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RBZ Governor on Tobacco Prices

RBZ Governor Dr. John Mangudya says the low prices of tobacco this year are a result of low demand for the crop internationally due to oversupply. Dr. Mangudya was presenting oral evidence before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Energy and Power Development. ZTN Correspondent Takudzwa Chihambakwe has more…

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ZESA is Too Cheap!!

Zimbabwe’s electricity tariffs are comparatively lower than those charged in the region but with the recent rounds of load shedding should they not go up? But how will this work as the value of the RTGS dollar erodes almost daily? ZTN reporter Oscar Mataruka reports…

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Tripartite Negotiating Forum Public Hearings

Government has been putting in place a legal instrument which will see the formation of a tripartite negotiating forum. This forum will be a platform for consultation on socio-economic issues concerning the government, business and labour. In public hearings, people in the informal sector pleaded for their inclusion in these […]

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Mthuli Ncube on the State of the Economy

Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube says measures contained in the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) and 2019 National Budget have seen Government revenue collections surpassing targets by 8,2 percent. He was giving a State of the Economy address in Parliament on the 14th of May 2019. The presentation […]

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The Chase | Beyond The Dollar

This was the first episode of a series of conversations that ZTN had on the Monetary Policy and Zimbabwe’s broad economic recovery programmes. On Friday 15 March 2019, ZTN gathered economists and business leaders on The Chase, as they focused on the issues affecting the Zimbabwean economy.

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