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Export Incentives: Good Call On Managing Trade Deficit
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) introduced the Export Incentive Policy in September 2016 at 5% of Gross Export Receipts in order to improve production of minerals and tobacco. The policy was widened to cover diaspora remittances,…
Mnangagwa’s Un-Glamorous and Disaster Plagued Reign
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa first took the oath of office on November 24 2017, he raised the expectations of many Zimbabweans, so high that they were bound to be disappointed.
The excitement that had been witnessed when his…
Redefining The Role Of Government In An Economy
The Zimbabwean economy has over the years been largely dominated by the government as the law maker, the regulator, business owner (competitor/supplier), consumer, financier and tax collector at the same time. The evolution from a socialist…
Redefining The Role Of Government In An Economy
The Zimbabwean economy has over the years been largely dominated by the government as the law maker, the regulator, business owner (competitor/supplier), consumer, financier and tax collector at the same time. The evolution from a socialist…
Not Even Death Could Stop Tuku From Making History
On the south-western side of the capital city Harare, lies one of Zimbabwe’s oldest suburbs, Highfield whose name was derived from Highfield Farm on which it stands. The sprawling high-density suburb which was established way back in 1935,…
Frontline Defenders Condemn Ongoing Violence And Repression Of Citizen Rights
Human rights defenders, including Evan Mawarire, are among more than 130 people in Zimbabwe who have been arrested in relation to widespread protests, which began on 14 January 2019. The protests started after President Mnangagwa announced…
Churches should not be political puppets, but hold government accountable
As some people meet in Bulawayo today, at the trade fair grounds - under the pretext of praying for the nation - it is of paramount importance that we, as Christians, be very weary of being used by politicians for their shallow narrow…
OPINION: Economic Meltdown Pushing Many Into Poverty
As the festive mood grips the nation, there is a feeling among most Zimbabweans that the 2018 Christmas will be dull. Economic woes headlined by cash shortages, fuel shortages, multi-tier pricing and price hikes for basic goods and services…
Gwevedzi Afro Acoustic Band Courts Zimbabwe With A New Sound
A few days ago, I felt I was a darling of the universe. For months I have been hunting for fresh music, almost gave up when the road led me to a dry spring. A chance meeting with Gwevedzi Afro Acoustics Band’s music on Tinashe Mutero’s…
Cholera, Typhoid and The Politics of Urban Control
Let sleeping dogs lie, they say.
By Vivid Gwede
This attitude has been taken on both sides of the political aisle between Zanu-PF and MDC Alliance, following the outbreak of cholera, which has claimed about 28 lives mainly in Harare.…