Biti says diamond revenue not enough

Finance Minister Tendai Biti today said that his ministry received US$23 million from the sale of diamonds from the eastern Marange field this month but this is not enough to meet the salaries of civil servants. The government is now running a deficit of US$80 million dollars a month.

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