:28hrs | 3813 | by Staff reporter
Border reopening poser for Mnangagwa
On Tuesday, Cabinet announced the phased reopening of land borders, starting with the country's main ports of entry - Beitbridge, Plumtree, Victoria Falls, Chirundu, Nyamapanda and Forbes.Howe...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 18:17hrs | 9015 | by Staff reporter
Zimra demands pre-clearance of imported private motor vehicles
With effect from 1 November 2020, importers are advised that goods imported by road into Zimbabwe must be pre-cleared before their arrival. All privately imported motor vehicles driven or transported ...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:30hrs | 7835 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo men arrested for guns smuggling
POLICE in Beitbridge have arrested two Bulawayo men for allegedly smuggling into the country seven signal pistols, over 1800 units of Broncleer through an illegal crossing point along the Limpopo rive...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:10hrs | 1658 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe firm battles to recover 'sanctions' blocked funds
Gweru-based Fuest Industrial Supplies is battling to recover US$33,414 export proceeds blocked by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) seven years ago....Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:24hrs | 961 | by Staff reporter
Zimra intensifies audits
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has intensified audits as part of efforts to plug revenue leakages on Zimbabwe's ports of entry amid indications the economy is losing billions annually through ...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:20hrs | 3599 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions hurt but smuggling kills the economy
Dear Mr President, Mr President, your Excellence Sir i write this letter to you seeking your urgent intervention on these serious cases of economic sabotage and destruction. Yes sanctions do h...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 08:32hrs | 1964 | by Munya Shumba
Strict RBZ policies on EcoCash result in $2 billion tax revenue decline
GOVERNMENT'S tough decision to throttle leading mobile money transfer agent, Ecocash has backfired with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) recording a $1.9 billion decline on the 2 % revenue tax c...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:03hrs | 1422 | by Staff reporter
Zimra collects $58 billion revenue Q3
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) recorded a 31.19 percent jump to ZWL$58,81 in gross revenue collections above the ZWL$44.83 billion target for the third quarter ended 30 September 2020, as more...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 18:54hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Matanga accused of shady car deals, bribery
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has been accused of being involved in a raft of corrupt activities including inflating prices of police vehicles, flouting tender processes; and bribing Spec...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1445 | by Staff reporter
Dealers appeal for removal of VAT on rice
Players in the rice supply chain have appealed to Government to reconsider a 14,5 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) charge on the commodity. A Government VAT payment request in retrospect, for a p...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:43hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border post not ready for reopening, says Zimbabwe govt
GOVERNMENT officials at Beitbridge at the weekend said the border post was not yet ready for fully-fledged reopening and recommended a staggered process fearing seas of lockdown-weary crossborder shop...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 12437 | by Staff reporter
Scanners cause border delays
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has since July been forced to manually enforce customs regulations on commercial imports coming into the country through Beitbridge following a major breakdown o...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:38hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Govt readies for borders reopening
GOVERNMENT has deployed inspection teams to assess the situation at border posts ahead of the gradual reopening of ports of entry to passenger traffic.Cabinet last week resolved to send teams ...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1621 | by Staff reporter
'Cross border buses after Xmas' Zimbabwe prepares to open more land borders
ZIMBABWE is set to re-open more land borders after a team of senior Government officials was dispatched to assess the state of affairs at the port of entries/exit ahead of the gradual opening....Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 08:30hrs | 6739 | by Staff Reporter
'Push for US$100m IDC'
ZIMBABWE's industrial sector has appealed for a lifeline of up to Us$100 million to recapitalise the state-run Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and bolster its capacity to bail out struggling ...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:03hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
'Beitbridge faces myriad of challenges'
HE Beitbridge Border Post faces a host of administrative problems centred around archaic infrastructure which has rendered the facility insecure and vulnerable to security breaches particularly this f...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:45hrs | 2156 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa finally re-opens Beitbridge border
ZIMBABWE has re-opened its side of the Beitbridge Border Post but to only allow Zimbabwean citizens in South Africa to return home.Zimbabweans with valid South African permanent residence and ...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | 13288 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa walks the talk on anti-corruption
ON February 20, 2004, Zimbabwe appended its signature to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) as it joined the global community in efforts to combat the economy's corroding cancer....Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:32hrs | 1878 | by Staff Reprter
Fresh audit targets 36 high-profile officials
THIRTY-SIX high-profile figures, who have assets worth a combined US$4,5 million, are the target of a fresh lifestyle audit that is being conducted by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), i...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:11hrs | 599 | by Staff Reporter
Minister grilled over monetary, fiscal policies inconsistency
INCONSISTENT monetary and fiscal policies which have resulted in confused multi-tier pricing systems for goods and services are the biggest threat to the country, not opposition, Norton MP Temba Mlisw...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:27hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Former Zimra boss Pasi freed
FORMER Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Gershem Pasi was yesterday freed by a Harare magistrate who granted his application for refusal for further remand because the State stil...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 2821 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle plates chaos: CVR blames police
PARLIAMENT yesterday ordered the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) to formally in-form motorists that new number plates were not available and allow them to continue using temporary plates until governme...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1280 | by Staff reporter
CVR extends office hours to clear backlog
The Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) has issued over 20 000 number plates since July and extended working hours as it battles to clear the backlog of nearly 50 000. This emerged yesterday during...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Open letter over illegal immigrant Indians in Zimbabwe
The borehole drilling industry is a lucrative industry that has the capacity to transform Zimbabwe's agricultural sector.It is unfortunate that illegal Indians are running this industry and ta...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 16:44hrs | 4164 | by John Mbizvo
Matiza grilled over vehicle plates shortages
TRANSPORT minister Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday said government ordered a clampdown on vehicles without number plates after witnessing a spike in accidents involving unregistered vehicles.Resp...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 3394 | by Staff reporter
2 smugglers nabbed after high-speed chase
Two smugglers towing a trailer of smuggled goods and mbanje were arrested following a high-speed chase along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo Highway on Sunday morning after they smashed through security booms...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1334 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe unpacks hemp/ mbanje growing regulations
It is now legal to grow, process and sell mbanje in Zimbabwe, but this does not mean throwing a few seeds in your backyard and waiting for a crop: There is a 32-page statutory instrument giving the ru...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:12hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Omalayitsha falsifying papers, claims Zimra
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says clients using the Beitbridge Border Post are deliberately falsifying declaration submissions under its pre-payment and pre-clearance facilities, prejudicing...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Zimra increases cargo check enforcement at border post
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says its increased enforcement of cargo checks at Beitbridge Border Post has exposed rampant abuse of import laws, which was prejudicing the State of millions of...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Why RBZ needs autonomy
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono recently appeared on Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube's discussion series In Conversation with Trevor.Amo...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | 360 | by Admire Dube
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