adminZim wary of SA Covid-19 variant
Zimbabwe is checking whether the more infectious South African variant of Covid-19 is already circulating in the country while it works with the World Health Organisation on buying approved vaccines and looks at establishing a standard “home kit” to distribute to the large majority of Covid-19 patients.
Zimstat races to complete census
UNDER the dark cloud of Covid-19, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has come up with a cocktail of measures to carry out population census as it races to complete the process latter this year to give way for the delimitation of constituencies by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) that will pave way for 2023 general elections.
Govt unveils forex income tax bands
The income tax bands for those earning in foreign currency and so required to pay income tax in that currency have been gazetted, with a tax free threshold of US$70 a month and the top 40 percent tax rate applied to those earning more than US$3 000 a month or US$36 000 a year.
Border traffic decline as national lockdown heightens
THE volume of human traffic and light vehicles passing through Beitbridge Border Post has relatively declined, with authorities fully implementing the national lockdown regulations, which among other things restrict non-essential general travel.
Editorial Comment: Duped homeowners must help find the corrupt
The flooding that hit homes in Chitungwiza built on wetlands and near stream and rivers highlights the greed of land barons, shows the impossibility of regularising most of the irregular stands, and makes it imperative for the homeowners to cooperate with Government to hunt down the barons.
HIT develops national fuel management system
The Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) is working on a national fuel management system platform that tracks and provides real time data on fuel supplies in Zimbabwe as the country shifts towards a technology driven economy.
‘Zim needs inclusive economic growth’
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Professor Paul Mavima, says Zimbabwe needs to work on urgent and robust measures that allow for inclusive economic growth and reduce the inequality gap that exists between the “haves and the have-nots.”
Muskwe scores, team humiliated
ZIMBABWE international forward, Admiral Muskwe, scored his first goal in the English Championship on Saturday but ended on the wrong end of a seven-goal demolition exercise by a rampant Brentford.
Expert calls for genomic sequencing
ZIMBABWE should make an attempt to understand all Covid-19 variants in circulation in the country before settling for a vaccine, an expert has said.
Cicely Tyson embodied what it takes to be a great actor
When Cicely Tyson was growing up in Harlem in the 1920s, her mother gave her some early feedback