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Sovereign Wealth Fund of Zimbabwe Act
10/2013
“joint venture agreement’’ means an agreement between a public contracting authority (that is to
say, the State, a statutory body or other contractor performing public functions) and a private
party, in terms of which ─
(a) the private party undertakes to perform a public contracting authority’s function on behalf
of the public contracting authority for a specified period; and
(b) the private party receives a benefit for performing the function by way of ─
(i) compensation from funds appropriated by Parliament; or
(ii) user levies; or
(iii) a combination of the foregoing;
and
(c) the private party is liable for the risks arising from the performance of its function; and
(d) public resources may be transferred or made available to the private property;
“member” means the Chairperson or any other member of the Board referred to in section 6;
“Minister” means the Minister of Finance or any other Minister to whom the President may from
time to time assign the administration of this Act;
“risk-adjusted return” means a return based on an objective measurement of how much risk is
involved in producing that return;
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SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND OF ZIMBABWE
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Establishment, vesting and trusteeship of Sovereign Wealth Fund of Zimbabwe
(1) There is hereby established a Fund, to be known as the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Zimbabwe.
(2) The ownership of the Fund is vested in the Republic of Zimbabwe with the President of
Zimbabwe acting as the trustee thereof.
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Objects of Fund
The objects of the Fund are—
(a) to make secure investments for the benefit and enjoyment of future generations of
Zimbabweans; and
(b) to support the development objectives of the Government, including its long-term economic and
social development; and
(c) to support fiscal or macroeconomic stabilisation, in particular to supplement (in accordance with
this Act and the Finance Act) the revenues of Zimbabwe when these are prejudiced by the
fluctuation of prices payable for those minerals on which royalties and other taxes are collected
for the benefit of the Consolidated Revenue Fund; and
(d) to contribute to the revenues of Zimbabwe from the net returns on its investments in accordance
with section 21.
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