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Wednesday, 28 November 2012 09:44
HARARE - The presentation of government’s $3,8 billion 2013 national budget exposed a rarely seen lighter side of Parliament in what is usually the cut-throat world of Zimbabwean politics, and there was certainly a healthy share of political humour during the...Read More
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Monday, 26 November 2012 09:58
HARARE - A bid by a Harare residents’ group to block Harare City Council’s 2013 budget from approval hit a brick wall on Friday after the High Court dismissed their application. Justice Martin Makonese dismissed an urgent chamber application filed by...Read More
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News » Chengetayi Zvauya, Parliamentary Editor
Monday, 19 November 2012 13:42
HARARE - Members of Parliament will spend this week analysing the 2013 national budget in various portfolio committees. Today, there will be a post-budget seminar by the House of Assembly’s portfolio committees that will thoroughly analyse the spending plan. Each committee...Read More
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Monday, 19 November 2012 12:40
HARARE - Finance minister Tendai Biti has ramped up next year’s defence spending to $356 million in a move that lifts the Zimbabwean military from four years of neglect and underfunding. For the first time, Biti has not just increased the...Read More
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Saturday, 17 November 2012 14:46
HARARE - Finance minister Tendai Biti’s banking reforms have attracted heavy criticism from bankers and market watchers who believe the new regulations will have negative consequences on the financial sector, particularly small banks. In his 2013 budget presentation yesterday, Biti proposed...Read More
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Friday, 16 November 2012 10:39
HARARE - Finance minister Tendai Biti has set aside $50 million for a constitutional referendum and general elections scheduled for next year, warning that electoral violence is the “biggest threat” to Zimbabwe’s economy. The figure allocated by Biti is far below...Read More
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Thursday, 15 November 2012 13:32
HARARE - Finance minister Tendai Biti comes under spotlight today when he presents the 2013 National Budget, amid high expectations from a depressed industry and cash strapped populace, which has borne the brunt of current liquidity challenges. His budget comes on...Read More
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Thursday, 15 November 2012 12:20
HARARE - Today is Budget day in Zimbabwe and Finance minister Tendai Biti says the spending plan will be aimed at inspiring hope in a country battered by a deepening political and economic crisis. Biti will present the national Budget to...Read More
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Friday, 02 November 2012 09:13
HARARE - Harare City Council’s 2013 proposed budget will fail due to lack of input from key stakeholders, residents’ groups have said. Combined Harare Residents Association (Chra) and Harare Residents Trust (HRT) have all predicted doom, saying city fathers failed to...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Saturday, 27 October 2012 12:04
HARARE - Finance minister Tendai Biti faces a daunting task in preparing the 2013 National Budget. There are competing interests. The man faces a tough balancing act. The list of demands is endless. The demands range from allocating funds for the...Read More
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News » Chengetayi Zvauya, Parliamentary Editor
Saturday, 27 October 2012 11:53
HARARE - Zimbabwe's Depositors Protection Committee has implored Finance minister Tendai Biti to pressure commercial banks to compensate depositors who lost their money in the switch-over from the Zimbabwe dollar to a multi-currency regime. Vusi Bvuma, president of the Depositors Protection...Read More
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News » Jeffrey Muvundusi, Own Correspondent
Friday, 26 October 2012 12:35
BULAWAYO - The watershed elections expected next year in March are likely to impact negatively on the cropping season that has just started, an Agritex official has said. In an address directed at the minister of Finance Tendai Biti during the...Read More
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Friday, 26 October 2012 10:16
HARARE - Finance minister Tendai Biti says Zimbabwe needs to develop economic clusters in every province to specialise in products where they have better comparative advantage. Speaking at a 2013 budget consultation meeting in Bulawayo on Thursday, Biti said provinces should...Read More
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Monday, 03 September 2012 14:09
HARARE - The high-level economic forum on Zimbabwe last week ended on a high note with Finance minister Tendai Biti saying the conference’s resolutions will be factored into the 2013 national budget and other economic policies. “I can assure you that...Read More
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