Tax Revenue Below Target, Mining Royalties, Company Tax Fall, According To Zimra

Tax Revenue Below Target, Mining Royalties, Company Tax Fall, According To Zimra

ZIMBABWE’s tax revenue for the third quarter came in below target after mining royalties and company tax fell in an economy struggling with weak commodity prices and high unemployment, the tax agency said on Monday. The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) chairwoman Willia Bonyongwe said, the agency raked inUS $878 million in tax revenue between July and September against a target of US$964 million, missing its stated target by 9 percent. ZIMRA collected $884.5 million during the…

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Bulawayo City Council Issues Notice Of Residential Stands Sale

Bulawayo City Council  Issues Notice Of Residential Stands Sale

CITY OF BULAWAYO NOTICE FOR RESIDENTIAL STANDS FOR SALE Potential Beneficiaries who are able to develop a house 1) are invited for the purchase of self-financing residential stands In i) Magwegwe North High Density Suburb ii) Magwegwe West High Density Suburb iii) Emganwini High Density Suburb iv) Tshabalala Extension v) Southwold 2) REQUIREMENTS I) Applicants should be on the ACTIVE Council Housing waiting list by the end of October 2015. ii) Applicants to register their…

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Sinai plane crash: ‘External influence’ caused crash

The Russian airline Kogalymavia has blamed “external influence” for Saturday’s Sinai plane crash which killed 224 people. A senior airline official said: “The only reasonable explanation is that it was [due to] external influence.” An investigation by aviation experts using data from the aircraft’s “black boxes” has yet to give its conclusions. The head of Russia’s Federal Aviation Agency said it was premature to speculate on the cause of the crash. “This kind of talk…

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Zanu PF MP Sued Over Outstanding US$25 000 Zupco Debt ‘ From 2013 NIKUV’, 27 Bus Hire ,

The Zimbabwe United Passenger Bus Company Limited (ZUPCO) has dragged Chegutu East legislator, Dexter Nduna to court on summons over a US$25 000 debt. The bus company accused Nduna of failing to pay for 27 buses he hired during his 2013 election campaign. ZUPCO filed summons at the High Court claiming $25 000 allegedly arising from the hiring of buses by Nduna between June and July 2013. ZUPCO alleges that Nduna requested for 27 buses…

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236 Students Struck Down By Diarrhoea Outbreak At Peterhouse Girls High School, Marondera

236 Students Struck Down By Diarrhoea Outbreak At Peterhouse Girls High School, Marondera

Peterhouse Girls High School in Marondera has been hit by a diarrhoea outbreak that has affected 236 students, some of who have been hospitalised. The diarrhoea is said to have affected all the students who ate lunch at the school on Thursday. A total of 236 students were affected with some being treated at the school clinic while others were taken away by their parents for private treatment. Marondera District Medical Officer, Dr Tawanda Borerwe…

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Zimbabwe Diamond Firms Face Closure After Drastic Fall In Output

The government is unlikely to renew mining licences for all diamond mining companies in Chiadzwa because they defaulted on their fees and did not show intentions to renew their papers, parliamentarians heard yesterday. Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa told Members of Parliament and ministers attending a pre-budget seminar in Victoria Falls that diamond output had drastically dropped in the past few years. He also told the MPs that Hwange Colliery management could soon…

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Zanu-PF, MDC-T Supporters In Violent Clashes, Leaving Trail Of Destruction In Hopley, Harare South District

Zanu-PF and MDC-T supporters clashed yesterday in Hopley, Harare South district, leaving a trail of destruction of homesteads and business premises, while scores of people were injured. Police had to move in to quell the disturbances that occurred in Zone 5 Hopley and lasted for about an hour as it spilled to nearby areas of the suburb. When The Herald arrived, there was a heavy police presence, while some houses had their window panes damaged….

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Zimbabweans Forced To Conduct Business Under Candles Light

Zimbabweans Forced To Conduct Business Under Candles Light

The ZimFirst has lamented that Zimbabwe businesses are currently being forced to conduct their businesses under the candle lights and development which the party says can only be resolved if it gets into power. ZimFirst official Daniel Mvula posted on Facebook that his party was not impressed by the conditions prevailing as there is serious electricity load shedding in the country. “Zimbabwe is being forced to do ‘business by candlelight’ – here’s why Jonathan Garber…

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‘Zimbabwe Is A Low Income Country, With People Living On Average US$3,24 A Day’ – World bank

‘Zimbabwe Is A Low Income Country, With People Living On  Average US$3,24 A Day’ – World bank

The ZimStart has reported that the World Bank has classified Zimbabwe as the low income country with an average Zimbabwean living on US$3.24 a day in September. This was according to the World Bank’s Bank updated international poverty line of US$1.90 a day while the old line was at US$1.25. Latest available data show that 72% of the population lives below the poverty lines amid revelations that the total consumption poverty line (TCPL) for Zimbabwe…

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Marondera Drafts Zanu PF Vendors Into Municipal Police To Drive Out Their Colleagues From CBD

Marondera Drafts Zanu PF Vendors Into Municipal Police To Drive Out Their Colleagues From CBD

MARONDERA: Informal traders in the Mashonaland East town are up in arms after the council hired Zanu PF aligned vendors to help municipal police drive out their colleagues from the CBD. Marondera council, which is failing to raise money to retrench over 200 employees, has increased its bloated workforce by employing some vendors as security police officers. The new recruits are mandated to bar fellow vendors from trading at undesignated places. Affected vendors feel betrayed…

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