The Insider

After more than six months of squabbling the government and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions have finally met and it appears they have reached some form of truce. President…

It took years to come on line. The job had to be re-tendered after objections from some donor governments. Although initially estimated to cost just over $400 million, the project…

Former financial advisor to Fidelity Life Assurance, Chief Bango, says the company must be investigated because it paid out hefty packages to workers who opted for voluntary retirement in February.…

Seventy-two percent of the firms in manufacturing and 73 percent in mining were operating below capacity in the first four months of this year but for mining this was an…

Maize, soyabean and wheat deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board increased by 545 percent, 450 percent and 262 percent, respectively, in the first three months of this year as compared…

To quash "press reports and public opinion" which have stated that farmers are to blame for food price hikes, the Commercial Farmers Union has produced a 25-page report on the…

With the country plagued by bad news almost on a daily basis, even the most optimistic investors seem to have run out of patience. And all the pep talk that…

Trans Zambezi Industries which was started in 1993 and had a wonderful first four years rescuing ailing companies like Art Corporation and Chloride which were about to sink and bailing…

Pressure has been piling on President Mugabe to go but the question that has never seriously been addressed is who will replace him if he goes? The country's constitution, which…

Britain's aid to Zimbabwe seems to have three basic aims according to that country's aid programme for Zimbabwe. The first is economic reform and good government. Under this aim Britain…