Zimbabweans demand US dollar budget

ZIMBABWEANS have expressed mixed feelings on the 2021 national budget presented by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in Parliament yesterday, saying it should have been configured in United States dollars as the economy has dollarised.

Ncube presented his budget in Zimbabwe dollars with education getting the largest allocation after it was given $500 billion.

Norton legislator Temba Mliswa (independent) said: “The fuel which is used to drive the truck economy is being sold in US dollars yet people are not being paid that money.

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