What a potpourri!

April 26, 2013

As the local currency dried up with the country preparing for its watershed elections in 2008, the country was forced…

Mutasa was behind the disastrous 2007 price controls

April 26, 2013

Although President Robert Mugabe repeatedly said the price blitz in 2007 was a reaction to a "political agenda" pursued by…

How to turn $100 into $12 000 without any sweat

April 26, 2013

A civil servant could easily turn US$100 into US$12 000 just by tinkering with the exchange rate, former United States…

Mujuru camp sought US help to remove Mugabe

April 26, 2013

The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front faction loyal to the late Solomon Mujuru was so desperate to get rid of…

What happened to Zimplats indigenisation plan?

April 26, 2013

Zimplats, the country’s largest platinum miner, said six years ago that it intended to list on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange…

Mugabe being Mugabe

April 26, 2013

A senior, unnamed Lesotho government official, pacified United States embassy officials after President Robert Mugabe described “so-called international leaders” as…

Msipa told Dell that Gen Mujuru was no match for Mugabe

April 26, 2013

Former Midlands Provincial Governor Cephas Msipa told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell that though he felt that it…

Biti says no elections before July

April 26, 2013

Finance Minister Tendai Biti today said it would be impossible to hold elections before end of July. Forget about the…

Masamvu said Gen Mujuru was on war path to get rid of Mugabe

April 25, 2013

Idasa analyst Sydney Masamvu told United States embassy officials soon after the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front conference at Goromonzi…

Hyping for political points

April 25, 2013

Old Mutual managing director Zomunoda Chizura said the Reserve Bank was inflating the amount of money it had seized during…