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Zimbabwe struggles to keep its fledgling currency 'zollars' alive
MOST CURRENCIES have snappy names, like yen, won, kip or lek. Some have unfortunate ones: dong or colón. Few have names as cumbersome as Zimbabwe's Real-Time Gross-Settlement Dollars, also known as R...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by The Economist
Zimbabwe's economic recovery plan (Zim Plan)
Stagflation is caused by the simultaneous occurrence of economic stagnation and inflation. This state of economic affairs within a country is characterised by the twin evils of economics, that is to s...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 18:35hrs | 1 | by Colls Ndlovu, economist
RBZ's monetary policy statement: 'It's the bond notes, stupid'
The monetary policy statement issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on 1 October 2018 served as a precursor of how the new dispensation will handle economic and financial policies going forward...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 14:26hrs | | by Colls Ndlovu, economist
Zimbabwe's currency options
IT goes without saying that pursuant to the adoption of the multi-currency system in Zimbabwe in January 2009 until about 2015, one could withdraw up to US$5 000 from an automated teller machine. Over...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 07:28hrs | 9 | by Colls Ndlovu, Economist
Britain increasingly willing to cosy up to nasty regimes
LONDON - What the crowd lacked in size, it made up for in noise. Fifty or so people waved Turkish flags and shouted their support for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as he gave a speech at a think-tank in Londo...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Economist
What has really gone wrong?
When the Government of National Unity (GNU) was formed in February 2009, the Zimbabwe economy was not just in crisis, it was in meltdown.Real revenues in US dollar terms were a paltry 22 milli...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 14:53hrs | | by Eddie Cross,economist
$100 billion economy in 15 years possible at 7% per annum growth
As far as I am concerned the role of leadership is to define a compelling vision underpinned by a collective value system. We tend to debate endlessly on the how and yet that is a creative pro...Published: 04 Sep 2017 at 16:52hrs | | by Vince Musewe (Economist)
Vince Musewe on leadership
The toxicity of self interest packaged as revolutionary politics will remain a comedy of men and women whose only concern is their stomach.I just wish at times we would all think of future gen...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 10:11hrs | | by Vince Musewe - Economist
The irrationality of it all
Every society demands progress and those that lead it must continually demonstrate not only their competence, but their moral obligation and self responsibility to do whatever it takes to enha...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Vince Musewe - Economist
The only thing Zanu-PF is good at is at destroying value
The problems we face in Zimbabwe can never be resolved at the same level of thinking which created them in the first place.Zimbabwe is now one of Africa's poorest and most repressed economies ...Published: 29 Mar 2016 at 08:58hrs | | by Vince Musewe - Economist and PDP Secretary for Finance and Econ Affairs
Act before Mugabe dies
IN ZIMBABWE they are waiting for rain. The region's worst drought in a decade has withered the maize (or corn) crop, which came in at only about half the size of last year's. The poor harvest has left...Published: 03 Oct 2015 at 17:36hrs | | by economist
Mujuru blueprint: Don't get too excited yet
EDITOR,I am surprised as to what people are getting so excited about with regards the recent political developments in the country.I think this excitement is born out of desperation an...Published: 16 Sep 2015 at 16:26hrs | | by Misty
Congratulations Dembare
EDITOR - Congratulations to Dynamos for winning the Castle Premiership title for the 20th time.You have made us so proud and I am so pleased to be associated with you.At a time when a...Published: 26 Nov 2013 at 16:11hrs | | by Mist
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