New tax rates pushing Zimbabwe’s public transporters off the road

Transport operator Richard Kureva, first kombi, a battered minibus, bought 25 years ago became a family lifeline. The transport business then was simple.

“When I started, operating costs were manageable and profits were predictable,” he said.

Today, Kureva and other public transport operators are facing ruin. Operating in an over taxed economy, transport operators in Zimbabwe have been hit by a new wave of taxes, a financial blow to bring them to a halt.

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