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 planned to embark on a fast-track land reform programme prior to 1997 long before the formation of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change and the nation's refusal to sanction…
Gold production at Ashanti, which has mines in Ghana, Tanzania and Zimbabwe dropped slightly last year from 1 656 784 ounces in 2001 to 1 621 919 ounces last year.…
Construction company Murray and Roberts had a good start to the current year with net profit for the first half increasing by 516 percent from $270 million to $1.7 billion.…
Despite the worsening economic situation which saw inflation rise from 116.7 percent in January to 198.9 percent in December, Southern African Reinsurance Company (SARE) had encouraging results with net profit…
New Financial Gazette editor-in-chief, Sunsleey Chamunorwa, received a rude awakening when he was called in to bail out the paper after an exodus of staff to the Daily News. Not…
Policy inconsistencies by the government are bogging down companies which are increasingly finding it difficult to operate. Controls on foreign currency accounts in the last two months of last year…
The sharp rise in inflation and price controls were the biggest challenge to the insurance industry because they eroded profitability, Zimre Holdings says in its report for the year ending…
Circle Cement, which was forced to suspend operations in February because of lack of coal, made a net loss of $862.3 million last year, down from a profit of $159.3…
The continued polarisation of Zimbabwean society into camps of enemies rather than communities of fellow citizens is dangerous to the country's social and economic development, a report on the "final…
Troubled Wankie Colliery saw its net profit increase marginally from $284.6 million in 2001 to $323.5 million last year, but in inflation adjusted terms it made a loss of $5.6…