{"id":19810,"date":"2020-02-21T23:06:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T21:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=19810"},"modified":"2020-02-21T23:06:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T21:06:46","slug":"ncube-denies-messing-up-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ncube-denies-messing-up-the-economy","title":{"rendered":"Ncube Denies Messing Up the Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has rubbished claims he was behind Zimbabwe&#8217;s mounting economic problems dramatised by continued prices increases, fuel and cash shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Ncube told NewZimbabwe.com Zimbabweans should understand reforms were a tough undertaking that came with it own turbulence.<\/p>\n<p>He was adamant the tough economic measures being implemented by government were necessary in a country that has seen the worst of economic difficulty in the past two decades.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reforms that we are undertaking will strengthen the economy, our institutions and tee us up for a prosperous Zimbabwe in line with our desire to achieve an upper middle-income status by year 2030,&#8221; said the Treasury boss.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a TSP (Transitional Stabilisation Programme) that is in its final year of implementation, reforms are never easy, the response will come.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do not underestimate the impact of the drought and climate change. 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