Schools opening has been deferred until further notice

Short holiday before January classes for pupils

Shamiso Ngwena Government has announced a three-phased school calendar that would see pupils enjoying just 17 days of holidays before they resume classes in January next year. Schools were closed in March this year as a...

Victoria Falls Stock Exchange announces tax incentives

Simba Rushwaya Investors at the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange will have exemption from capital gains withholding tax, while foreign investors will have five percent dividend withholding tax, the VFEX...
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COVID-19 exposes weak food systems – FAO

Farai Mabeza The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a wakeup call for the radical transformation of food systems, the Food and Agriculture Organisation has said. According to...
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Vast Resources bids farewell to Mabhudhu

Farai Mabeza Vast Resources has bid farewell to its diamond division’s executive director, Mark Mabhudhu, who is leaving the company to join the government-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company as...

Biti fires salvo at Khupe, Mwonzora

Tawanda Marwizi MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has dismissed MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe and her secretary general Douglas Mwonzora charging that the duo were not there when the party was formed in 1999. Addressing...
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Emirates resumes flights into Harare

Staff Writer Emirates will on Thursday resume flights into Harare after the airline stopped flying into Zimbabwe when government announced suspension of flights into and out of the country in late March as a part...

TIMB moves to address tobacco payment delays

Farai Mabeza The Tobacco and Industry Marketing Board has expressed concern at the continued payment delays and reluctance to release farmers from their contracts by various contractors.  In two different memos addressed to the contractors and...
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ZSE launches online trading platform

Farai Mabeza The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange today launched an online trading platform for shares dubbed the ZSE Direct. The platform is currently available to people based in Zimbabwe only but will be extended to the Diaspora...
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Government, residents to blame for the rot in cities – Mayors

Shamiso Ngwena Central government and residents should shoulder the blame for declining service delivery in most of Zimbabwe’s cities, mayors from the country’s major urban centres have declared. The mayors – Lovemore Maiko (Chitungwiza), Norton’s Silvester...
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Building contractors demand stake in national contracts

Simba Rushwaya The Zimbabwe Building Contractors Association (ZBCA) wants to have a bigger stake in the building of national infrastructure through the Public Private Partnership (PPPs) initiated by government...