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Zimbabwe: Finance Minister Imposes Pay Cuts for President, Deputies and Ministers
New Zimbabwe, 22 November 2018
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has imposed a 5 percent pay cut for top government officials including President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputies as authorities continue groping… Read more »
Zimbabwe Finance Minister Presents Austerity Budget
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has proposed a U.S.$8.2 billion budget for 2019 which sees the education ministry getting the highest piece of the cake with an allocation of U.S.$1.1 billion allocation. Presenting his 2019 budget, themed Austerity for Prosperity, Ncube allocated U.S.$700 million towards defence while the health ministry received U.S.$550 million.
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube poses for a photograph with his briefcase before presenting his 2019 National Budget proposals in Parliament.
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Zimbabwe: Ncube Culls Embassies, No Pay Rise for Civil Servants
New Zimbabwe, 22 November 2018
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube Thursday proposed a US$8.2 billion budget for 2019 which sees the Education ministry getting the highest piece of the cake on a US$1,1 billion… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Opposition MPs Kicked Out of Budget Presentation
New Zimbabwe, 22 November 2018
THERE was drama at Parliament during Thursday's 2019 budget presentation when the Speaker ordered opposition MDC legislators out of the House, resulting in clashes with the police… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: MDC-Alliance MPs Rapped
The Herald, 23 November 2018
Fellow parliamentarians yesterday condemned the rowdy behaviour and disrespect to President Mnangagwa exhibited by their MDC-Alliance counterparts just before the presentation of… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Finance Minister Ncube Presentation of the 2019 - Live Updates
Kubatana.net, 22 November 2018
Youth, Sports, Arts, Recreation: $53.5m- Infrastructure development- National teams- Sport benefits country - Health dividend and job creation- Youth empowerment- Emerging digital… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Prioritize Children Before Teachers, Finance Minister Ncube Told
263Chat, 22 November 2018
A local consortium of organisations running a campaign dubbed Every Child in School (ECIS) yesterday petitioned the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Professor Mthuli Ncube… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Finance Minister Ncube On Slippery Terrain As He Presents 2019 Budget
New Zimbabwe, 22 November 2018
Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube carries the hopes of a downhearted nation when he steps into parliament this Thursday afternoon to deliver his maiden 2019 budget statement. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: All Eyes On 2019 Budget Proposals
The Herald, 22 November 2018
ALL eyes are on Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube as he presents his 2019 National Budget proposals in Parliament today, the first in the Second… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: The Moment We've All Been Waiting for . . .
The Herald, 22 November 2018
"The term 'development' in international parlance encompasses the need and the means by which to provide better lives for people in poor countries. It includes not only economic… Read more »
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Ordinary Zimbabweans face a bleak festive season as the economic situation is marred by worsening cash shortages and basic commodity shortages. Some civil servants have already ... Read more »
