Time to rethink fuel tax burden
ZIMBABWE’s fuel pricing structure is fast becoming a drag on economic recovery and policymakers must now confront a difficult but necessary question ― whether current tax levels on petrol and…
ZIMBABWE’s fuel pricing structure is fast becoming a drag on economic recovery and policymakers must now confront a difficult but necessary question ― whether current tax levels on petrol and…
Sam Matsekete ACROSS Southern Africa, the demand for energy finance is no longer a forward-looking concern — it is immediate, structural and accelerating. Industrial expansion, mining growth, urbanisation and energy…
ZIMBABWE’S dollarisation remains visible in pricing behaviour, corporate reporting, and the everyday choices of households. What is more troubling, however, is not merely the persistence of the US dollar but…
IN times of global uncertainty, governments are often judged not merely by their responsiveness, but by their foresight. The current consideration to increase the ethanol content in petrol represents precisely…
By Leonita Mhishi IN Zimbabwe’s property circles, one question keeps resurfacing at braais, in WhatsApp groups, and across diaspora conversations: is it better to buy a stand and build, or…
THE decision by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to defer the 90 percent foreign currency retention threshold for small-scale gold miners may be understandable in light of operational bottlenecks, but it…
ZIMBABWE’S latest move to require that public sector suppliers be paid exclusively in the local currency marks a bold step in its ongoing efforts to stabilise and entrench the ZiG. It is a policy rooted in understandable objectives, including strengthening domestic currency demand, improving fiscal discipline, and bringing greater coherence to public procurement systems. Yet,…
THE rising tide of corporate rescue proceedings across Zimbabwe’s formal business sector should serve as a sobering warning to policymakers, investors and business leaders alike. While corporate rescue mechanisms are…
NOUDAM Tanks is emerging as a practical case study in Zimbabwe’s light manufacturing and agri-infrastructure investment landscape, following the establishment and expansion of its water storage and distribution equipment manufacturing…
THE figures speak for themselves. When fewer than a quarter of small businesses comply with tax obligations, and three-quarters of the broader economy operates in the shadows, no amount of…
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