Sardonic Zimbabweans have a joke for every crisis.
One of the many crisis-fueled wisecracks goes: What’s the best time to fill up your fuel tank?
Answer: “When...
By Mike Murenzvi
This article is a follow-up to my previous one, Kombi nation: Re-imagining our urban transport system.
In that article, I presented a number of options on how we...
By Mukasiri Sibanda
Government is on the overdrive to attract investment to stimulate desperately needed socio-economic development. Since Zimbabwe is endowed with huge mineral wealth, mining is the heart beat...
By Ranga Mberi
We have all been watching Government fumbling with its communication, and we’ve been doing it with face firmly in palm.
There are a few reasons why...
In his Transitional Stabilisation Policy released last October, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube announced the sale, liquidation or partial privatisation of parastatals. In this article, he presents his views on why state enterprise reform is urgent, and what he is doing about it.
By Prof. Tony Hawkins
It is too early to assess the economic impact of this month’s highly-effective shutdown and the government’s heavy-handed response.
Thus far, the main damage has...
GUEST COLUMN: Harry K. Thomas
Zimbabwe, a land of unparalleled beauty and infinite potential, is again under democratic and economic siege. Armed men are removing residents from their homes. Unknown assailants have burnt the headquarters...
Dear Mr President,
Let’s start by talking about what’s important to Zimbabweans.
The things Zimbabweans demand are not complicated. They are not anything out of the ordinary.
They...
The Western world judges Zimbabwe at a higher standard than it does other African countries, and that’s not entirely a bad thing.
The temptation is to demand that the EU and US use the same low standards on Zimbabwe...
By Pascal Mandeya
The Zimbabwean economy is currently facing shortages of essential imports such as fuel and medicines, and root of this crisis is at the banks where foreign currency holdings are not enough to meet depositors’ daily requirements.
This has...
