Opinion

6 years ago | March 9, 2018

Property market stagnant: Dawn

Business Writer The uptake of lettable space has slowed down and the rentals have been flat since the last quarter of ...

RioZim moves to exploit claims in Sese area

Resources firm RioZim intends to invest up to $25 million to explore and develop its diamond claims in the Sese communal ...

6 years ago | March 2, 2018

Co-operation to exploit what is mine

Zim should not draw back on socio-economic concerns Chris Chenga An honest government working as an agent of its ...

Mining conference: Why is it a money-maker?

Taurai Mangudhla and Africa Moyo The much-awaited two-day Zimbabwe Mining Investment Conference 2018, which ran from ...

6 years ago | February 23, 2018

NRZ gets free ride, thanks to DIDG

Here’s to asset awareness and financial innovation! Chris Chenga As details emerge about the NRZ, DIDG, and Transnet ...

6 years ago | February 16, 2018

There’s need to review tax regime

Taurai Togarepi The Zimbabwean economy has been going through deindustrialisation for almost two decades characterised ...

Is Govt really crowding out private credit?

Clive Mphambela Credit to Government has accelerated markedly over the last few years triggering a massive upswing in ...

Diligences for new Zim-UK economic relations

Chris Chenga Supposedly, a new dispensation means developing friendlier ties between the UK and Zimbabwe. Any benevolent ...

6 years ago | February 9, 2018

Without productivity, RBZ is creating a credit bubble

Central bank cannot buy time for Government much longer Chris Chenga Economic observers are at their most obsessive at ...

6 years ago | February 7, 2018

China’s crackdown on cryptocurrency trading – a sign of things to come

By Andrew Godwin The Chinese government’s decision to order several Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies exchanges to ...

6 years ago | February 6, 2018

Private capital favours investing in copper over gold for first time

By Frik Els Gold projects are no longer the favourite destination of private capital raised for investment in the mining ...

6 years ago | February 5, 2018

History explains why South Africans on the left argue for free ...

By Steven Friedman In a society like South Africa in which one racial group has dominated another, poor people are ...

6 years ago | February 2, 2018

Davos was just a marketing, networking event

The country needs to do much more to lure investors My Two Cents It’s no wonder warm climate and weather were right at ...

Zim can still catch up with the world

Zimbabwe Ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations and other International organisations in Geneva, ...

Before FDI, State should be a good investor

A poor track record only satisfies partisan economics Chris Chenga The new administration of President Mnangagwa must ...

What to do: Budget deficit is biggest elephant in the room

Kudzanai Sharara Taking Stock The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries this week held its 2018 Economic Outlook ...

6 years ago | February 1, 2018

Ten priorities for getting agriculture moving in Zimbabwe

By Ian Scoones Agriculture is taking centre stage in plans for the revival of Zimbabwe’s ailing economy under the new ...

6 years ago | January 31, 2018

Top job for South African gives African countries sway at the IMF

By Danny Bradlow South Africa’s Reserve Bank Governor, Lesetja Kganyago, has been selected as the first sub-Saharan ...

6 years ago | January 26, 2018

Fuel price cuts, welcome and good, but?

Clive Mphambela This week the economy got another dose of good news. Government announced a reduction in the excise duty ...

Increase in money supply causes inflation

Taurai Togarepi During the period 2004 to 2008, Zimbabwe declared inflation as its country’s enemy number one with ...