‘Mugabe party’ flatters to deceive

AS much a keen student of history as he is one of its notable figures, Robert Mugabe is certainly familiar with Napoleon’s exile to Elba and his ill-fated attempt...

Budget deficit widens in Q1

GOVERNMENT spending outpaced revenue by $225 million in the first quarter of 2018, up from $183 million last year, latest official data shows. The data shows government overshot its travel...

A million jobs lost in bloodbath

ZIMBABWE lost over 1 million jobs over the last four years, according to official statistics which contradict the ruling ZANU-PF party’s employment creation claims. The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency’s (Zimstat)...

Ministers frisked at Mnangagwa event

MINISTERS and top government officials are now being subjected to physical security checks at President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s events, following an explosion at his Bulawayo rally last week. Security around the...

How small miners are making big plays in Zimbabwe

Late in 2017, Harry Greaves, executive director of Prospect Resources, got a call from the Ministry of Mines. The Government wanted to know how Arcadia Mine,...

Star Africa slowly regains lustre

SUGAR processor Star Africa Corporation’s successful debt restructure has helped the company attain a positive net asset value of $1 million in the 2018 financial year, from a net...