Deadlock: Civil servants issue new strike ultimatum

Public sector unions gave Zimbabwe’s government up to Wednesday to make a new salary offer or face a strike after wage negotiations reached a deadlock, raising the...

GUEST COLUMN – Tony Hawkins: Changing CEO alone won’t work, change the system

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....

Robbing Peter to fly Paul: Govt subsidises air travel at exporters’ expense

Late last year, RwandAir’s Harare office sold return tickets to Dubai for $352, payable through ‘swipe’ or RTGS$, Zimbabwe’s unofficial currency which is pegged at parity to...

Fuel imports up 24% – Zimra

Zimbabwe imported 1.63 billion litres of petrol and diesel in 2018, a 24% increase on the previous year, Zimra data has shown. The country...

Govt rakes in $166m from 2% tax

Government collected $166 million through the revised intermediated money transfer tax introduced last October, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has said. Finance Minister Mthuli...

Fueling the fire: High fuel consumption, corruption and subsidies got us here, and something...

During a December 20, 2018 appearance before a parliamentary committee, central bank governor John Mangudya was asked if it was sustainable for government to continue subsidising fuel....