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Zimbabwe Is Bankrupt! - Says Public Account Stood At $217 Last Week by avenjahh(m): 7:02pm On Jan 30, 2013 |
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said that the country only had $217 (£138) left in its public account last week after paying civil servants. However, he said that the following day some $30m of revenue had been paid in. Mr Biti told the BBC he made the revelation in order to emphasise that the government was unable to finance elections, not that it was insolvent. Polls are due this year, with President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF fighting Mr Biti's Movement for Democratic Change. Mr Biti has previously complained that diamond mining companies have not been paying revenues to the government. The power-sharing government set up in 2009 ended years of hyperinflation by using the US dollar, but the economy remains fragile. 'Challenging position' Mr Biti told the BBC's Focus on Africa radio programme that his statement had been deliberately taken out of context. "You journalists are mischievous and malicious - the point I was making was that the Zimbabwean government doesn't have the funds to finance the election, to finance the referendum," he said. "To dramatise the point, I simply made a passing reference metaphorically that when we paid civil servants last week on Thursday we were left with $217... but even the following day we had $30m in our account." Zimbabwe needs nearly $200m (£127m) to pay for a referendum on a new constitution, as well as the election. The government-run Herald newspaper says Mr Biti and Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa have been given the task of sourcing this money from donors. Analysts say the power-sharing government has achieved some economic stability. However, high levels of unemployment mean the country's tax and revenue base remains extremely low. "We're in a challenging position, we're a small economy and we've got huge things to be done but… the minister for finance of Greece has an even worse story," Mr Biti told the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21257765
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Re: Zimbabwe Is Bankrupt! - Says Public Account Stood At $217 Last Week by Neuen: 1:59pm On Jan 31, 2013 |
Zimbabwe - was handed one of the wealthiest countries in the WORLD (eg a currency that was worth more than the USA Dollar, etc) - what is it today..? Competing with Ethiopia to be the most desolate hell-hole on the planet..? Please explain... |
Re: Zimbabwe Is Bankrupt! - Says Public Account Stood At $217 Last Week by Dibiachukwu: 8:45pm On Jan 31, 2013 |
Western media, all over the world, was so happy about this news ![]() ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Zimbabwe Is Bankrupt! - Says Public Account Stood At $217 Last Week by Dibiachukwu: 8:46pm On Jan 31, 2013 |
And this is from the chief of lies. BBC ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Zimbabwe Is Bankrupt! - Says Public Account Stood At $217 Last Week by goldedprince: 4:34pm On Sep 13, 2016 |
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Re: Zimbabwe Is Bankrupt! - Says Public Account Stood At $217 Last Week by Syvyd199: 7:53pm On Sep 13, 2016 |
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