Business optimism dwindling

Business optimism in Zimbabwe is fast dwindling and there are now reports that some investors may soon reduce or transfer their activities to other countries. Analysts say other investors will…

Gold slump

Hopes of the gold price rising above the US$400 mark which most believe is adequate to ensure the viability of mines are fast fading. In fact there are fears that…

Will farmers meet the targets!

With reports that Zimbabwe will need at least three normal average rainy seasons to achieve the standard of living or Gross Domestic Product it had in 1980, questions are being…

Pilotless parastatals teeter

The absence of substantive chief executives for Zimbabwe's key service parastatals, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and Air Zimbabwe, is largely responsible for the…

Zimbabwe lacks consumer resistance

"Sharp decline in demand for refrigerators. Bus operators drop their fares. Slump in prices of electrical appliances. Prices of second hand cars plummet." These are some of the headlines that…

What’s what?

Claims by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation acting director general, Christopher Mutsvangwa, that all is well and there is an "insodus" as opposed to an exodus of staff may not be…

Msika : forgotten or a mistake

The Senior Minster for Local Government, Rural and Urban Development, Joseph Msika, his deputy Swithun Mombeshora who is in fact a fully-fledged Minister, and the eight provincial governors whose office…

VP’s house $1m up

The cost of the house being constructed for the vice-President in Harare is reported to have gone up by $1 million from last year's estimates $3 million to $4 million…

Civil service reduced

At long last, there seems to be some headway in reducing the country's bureaucracy. The size of the civil service has been reduced by 6 941 posts from last year's…

Dangerous comparisons

During the UDI era of Ian Smith, life in the then Rhodesia was always compared with that in the countries "to the north of us." The people of this country…