The Opposition and Civil Society

July 25, 2003

By Brian Kagoro The perception gap Although there is no doubt that the legitimacy of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is…

ZSE doing roaring business

July 25, 2003

Zimbabwe is full of paradoxes. The country has no cash, fuel or foreign currency. But companies are doing booming business,…

Closure of bureaus de change partly responsible for cash shortage?

July 25, 2003

Theories about the current shortage of local cash continue to abound. Initially, the central bank was said to blame for…

Government responsible for fall of dollar

July 25, 2003

The freefall of the Zimbabwean dollar continued with the local currency plunging to about $4 000 to the greenback by…

Consumptive spending unable to arrest economic decline

July 25, 2003

Although inflation and remittances from Zimbabweans abroad will continue to fuel consumptive buying, this will not be able to counteract…

OK still OK

July 25, 2003

Retail group OK Zimbabwe saw its sales for the year ending March almost treble from $16.3 billion to $47.7 billion…

PG profit up 552 percent

July 25, 2003

Despite the shortages of electricity, cement, coal, fuel and other utilities which have become a daily challenge, PG Industries says…

ZSR makes $4b. profit despite loss from sugar operation

July 25, 2003

Although its domestic sugar business made a staggering loss of $826.4 million, ZSR Corporation, still managed to make a net…

TSL makes a profit of over 1300%

July 25, 2003

TSL, which runs the country's biggest tobacco auction floors, has decided to stimulate tobacco production, which this year was half…

Hunyani heading for exceptional year?

July 25, 2003

Packaging company, Hunyani could be in for an exceptional year. Its sales for the first half ending April were higher…