Zimbabwe’s 2025 Mid-Term Budget Review reveals that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Office had already utilised 81% of its annual allocation, while the Ministry of Transport overshot its full-year budget, spending 116% by the end of June.
By June, the Ministry of Transport had already exhausted 116% of its ZiG5.4 billion allocation, spending ZiG6.3 billion—largely on projects like the Trabablas Interchange and the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls Road.
The Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) used up 81% of its ZiG10.6 billion budget, with much of it going to the Central Intelligence Organisation, airplane charters, vehicles, and war veteran support.
Meanwhile, the government had spent ZiG98 billion overall—35% of the national budget. Yet critical sectors lag: Health and Child Care spent only 25% of its ZiG27.8 billion, and education and social welfare also saw below-average disbursement.
Defence and Home Affairs, with a joint ZiG33.8 billion budget, reached just 33% and 35% respectively.
Debt interest and pensions consumed 45% of their targets—ZiG2.5 billion and ZiG9.4 billion.
