Jane Mlambo| Battle lines have been drawn between opposition MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa and President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the new two percent tax on mobile transactions with the youthful politician saying he will not rest until it is scrapped.

“We are not going to stop protests until that [new] 2 percent tax on mobile transactions is scrapped. It’s thievery; it must go,” he said. “You [government] ask citizens to pay duty in foreign currency, yet they are paid in local currency. All civil servants and everyone must be paid in U.S. dollars,” said Chamisa.

Mnangagwa is adamant the new tax will not go away.

He recently said the country will go through tough times before the economy recovers.

On Thursday, Chamisa rallied his supporters on the streets to protest what he said Zanu PF reluctance to seek common ground with other political stakeholders to solve the legitimacy question.