Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube, who had predicted 3.1% growth for 2019, offered a sobering update to Zimbabwe's parliament in early August. "The revised 2019 GDP growth is expected to be negative," Reuters news service reported him as saying. 
Nduna yoona za chuma a Mthuli Ncube amene ananeneratu za kukula kokwana 3.1 pelesenti pamene amapereka lipoti ku nyumba ya aphungu ya ku Zimbabwe mwezi wa Ogasiti. "Kaundula wa 2019 wa kakulidwe ka chuma akuyenera kufika mlingo wochepera," atolankhani a Reuters ndi amene anapeleka lipotili.