Zimbabwe Insider - Part 1731

  • What’s in a name?

    At independence, Margaret Dongo, now leader of the Zimbabwe Union of Democrats, was a comrade, in every sense. But today, she is no longer one....

  • Mugabe still clinging on

    Now 75, but with three more years in office, President Mugabe has once again dodged the question about when he will retire. Although he indicated...

  • Bull run on ZSE continues

    The bull run on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange which began in January and was temporarily halted by President Robert Mugabe’s remarks that judges who were...

  • Maize prices firm

    With yields now expected to be lower than had initially been anticipated because of the incessant rains, forward prices at the Zimbabwe Commodity Exchange (Zimace)...

  • Land Reform Derailed!

    It is amazing how Zimbabwe, of late, seems to have developed a propensity for self-destruction. Over the past 15 months there has been so much...

  • Tobacco watch

    With auction floors due to open in two months, Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers, after receiving a battering last year in which they were only saved by...

  • Milk producer price up

    Dairibord Zimbabwe Limited (DZL) has increased the producer price of milk by 27 percent from $5.50 to $7 a litre but it says since the...

  • Market doubts government can turn around economy

    The continued volatility of the Zimbabwe dollar (since stabilised following the moral suasion between the central bank and the financial institutions) in spite of the...