Columnist / Blessing machiva
Foreign aid dreadful, unnecessary!
ZIMBABWE does not need foreign aid to escape this economic malaise. Our leaders have been saying it so many times that the country's hope lies on a bailout package; the quicker we get it, the better, ...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Blessing Machiva
ZimAsset, a failed economic policy
Zim-Asset is an economic policy much celebrated in the political front but with nothing much to bring home from the economic perspective. Zimbabwe has crafted so many economic policies from the early ...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 11:59hrs | | by Blessing Machiva
Dr Mangudya, you are to blame for the cash crisis!
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya recently made d three disheartening statements concerning the current liquidity crisis.He said civil servants should not bother commercial...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 12:58hrs | | by Blessing Machiva
Gross incompetence and corruption on parastatals deadly to the economy
It is quite sad to note that the Auditor General, Mildred Chiri, has for quite a long period of time exposed the gross mismanagement of funds taking place in the most parastatals and local authorities...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 16:25hrs | | by Blessing Machiva
Policy makers: A cost to the economy
The post-independence government of Zimbabwe inherited a fairly well diversified economy with an industrial base stronger than that of most Sub-Saharan African countries north of the Limpopo River. In...Published: 09 May 2017 at 13:30hrs | | by Blessing Machiva
Bond Notes Controversy and the Chinamasa Reforms
In the Mid-term fiscal policy review of 2016, the Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa proposed to cut 25 000 jobs by December 2017 and said it would save $155 million annually; freeze Civil Servants bo...Published: 01 Oct 2016 at 13:57hrs | | by Blessing Machiva
Unlocking Growth Potential
The Government of Zimbabwe is targeting an average economic growth rate of 6.6% over 2016-2018 and the growth is going to be driven by manufacturing and agricultural sector. Finance and Economic Devel...Published: 23 Sep 2016 at 20:40hrs | | by Blessing Machiva
Benefits of poverty reduction strategies through economic growth
The government has recently indicated in its draft interim poverty reduction strategy paper (I-PRSP) that it is targeting an economic growth rate of 6.6% from 2016-2018. The strategy also targets infl...Published: 23 Aug 2016 at 17:38hrs | | by Blessing Machiva
Being optimistic with bond notes
The government's plans to introduce bond notes in October this year has been under much criticism and attack from the general public but it is also wise to analyse the other positive side of this poli...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 07:56hrs | | by Blessing Machiva
Exposing the veil of ignorance behind Bond Notes
The government has in the past weeks announced its plans to introduce bond notes to ease cash shortages and to prevent externalization. The bonds will be underwritten by a US$200 million loan from Cai...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 08:59hrs | | by Blessing Machiva
A closer look on the SI 64, 2016 on imports restriction
The government has recently gazetted Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016, which temporarily regulates the importation of certain products that can be produced locally. Some of the products which were remo...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 07:47hrs | 8 | by Blessing Machiva
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