Zim central bank to lay off 74a % staff
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Staff levels at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) grew more than 10-fold between 2003 and 2008 as it spearheaded a drive to pull the economy out of a severe crisis many blamed on President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party.
RBZ governor Gideon Gono told a parliamentary committee the bank would lay off at least 1, 600 employees, but state media said he had requested and had been granted permission to discuss the retrenchment costs in a private session.
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