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.
Now 75, but with three more years in office, President Mugabe has once again dodged the question about when he will retire. Although he indicated that he will need to…
The bull run on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange which began in January and was temporarily halted by President Robert Mugabe's remarks that judges who were questioning the government's illegal detention…
With yields now expected to be lower than had initially been anticipated because of the incessant rains, forward prices at the Zimbabwe Commodity Exchange (Zimace) are firming with some offers…
If Zimbabwe did not have a constitutional crisis as of February 18 when President Robert Mugabe told diplomats so, it definitely now has one on its hands unless the government…
It is amazing how Zimbabwe, of late, seems to have developed a propensity for self-destruction. Over the past 15 months there has been so much talk about the land issue,…
With auction floors due to open in two months, Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers, after receiving a battering last year in which they were only saved by the depreciation of the Zimbabwe…
Dairibord Zimbabwe Limited (DZL) has increased the producer price of milk by 27 percent from $5.50 to $7 a litre but it says since the purchase of raw milk from…
The continued volatility of the Zimbabwe dollar (since stabilised following the moral suasion between the central bank and the financial institutions) in spite of the anticipated disbursement of balance of…
Cable company, BiccCafca had a successful year in which it saw its profit attributable to shareholder increase from just $1 million to $23 million and it has declared a dividend…
The Zimbabwe Reinsurance Corporation (Zimre), which dominates the reinsurance business in the country, although there are six other operators in the country, is coming on to the market although it…