Remember when the Minister of Finance Announced that he will be seeking a way to tax businesses on Facebook, Amazon and Twitter? Well, he was not joking. In an email addressed to all Zimbabwean Business Accounts, Facebook wrote, Due to implementation of a value-added tax (VAT) in Zimbabwe, Facebook is required to charge VAT on the sale of ads to all advertisers in Zimbabwe. All advertisers with a business country of Zimbabwe will be charged an additional 14.5% VAT on advertising services purchased on or after September 1, 2020. You don’t have to enter a Zimbabwe Tax ID. However, if you’re registered for VAT and provide your Tax ID, your Tax ID will show up on your ads receipts. This may help you recover any VAT you paid to Zimbabwe tax authorities if you are a VAT registe
UNDER-FIRE information minister Monica Mutsvangwa has accused MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and his party's western allies of causing all challenges being faced by the country. Mutsvangwa told journalists during a cabinet media briefing Tuesday that problems being experienced by the country emanated from post-2018 election vows by the opposition chief President Emmerson Mnangagwa would not find sleep in his rule. After defeat to Mnangagwa in the disputed poll, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa declared never to recognise his rival as president. Mutsvangwa has an explanation to the country's endless challenges. "We all know that after the 2018 elections, the opposition MDC Alliance spoke about pouring sand (hamutongi tichadira jecha) on Mnangagwa's reign and
OPPOSITION Alliance for the People's Agenda (APA) president Nkosana Moyo said the imploding economic and political situation in the country had confirmed his long-held fears that President Emmerson Mnangagwa would be worse than his late predecessor Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa's administration has attracted international condemnation in recent days over an increase in human rights violations following a wave of abductions and arrests of journalists, opposition and civic rights activists. This has seen the opposition and other stakeholders calling on Sadc to intervene to facilitate dialogue to solve the political and socio-economic crises facing the country. Mnangagwa, however, denies there is a crisis. Moyo said Zimbabweans should expect nothing but the worst from Mnangagwa wh
The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference has urged Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa to respect fundamental human rights. See full statement below: SOLIDARITY STATEMENT TO THE BISHOPS AND THE CHURCH IN ZIMBABWE We, the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) greet you in the name of our risen Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. We continue to note with increasing concern the unabated situation of repression in Zimbabwe, resulting in increasing hardship and suffering to the citizens. We commend you for your prophetic voice in naming and condemning the brutalisation of ordinary people by security forces and the underlying corruption that has led to the total collapse of services to the people by the government. As St. Paul informs us, “we are one body in u
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has pleaded with Zimbabweans not to be confrontational whenever they reach a deadlock and also implored citizens to dialogue wherever there is divergence of ideas. Addressing delegates at last week's official tour of the winter maize project at Hippo Valley's Kilimanjaro project in Chiredzi, Chiwenga appealed for amicable solutions to problems afflicting the country. "We have plenty of land, so let's open it. Let's create and give our people jobs here. There is no other country which will be created. God did his job and finished it. He is not going to create another world. Let's forget about it. So our small teapot, let's treasure it. Let's work together. Let's not be confrontational. If there is any problem in
Pillar Muzhingi aka Lady Pillar who is an upcoming Zim Dancehall artists is exposing producers of Platimun Records for trying to sleep with her so they would record her song. Rumors has been going on for years that Male producers demand sexual favors from female artists to record thier music. This abuse has led to many female Zim Dancehall artist leaving the indusrty as they feel they are abused by some of these powerful producers. Watch the video below as Lady Pillar exposed Platinum Redords Producers.
THE opposition MDC Alliance has vowed to fight what it terms “the subversion of the people’s will” by taking back the parliamentary seats which the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T grabbed through parliamentary recalls and intends to fill with its nominees. MDC Alliance secretary-general Chalton Hwende said the party was concluding consultations with the electorate to block the unconstitutional and subversion of the people’s will. “The people voted us into office and the Zanu-PF government is trying to block the social contract that we signed with the electorate. This is clearly a subversion of the people’s will. The people are now being forced to be led by the people they rejected in elections,” he said. “We are concluding our consultations
The Harare Magistrate’s Court has ordered that top human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa be barred from representing a prominent journalist, Hopewell Chinono, because she allegedly ran Facebook pages critical of the country’s justice system. The court ruled on Tuesday that Beatrice Mtetwa – an internationally acclaimed lawyer who has been at the forefront of defending the country’s human rights activists – be removed from representing award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono. The state accused Mtetwa of writing contemptuous letters to the country’s magistrates and high courts, and of running Facebook pages that denigrated the courts. “In view of the submissions by both the state and the defence, the disqualification of the lead coun
Rampant Corruption by ZRP in Bindura Town in the name of COVID lockdown restrictions Zimbabwe Republic Police officers in Bindura are now notorious for demanding bribes from business owners and residents in the name of enforcing COVID lockdown restrictions. The officers are demanding 5US as bribe from both informal and formal business operators as well as local residents in order to conduct their day to day business as protection fees. These corrupt activities have the blessings from high ranking police officers such as the DISPOL (TG Muzvondiwa , 0719019094), Deputy-DISPOL (Mumanyi), chief inspector Solomon Maranyika, 0714001907 (Chiwaridzo area), chief-inspector Ganye (Bindura Central). I have made several reports to the Bindura Central police station with tangible evidence of the
A magistrate on Tuesday ruled that Harare lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa should recuse herself from representing journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, citing her for “scandalising the courts.” Magistrate Ngoni Nduna said Mtetwa had repeatedly carried out actions which undermined the justice system, including describing Chin’ono’s arrest as an abduction. An application for her recusal was made by prosecutor Whisper Mabhaudi last week, at the start of Chin’ono’s latest bid for bail following his arrest on July 20 accused of inciting Zimbabweans to engage in violent protests on July 31. Mabhaudi argued that comments carried on a Facebook page called ‘Beatrice Mtetwa and the Rule of Law’ were tantamount to sub judice. One post on the page read: &l
