When the last budget was presented in parliament by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube, it said that Civil Servants can import vehicles duty free. There has been a lot of confusion ever since.
Civil servants who tried to import vehicles found themselves having to pay duty. ZIMRA officials at Beitbridge expressed ignorance as to how this […]
It has been many weeks since we had a full day with power. Only a lucky few among us are being spared. How is that fair you may ask? Well ZESA was contacted by our good friends at Techzim with these and other burning questions. They responded and we are happy to share some of their answers […]
Following a spike in cases of rape of minors, the Zimbabwean Police have urged parents to be vigilant and not leave their children in the custody of friends, relatives or strangers.
The poice is urging parents/guardians not to release their children into the custody of friends, relatives or neighbors in circumstances where they are not able to monitor their movements. Parents […]
According to the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Energy Mutodi said that the Cybercrime and Cyber Security Bill will deal with cybercrimes when it becomes an Act. He was responding to concerns raised by Chief Charumbira
We have fake Twitter and WhatsApp accounts . . . some of them have been used by criminals who use the accounts to […]
You will note that our news updates normally shun political topics. Unfortunately, we cannot let this one go for scholarly reasons. You see before our economy started going really downhill back in 1999, the economy was driven by two things:
Over the years both sectors have been overrun by corruption. We have politically affiliated […]
It has only been four months and yet the local currency, RTGS$, has lost about 150% of its value since introduction. It was only in February of this year when the RBZ finally took the bold step of recognising that the RTGS$ basket was not equal to the USD. A fiction the government had stubbornly held onto for years.
There has been renewed fears in Zimbabweans western high-density suburbs following a spate of diarrhoea cases. r Over 50 cases of diarrhoea were recorded in Glen View, Glen Norah and Budiriro suburbs This has evoked painful memories of recent outbreaks of cholera and typhoid that left scores of people dead.
Harare City Council’s health services director Dr Prosper Chonzi who spoke […]
The Zimbabwean government is itching to introduce yet another currency. Their propaganda machine is working full throttle to convince the populace that this will be a good thing. We have maintained that such a move is unlikely to solve Zimbabwe’s economic woes.
The latest publicity stunt has been to claim that the new currency will the strongest currency in the region. […]
Zimbabwe’s largest internet provider, ZOL has introduced new packages that are aimed at making the internet a little bit more affordable. These are Wibroniks packages which use 4G (LTE) technology as the last mile solution.
Back in May, all telecom companies in Zimbabwe hiked their data prices leaving consumers out in the cold. In one stroke most […]
Social media is awash with another impending fuel increase. Unlike the previously failed increase of barely a week ago which was based on a whim, the latest increase is not about foreign currency.
According to those doing the “leaks”, the latest increase is a result of an increase in ethanol prices. Traditionally, petrol sold within Zimbabwe is blended with ethanol […]
