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An economic-recovery programme approved by the Zimbabwean cabinet will aim to cut the country’s public-sector wage bill and reorganise its bloated civil service over two years, the Ministry of Information…

Parliament, which was anxiously waiting to ask questions to Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube after Monday’s monetary policy statement by the Reserve Bank governor John Mangudya and Ncube’s own statement on…

The toxic presidency of Robert Mugabe may be over, but the new Zimbabwean government of Emmerson Mnangagwa must quickly make some hard foreign policy decisions if it is to change…

Two months after disputed general elections in Zimbabwe‚ President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spirited efforts to turn around the economy are so far gaining limited traction. His closest rival in the presidential…

The Movement for Democratic Change has accused the government of introducing a new currency through the backdoor which is in violation of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Act. In its…

There is a scene in the 1978 classic movie, The Great Train Robbery, which portrays the destructive arrogance of Zimbabwe’s monetary policy over the past two decades. After masterminding a…

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya yesterday finally put a stop to official pretence that the burgeoning electronic balances in the banks – and the loathed bond notes –…

The Old Mutual Implied Rate used by business to estimate the value of the Zimbabwean currency had started falling in September showing that the business sector was gaining confidence in…

Former Information Minister Jonathan Moyo says he lied that former Education Minister David Coltart was a member of the notorious Selous Scouts, but it has taken him 17 years to…

Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front chairman for the United Kingdom Ndavaningi Mangwana, popularly known as Nick Mangwana, has been appointed Permanent Secretary for Information with immediate effect. He replaces George…