The Insider

"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…

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…

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…

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…