Inflation, Bob’s worst enemy!

Inflation, considered by the World Bank to be the greatest tax on the poor, could President Robert Mugabe's nemesis. Despite the wholesale price controls his government introduced in November, inflation…

Another paper

News that Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe, publishers of the Daily News, are finally going to launch their Sunday paper has sent the media industry in a frenzy. Tension among editors…

Chinos and ZFTU

Though the pro-government media, especially the electronic media, has been pushing forward the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) as the representative of the workers and highlighted in May Day…

Where is the surplus maize?

With half the nation reported to be facing food shortages, the latest figures released by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNet) demand that the government should set up an…

Exports boost ART revenue

A change in focus from a dwindling Zimbabwean market to an expending regional one saw newly listed Amalgamated Regional Trading (ART) almost treble its sales from $4.5 billion to $12.4…

Medical claims up 300 %

Hyperinflation and the country's inability to generate foreign currency has had a disastrous effect on medical inflation with claims costs going up by three to four times the rate of…

TZI revenue up 119 percent

TZI, which has transformed itself into an investment company leaving management to the boards that are running its investments, had a turnover of $22.6 billion in the year ended September.…

Tanganda produces record crop

Despite a difficult agricultural year marred by an industrial strike in December 2001 and poor rains, Tanganda Tea managed to produce a record crop of 11 011 tonnes. According to…