Delayed State Payments Squeeze Business

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The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce has warned that delayed government payments to contractors are worsening liquidity constraints, undermining tax compliance, and slowing business activity. The lags stem from Treasury’s value-for-money checks, which aim to control spending but have trapped working capital in the public sector. ZNCC wants invoices paid within 90 days and tradeable Treasury Bills used to clear arrears.