This month, Zimbabwe’s government will pay United States dollar allowances to its workers, exactly a year after declaring the end of a 10-year dollarisation experiment.
Wednesday’s announcement that the government will pay US$75 to each employee and US$30 to state...
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has announced a new forex auction system, saying it will bring "transparency and efficiency" to currency trade.
The auction system is the latest in a series of attempts by central bank over the past two years...
It was finger-pointing week. At ZANU PF headquarters on Wednesday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa had an explanation for the economic crisis; it was the detractors.
“On the economic front, we are witnessing a relentless attack...
Strive Masiyiwa, executive chairman and founder of the Econet Group, a diversified technology group he started in Zimbabwe, is one of Africa’s most successful businessmen and philanthropists. Now he’s using his private sector influence to help countries...
Common Law with Mike Murenzvi
“Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others' experience.”― Otto von Bismarck
On 4 June 2020, the Minister of Finance, Mthuli...
By Takura Zhangazha
Recent demonstrations in the United States of America (USA) against racial inequality and police brutality have led to some surprising developments in Zimbabwe’s placement in international relations.
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya says he has been praying for Zimbabweans to understand economics. Zimbabweans, in turn, have been making the same prayers – for him.
Testifying on Wednesday before Parliament’s...
By Perry Munzwembiri
Exactly 30 days after a harried Mthuli Ncube wrote to the International Monetary Fund pleading for debt relief and financial assistance to help Zimbabwe’s fight against Covid-19, the finance minister...
On April 30, President Emmerson Mnangagwa flew to Chimoio to meet Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi. Top of the agenda; the security crisis in Mozambique.
According to a communique released after the meeting: “The two...
By Mike Murenzvi
The daily COVID-19 updates by the Ministry of Health and Child Care, distributed at midnight, have become staple reading material over the past weeks. Going to bed before receiving it doesn't...
