Understanding New Company Secretarial Forms  

Introduction  The new Companies and Other Business Entities Act (Chapter 24:31) (“COBE Act” or “the Act”) became effective in February 2020 repealing and replacing the Companies Act (Chapter 24:03) and

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Functions Of the Surveyor General 

Cadastral system  Land registration system in Zimbabwe follows the cadastral system. According to Kaufmann (1999) a cadastre can be defined as a methodically arranged public inventory of data concerning all

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Verbal Instructions and the Law 

Introduction  To be forewarned is to be forearmed! This article aims at giving insights into verbal instructions and legal implications should something go wrong.  Ways instructions may be given  Depending

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Personal Financial Planning to Secure Future 

Introduction  Over a year ago a very close friend sent me a presentation reportedly prepared by Prudential on personal financial planning (“presentation”). After going through it I wished I had

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Personal Financial Planning for Sports People 

Introduction  Over a year ago a very close friend sent me a presentation reportedly prepared by Prudential on personal financial planning. After going through it I wished I had seen

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Managing Legal Risks in Business 

Introduction  Legal is one of the external factors affecting a business according to the PESTEL (political, economic, social, technological, environmental, legal) model. Legal risk not well managed can manifest through

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Financial Modelling for Business 

Introduction  Financial modelling involves building a model or abstract representation of a real world financial situation. The financial model so developed can be used to forecast a business’ future financial

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Using Management Accounts in Business 

Introduction  This simplified article looks at how management accounts can be used to improvement business management and performance.  Field of accounting  Accounting essentially involves gathering, processing, production and communication of

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Understanding Asset Valuation and Business Valuation 

Introduction  The difference between asset valuation and business valuation is often confused to the extent of being escalated to a dispute including even litigation. It is quite common to come

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Transacting In New Shares Versus Existing Shares 

Introduction  I write to explain the difference between the issue or allotment of new shares compared to the exchange by shareholders of existing shares or shares already issued. I will

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