Zhuwao's destructive exuberance

There we go again. We have a new minister responsible for indigenisation who thinks he has all the answers. Like his predecessors we have to start all over again in a ministerial portfolio that, in my...

Robert Mugabe: An African Head of State and the State of an African Head

The political personality and historical project of Robert Mugabe is bound to arrest the attention of thinkers and writers for a long time to come. The Zimbabwean President has attracted extreme r...

Indigenization will not feed us!

Food security, decent housing, health and access to clean water are more pressing issues than the mere ownership of shares.I continue to try to have as many conversations as I can around this ...

This n that with Maluphosa: Wot the scarabs!

The scarabs are in town. I am not talking about those brittle dung -ball rollers whose job is to clean the surrounding of all that is animal waste no. I am talking about those two legged belligerent o...

Transferring wealth to Zimbabweans

Our fear is that it will not be done properly by people who have the relevant expertise and experience.Between 2004 and 2006 all but a few indigenous banks in Zimbabwe faced significant p...

Indigenizing Zimbabwe; a new approach

Most indigenization or empowerment projects have failed to address the most basic needs of our communitiesI have been having some interesting conversations with several Zimbabwean youths who h...

Biti vows to block bank indigenisation

Finance Minister Tendai Biti has vowed to resist moves by Saviour Kasukuwere, the indigenization minister, to roll out the controversial black empowerment program in the banking sector, shaken this we...