Zimbabwe staggers on

LAST Friday, Finance and Economic Development minister, Mthuli Ncube, tweeted that he would curb Zimbabwe’s economic crisis by limiting “government expenditure, rationalise posts in the public service, strengthen wage bill management, reduce travel expenditures and review expenditures on fuel benefit levels.”

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His permanent secretary, George Guvamatanga appeared before the parliamentary portfolio committee that oversees his ministry on Monday providing oral evidence on the 2019 national budget.

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