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Eddie Cross fails to provide evidence of Mnangagwa corruption

Unconfirmed reports claim that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa launched a blistering attack on prominent economist and former presidential adviser Eddie Cross following his explosive claims that the First Fam…

Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 20:35hrs | 1057 | by Staff reporter

'Chamisa is immature, I have been vindicated'

Retired politician Eddie Cross has publicly criticized former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa, suggesting that his leadership inadequacies contributed to the fragmentation of the opposition party.In an online p…

Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:15hrs | 2426 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's adviser says ZiG is 'doomed', warns RBZ Governor

Local economist and adviser to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Eddie Cross, has issued a stark warning to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor John Mushayavanhu, cautioning that the country's new Zimbabwe Gold currency (ZiG) is on a peril…

Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 18:10hrs | 5667 | by Staff reporter

Cross-border vehicle smuggling mastermind arrested

SOUTH Africa's specialised police investigations unit, the Hawks, have re-arrested a 28-year-old man who is believed to be the mastermind of a series of cross-border motor vehicle and smuggling racket.Raymond Sibusiso Tshabalala is accused…

Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa plots Angel retribution for embarrassing him

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's biographer Eddie Cross says the Zimbabwean leader is plotting revenge against name-dropping Zimbabwe Ambassador-at-large Eubert Angel for embarrassing him through incriminating comments contained in an Al Jaz…

Published: 02 May 2023 at 22:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Cross-border grocery shopping trips decline

THE number of locals travelling to neighbouring countries such as South Africa and Botswana to buy groceries has considerably gone down following a steady rise in capacity utilisation in the local manufacturing sector.Zimbabwe's manufactur…

Published: 05 May 2022 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Cross Border Traders approach more banks for Master Cards

THE Cross Borders Association (Cba) yesterday said it had approached more banks to secure master cards and visa cards for cross borders traders.This comes after the CBA recently struck a deal with FBC Bank to provide the Master cards for i…

Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Eddie Cross a victim of petty conceit

SELF-ADMIRATION, an I-know-all obsession misleads one into self-destruction. Supremacism when self-crafted and entrenched breads arrogance, adamance and waywardness.I suggest Eddie Cross must give Zimbabwe a rest. He can't run all races. H…

Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Isaac Mupinyuri

Understanding the Zimbabwe economy

I OFTEN say to visiting experts and diplomats that, if you say you understand Zimbabwe, you have not been here long enough.We are a tiny blip on the global radar but we punch well above our weight and are in fact a very complex and difficu…

Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross

Zimbabwe: It is time to panic, a little

I THINK it was 1992, the season started badly and as it progressed the heat increased until we were experiencing temperatures over 50 degrees Celsius in the lowveld. We had a business there and my son was down there living and working. It …

Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross

Thumbs up to Eddie Cross

Dear Editor,Love him or hate him but to me, this man Eddie Cross deserves a high five for his well-researched articles, the latest being "A Perfect Storm Is Coming" and published by Bulawayo24.com.One feature that distinguishes Eddie from …

Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 19:39hrs | | by Munya Shumba

RBZ sabotaging Zimbabwe economic recovery

WHEN Mthuli Ncube was appointed Finance and Economic Development minister, he quickly took charge at the ministry, appointing a new permanent secretary and several directors and publishing a Transitional Stabilisation Plan.He is not a poli…

Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | | by Eddie Cross

People of Zimbabwe deserve a new day

ON Wednesday this week, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya presented a long-awaited monetary policy statement.This had been expected in January and was postponed several times because of disagreements in government as to…

Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:10hrs | 6 | by Eddie Cross

Mnangagwa's govt and Zimbabwe banks should carry own cross

If there is anything that we could learn from the global economic crisis of 2008, it is that excessive risk-taking, manipulation and poor hedging often result in huge enterprise and economic losses. The famous subprime mortgage-induced dow…

Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 09:39hrs | 17 | by Equity Axis

We told you so!

SOMETIMES it's nice to be right, that does not often happen, but in this case I am sorry that those of us who had said we are headed for trouble, were right.I am referring to the first statement by our new super star Minister of Finance Mt…

Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Eddie Cross

Turning dream of a $10bn budget into reality

IT is now 24 days to D-Day - the day of democracy, when we all go to a polling station and at the cost of about $50 each (the cost of an election in Zimbabwe) we are asked to appoint our next batch of 2 500 leaders. We start with the Presi…

Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross

Beware of the 'Devil on the cross'

There is a group of self-appointed trustees of morality and political truth. This crop of thinkers calls itself the democrats and economic recovery enthusiasts.It is known for its dismissive tendencies which masquerade as concerns for publ…

Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:15hrs | 6 | by Micheal Mhlanga

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 million dollars a month. Average civil service salar…

Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 14:53hrs | | by Eddie Cross,economist

Macaphulana-Cross 'crash doctrine' - Failure of opposition

On October 21, opposition MDC-T official, Eddie Cross, wrote a piece on his blog that was so fraught with imagined danger that this country is facing so much so that he even felt compelled to put a caveat to his tall tale saying; "You thin…

Published: 21 Nov 2015 at 07:11hrs | 3 | by Tichaona Zindoga

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