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Zimra goes after businesses rejecting ZiG
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has launched a sweeping operation targeting businesses that are evading taxes and undermining the Zimbabwean currency (ZiG or ZWG) by rejecting the local currenc...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 12:29hrs | 1395 | by Staff reporter
The death of coalitions
To drag out or not to drag Biden!What a disaster for the Democrats in United States elections!With little foresight or care, Democrats pitted a dead-man-come-to-life by the name of Joe...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:16hrs | 2 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Meet Zimbabwe's female rand millionaires
WHAT initially started as a social networking group to keep Zimbabwean women in touch while in foreign lands, has since blossomed into a huge multi-million dollar investment.The women involved...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube may massage his ego, and praise-worship his master, but Zimbabweans know that nothing has improved for them
I am one of those people who find immense joy and pleasure from reading, especially immeasurable delight in continually acquiring new knowledge everyday - but, when I set my eyes on a recent article b...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 16:14hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'More than half of $18 bln stimulus package disbursed to date'
Treasury says it has disbursed more than half of the $18 billion Economic Recovery and Stimulus Package, which was meant to mitigate the adverse impact of the coronavirus pandemic on businesses, indiv...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 17:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Are we enjoying the fruits of our independence-Zimbabwe?
The Zimbabwe is on standstill not because of sanctions. The real matter is on "CORRUPTION" and Zimbabwe to go forward need to adhere to its "Constitution".. In the Zimbabwean scenario, a certain secti...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 21:26hrs | 7 | by Enos Denhere
Way forward on Zimbabwe situation
Zimbabwe to go forward we need to adhere to our "Constitution". We need press freedom, freedom of speech, rule of law (all citizens to respect rule of law without political affiliation), transparency,...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 22:34hrs | 1 | by Enos Denhere
Privatization is key to Zimbabwe's economic recovery plan
The microeconomic foundations of economies ensure that macroeconomic objectives are achieved. Stated differently, macroeconomic goals can only be achieved if there are robust institutions ensuring tha...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zimbabwe situation needs proper strategic development plan
We lack basic fundamentals to fulfil the benchmark of legitimacy and credibility. We need to correct a lot of things on the ground. We have so much potential, we simply need to pass the legitimacy tes...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 16:11hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zimbabwe, way forward will be great tribute to the great icon Oliver Mtukudzi?
Dialogue is a way to solve all the problems we are facing as a nation. The way forward is to do away with strongman spirit. Going forward, we must correct wrongs now. We need to value humanity. The go...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 13:23hrs | | by Enos Denhere
Zimbabwe's New Currency: If your Government is honest here is the Solution
Let me sell you a million dollar worth of game for a dollar ninety-nine, The economic data released by the government at the end of the fourth quarter shows we aren't deep in the quagmire as we think ...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 08:34hrs | | by Simplisio Mudzingwa Muvunde
Brand Zimbabwe a hard sell, says business leaders
Former Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries president Busisa Moyo says Brand Zimbabwe is still a work in progress and is facing challenges that require a collective effort to surmount."The pro...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Simba Makoni, Nkosana Moyo emerged from defeat far, far better than Chamisa
I HOPE Chamisa's simmering and smarting hordes are now settled, after what by now should be a long enough cooling period. He is himself showing signs of recovering from zealous political Pentecostalis...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:03hrs | | by Igomombe
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
'Chinamasa's wings fully clipped'
On 8 September, 2016, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa presented his long overdue Midyear Budgetary Review Statement.That review was presented in the context of massive structural challe...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 19:04hrs | | by Tendai Biti
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
Initiation of SADC economic working group a welcome development
The on-going discussion by SADC to form an economic working group is a rational economic move which is poised to transform the regional economic fortunes. As regional economic communities (RECs) striv...Published: 06 Oct 2015 at 16:26hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
Africa's economy set for dramatic changes - Carlos Lopes
Following the launch of the 2014 Economic Report on Africa in Abuja, Nigeria, Mr. Carlos Lopes, the executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, att...Published: 08 Nov 2014 at 06:59hrs | | by Africa Renewal
ZAPU Devolution of Power Promotes Indigenization
Lack of access to credit is one of the many reasons why people in Zimbabwe remain poor. ZAPU devolution promotes micro-credit and micro-enterprise to facilitate poverty reduction. It is a human ri...Published: 27 Sep 2014 at 09:41hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Eric Bloch due for an operation for an undisclosed ailment
PROMINENT Bulawayo-based economic analyst Eric Bloch is due for an operation tomorrow for an undisclosed ailment after being booked sick for the past two weeks.Bloch has not been in the office...Published: 25 Sep 2013 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
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