HUNDREDS of shop owners of foreign descent with enterprises in sectors reserved for locals have in the past week been in a flurry approaching authorities with applications to indigenise their businesses ahead of a January 1, 2014 deadline that could see them prosecuted should they continue operating without certification.…
THE coming week marks another landmark in the history of the Financial Gazette. On the day Kenyans will be celebrating their 50th independence anniversary, we shall be popping our champagne bottles as well, albeit for a different reason.…
Theoppy NcubeStaff Reporter BULAWAYO — Plans to introduce a cancer levy have caused an uproar among many who argue that it would exert an unbearable strain on workers whose incomes are already heavily taxed.…
THE quality and quantity of diamonds mined at the controversial Chiadzwa diamond fields has been on a decline since 2012, casting doubts over the possibility of the diamonds sector bailing the country out of the current quagmire. While many have held their breath on the hope that the country’s diamonds…
ZANU-PF has all but admitted that it does not have the capacity to conduct its provincial elections at once in what has dealt a body blow to those within the party who thrived on chaos. The party had hoped to run its provincial polls in a single day but had…
INVESTIGATIONS into the conduct of two Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) lawyers accused of making disparaging remarks about the judiciary seem to be headed nowhere as three months have since passed after Electoral Court Judge, Justice Chinembiri Bhunu, ordered their arrest.…
CABINET — desperate to stem massive foreign currency outflows that are worsening the liquidity crunch — has disregarded a resolution on ethanol blending reached during the inclusive government last year.…
BULAWAYO — Former minister of regional integration and international cooperation, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga is disappointed her ministry was abolished following the assumption of power by ZANU-PF after the July 31 harmonised elections.…
WEEKEND elections to choose members to lead the party’s 10 provincial executives have escalated infighting within ZANU-PF as factions plotting in hidden corners to succeed President Robert Mugabe in the event that he retires from active politics go for broke.…