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Mzembi cracks whip
05 May 2015 at 02:10hrs | Views
The Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry has given the new Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) board the mandate to enforce performance-based contracts for senior managers and right-size the organisation to remain with a lean, efficient staff.
The new board, unveiled yesterday, is chaired by TelOne managing director Chipo Mtasa with lawyer James Muzangaza coming in as deputy chair.
Other members of the board are National Museums and Monuments director Gibson Mahachi, management and training consultant Faith Ntabeni-Bhebe, principal chief immigration officer Clemence Masango, Blessing Munyenyiwa and Douglas Runyowa.
Muzangaza, Masango, Mahachi and Runyowa are from the previous 11-member board chaired by Marah Hativagone.
Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Walter Mzembi said yesterday the board he announced was coming at a time when there is a thrust in government to implement austerity measures in the wake of tightening fiscal space.
Mzembi said ZTA could not afford to take the business-as-usual approach "both in revenue collection and expenditure patterns".
Mzembi said the board should ensure that ZTA was self-reliant financially from the 2% levy that it collects.
ZTA collects at least $6 million annually in tourism levy. He said ZTA has to ensure that its employment costs constituted at most 30% of the budgeted expenditure with the remainder (70%) going towards operations and programmes.
The new board, unveiled yesterday, is chaired by TelOne managing director Chipo Mtasa with lawyer James Muzangaza coming in as deputy chair.
Other members of the board are National Museums and Monuments director Gibson Mahachi, management and training consultant Faith Ntabeni-Bhebe, principal chief immigration officer Clemence Masango, Blessing Munyenyiwa and Douglas Runyowa.
Muzangaza, Masango, Mahachi and Runyowa are from the previous 11-member board chaired by Marah Hativagone.
Mzembi said ZTA could not afford to take the business-as-usual approach "both in revenue collection and expenditure patterns".
Mzembi said the board should ensure that ZTA was self-reliant financially from the 2% levy that it collects.
ZTA collects at least $6 million annually in tourism levy. He said ZTA has to ensure that its employment costs constituted at most 30% of the budgeted expenditure with the remainder (70%) going towards operations and programmes.
Source - newsday
