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Martin Kadzere-Senior Business Reporter The cocktail of tax measures introduced by Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday in the 2024 Budget strikes a balance between providing relief to workers by raising the thresholds of tax-free income, bonuses and taxes on smallholder deliveries, while bolstering Government revenues to finance the economic […]

Leonard Ncube in DUBAI PRESIDENT Mnangagwa left Harare for Dubai last night and is expected to join other Heads of State and Government today at the official opening of the 28th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) at the Dubai Expo Centre in the United Arab Emirates. The […]

Wallace Ruzvidzo-Herald Reporter ZIMBABWE has managed to control the HIV/AIDS pandemic and ultimately achieve the 95-95-95 Joint United Nations Programme (UNAIDS) targets on HIV/AIDS resulting in a decrease in infections and deaths, President Mnangagwa has said. As of this year, only three Sub-Saharan African countries including Zimbabwe have achieved the UNAIDS 95-95-95 objectives. In addition […]

Wallace Ruzvidzo-Herald Reporter THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) have pledged to support Zimbabwe’s current development and growth trajectory, in a vote of confidence for economic reforms being implemented by President Mnangagwa’s administration. A delegation from the two multilateral financial institutions is currently in the country and yesterday paid a courtesy […]

Tendai Rupapa-Senior Reporter EMPOWERMENT champion First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa, yesterday broke new ground by launching the country’s first ever career guidance, etiquette, deportment and grooming programme aimed at imparting a positive mindset in the younger generation at a colourful ceremony that attracted thousands of learners, captains of industry, influential personalities and Government officials. The […]

Leonard Ncube in DUBAI, United Arab Emirates  ZIMBABWE has set the pace for the world on how to sustainably tackle the adverse impact of climate change in communities through climate-proof agriculture among other economic adaptation programmes. Lands, Agriculture, Water, Fisheries, and Irrigation Development Minister, Dr Anxious Masuka, said this here yesterday where he is attending […]

Kudzanai Sharara in DUBAI PRESIDENT Mnangagwa left Harare last night for Dubai where he is expected to join nearly 100 000 delegates including Heads of State and Government at COP28 here, to try and find lasting solutions to climate change. The number of delegates make this year’s conference easily the biggest such conference in a […]

Herald Reporter President Mnangagwa has fired Industry and Commerce Deputy Minister, Roy Bhila, with immediate effect. A statement released by Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Martin Rushwaya yesterday, confirmed the development. However, the reasons for his removal could not be immediately established. Reads the statement: “His Excellency the President of the Republic […]

Conrad Mupesa–Mash West Bureau SIXTEEN women were left with burns after a lightning bolt struck Scotfield Farm in Trelawney in Zvimba District yesterday afternoon.  They were rushed to Mapinga Clinic before some were transferred to Banket District Hospital and Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital depending on the degree of their burns.  A victim, Ms Matilda Mwanza (42), […]

The Second Republic has won a lot of credit for its major fiscal reforms that see the national Budget balanced or very close to balanced, and with a significant slice of the Budget allocated to capital expenditure, mainly upgrading infrastructure rather than spending everything on running costs and salaries. Backed by President Mnangagwa, Finance, Economic […]

Tadious Manyepo-Sports Reporter FINALLY, the day is here. The Premier Soccer League is tonight set to crown the 2023 Soccer Star of the Year with no clear favourite for the accolade for the first time in more than two decades.  The 11 players who illuminated the scene for the recently ended season were selected by […]

Blessings Chidakwa-Herald Reporter ZIMBABWE now boasts the latest stockfeed technology in Africa, imported from Turkey, that can produce up to 240 tonnes per day being operated from home by a single person. In line with the Second Republic’s mantra, “nyika inovakwa nevene vayo,” a local firm, Davipel Group of Companies, an indigenous agro-processing company in […]

Farirai Machivenyika and Zvamaida Murwira Parliamentarians and analysts yesterday largely welcomed the 2024 National Budget presented in the National Assembly by Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube. They said it was a pro-poor budget, with significant resources allocated to social services that include health and education. Prof Ncube presented a $58,2 […]

Bulawayo Bureau  THE 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (GBV) commemoration is of great significance to Ms Agnes Moyo (not her real name), whose 12-year-old daughter is a rape victim. The teenager was first raped in July last year by their 86-year-old neighbour who was later slapped with a seven-year jail term.  Last month, […]

Precious Manomano-Herald Reporter About 350 000 hectares of grains are expected to be put under irrigable land in order to produce 1,8 million tonnes that are required for the country to retain self-sufficiency in summer grains. Government is on a campaign to maintain food self-sufficiency and enhance national strategic grain reserves in the face of […]