‘Zim budget can surpass $10bn’

Zimbabwe’s national budget can surpass the $10 billion mark if the country fully exploits chrome and gold mineral deposits, Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda has said.

The national budget has been averaging $4bn for the past three years.

In a post-budget seminar held by the Parliament of Zimbabwe yesterday in Harare, Mudenda said in reaching that goal, there was need to answer how to close the $6bn budget deficit against the usual $4bn revenue inflows.

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