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.
Gold coins, introduced in Zimbabwe in July 2022 as one of the measures to stabilise the local currency by easing demand on the United States dollar, had mopped out $20…
Outspoken independent legislator Temba Mliswa told Parliament last week that he is still ZANU-PF but is outside the party. He told Citizens Coalition for Change legislator Settlement Chikwinya: “May I…
Zimbabweans abroad sent home US$1.66 billion dollars in 2022, which was 16% more than they did in the previous year. According to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, total international remittances…
Zimbabwe is not a horse to be ridden but it is a sovereign State which must benefit from its natural resources. This was said by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in his…
Zimbabwe has foreign currency bank balances of US$2 billion but the exchange rate is volatile because of people’s expectations. This was said by the Deputy Minister of Finance Clemence Chiduwa…
In his song Rat Race, Bob Marley cautions, “in the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty”. Before the turn of the millennium, gold was Zimbabwe’s lead export earner along…
The Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendment Bill, which was passed by Zimbabwe’s parliament on January 31, is seen by critics as a drive against non-governmental organisations (NGOS) championing political rights,…
Outspoken independent legislator Temba Mliswa has asked why the government is dishing out resources to foreigners when President Emerson Mnangagwa’s mantra is “nyika inovakwa nevene vayo”. Mliswa said he was…
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has slashed interest rates by 50 percentage points and increased the portion of earnings that exporters can keep in foreign currency, in new monetary policy…
Independent legislator Temba Mliswa has complained that the country’s resources are being dished out to whites without due diligence. He cited the example of the Cold Storage Company, once the…