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Eight Missing Elements Zimbabwe Need In Search For Solution In Zimbabwe’s Economic Recovery
For a country regarded as one with probably the highest literacy levels on the continent to be entangled in a devastating economic situation for close to twenty years is a big misnomer if not a slap in the face of education. The main…
The Next Step (TNS1) The Political Professor
Revolutionary greetings to all citizens of Zimbabwe. It has been long since I last wrote to you fellow Zimbabweans. I would like to thank you all for reading my last column The Political Professor Series which attracted the attention of…
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…