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Zimbabwe: Activist Demands Govt to Disclose Total Debt
New Zimbabwe, 23 November 2020
A Harare lawyer, who is also a disability rights activist has approached the High Court demanding to know the total amount of debt that Zimbabwe owes to internal and external… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Non-Disclosure of Loans - Govt Sued
Zimbabwe Independent, 20 November 2020
A CONCERNED Zimbabwean citizen has taken Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube and the accountant-general to court seeking an order to compel the government to… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Central Bank Debt Accumulation Above U.S.$2 Billion
Zimbabwe Independent, 23 October 2020
The US$2,23 billion debt accumulated by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in the 12 months since July 2019 could be grossly understated, as fresh details emerged this week… Read more »
Calls For Mnangagwa to Disclose Zimbabwe's Total Debt Grow Louder
A Harare lawyer has approached the High Court demanding to know the total amount of debt that Zimbabwe owes to internal and external creditors. Besides Zimbabwe being heavily indebted there has been concern on the secrecy that surrounds debt accumulation as part of the central bank and government ministries' debts are not accounted for in the government's book. Zimbabwe started looking to China for loans after it was blacklisted by major Western lenders such as the World Bank and IMF after it stopped paying back outstanding loans.
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