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Zimbabwe Cuts Spending to Raise Poll Funds

Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said that the government will freeze all payments except salaries in a frantic effort to raise money to fund the July 31 election.
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Zimbabweans voting in previous election.

  • Zimbabwe:   Zimbabwe Stumbles Towards the Ballot Box

    DW, 8 July 2013

    Zimbabwe goes to the polls on July 31. But can free and fair elections be arranged in such a short space of time? Prime Minister Tsvangirai and Zimbabwe's neighbors have their… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Zimbabwe Elections Funding Dilemma Persists

    Zimbabwe Independent, 28 June 2013

    PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and the top brass of the Joint Operations Command (Joc) have ordered private auctioning of the Chiadzwa diamonds to raise money for general elections after… Read more »

  • Southern Africa:   SADC Must Hold the Line On Zim Election Funding

    DA, 10 June 2013

    The DA calls on President Zuma, as Facilitator of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) for Zimbabwe, to ensure that the South African Development Community (SADC) withholds funding… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Special SADC Summit On Poll Funding

    The Herald, 28 May 2013

    SADC will convene a special summit on Zimbabwe to co-ordinate efforts to mobilise resources to finance harmonised elections as the Seventh Parliament hurtles towards its inevitable… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Govt Re-Engages UN for Poll Funding - Sets Conditions

    The Herald, 13 March 2013

    PRINCIPALS to the inclusive Government have resolved to re-engage the United Nations Development Programme for supplementary poll funding under new terms of reference. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Govt Borrows to Fund Referendum

    SW Radio, 12 March 2013

    The government said it has raised $40 million by borrowing from Old Mutual and the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) to help fund this Saturday's referendum. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Govt Drops Poll Funding Request

    The Herald, 8 March 2013

    ZIMBABWE is considering withdrawing its request for election funding from the United Nations Development Programme after the body set an avalanche of conditions for Government to… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Zimbabwe Appeals for Funds for Polls in June

    AEP, 12 February 2013

    The Zimbabwean government with the endorsement of both President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has made an appeal for funds from the United Nations Development… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Poll Preps in Full Swing

    The Herald, 8 February 2013

    PRINTING of materials to be used in the publicity campaign for the draft Constitution has begun, after the Senate yesterday adopted the a motion on the draft Constitution. This… Read more »

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