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Centragrid feeds 2,5MW into grid

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GOVERNMENT’S drive to increase electricity generation is gathering momentum after a local power firm, Centragrid (Pvt) Limited starting to feed 2,5MW into the national grid yesterday.

ED to lead national clean-up

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PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today head for Ashbrittle Shopping Centre in Mt Pleasant for this month’s clean up exercise, as Government intensifies efforts to build sustainable environmental management and waste disposal systems.

Govt to repeal indigenisation law

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Government will repeal the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act as it moves to enhance the attractiveness of the minerals sector to foreign direct investment (FDI).

$1,67bn for drought mitigation

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Government will set aside $1,67 billion towards drought mitigation measures as the country readies for the 2019/20 farming season.

For two agonizing weeks the nation has waited, prayed and hoped for the best and finally . . . THANK GOD, IT’S OVER

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MARVELOUS NAKAMBA joined Aston Villa’s £113.5 million new brigade yesterday after the Birmingham side waited until all the boxes had been ticked - including the key issue of securing him a permit to play in the English Premiership - before unveiling him yesterday.

Editorial Comment – Budget Review: Govt speaks to real issues

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The 2019 Mid-Year Budget Review and Supplementary Budget presented by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday, has reaffirmed Government’s desire to improve the life of its citizens by balancing between viability of companies and the need to cushion vulnerable members of society.

Tax-free threshold widened

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Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has reviewed upwards the tax-free threshold by 100 percent from $350 to $700, with immediate effect, in an effort to increase workers’ disposable incomes amid rising inflation.

Zim takes offence at US posturing

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GOVERNMENT has criticised the placement on sanctions of Zimbabwe’s Ambassador-designate to Tanzania, Anselem Sanyatwe, and his wife Ms Chido Machona, by the United States on allegations that the former violated human rights.

UAE proposes pharmaceutical plant

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President Mnangagwa has applauded the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for its committed support for the country’s health sector, particularly its intention to set up a pharmaceutical plant to improve the availability and accessibility of medicines in Zimbabwe.

Zimra cracks whip on tax defaulters

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Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter Taxable entities that delay their tax remittances face stiffer penalties after Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube hiked interest on outstanding debts by 400 percent. Interest on outstanding debts has been 5 percent, but has now gone up to 25 percent. Presenting the 2019 Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review Statement […]

Kudos for outgoing Zimpapers board

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Ishemunyoro Chingwere Business Reporter Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has praised outgoing board members of listed diversified media group Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Limited. Board chairman Mr Delma Lupepe has left the media group, having joined as a board member in September 2009 before assuming the chairmanship on May 18, 2015. Mr Lupepe […]

THE SATURDAY COLUMN: A political career built on the sand

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To be or not to be, is the question Nelson? Well, they say, trying to talk sense to Nelson Chamisa is as good as winking at a blind person. It is a horrible waste of time. He sees nothing. Now it’s a year after the last national election and so Nelson still thinks he is […]

Economic reform in the new dispensation

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Nick Mangwana Special Correspondent Several well-thought out economic blueprints have been crafted in the post-Independence era in Zimbabwe, some with flowery acronyms and couched in intellectual language, but none except the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) passed the implementation test. Have we not had many a regret that Zimbabwe is good at producing blueprints that end […]

Editorial Comment: Nakamba puts Zim on global map

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MARVELOUS NAKAMBA’S record-breaking £12 million (about US$14,5 million) transfer move to English Premiership side Aston Villa this week has cheered a nation still reeling from the Warriors’ poor 2019 AFCON showing in Egypt. The 25-year-old highly-rated midfielder finally realised his dream to play in the world’s most glamourous football league when Villa — who have […]

Govt to launch Export Strategy

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Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Government will this month launch the National Export Strategy in a bid to increase the growth of exports by at least 10 percent annually. This was said by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Sibusiso Moyo during an induction of new ZimTrade board members. The new members are chairperson Mrs Clara […]

‘Help upgrade public hospitals’

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Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Health Reporter Local private companies must consider participating in tenders on rehabilitation and upgrading of public health institutions under private-public partnerships, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo has said. Speaking soon after touring Cimas’ new state-of-the-art laboratory in Harare on Friday, Dr Moyo said the same services offered by private […]

Afdis refurbishes hospital ward

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Ellen Chasokela Herald Reporter Government has commended African Distillers (Afdis) for complementing its efforts in providing quality health services to patients. Officiating at the handover ceremony of Harare Central Hospital’s Ward B8 that was refurbished by Afdis, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo expressed gratitude towards the company’s social responsibility drive. “This obviously […]

VP Mohadi urges Zimra to spruce up border

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Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau Vice President Kembo Mohadi has directed the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) to spruce up Beitbridge Border Post in line with global standards to enhance the ease of doing business and trade facilitation within the SADC region. He said the state of affairs at the region’s busiest inland port of entry was […]

$68m set aside for ambulances

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Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Health Reporter Government has set aside an additional $68 million for the procurement of 100 fully-equipped ambulances, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has said. Presenting the Mid-Year 2019 Fiscal Policy Review and Supplementary Budget last Thursday, Prof Ncube said tendering for the said ambulances has since been completed. “The […]

IDBZ seeks energy projects partners

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Nesia Mhaka Herald Correspondent The Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe is seeking partners to develop nine renewable energy projects that are expected to add over 250MW into the national grid. In an advertisement yesterday calling for expressions of interest from local and/or international investors, the IDBZ said the proposed initiatives were expected to plug power […]
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