Change To Income Tax Act -‘Zimra To Tax Churches With Effect From January 2016’

Change To Income Tax Act -‘Zimra To Tax Churches With Effect From January 2016’

THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) will start taxing churches’ income derived from trade or investments from January next year. Changes to the Income Tax Act that have been brought about by the Finance Act that was signed into law last Friday by President Mugabe providing for the taxation of “any ecclesiastical, charitable or educational institution.” “Section 14 (“Income tax for periods of assessment after 1.1.10”) (l) of the Finance Act (Chapter 23:04) is amended by…

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37 ZRP Mabvuku Police Station Officers Suspended For ‘Corruption’

Thirty-seven Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Mabvuku officers, who were transferred to various police stations and posts dotted around the country on allegations of corruption, approached the High Court on Wednesday and thwarted the force’s move to have them charged and dismissed by a suitability board. The officers have since been suspended from the force. In an urgent chamber application Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese issued an order suspending the convening of the suitability…

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Despite EU Trave Ban, France Invites ‘Vascoda Mugabe’ For UN Climate Talks , Next Month

Despite EU Trave Ban, France Invites ‘Vascoda Mugabe’ For UN Climate Talks , Next Month

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe will, early next month, attend the United Nations (UN) international climate talks (Cop 21) in Paris despite being banned from travelling to Europe. Some western countries are also understood to have opposed the French decision to invite the Zimbabwean leader. The European Union (EU) has since lifted most of its sanctions against Harare but maintained a travel ban against Mugabe and his wife Grace. France will host the annual climate talks from…

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Small Shops, Mupedzanhamo, Siya So And Mbare Musika Markets, Forced Shut For Grace Mugabe Rally

Small Shops, Mupedzanhamo, Siya So And Mbare Musika Markets, Forced Shut For Grace Mugabe Rally

First Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday moved to appease journalists by promising to give them food handouts so they could stop writing negative things about her. Professing love for them, she said those who wrote negatively about her were “probably doing so out of hunger”. “Journalists from Daily News, NewsDay, (The Zimbabwe) Independent, you are all my children and I like you. I know you can’t do without me. I’m back! If you hear them (journalists)…

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‘Vice President Ejected From Grace Mugabe Rally, VIP Podium After Stressing I’m Mphoko Not Mboko’

Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko  has castigated Zanu PF Midlands Acting Provincial Chairman, Kizito Chivamba for dehumanizing him by wrongly  pronouncing his surname. During First Lady Grace Mugabe’s  Mataga rally today, Chivamba pronounced Mphoko as ‘Mboko’. According to live updates by the Herald, Mphoko was angered by that. Reported the Herald “Vice President Mphoko takes to the podium. But first, he makes a point of correction to those who pronounce his surname as ‘Mboko’. ‘Mboko’, says…

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The Majority Of Zimbabweans Are Suffering From Poverty, Disease, Unemployment And Homelessness’-Welshman Ncube

One of the most distinct features that differentiates MDC from all other political parties in Zimbabwe – save for one or two – is our refusal to use violence as a means of achieving political objectives. You might argue all you like that this has cost us millions of votes, but MDC is adamant that violence – among other repulsive evils like bribery, corruption, tribalism and vote-buying – must remain forever banished from our book…

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‘You Can’t Silence Or Intimidate Me. You can Shoot And Kill Me’-Grace Mugabe

‘You Can’t Silence Or Intimidate Me. You can Shoot And Kill Me’-Grace Mugabe

FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday warned hawks in the faction-ridden Zanu-PF party she would only be silenced by a gun and would stop at nothing in admonishing divisive behaviour by party members though she did not harbour any presidential ambitions. Addressing thousands of Zanu-PF supporters in the high-density suburb of Mbare in Harare during one of her Meet the People rallies Grace said although she had no liberation war credentials, this did not disqualify her…

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“If You Are Raped Wearing Mini-Skirts It Is Your Fault!.”- Grace Mugabe

First Lady Grace Mugabe has delivered a special but controversial message to women – don’t wear miniskirts and don’t complain if raped. She told predominantly Zanu PF supporters during a rally in Mataga, Mberengwa today. She said “if you are raped wearing mini-skirts it is your fault!.” Early this year, several women especially in Harare were harassed by commuter conductors for wearing mini-skirts. By Thobekile Zhou – Source-bulawayo24

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Intimidation, Assaults And Open Violence In Zanu PF & MDC-T, Rising’-Heal Zimbabwe

Intimidation, Assaults And Open Violence In Zanu PF & MDC-T, Rising’-Heal Zimbabwe

POLITICAL intolerance is at the heart of conflict besetting communities in Zimbabwe, a human rights group has said. In its October Conflict Assessment Report, Heal Zimbabwe Trust (HZT), cited inter and intra-party violence outbreaks across the political divide as evidence that intolerance is on the rise. “Political intolerance tops the nature of conflicts affecting communities in the country in the period under review. The political conflicts recorded include both inter-party conflicts and internal factional violence,…

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“Sometimes I Skip Meals To Show Solidarity With Hungry Zimbabweans,”-Grace Mugabe

 First Lady Grace Mugabe today distributed 500mls of water in bottles bearing her face to everyone who attended her Mbare rally in Harare. In previous rallies Grace used to doll out t-shirts inscribed ‘Munhu wese kuna Amai’. In her speech Grace said “Sometimes I skip meals to show solidarity with hungry Zimbabweans,” She also said  her husband will rule from the wheelchair if need be. “I would be pushing him in his wheelchair to the…

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