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Friday, 16 November 2012 11:50
HARARE - The road ahead seems hard for Zimbabweans. Once again Finance minister Tendai Biti announced in the budget yesterday that we continue to “eat what we kill” in 2013. There will have to be more belt-tightening. We all know why...Read More
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Tuesday, 13 November 2012 11:29
HARARE - Government's five-year economic recovery programme, the Medium Term Plan (MTP), has failed to achieve its set goals in the first year of implementation. Tapiwa Mashakada, Economic planning minister, has blamed a poor agriculture season, contraction of the manufacturing sector,...Read More
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Monday, 05 November 2012 13:23
HARARE - Finance minister Tendai Biti has revised further downwards the 2012 economic growth forecast to four percent from 5,6 percent due to a significant decline in agriculture production. Biti told lawmakers attending budget preparatory meeting in Victoria Falls that new...Read More
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Sunday, 04 November 2012 13:07
VICTORIA FALLS - Economic Planning minister Tapiwa Mashakada says the Medium Term Plan (MTP) has failed to stimulate economic growth and meet set targets due to absence of donor funding and liquidity constraints obtaining in the country. Launched in July 2010,...Read More
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Friday, 26 October 2012 13:28
HARARE - Economic Planning secretary Desire Sibanda says there is need for stakeholders in the economy to synchronise policies for the 2013 National Budget in order to meet the Medium Term Plan (MTP) targets and objectives. “We need to come up...Read More
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