Mounting costs pressures, compliance clampdown squeeze industry tight

LIVINGSTONE MARUFU AND SAMANTHA MADE  Industry and commerce is teetering on the edge, battered by soaring operational costs, relentless taxes, and a tightening noose of regulatory red tape, it has been established. What was once a call to “Open for Business” has morphed into a survival game—where corporate closures, downsizing, and legal battles are fast…