United Refineries eyes export revival

Agro-processing concern United Refineries says it will attempt to revive exports after making inroads into the local market, aided by government’s imposition of punitive levies on cooking oil imports. Government…

Zimbabwe’s farmers lament cost of power

The government should channel more funding in research and investment into sustainable energy sources as electricity costs in Zimbabwe are prohibitive for commercial farming, the Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU)…

Zimbabwe narrows trade deficit

Zimbabwe narrowed its trade deficit to $337.5 million in July from $362 million in June, latest data from the country’s statistics agency shows. Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) data show…

Does capitalism cause poverty?

Capitalism gets blamed for many things nowadays: poverty, inequality, unemployment, even global warming. As Pope Francis said in a recent speech in Bolivia: “This system is by now intolerable: farm…