Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa's Fear Over Gukurahundi

President Emmerson Mnangagwa and top government officials, particularly Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and Agriculture minister Perrence Shiri, are scared stiff of personal… Read more »

Zimbabwe: 1980s Atrocities Carefully Planned

The Gukurahundi genocide, in which an estimated 20 000 Zimbabwean citizens were killed by a crack parallel army unit, the Fifth Brigade, in the early 1980s, was carefully planned,… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Court Battle Looms Over National Social Security Authority Board

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) are bracing for a bruising court battle with the government after authorities… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Milk Imports Set to Plunge 37%

IMPORTS of milk and milk-based products will decrease 37% in 2019 to US$29 million from US$46 million, driven by an anticipated 15% local production increase, businessdigest has… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mauritian Firm Mulls U.S.$30 Million Investment

Solar-powered television maker Electronics Manufacturing Limited, a Mauritian company, is ready to invest approximately US$30 million in Zimbabwe if it finds a suitable project,… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Doable Recovery Policies Required

From all indications, Zimbabwe is plunging into the abyss of recession, then stagflation, a condition characterised by slow economic growth, high unemployment and rapidly rising… Read more »

Zimbabwe: 1980s Massacre - Truth, Justice Critical

President Emmerson Mnangagwa and a coalition of south-western region civil society groups, the Matabeleland Collective, have come up with a package of measures to address the… Read more »

Zimbabwe: First Mutual Occupancy Levels Rise

First Mutual Properties (FMP) occupancy levels for full-year 2018 increased 5% to 76% in 2018 from 70% in 2017, but was 2,5% below target as overall industry experienced subdued… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zim @39 - 'Promised Land' Remains a Distant Mirage

From inheriting a currency at par with the British pound sterling and stronger than the United States dollar, to not having a currency at all. From inheriting 18 planes from Air… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Can Govt Manage to De-Dollarise?

The Zimbabwean government has indicated that a local currency will be introduced in the next 12 months in a move widely believed to be a precursor to joining the Common Monetary… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Bond Notes Morphed Into RTGs Dollar - Rebirth of the Zim Dollar

Zimbabwean central bank authorities have a traceable record of overnight monetary policy changes. Memories of the former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono era of… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Currency Crisis Blights Tourism Sector

The tourism sector has been recovering after years of being hard hit by negative perception, caused by government's toxic policies and confrontation with Western countries.… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Success of Staff-Monitored Programme

The Staff-Monitored Programme (SMP) which has been agreed between Zimbabwe and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) can only bear fruit if the government implements significant… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Weird Dream of Bumper Harvest in Sahara Desert

"It was a case of smiling all the way to the bank for civil servants yesterday as the Government honoured its pledge to increase their salaries by 29 percent beginning this month." Read more »

South Africa: 'Baby Beast' Rolls Into Cape Town

If working in a bar is part of the rigorous preparation for a Springbok prop from Zimbabwe, like Brian Mujati before, then Kudakwashe Chipunza is certainly on the right track. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Turnall Resurrects From the Woods

TURNALL Holdings' is now out of the woods after years of perennial losses as it presented a positive sets of results for the FY18 characterised by solvency across all its… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Chevrons Eye Next Step

Now that the debate has been settled as to who is the better team between Zimbabwe and the United Arab Emirates, Zimbabwe should now put the foot on the gas on the road to recovery… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zim@39 - Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories

My first visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was in 1999. Soon after touching down at Kinshasa's Ndjili International Airport -- which is quite some distance from the… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Why the New Currency Is Likely to Be Doomed

The announcement by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube of his intention to introduce "a new, fully-fledged currency" in 12 months piqued the interest of the general public in Zimbabwe. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Rankings a Great Deception of Football

MOTIVATION does not always come wrapped in praise and high regard -- it also comes in the form of unfavourable reviews from critics, fans or the opposition. Read more »

Zimbabwe: National Budget Shrinks to U.S.$2 Billion

Zimbabwe's US$8,2 billion 2019 national budget, presented by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube at a time the US dollar was officially trading at par with the country's quasi-currencies… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Cyclone Survivors Start Picking Up the Pieces

A MIDDLE-AGED woman walks along a rugged muddy road holding a rusty shovel, singing a popular Christian hymn Hatina musha panyika (We have no home on earth). Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Co-Option Agenda Gains Momentum

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is seeking to co-opt sections of civil society organisations, the church, business and some political parties in a mollifying move meant to silence… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Hwange Colliery Audit Exposes Payroll Scandal

Former Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) managing director Thomas Makore included his personal domestic workers on the financially-strapped coal miner's official monthly… Read more »

Zimbabwe: 1980s Massacre - It's Never Too Late for Justice

A few weeks ago, a coalition of civil society organisations from Matabeleland met President Emmerson Mnangagwa to discuss issues affecting Matabeleland region. Read more »