Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has announced the two percent tax deemed prohibitive by many will be used to build new schools, roads and making sure nurses, teachers and doctors are paid wages they deserve.

Ncube said the new tax will also be used to improve the economy, boasting that shop shelves are full.

Since the beginning of the 2 percent tax, government announced that it had collected in excess of $600 million which part of it has been devoted to funding salary increases for teachers.