Simba Makoni- the first 50 Wikileaks cables

April 5, 2012

Simba Makoni was touted for years as one of the potential successors of President Robert Mugabe. He had everything going…

Media reaction to George Bush’s visit to Africa

April 4, 2012

The reporting of United States President George Bush’s visit to Africa reflected the political divide in the local media with…

Makoni says ministers cowed by Mugabe

April 4, 2012

Former Finance Minister Simba Makoni said government ministers were too cowed by President Robert Mugabe to challenge official dogma and…

Five years of ruinous policy

April 4, 2012

President Robert Mugabe had embarked on a ruinous path which had seen gross domestic product decline by 35 percent between…

Murerwa takes over from Makoni

April 4, 2012

Herbert Murerwa replaced Simba Makoni as Finance Minister though he had no “economic expertise” but had a PhD from Harvard…

Devaluation through the back door

April 3, 2012

Despite President Robert Mugabe's vigorous insistence that devaluation was dead, Finance Minister Simba Makoni effectively devalued the currency through so-called…

RBZ document leaked to US embassy

April 3, 2012

First it was a letter from Finance Minister Simba Makoni that found its way to the United States embassy. A…

Robertson on how Zimbabwe was getting its fuel

April 3, 2012

The Mugabe administration was literally mortgaging the country’s assets to obtain fuel according to economist John Robertson. Continue Reading

Makoni defends land reform

April 3, 2012

Former Finance Minister Simba Makoni defended Zimbabwe’s land reform programme and said donors should “forget about how or why we…

Makoni bows down to tobacco famers

April 3, 2012

Finance Minister Simba Makoni had to bow down to tobacco farmers after they withheld their crop because of the low…