Harare - Revenue from tax on alcohol and tobacco has been the key contribution to Zimbabwe's overall income, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said in presenting a revised 2009 budget to Parliament.
"Indirect taxes made up of customs and excise duty have contributed 88 per cent of government revenue which means that the government has been literally sustained by beer and cigarettes. This is unacceptable," Biti said.
Harare - Police in Zimbabwe have arrested Deon Theron, the vice-president of Zimbabwe's predominantly-white Commercial Farmers Union, for taking photographs of the crash scene in which Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife died on March 6, union officials said Wednesday.
Theron spent Tuesday night in cells at Harare central police station after being questioned for most of the day over his presence at the accident shortly after it happened, said CFU director Hendrik Olivier.
Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Saturday his party's fight with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change was over and demanded an end to political violence in the country.
Mugabe was addressing mourners, including Tsvangirai, at the burial of former army commander Vitalis Zvinavashe at Heroes' Acre cemetery in Harare.
Tsvangirai attended, despite being himself in mourning for his late wife, Susan.
Trinidad, Mar. 12 : Former England all rounder Ian Botham has said that he is burning with frustration and anger over a lost series, which they should have won.
"Don''t give me any nonsense about a heroic and brave effort on the final day - it should never have got to that. And almost snatching a dramatic victory cannot hide the overall picture of losing to a team we should have spanked out of sight," Botham writes in an article for The Mirror.
Trinidad, Mar. 12 : Coach Andy Flower wants to lead England to an Ashes triumph this year, even as the side battles to remove the tag of rank outsiders in which they have rapidly descended into.
England has failed to win any of its twelve matches this winter, while the Aussies are on an amazing upward turn having won their last three Tests against South Africa, reports The Sun.
Harare - Revenue from tax on alcohol and tobacco has been the key contribution to Zimbabwe's overall income, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said in presenting a revised 2009 budget to Parliament.
Harare - Police in Zimbabwe have arrested Deon Theron, the vice-president of Zimbabwe's predominantly-white Commercial Farmers Union, for taking photographs of the crash scene in which Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife died on March 6, union officials said Wednesday.
Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Saturday his party's fight with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change was over and demanded an end to political violence in the country.
Trinidad, Mar. 12 : Former England all rounder Ian Botham has said that he is burning with frustration and anger over a lost series, which they should have won.
Trinidad, Mar. 12 : Coach Andy Flower wants to lead England to an Ashes triumph this year, even as the side battles to remove the tag of rank outsiders in which they have rapidly descended into.
