Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Statutory Instrument 228B of 2021. Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment) (National Lockdown) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2021 (No. 34)
Conditional entry of donated operational motor vehicles The Chronicle 16/9/2021 GOVERNMENT ministries can import operational motor vehicles including single and double cab trucks duty free if they are donated by development partners. Background: According to the first schedule, part III of the tariff handbook (Statutory Instrument 53 of 2017) (CONDITIONAL ENTRY OF SPECIFIED GOODS), motor …
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Taxation of capital gains arising from disposal of specified assets The Chronicle 9/9/2021 Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is a tax levied on the capital gain arising from the disposal of a specified asset. Specified Asset means: – Immovable property or – Any marketable security or – Any right or title to property whether tangible or …
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Lockdown relaxed to Level Two The Chronicle 8/9/2021 Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter PUBLIC gatherings not exceeding 100 people and inter-city travel are now permissible with businesses, including the informal sector, allowed to operate up to 7PM after Government relaxed lockdown regulations from Level Four to Level Two. The curfew, which previously ran from 6.30PM to …
Notice of embargo The Chronicle 2/9/2021 NOTICES of embargo are issued to secure goods that have passed out of customs control, in terms of Section 192 of the Customs and Excise Act Chapter 23.02 for example where a vehicle on Temporary Import Permit (TIP) breaks down, a Notice of embargo may be issued to secure …
CONSTITUTION WATCH 3/2021 [27th August 2021] Communal Land and the Rights of Those who Live in It Actions by the Government in recent years have raised questions about the rights of people who live in Communal Lands in Zimbabwe. Government entities have mined diamonds in Communal Lands with scant regard for the people who live …
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BILL WATCH 62/2021 [26th August 2021] Public Health Lock-down Order : Extension of Lock-down The thirty-third amendment to the Lock-down Order was published yesterday, the 25th August, in SI 220 of 2021, and can be accessed on the Veritas website [link]. Its effect is simply to extend the Level IV lock-down until the 7th September. …
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Role of tribute agreements in mining The Herald 26/8/2021 Introduction This article seeks to give readers insights into mining tribute agreements as these are quite common in the mining sector and are regulated by the Mines and Minerals Act (Chapter 21:05) (the Act). Key definitions According to section 283 of the Act, a tribute …
Court business back to normal after Covid-19-induced break The Chronicle 26/8/2021 Chief Justice Luke Malaba Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief COURT business in the civil and criminal courts has returned to normal as the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) resumes normal working conditions from today. The JSC had suspended all court business and scaled down other …
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Lockdown extended by 2 weeks The Herald 25/8/2021 Minister Monica Mutsvangwa Africa Moyo Deputy News Editor The modified Level 4 lockdown has been extended by a further two weeks and Government is encouraging everyone to get vaccinated and to fully embrace the standard measures of masking, social distancing and sanitising. Schools remain closed although there …