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By Daniel Chigundu Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube says “Austerity for Prosperity” is targeted at government alone and does not extend to the private sector and individuals. Austerity for Prosperity is the theme for the 2019 National Budget presented by Minister Ncube and which has generally been criticised by some economists and politicians who believe it …
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By Daniel Chigundu Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has told Parliament that it is going to present its supplementary budget for 2019 in July together with a budget review. In previous years treasury has been using more money than what would have been approved by Parliament through the Budget Bill a development which is …
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The 2019 National Budget constitutes the first macro-fiscal financial framework for implementing the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP), which is an initial stepping stone towards realising Vision 2030.
Specific interventions in the Budget w…
By Daniel Chigundu The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services has appealed to both treasury and Parliament for the allocation of US$100 million to TransMedia for the completion of the digitalisation program. Digitalisation which has missed both the regional and international deadlines has so far gobbled about US$40 million and requires an …
By Daniel Chigundu Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development George Guvamatanga says the 2 percent tax is necessary as it will fund subsidies that Zimbabweans enjoy. The government introduced a 2 percent tax earlier this month which is levied on all electronic transactions across all platforms. Under the tax, the government …
By Daniel Chigundu Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development George Guvamatanga says the 2 percent tax is necessary as it will fund subsidies that Zimbabweans enjoy. The government introduced a 2 percent tax earlier this month which is levied on all electronic transactions across all platforms. Under the tax, the government …
2018 budget will be in US dollars
2018 budget will be in US dollars
By Daniel Chigundu Harare Mayor Councillor Hebert Gomba says he has managed to block an unreasonable request for Ipads by councillors at a time when the council is facing financial challenges to effectively discharge its duties. The city council has been failing to provide clean water, collect garbage and even repair broken sewer pipes due …