Once upon a time, I was in a small Canadian town called Winnipeg for a media conference. It was a great coincidence that a good friend of mine lived in Winnipeg. Of the many stories we shared,...
By Mukasiri Sibanda
As important strides are made to attain the US$12 billion mining earnings target by 2023, up from US$2.7 billion recorded in 2017, the big question is how is this going to...
The government’s exchange rate policies have driven trade to the informal sector, and this is bad news for the tax earnings. In this extract from a recent note to investors, John Legat, CEO of Imara Asset Management,...
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is among at least 43 African leaders who have flown to Russia, hoping to take a bite out of that country’s growing commercial interest on the continent.
But he goes...
Econet Wireless founder Strive Masiyiwa has issued an appeal to the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and other lenders to set up a US$500 million trust fund to help Zimbabwe and Sudan respond to coronavirus.
For the blasphemous folks amongst us – and they are many – Karl Marx comes second in influence after Jesus Christ of Nazareth. It could be an exaggeration, but what is not blown out of proportion is...
At Mutare Boys High School, our A-Level history teacher was a lanky English fellow who had come to Zimbabwe as part of the expatriate teacher programme. Mr Rawlins had just graduated from Cambridge University and spoke in...
By Nelson Banya and Ranga Mberi
Mining was expected to be the bedrock on which Zimbabwe built its recovery. The early months of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s leadership saw strong international interest in Zimbabwe’s largely...
By Perry Munzwembiri (@PMunzwembiri)
AT its very core, Zimbabwe is battling neither a monetary nor a fiscal problem.
That this seemingly self-evident truth needs explanation is perhaps a sure sign of the deep hole the country finds itself in. Yet...
By Perry Munzwembiri
To be absolutely clear, there is a banking sector crisis unfolding in Zimbabwe. The chief catalyst of the current crisis that is likely to see some banks fold is the...
