Looks like managing public and media perception is a key priority for Mthuli Ncube. Towards the end of 2018, the minister of Finance hired Acie Lumumba (yes the controversial guy) […]
The flamboyant Victorian British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, once noted that; “There can be economy, only where there is efficiency”. Zimbabwe’s economy has been full of inefficiencies for far too […]
The panel includes Themba Mliswa, an independent MP and other government and business leaders.
As we wait for the introduction of Zimbabwe’s own currency in 12 months’ time, you need to know why it’s taking that long to bring back the infamous Zim Dollar. […]
Zimbabwe has achieved the impossible. We have figured out time travel and gone back ten years in time. Massive devaluation in monetary value, long fuel queues, inaccessible cash. This is […]
Indeed in some months, we will have our own currency according to the Finance Minister. That means this fake-almost-money bond note will be booted out of circulation and we will […]
So the Minister of Finance continues to try wooing the international community to come to the aid of Zimbabwe. He insists the country is on a recovery path and the […]
The Minister of Finance, Prof Mthuli Ncube has announced his new foreign currency allocation committee. He promised that he would do this when he presented the 2019 budget proposal in […]
It is a great pleasure to debate the 2019 National Budget. This budget, Hon. Speaker Sir, could not have come at a time of great fragility and great vulnerability of […]
The Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube had a chat with Richard Quest from CNN and in this short interview Hon Mthuli addresses the following; The Twin deficit challenge facing Zimbabwe Budget cuts […]
As part of his (woefully inadequate) measures to contain government expenditure, the Zimbabwean Finance Minister expressed his dismay at how successive audits of the government’s civil servants payroll have never […]
The new-ish Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube finally presented his maiden budget and there are a lot of things to unpack from his speech. One of the more interesting bits that […]
In his presentation of the 2019 budget, Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube bemoaned the fact that foreign operators are taking advantage of technology to provide services to local individuals and […]
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Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube is set to present his maiden national budget today. In an interview with The Sunday Mail, Ncube said the 2019 National Budget will be a balanced […]
I know few people would agree with me on this, but I do not think the most damaging part of the Finance Minister’s policies was the 2% tax as a […]
ON Friday afternoon of 2 November 2018, I visited Surface Wilmar based in Chitungwiza, Harare. The company is owned by one of the largest companies in the world in the […]
The UK announced their planned budget for 2020 and surprise surprise it seems they are also looking at adding a new 2% tax as well. However, their version is less […]
So the saga continues. Yesterday the High Court declared that the challenge to the new transaction tax that had been brought before it was not urgent and hence it would […]
Whilst some are already used to the recently introduced 2% tax, some are still fighting the battle to repeal it. Mfundo Mlilo who is director of the Combined Harare Residents’ Association […]
11 days after the Minister of Finance announced that there will be a revised tax on all electronic financial transactions in Zimbabwe, the new regulation is now enforceable. We are […]
President Mnangagwa has issued a statement commenting on the current state of the economy. He has reiterated his position that there is necessary pain that needs to be endured before […]
Below is the full press release from the Minister of Finance, Prof Mthuli Ncube in Bali Indonesia. REPORT ON THE ZIMBABWE’S RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH CO-OPERATING PARTNERS ON THE ARREARS CLEARANCE ROAD […]
There is light at the end of the tunnel and it seems Zimbabwe’s all-weather friend, The Afreximbank is going to give that light. I’m not sure if you were either […]
Despite yesterday conceding that he doesn’t want to wrestle with the reality ( the market forces) that bond notes (coins) are not at par with US dollars, Finance Minister Professor […]
We know that men, in their nature do not like taxes especially when they don’t see their use. The 2% tax presented by Finance Minister last week has certainly increased the […]
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It has been an open secret that bond notes (coins) are not at par with US dollars, although the central bank, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe disputed that. Since the […]
It’s exactly 8 days after the Finance Minister announced the introduction of a new tax whenever we transact on electronic platforms. He of course made the announcement at the same […]