Mthuli Doubles Fast Food Tax | New ZRP Commissioner Appointed
Minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, has doubled the proposed Fast Food Tax from 0.5% to 1% before its official implementation on 1 January 2025.
Mthuli attributed the increase to recommendations from Parliament’s Budget and Finance Committee.
“On increasing the levy from 0.5% to 1%, the one percent was proposed in this August House. It came from the Committee, in fact, that debated on this the very first time, which is the Budget and Finance Committee. So I accepted it, and then I proposed it, and that’s what we have in the budget. It came from this House,” Mthuli said.
However, the Committee’s report appears to contradict this claim. Their recommendations made no mention of doubling the tax to 1%.
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In its official report, the Committee stated, “The Fast-Food tax applied at a rate of 0.5% has minimal effect on the price, hence minimal disturbance on consumption.”
Mthuli Doubles Fast Food Tax | New ZRP Commissioner Appointed
Meanwhile…
Deputy Commissioner General Stephen Mutamba has been appointed as the new Commissioner General of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), succeeding Tandabantu Godwin Matanga.
Deputy Commissioner General Mutamba will officially assume his new role on January 1, 2025.
The announcement follows the retirement of Commissioner General Matanga, who will step down on December 31, 2024, after years of service.
The appointment was confirmed in a statement released on Friday evening by Dr Martin Rushwaya, Secretary to the President and Cabinet. Dr. Rushwaya explained that the decision was made in accordance with Section 221(1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
