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Following Monday’s award of medals to members of the ninth and earlier parliaments, the medal recipients were yesterday paid Shs 581m in transport refund. Check also: Gabon’s opposition leader, Ping declared himself as the President of Gabon The medals alone cost Shs 600m, minus the venue, Serena Conference Centre, food, refreshments and entertainment, among other costs. The Observer has learnt that ...

Zimbabwe’s government has said it will fire up to 25,000 civil servants in an attempt to rein in government spending, while those keeping their jobs won’t receive end of year bonuses for the next two years. Check also: Zimbabweans show support for Robert Mugabe in ‘Million-Man March’ Patrick Chinamasa, the finance minister, said on Friday that the government was struggling to ...