Zimbabwe Insider - Part 1752

  • Norman’s mission

    Transport Minister Dennis Norman’s visit to South Africa last month was not only aimed at arranging transport for Zimbabwe’s maize imports but also to persuade...

  • Cotton worries

    The recent increase in the producer price of cotton coupled with the fact that the Cotton Marketing Board itself has become one of the first...

  • Coffee farmers to lose out?

    Zimbabwe is likely to lose out on a new coffee agreement arranged by Latin American and African farmers recently to by-pass existing middlemen and make...

  • Drinking habits changing too

    With more and more people living on the edge, not sure about whether they will be able to have their next meal, people are not...

  • Consumer power works

    Industry and Commerce Minister Kumbirai Kangai’s rallying call to consumers to show their mettle and force prices down, has recently shown that it can work...

  • Coal boom expected

    Zimbabwe’s coal mining industry which was boosted by the opening of the Sengwa Coal Mine could be in for a big boom if the owners...

  • Harare property value up

    Property values in Harare have increased by between 317 percent and 721 percent in the 15 years from 1975 to 1990 according to the council’s...

  • Headaches for Mahachi

    Home Affairs Minister Moven Mahachi who has so much been overshadowed by his deputy Dumiso Dabengwa that there is wide speculation that he will not...

  • Where does Nkomo stand?

    The appointment of Stephen Nkomo as resident minister for Matebeleland South has left most people baffled. Nkomo is a deputy minister and a deputy minister...

  • Ansah’s Capacity

    Reports that the head of the Harare-based, World Bank-funded African Capacity Building Foundation, Jonathan Frimpong-Ansah quit just after bank president, Lewis Preston’s visit to the...