{"id":70185,"date":"2022-11-28T20:55:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T18:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/2023-budget-finance-minister-allocates-zwl-4-6-billion-toward-war-veterans-benefits"},"modified":"2022-11-28T23:22:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T21:22:05","slug":"2023-budget-finance-minister-allocates-zwl-4-6-billion-toward-war-veterans-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/2023-budget-finance-minister-allocates-zwl-4-6-billion-toward-war-veterans-benefits","title":{"rendered":"2023 Budget: Finance Minister Allocates ZWL$ 4.6\u00a0billion Toward War Veterans\u2019 Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube last Thursday said he was allocating ZWL$ 4.6 billion toward war veterans\u2019 monetary and non-monetary benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Ncube who was presenting the 2023 national Budget said the former freedom fighters\u2019 welfare remains a priority. He said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; the welfare of the veterans of the liberation war remains a priority, with the 2023 Budget setting aside ZWL$4.6 billion<\/p>\n<p>towards their monetary and non-monetary benefits, as well as capitalisation of their investments in mining, tourism and farms.<\/p>\n<p>War veterans have over the years been demanding gratuities for their role in the achievement of independence.<\/p>\n<p>In 1997, the government paid out unbudgeted lump sums of nearly ZW$50 000 (US$4 300 at the time) to war veterans following months of protests. This led to the collapse of the local currency which has never recovered.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2022, the Zimbabwe government announced plans to pay one-off rewards and monthly pensions to a new batch of 160 000 <b>war veterans, war collaborators and ex-political prisoners<\/b> who missed out during the first round of compensation in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Critics said the timing of the announcement might be wrong considering that the country\u2019s economy is heading south and also comes just months ahead of general elections next year, which will raise vote-buying concerns in some quarters.<\/p>\n<p>Ncube also said the 2023 National Budget has prioritised the improvements of uniformed forces\u2019 remuneration both monetary and non-monetary.<\/p>\n<p>Ncube said the increase in the crime rate, ranging from armed robberies to rape and murder, among others, is a cause for concern, requiring adequate capitalisation of the uniformed forces.<\/p>\n<p>Government critics have often said the security sector is prioritised ahead of other critical sectors as it is critical for ZANU PF\u2019s retention of power.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube last Thursday said he was allocating ZWL$ 4.6 billion toward war veterans\u2019 monetary and non-monetary benefits. Ncube who was presenting the 2023 national Budget said the former freedom fighters\u2019 welfare remains a priority. He said: &#8230; the welfare of the veterans of the liberation war remains a priority, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":70184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[12952,1493,2189,807,317,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-70185","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-economy","9":"tag-2o23-national-budget","10":"tag-africa-press","11":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","12":"tag-mthuli-ncube","13":"tag-war-veterans","14":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2023 Budget: Finance Minister Allocates ZWL$ 4.6\u00a0billion Toward War Veterans\u2019 Benefits - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube last Thursday said he was allocating ZWL$ 4.6 billion toward war veterans\u2019 monetary and no ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/2023-budget-finance-minister-allocates-zwl-4-6-billion-toward-war-veterans-benefits\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2023 Budget: Finance Minister Allocates ZWL$ 4.6\u00a0billion Toward War Veterans\u2019 Benefits\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube last Thursday said he was allocating ZWL$ 4.6 billion toward war veterans\u2019 monetary and no ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/2023-budget-finance-minister-allocates-zwl-4-6-billion-toward-war-veterans-benefits\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-28T18:55:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-28T21:22:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1669656330.60.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1186\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/2023-budget-finance-minister-allocates-zwl-4-6-billion-toward-war-veterans-benefits\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/2023-budget-finance-minister-allocates-zwl-4-6-billion-toward-war-veterans-benefits\",\"name\":\"2023 Budget: Finance Minister Allocates ZWL$ 4.6\u00a0billion Toward War Veterans\u2019 Benefits - 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