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.
Seventy-two percent of the firms in manufacturing and 73 percent in mining were operating below capacity in the first four months of this year but for mining this was an…
Maize, soyabean and wheat deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board increased by 545 percent, 450 percent and 262 percent, respectively, in the first three months of this year as compared…
To quash "press reports and public opinion" which have stated that farmers are to blame for food price hikes, the Commercial Farmers Union has produced a 25-page report on the…
With the country plagued by bad news almost on a daily basis, even the most optimistic investors seem to have run out of patience. And all the pep talk that…
Trans Zambezi Industries which was started in 1993 and had a wonderful first four years rescuing ailing companies like Art Corporation and Chloride which were about to sink and bailing…
Pressure has been piling on President Mugabe to go but the question that has never seriously been addressed is who will replace him if he goes? The country's constitution, which…
Britain's aid to Zimbabwe seems to have three basic aims according to that country's aid programme for Zimbabwe. The first is economic reform and good government. Under this aim Britain…
One of Zimbabwe's greatest mistakes, which is beginning to backfire, was the creation of the executive presidency in 1987 because it centralised all decision-making in one person, the Zimbabwe Congress…
Until December 11, 1997, the two lifts at the 10-storey Chester House, at the corner of Third Street and Speke Avenue in Harare, opened into the reception of the Zimbabwe…
Several people have complained that one of Zimbabwe's major problems is that it does not have good public relations officers. This could be true. While Zimbabwe's political leaders hate being…