December 2014 series - The Institute of Chartered Accountants of

Reason + Instinct = Growth
Investigation and Forensics
Reason says:
There are three
ways to go.
Instinct says:
Only one leads
to growth.
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Contents
TECHNICAL
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AUDITORS GOING CONCERN
CONSIDERATIONS
2015 NATIONAL TAX BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
The competition of imported finished products continues to
impact negatively on the manufacturing sector.
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CONFRONTING LIQUIDATION CRISIS IN
THE FINANCIAL SECTOR
Currently, there are 16 active commercial banks, three building
societies, two merchant banks and one savings bank
ECONOMY
04
ICAZ INVESTORS CONFERENCE IN S.A.
Bonyongwe said automation of the ZSE will bring efficiency,
capacity and speed of its trading and dissemination of
information.
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ZIM’S 2015 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
In 2014, manufacturing was hardest hit with a fall of
almost five percent while mining output fell slightly (two
percent).
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MINING DRIVES ECONOMIC RECOVERY
The country's mining houses, are in dire need of US$5 billion
in fresh capital in the next five years.
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CAs KEY TO ECONOMIC TURNAROUND
What we have seen in the industry particularly this year, it has
exposed structural changes or challenges that companies
have gone through.
REGULARS
02
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Council approved hosting the 2015 Winter School in Dubai at Grand
Hyatt Hotel from 6-10 August.
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MARTHA SHONIWA’S JOURNEY TO THE TOP
I am proud that I found myself that partner who is with me through
it all and I know that more fruitful years lies ahead in our
partnership called marriage.
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Your opinion matters!
MIKE FRUDD - A PIONEERING CHARTERED
ACCOUNTANT
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