A private Zimbabwe newspaper, which is fighting government closure under tough media laws, said on Monday it was sacking over two thirds of its staff because it could not afford to pay wages without publishing.
Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ), publishers of the pro-opposition Daily News and Daily News on Sunday, said it was paying off about 200 of its 250 staff - including journalists - because workers were demanding a 960 percent salary increase.
Inflation in Zimbabwe is over 600 percent, one of the highest rates in the world.
The Daily News, Zimbabwe's largest private daily and a frequent critic of President Robert Mugabe's government, has been closed for much of the past five months while its legal status is before the courts.
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