adminSuspension of duty on basic goods excites consumers
CONSUMERS have welcomed the Government’s decision to suspend duty on basic commodities including cooking oil, sugar and maize meal, to cushion Zimbabweans from price shocks occasioned by geopolitical developments in Europe and local speculative behaviour, which caused price increases and artificial shortages.
CCC activists chicken out again
CCC members — Joana Mamombe and Cecelia Chimbiri — charged with faking their abductions in May 2020, yesterday mounted a bid to block a crucial State witness from Econet Zimbabwe from giving evidence in court regarding their call data history.
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- May 18, 2022
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