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.
Minisitiri w’imari, Mthuli Ncube, wari wahanuye ko izamuka rya 3.1% muri 2019, yatanze inteko ishinga amategeko ya Zimbabwe mu ntangiriro za Kanama. Serivisi ishinzwe amakuru ya Reuters yagize ati: "Biteganijwe ko izamuka rya GDP ryavuguruwe riteganijwe kuba ribi."