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11 months ago | June 9, 2023

Running a gold currency up the flagpole

At the end of last week’s emergency meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank there was a throwaway ...

11 months ago | June 2, 2023

Long-term stability must be the goal

As Minister of Finance and Economic Development Mthuli Ncube noted this week, it is largely impossible to create a legal ...

11 months ago | May 26, 2023

Where is extra money supply created?

One question being asked about this week’s foreign currency auction, which saw bidders seeking a record US$60,35 ...

11 months ago | May 19, 2023

All approaches needed over pricing

The recent spurt of intense inflation and rising prices, in both US dollars as well as in Zimbabwe dollars has not just ...

12 months ago | May 12, 2023

VFSE not an automatic solution for shareholders

There is a tendency in some business quarters for people to believe that moving into what would amount to dollarisation ...

12 months ago | May 5, 2023

Need to think about single currency

Wanted: A functioning acceptable currency for commercial transactions within Zimbabwe whose value, as purchasing power, ...

12 months ago | April 28, 2023

ZITF must return to industrial shop window

As our industrial sector moves forward at ever-increasing velocity we need to start think seriously exactly what the ...

1 year ago | April 21, 2023

Black market messing around again

It is fairly obvious from prices we see in the shops and what retailers tell us that a range of suppliers have been ...

1 year ago | April 14, 2023

AfCFTA demands industrial efficiency

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is being implemented steadily, if a little slowly, and all businesses ...

1 year ago | April 7, 2023

MPC could explain more over inflation

The resolutions of the latest monthly meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe highlight ...

1 year ago | March 31, 2023

Civil service pay rise challenges industry

The doubling of civil service salaries should have a positive effect on the economy with the extra spending power of ...

1 year ago | March 24, 2023

Rapid power upgrade will impact tariffs

The synchronisation of the new Hwange Unit 7 this week so it has started feeding power to the national grid, with the ...

1 year ago | March 17, 2023

State-owned concerns need new solutions

The general run of State-owned enterprises and local authorities came in for serious criticism by President Mnangagwa ...

1 year ago | March 10, 2023

RBZ should reconsider unofficial inflation rates

The switch in the formula used to calculate monthly and annual inflation rates to take into account the proportions of ...

1 year ago | March 3, 2023

More coal, solar power will push up tariffs

The very high level of load shedding in the last week shows the vulnerabilities of the older six units at Hwange ...

1 year ago | February 24, 2023

Rescheduling debt arrears now a real possibility

Zimbabwe has external debts of just over US$14 billion by September last year of which almost half, more than US$6 ...

1 year ago | February 17, 2023

Time to upgrade tobacco finance

Tobacco marketing starts in 18 days on March 8 when the auction floors open, although the deliveries to contractors, who ...

1 year ago | February 10, 2023

MPS progress, not a revolution

The Monetary Police Statement of 2023 issued last week by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe announced a range of modest ...

1 year ago | February 3, 2023

Belarus deals make sense on both sides

The most immediate gain from the visit of President Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus is the second phase of the ...

Reed’s latest rules saga takes unlikeliest turn yet

The tension between Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed was hard to ignore at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic after their early ...