{"id":87782,"date":"2023-12-03T21:27:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T19:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mawarire-criticises-mthuli-ncubes-absurd-tax-proposals"},"modified":"2023-12-04T00:52:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T22:52:14","slug":"mawarire-criticises-mthuli-ncubes-absurd-tax-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mawarire-criticises-mthuli-ncubes-absurd-tax-proposals","title":{"rendered":"Mawarire Criticises Mthuli Ncube’s “Absurd” Tax Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>National Patriotic Front (NPF) spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire says President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s Government does not serve the interests of the public after Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube\u2019s proposal in the 2024 National Budget to introduce new taxes.<\/p>\n

Posting on X, Mawarire said the proposal to introduce a wealth tax is \u201csilly\u201d, adding the Government should find science-based solutions to challenges faced by Zimbabweans instead of making life harder for them. He said:<\/p>\n

If our government and its officers like Mthuli Ncube sought to \u201cserve the interests of the public\u201d and govern the country for the people, we were NEVER going to have absurd proposals to increase taxes on our impoverished citizens, instead, we were going to witness moves that reduced the burden of over-taxation on our poor citizens.<\/p>\n

If @edmnangagwa wanted to govern the country \u201cfor the people\u201d, silly proposals to reintroduce colonial hut taxes by different names, would never have been entertained.<\/p>\n

What a people-centric presidency would have done was to advance policies which seek to develop the country scientifically, providing science-based solutions to our current problems rather than compounding our troubles through anti-people policies.<\/p>\n

A president who serves the people would have taken President Xi\u2019s 14th principle, \u201ccrackdown on corruption with zero tolerance\u201d rather than promoting & being at the centre of it.<\/p>\n

If we are looking East, we certainly should be copying some of the principles that are aimed at growing China into a \u201cworld player\u201d.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s never bad to learn from others & the growth of the Chinese economy in the last 2 decades cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n

Ncube said the wealth tax will be levied at a rate of 1% of market values of residential properties with a minimum value of US$100 000.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. National Patriotic Front (NPF) spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire says President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s Government does not serve the interests of the public after Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube\u2019s proposal in the 2024 National Budget to introduce new taxes. Posting on X, Mawarire said the proposal to introduce a wealth tax is \u201csilly\u201d, adding the Government […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":87781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[15697,1493,2189,4547,807,186,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-87782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-economy","9":"tag-2024-national-budget","10":"tag-africa-press","11":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","12":"tag-jealousy-mawarire","13":"tag-mthuli-ncube","14":"tag-tax","15":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"\nMawarire Criticises Mthuli Ncube's "Absurd" Tax Proposals - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"National Patriotic Front (NPF) spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire says President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s Government does not se ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mawarire-criticises-mthuli-ncubes-absurd-tax-proposals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mawarire Criticises Mthuli Ncube's "Absurd" Tax Proposals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"National Patriotic Front (NPF) spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire says President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s Government does not se ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mawarire-criticises-mthuli-ncubes-absurd-tax-proposals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-03T19:27:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-03T22:52:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/12\/sm_1701627290.076293.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"704\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mawarire-criticises-mthuli-ncubes-absurd-tax-proposals\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mawarire-criticises-mthuli-ncubes-absurd-tax-proposals\",\"name\":\"Mawarire Criticises Mthuli Ncube's \\\"Absurd\\\" Tax Proposals - 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