Taxes, toll gates, passport fees and fizzy drinks: Here are the many ways Mthuli’s 2024 budget will hit your pocket

newZWire From taxes on fizzy drinks, higher toll gate fees and lithium levies, Finance Mthuli Ncube has brought a battery of new taxes under his 2024 budget. With little external support, Ncube is putting the squeeze on the public to raise money to pay for everything from road rehabilitation to cancer treatment. Here, we summarise…

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Fake Marriages. A Black Market. What Zimbabwe’s Health Care Workers Are Doing to Get UK Jobs

Evidence Chenjerai, Global Press Journal Zimbabwe This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. When Kundai graduated with a master’s degree from a local university, she did not imagine staying unemployed for five years. Even more unexpected was the fact that her path to forging a career as a health worker and getting financial…

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Traditional Healers’ Demand for Vulture Parts Threatens Birds’ Survival — and Zimbabwe’s Ecosystem

Linda Mujuru, Global Press Journal Zimbabwe This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. Early this year, Sekuru Shumba, a traditional healer, had an altercation with a client that led to a fistfight. Shumba, who has been practicing his trade for over five years, says the client owed him about 300 United States dollars,…

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