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Note 16 - Tax Expense - Reconciliation of Tax Rate (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2021
Statement Line Items [Line Items]      
Profit for the year $ (618) $ 22,866 $ 23,142
Total tax expense 12,810 16,770 14,857
Profit before tax 12,192 39,636 37,999
Income tax at Company's domestic tax rate (1) [1] 0 0 0
Tax rate differences in foreign jurisdictions (2) [2] 5,808 12,600 11,847
Effect of income tax calculated in RTGS$ as required by PN26 (3) [3] 0 713 590
Management fee – withholding tax on deemed dividend portion 398 247 342
Management fee – non-deductible deemed dividend 675 735 611
Management fee – withholding tax - current year 169 174 148
Withholding tax on intercompany dividends 300 850 0
- Donations 318 269 311
- Other non-deductible expenditure 37 1,613 904
Unrealised foreign exchange gains (642) (1,322) (614)
Change in unrecognised tax losses 3,803 937 886
Tax expense – recognised in profit or loss 12,810 16,770 14,857
Zimbabwe Area [member]      
Statement Line Items [Line Items]      
Change in tax estimates 1,891 0 (166)
SOUTH AFRICA      
Statement Line Items [Line Items]      
Change in tax estimates $ 53 $ (46) $ (2)
[1] The tax rate in Jersey, Channel Islands is 0% (2022: 0%, 2021: 0%).
[2] The effective tax rate of 105.07% (2022: 42.31%) exceeds the statutory tax rates of subsidiaries of the Company, as certain expenditures are incurred by the Company that are not tax-deductible against taxable income in Zimbabwe and South Africa, where the enacted tax rates are 24.72% (2022: 24.72%) and 27.00% (2022: 28%) respectively.
[3] In 2019 ZIMRA issued PN26 that was affected retrospectively from February 22, 2019. The public notice provided clarity on Section 4 (a) of the Finance Act [Chapter 23.04] of Zimbabwe, which required that the calculation of taxable income be performed in RTGS$ and that the payment of the tax be in the ratio of the currency that the taxable income and revenue is earned. The reconciling item reconciled the profit before tax calculated using US Dollars as the functional currency of the Zimbabwean entities to taxable income calculated in RTGS$. PN26 was superseded by Section 37AA of the Income Tax Act [Chapter 23:06] of Zimbabwe, which requires taxpayers to submit separate tax returns where any part of the income from trade or investment is earned in foreign currency. Section 37AA stated that the calculation of taxable income be expressed in foreign currency and RTGS$ and that the payment of the tax payable be made proportionately to reflect the percentage share of income earned in all foreign currencies and the percentage earned in Zimbabwe dollars. The section further provides that the RTGS$ should be converted to US$ using the average auction rate of exchange for the year of assessment, with the same being applicable to US$ amounts that need to be converted to RTGS$.