Chinamasa

He said Chinamasa only had the courage to go Jongwe Building – Zanu PF headquarters in Harare – and pose an a “revolutionary” fighting those who had actually fought Ian Smith in the struggle.

Chinamasa's claims followed repeated allegations that former ministers that were deployed to Zanu PF headquarters after Mnangagwa left them out of his Cabinet in 2018 are involved in a tug-of-war with new ministers over supremacy.

However, efforts by then finance minister Patrick Chinamasa to institute measures to cut down on runaway expenditure hit a brick wall as the proposals were spurned for political expediency.

Well, it’s not clear what it is about Chinamasa that makes him keep bouncing back in Zanu PF, but maybe it’s because the circus can’t be a circus without a consistent clown.

Before that, Holder had asked Chinamasa to explain why the country continued to experience cash shortages five months after the new government, led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, came into power.

British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Mr Boris Johnson said this after meeting the Minister of Finance and Economic Development Cde Patrick Chinamasa on Monday during his visit to Britain.

But Holder could not be intimidated by Chinamasa's inference that he was not modern.

Chinamasa is not alone in the dispatch of hot air.

Chinamasa said the Zesa board would be allowed to engage strategic partners under the ZPC operations were necessary.

Chinamasa said Zimbabwe needed capital and not aid.

During her visit, she also met Finance Minister Chinamasa and Reserve Bank Governor John Mangudya to discuss the government's plans for clearing debt and normalising relations with the International financial institutions.

FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa says the government is now pursuing a new model on investment that prioritises equity over international loans, which have seen the country's external debt souring to over $11 billion.

Good to welcome Patrick Chinamasa, Zimbabwe’s Special Envoy to the UK, to today.

He revealed that Minister Chinamasa will so be proceeding to Germany as a special envoy to continue the re-engagement process.

In 2015, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said Zimbabwe was being prejudiced up to US$1,8 billion annually through mineral smuggling.

In his 2018 annual budget, the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Patrick Chinamasa allocated $14,5 million towards upgrading of infrastructure at Sadc's busiest inland port.

In his 2018 National budget statement, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa projected a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 4,5%.

Meanwhile, Minister Chinamasa said the country was targeting to produce at least 30 tonnes of gold this year, up from 24,5 realised last year.

Right now Mthuli is trying to solve problems whose genesis are in the Biti and Chinamasa periods.

She was contributing to Wednesday's debate which focused on the 2018 national budget presented by Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa in December last year.