The Insider

The newly created Ministry of National Affairs, Employment Creation and Cooperatives, carries a very unusual item under its training centres vote -- $600 000 for the commissariat. This item has…

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…

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…

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…

It is very rare that we hear our local MPs talking about development and democracy, especially since most of them belong to the ruling party and some believe that there…

Two new books on Zimbabwe's post-independence history which the compilers say will provide a more balanced picture of the country because of their wider representation of viewpoints, will be released…

The National Railways of Zimbabwe, which almost collapsed three years ago but has since managed to cut its deficits by more than 300 percent in the past two years is…

Zimbabwe's fledgling independent press is to receive another boost with the launching of an independent daily within two months, reports say, but its survival could be at stake because of…

Rents for commercial and industrial space are likely to drop in response to the current economic downturn while residential rents will continue to be high because there is still a…

While most of the parastatals, which have been given a freehand to operate on a commercial basis, are reported to be doing well, the amounts of long term loans they…