By Own Correspondent| The newly appointed Finance Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube has revealed that he aims to stem the government’s ballooning expenditure by cutting down public sector jobs.

Ncube said job cuts were among austerity measures needed to revive the moribund economy as Zimbabwe suffocates under a strangulating debt of $16.9bn.

He said the government, which currently has a workforce of over 300 000, will target for purging, jobs held by workers due for retirement and “those who are not correctly positioned in their positions

Said Ncube:

“We are going to do that (job cuts). Trying to restructure your workforce is never easy. It’s painful, it’s emotional and can be a traumatic process but still necessary.”-News24