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Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has appointed Ms Faith Mazani as its new Commissioner-General with effect from February 1. She takes over from Mr Gershem Pasi, who resigned in May last year citing broken relations with the revenue collector. Zimra confirmed Ms Mazani’s appointment in a statement yesterday.

Government has ordered Cimas to suspend, with immediate effect, the requirement for its members to pay cash upfront when seeking services from Corporate 24. Cimas has also been directed to adjudicate and pay all the genuine outstanding claims that arose from members seeking services at Corporate 24 after August 24 2015.

The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy is putting pressure on government to implement the moribund Gwanda solar energy project with haste, throwing the spotlight on flamboyant businessmen Wicknell Chivayo once more.

Government will this week gazette a debt assumption bill for the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco), to clear the way for its takeover of $500 million obligations owed to both local and international creditors, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa said yesterday.

Former ZESA Holdings executive chairman, Sydney Gata, has approached the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare seeking an additional retrenchment package of $10 million.