The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.
Zimbabwe's key industrial index which peaked at 754 604 in August, and was down to 601 246 just before central bank governor Gideon Gono unveiled his monetary policy, had plunged…
Dawn Properties, whose share price has plunged by 77 percent since it was listed in August, says it is set to become the "partner of choice" in property investments and…
He is everywhere. Almost like God. On radio. On TV. In newspapers. In soccer. In music. In education. In tourism. In agriculture. You name it. He is in it. That…
By President Thabo Mbeki THE 2003 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) opened in Abuja, Nigeria at the close of this past week. Its substantial agenda included the controversial issue…
The 2004 Budget focused mainly on implementing stabilisation policies designed to bring down inflation but was silent on monetary policy, leaving that to the new governor of the Reserve Bank,…
Barbican Holdings, which anchored the worst performers on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange for the first nine months of this year, has dropped out of the worst five. Its share price…
It can only happen in Zimbabwe, the land of both misery and opportunities. While most people are suffering, some are laughing all the way to their banks. While companies are…
While Zimbabweans are complaining about the high tariffs being charged by cellular telephone networks, and most have resorted to using their phones for receiving calls and sending messages, Econet Wireless…
Turnall Holdings, one of the country's biggest manufacturers of asbestos cement products, received a tremendous boost from the revised exchange rate announced in February. It earned $2.7 billion in net…
General Beltings, which was demerged from TH Holdings last year, had a successful first half with exports accounting for more than half the company's revenue. Local sales soared from $279…