The Insider

The government's reluctance to accept that the country was facing a severe maize shortfall until it was too late has also cast doubt on whether it has put into place…

Former Southern Rhodesian Prime Minister, Garfield Todd, who has long been associated with the struggle for black rule and participated in the first independence Parliament, has expressed hope that the…

Zimbabwe's economic structural adjustment programme which was already six months behind schedule has been torpedoed by the current drought whose severity is becoming more obvious by the day. Cereal production…

The by-elections to be held in Mberengwa and Chirumanzu next month will provide a crucial test both on the apathy that has reigned in the country for the past few…

Consumer spending habits are changing as people adjust to rapidly rising inflation. According to the authoritative First Merchant Bank (FMB) quarterly guide, consumers are now spending more on food than…

Roy Lander, chairman of Anglo-American Corporation and several other companies in Zimbabwe, is going places. He is now on the board of the state-controlled Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) following…

The scramble for food is not only limited to individuals. Hotels too are now spending more of their management time trying to procure essential commodities and, of course, at reasonable…

Margaret Dongo only joined Parliament in 1990 as a ZANU (PF) candidate. Her entrance into the contest for the parliamentary seat in itself indicates she was a survivor because most…

Recent statements by the Posts and Telecommunications Corporation that it may be forced to lay off some postmen because of the shortage of postage stamps should strongly be condemned. For…

Queues, now the order of the day in the country, are likely not only to arouse political unrest but racial unrest as well if two recent letters in the local…