Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, which is a metropolitan province, is the least democratic province in the country. It has the lowest number of people in favour of multi-party democracy, according to…

Nearly 80% of Zimbabweans are against the extension of the president’s term in office, according to a survey by Afrobarometer, an African think tank. The country’s constitution says a president…

The government is the biggest loser when there is a discrepancy between the official exchange rate and the black market rate, Deputy Finance Minister David Kuda Mnangagwa said yesterday. Responding…

Zimbabwe is currently in turmoil after it devalued its five-month old currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) by 84% last Friday. But things could get worse The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe…

Zimbabwe today devalued its local currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), by 44% to trade at 24.3902 against the United States dollar, down from 13.9987 yesterday. The local currency was under…

Today is the third quarterly payment date (QPD) for the year, the second after the introduction of Zimbabwe’s new currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). Central Bank governor John Mushayavanhu promised…

I left The Chronicle after nine years and returned to freelancing. I started The Insider, nine months later after our plan, with other journalists including Sakake, to start a weekly…

I have been quiet for some time. Thinking. I have been running The Insider single-handedly for 34 years. The month of August was, therefore,  a time to reflect on my…

Payments in Zimbabwe’s latest currency, the Zimbabwe Gold, now account for 40% of transactions, up from 20% when the currency was introduced in April, Finance permanent secretary George Guvamatanga said…

Zimbabwe should de-dollarise otherwise its new currency the Zimbabwe Gold will go the way other currencies Zimbabwe has tried to introduce have gone, economist Eddie Cross says. Writing on his…