Under pressure from the IMF and World Bank, The government has given key parastatals between six and nine months to compete their privatization. “Minister Ncube said those that need to be liquidated will go under the hummer, with already three targeted for dissolution, while a further seven State-owned entities will be departmentalised into line ministries. He said Government will dissolve all subsidiary boards of ZESA Holdings and allow ZPC to engage strategic partners for its power generation projects. Grain Marketing Board (GMB) will be demerged into a commercial business unit and Strategic Grain Reserve.”