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By Staff Reporter Harare City Council borrowed US$32 500 000 to fund the salaries and terminal benefits packages for its employers in direct contravention of laws governing such acts according to the recently released Auditor General’s report for 2018. The hefty amounts were borrowed in batches from CABS between 18 November 2014 and 18 November …
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By Staff Reporter Chitungwiza Municipality says it has cut ties with Clyna Trading, a company it had contracted in March 2013 to offer electronic billing services. The billing services by Clyna Trading included the collection of fees, rentals and other applicable rates for motor vehicles within the jurisdiction of the municipality. However, the five-year-long flirtation officially …
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By Staff Reporter Auditor General Mildred Chiri says Chitungwiza Municipality must have its own water as a way of reducing costs for both the council and the residents. Chitungwiza buys treated water from Harare City Council and puts a mark-up when selling the same to its residents and the Auditor General in her audit report …
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By Staff Reporter Auditor General Mildred Chiri says Chitungwiza Municipality must have its own water as a way of reducing costs for both the council and the residents. Chitungwiza buys treated water from Harare City Council and puts a mark-up when selling the same to its residents and the Auditor General in her audit report …
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We, the associations listed below, representing informal economy businesses and workers throughout Zimbabwe, declare as follows: • The informal economy in Zimbabwe contributes 40% of the total economy. In addition, it employs over 90% of the available Zimbabwe workforce. Nearly two-thirds of the people working in the informal economy are women. It is, therefore, a …
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By Mufaro Three years ago Mnangagwa assured “business and the general populace that bond notes are not going to replace the multi-currency basket”. Fast forward to today, trading in any other currency outside the bond note and RTGS is now illegal in Zimbabwe through Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019. RBZ’s policy interventions this week have sent …
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DOWNLOAD: Exchange Control Directive RU102 of 2019.
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By Wisdom Mumera Initially, the Zimdollar went out without much fanfare. It died a natural death and was mourned by none. It slowly disappeared as the market self-dollarised and the government had to play catch-up by announcing the formal entrance of the multi-currency regime. After the entrance of bond notes, the market has been in …
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MEDIA ALLIANCE OF ZIMBABWE (MAZ) PRESS STATEMENT ON THE MAZ MINIMUM DEMANDS ON THE MEDIA LAWS REFORM PROCESS As the media laws reform process gathers momentum, the Media Alliance of Zimbabwe (MAZ) reaffirms media stakeholders’ minimum demands on the necessary interventions that ought to be undertaken to fully democratise the country’s media and information sector. …
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MEDIA ALLIANCE OF ZIMBABWE (MAZ) PRESS STATEMENT ON THE ELECTION OF NEW LEADERSHIP Media Alliance of Zimbabwe (MAZ) has elected Tabani Moyo as chairperson of the media freedom advocacy network with immediate effect. Moyo, who is the Director of the Zimbabwe Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), takes over from Media Monitors …
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