ESSAY | What can Zimbabwe learn from the city of Madrid? A concept called...

By Bernard Mukwaira The historian Simon Schama in his great work of imaginative history, The Embarrassment of Riches, asks an intriguing question -...

EU drops last sanctions on Zimbabwe, but keeps an eye on rights

The EU has lifted the asset freeze on the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI), the last entity that was on its sanctions list. Sanctions were...

EXPLAINER | What stays, what changes: Econet, Nyambirai and the Steward Bank transaction

Since EcoCash Holdings announced that businessman Tawanda Nyambirai had taken over the company and made some changes, there has been some confusion about who owns what, and...

CBZ wanted ZB’s crown jewels in its push to build a giant bank —...

The ZB takeover was meant to be a key chess piece in CBZ’s ambitions to consolidate its market dominance and build a big bank with regional clout.

Out of fashion and on sale for a dollar: The fall of Truworths traces...

Truworths, once a high-end clothing retailer with over 100 branches across Zimbabwe, is being sold for just one dollar after going insolvent. The company's downfall reflects the...

Why the ZiG is missing out on the gold price rally

By Ray Ndlovu Zimbabwe’s bullion-backed currency is missing out on an impressive gold rally, because of a liquidity squeeze that’s choking the economy...