‘Zim may be losing $300m VAT yearly’

Golden Sibanda Treasury might be losing over $300 million in potential annual Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue due to smuggled products that do not pay any taxes, the country’s single…

Byo: The historic heartland of Zim

Tawanda Musarurwa Ever been to a place so many times, and then for the umpteenth time you get to realise that you hardly know the place? This is exactly the…

Who will win the World Cup?

Professional athletes are just like us. They’re in much better shape, of course, but they still find it hard to recover from long plane trips. Research shows that athletes perform worse…

All eyes on De Villiers

Chipo Sabeta All eyes will be on Zimbabwe Sables coach Peter De Villiers, who has an immediate task to lead the Zimbabwe rugby senior team qualify and seeking to end…

US fails to keep pace with global tourism boom

Berlin. — The United States is missing out on a global boom for tourism, hurt by a so-called Trump slump and currency exchange rates, travel industry experts said at a…

Bulawayo Chiefs: The new party spoilers

Africa Moyo On recent form, one would have been forgiven for thinking that Bulawayo Chiefs are the defending champions or are topping the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League. Two straight…

U.S. monthly consumer prices increase moderately in May

WASHINGTON – U.S. monthly consumer inflation rose moderately in May as gasoline price increases slowed, suggesting the Federal Reserve could continue to gradually raise interest rates this year. The Labor…

Africa takes steps to earn its stripes in using evidence to inform policy

By Ruth Stewart Rigorous, reliable evidence should be used when making decisions for any society. That’s because the use of evidence helps decision makers to maximise limited resources such as…

SA: BAT sales volumes stay ahead of slumping cigarette market

A first-half pre-close trading update from British American Tobacco (BAT) indicates that its volumes continue to outperform the declining cigarette market. On Tuesday, BAT predicted that full-year global tobacco industry…

ZCFU sees upturn in maize output

HARARE – Farmers have reviewed maize output to 900 000 tonnes from the projected 850 000 metric tonnes this year due to improved rains on the later stages of the season. Government…

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