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AllAfrica.com
April 28, 2018
The former President Robert Mugabe backed National Patriotic Front (NPF) has accused Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, Dr John Mangudya and Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Patrick Chinamasa of operating a syndicate involved in looting of cash from banks for distribution to illegalÃâà...
News24
April 17, 2018
The privately owned NewsDay newspaper reported that the mines and energy portfolio committee which was chaired by independent lawmaker, Temba Mliswa, had summoned Vice President Kembo Mohadi – a state security minister at the time - finance minister Patrick Chinamasa and former police bossÃâà...
Chronicle
April 15, 2018
'Follow procedure in terminating contracts of youth officers'. April 16, 2018 Mayibongwe Madlela Local News. Minister Patrick Chinamasa. Harare Bureau Government has directed the Civil Service Commission to follow proper procedures in terminating contracts for more than 3 000 youth officers after the court ruled that itÃâà...
DailyNews
April 15, 2018
HARARE – The government of Zimbabwe is not telling the nation the truth with regards to the purchase of new planes, analysts contend. Last week, a Zimbabwe Airways plane, registered as Z-RGM, arrived at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, the first of four B777s controversially purchasedÃâà...
DailyNews
April 14, 2018
Biti announced that government had only $217 in its coffers when he left office. “He left office with a situation where government had a domestic debt that was running close to $5 billion. “What …(Patrick) Chinamasa inherited was basically a bankrupt ministry of Finance where only what was available wasÃâà...
Technology Zimbabwe
April 14, 2018
State enterprises Powertel, Zarnet (Zimbabwe Academic and Research Network) and Africom were announced to be merging by Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa. Most readers will be familiar with Powertel and Africom who both act as Internet Access Providers (IAP) and Internet Service Providers,Ãâà...
DailyNews
April 14, 2018
HARARE – Government has dissolved boards for the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa), the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) and the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC). This would allow for the establishment of a single board under the Zesa umbrella toÃâà...
Chronicle
April 14, 2018
Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa said Cabinet on April 10, 2018, deliberated on the framework on State and enterprises reforms and took a decision to reform them. He said a decision on Air Zimbabwe had been deferred to allowÃâà...
ITWeb Africa
April 13, 2018
Zimbabwe is to partially privatise state-owned telecom companies - TelOne, NetOne and Telecel - as President Emerson Mnangagwe's administration intervenes to open up the economy to private investors. The country's Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa said Friday morning that the move to privatiseÃâà...
Eyewitness News
April 13, 2018
HARARE - Zimbabwe will look to sell shares in 35 state-owned firms, including telecoms and mining entities, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa said on Friday in the country's latest step to revive the economy under new political leadership. New President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who came to power inÃâà...
Chronicle
April 12, 2018
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga (left), Finance and Economic Planning Minister Patrick Chinamasa (second from left), Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Development Minister Dr Mike Bimha (centre), Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri (second from right) listens toÃâà...
The Herald
April 4, 2018
BANKS across the globe are known as the engine that drives the economy as activities in any nation cannot be smooth sailing without the flow of money and lines of credit. Historically, the economies of all market-oriented nations depend on the efficient operations of financial institutions, mainly banks.
Chronicle
April 3, 2018
Last night, a State banquet was held in honour of President Mnangagwa. It was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Lieutenant-General Sibusiso Moyo (Retired), Mr Patrick Chinamasa (Finance and Economic Development), Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo (Energy), Dr MikeÃâà...
Chronicle
March 29, 2018
Zimbabwe has secured $1,2 billion needed to clear World Bank arrears with Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa saying the transaction will be completed once the Washington-headquartered financial institution announces the amount it will give the country as fresh funding.
NewsDay
March 21, 2018
FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya are in China ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's official visit to the Asian economic giant this month, as part of the government efforts to drum up financial aid to revive the economy. BY RICHARDÃâà...
New Zimbabwe.com
March 21, 2018
FINANCE Minister Patrick Chinamasa and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor have taken their begging bowls to China as President Emmerson Mnangagwa prepares to undertake his biggest State visit since assuming power last November. Counsellor in the Chinese embassy in Harare Zhao BoagangÃâà...
Chronicle
March 20, 2018
GOVERNMENT has amended the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act in line with guidelines enunciated in the 2018 national budget statement. Presenting the 2018 fiscal policy statement in December last year, Finance and Economic Planning Minister Patrick Chinamasa said Government,Ãâà...
New Zimbabwe.com
March 20, 2018
FINANCE Minister Patrick Chinamasa says shock revelations linking Chinese nationals among those heavily involved in illicit financial dealings in the country will not lead to any strained relations between Harare and Beijing. He was speaking from China in a telephone interview with NewZimbabwe.comÃâà...
New Zimbabwe.com
March 8, 2018
MUTARE: IT would have been a crying shame had Zanu PF gone to elections this year with a 94-year-old as its presidential candidate, finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has said. Chinamasa, who is also the ruling party's finance secretary, made these remarks while addressing party supporters in theÃâà...
Chronicle
March 2, 2018
Germany has said it is ready to engage Zimbabwe on long-term projects, and has denied reports that it refused entry to Zimbabwe's envoy to Europe, Minister Patrick Chinamasa, who has so far held successful engagements with British and French authorities. The private media reported yesterday that CdeÃâà...
Zimbabwe Independent
March 2, 2018
A DIPLOMATIC rift between European superpowers Britain and Germany over Zimbabwe emerged this week when the British government hosted Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa while the Germans barred him from visiting. This came as Berlin adopts a cautious approach towards the ZimbabweanÃâà...
The Herald
March 2, 2018
It is important to expose Robertson's lie, because both Finance and Economic Planning minister Patrick Chinamasa and President Mnangagwa have not only said Zimbabwe is open for business. They have said white commercial farmers who lost “their” land under the land reform programme would beÃâà...
New Zimbabwe.com
February 27, 2018
FINANCE Minister Patrick Chinamasa has conceded the country's recurrent cash crisis would not go away anytime soon adding that locals still did not trust the formal banking channels. Addressing backbenchers in parliament recently, Chinamasa said the cash crisis has come as a blessing in disguise asÃâà...
Chronicle
February 22, 2018
“You will recall that through his 2018 National Budget Statement, the Honourable Minister of Finance and Economic Development (Cde Patrick Chinamasa) made a commitment to pay the 2017 13th cheque on a staggered basis, guided by revenue inflows as well as taking account of cash flowÃâà...
New Zimbabwe.com
February 21, 2018
FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa said he will rise from his grave if the farm which was given to former Zanu PF youths boss Kudzayi Chipanga is not repossessed and used profitably. Chinamasa said this during the extra ordinary Provincial Coordinating Committee meeting which was convened toÃâà...
Chronicle
February 20, 2018
CABINET has approved a $170 million tender to Zim-Borders Consortium for the expansion of the Beitbridge Border Post, the country's busiest inland port of entry. The tender also covers construction of accommodation for scores of Zimbabwe Revenue Authority staffers in the border town. Responding toÃâà...
NewsDay
December 31, 1999
Christopher Hokonya, chairperson of Townsend Enterprises, made the claims in Parliament on Thursday, accusing Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa, his predecessor Ignatius Chombo, former Mines minister Walter Chidakwa and ex-secretary Francis Gudyanga of facilitating the deal. Hokonya told theÃâà...
NewsDay
December 31, 1999
Further, last month Finance and Economic Development minister Patrick Chinamasa said the government had secured a commercial loan facility of $1,2 billion to clear World Bank arrears in order to unlock fresh financing, but has not revealed the source of the loan, raising questions over its plan to tackleÃâà...
News24
December 31, 1999
Following the arrival of the Boeing 777, reports indicated that Transport Minister Jorum Gumbo and Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa had been at pains trying to explain the rationale behind the setting-up of the airline amid speculation it was a Mugabe family venture. But according to The Standard,Ãâà...
NewsDay
December 31, 1999
On the other hand, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, John Mangudya and Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa were said to be in China recently, where they were looking to renegotiate loan repayments. For the past few years, the buzzwords were Lima plan, as the State sought to make good on a planÃâà...
The Herald
December 31, 1999
He was received at the Abidjan International Airport by Cote d'Ivoire President Alassane Quattara, Zimbabwean Ambassador to Senegal and the region Trudy Stevenson and Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa. More than 1 200 influential African and international CEOs,Ãâà...