Economy

Rampant corruption is hurting Zimbabwe, says the EU ambassador to Zimbabe, Timo Olkkonen – 30 August 2019 … Read More

Finance minister’s plan to end 20-year standoff with creditors and inflation stats – 17 August 2019 … Read More

This situation simply cannot go on, writes economist and former MDC MP Eddie Cross – 16 August 2019 … Read More

Cathy Buckle’s latest newsletter is titled: Zimbabwe: The country where we don’t know how to survive – 3 August 2019 … Read More

ANALYSIS: Zimbabwe at 'tipping point' with 'wheels coming off' writes Bloomberg – 4 August 2019 … Read More

Severe power blackouts force Zim firms to shut down, resulting in serious job losses – 19 July 2019 … Read More

Cathy Buckle reports on the devastating power cuts, the fuel crisis and the financial chaos in Zimbabwe – 19 July 2019 … Read More

Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June surges, reports economist John Robertson – 15 July 2019 … Read More

The Auditor-General’s Local Authorities Report for 2018 reports gross mismanagement, fraud, neglect and ineptitude – 13 July 2019 … Read More

Zimbabwe needs US$34 billion for infrastructure development – 11 July 2019 … Read More

Zimbabwe power crisis explained by talk-show host Zororo Makamba – 8 July 2019 … Read More

Cathy Buckle reports on the disastrous power cuts, the return of the Zim dollar and more – 5 July 2019 … Read More

Potential short-term solutions to Zimbabwe’s huge electricity crisis – 3 July 2019 … Read More

Zimbabwe takes a big gamble in its bid to dump the greenback – 1 July 2019 … Read More

“Welcome to Zimbabwe. No power, no water, no cash,” award-winning journalist Christina Lamb is told – 30 June 2019 … Read More

FEWSNET predicts widespread crisis food security outcomes to at least January 2020 – 28 June 2019 … Read More

A time line of the Zim dollar: how a country lost its currency (Nov 1997-Nov 2018) – 26 June 2019 … Read More

Zim dollars only: Finance minister Ncube bans foreign currency - 24 June 2019 ... Read More 

Zimbabwe: When the Value of Money Changes Daily, What Does it Cost to Live - 5 June 2019 ... Read More 

Zimbabwe’s economic outlook is not rosy, reports global ratings agency Fitch Solutions – 23 May 2019 … Read More

Regional resource looting conference being held on 23 May 2019 in Harare – 21 May 2019 ... Read More

SABC interview with Human Rights Watch on the economic crisis in Zim – 19 May 2019 … Read More

Back into the realms of the black market as the TRGS dollar rate plunges against the US$ - 15 May 2019 ... Read More

War veteran political commissar calls for a government of national unity to end escalating crisis – 29 April 2019 ... Read More

Watch the Washington-based Cato Institute’s panel discussion: Zimbabwe: Africa’s Shame and Opportunity - 15 April 2019 ...Read More

Wheat trucks that were stuck in the port of Beira after Cyclone Idai have left for Zimbabwe- 4 April 2019 ... Read More

Zimbabwean economist John Robertson reports on the latest Poverty Datum Line statistics – updated 4 April 2019 ... Read More

Widowed Gogo Magombo walkes 17km to donate a bundle of food and kitchen utensils to Cyclone Idai victims – 29 March 2019 … Read More

Anjin Investments returns to Marange, Zim govt expresses ignorance – 25 March 2019 ... Read More

Photo feature in The Atlantic: the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe and Mozambique – 25 March 2019 ... Read More

Cyclone Idai: Picking up the pieces and rescue efforts underway – 19 March 2019 ... Read More

Environmental degradation on a massive scale exacerbated the damage caused by Cyclone Idai – 20 March 2019 ... Read More

Death toll rises to 89, hundreds missing as Cyclone Idai ravages Zim – 18 March 2019 ... Read More

Mnangagwa flies home into a storm over lack of cyclone preparedness - 17 March 2019 ... Read More 

South Africa and Zimbabwe discuss a State-guaranteed bank loan for cash-strapped Zimbabwe – 12 March 2019 ... Read More

US government has given over US$3bn aid to Zimbabwe since 1980 - 11 March 2019 ... Read More 

Zimbabwe drifts towards online darkness with Chinese and Japanese surveillance equipment – 26 February 2019 ... Read More

Independent Economist Eddie Cross reports on corruption, incompetence and the fuel crisis – 24 February 2019 ... Read More

Bloomberg’s Michael Cohen explains why Zim is fed up with using the US dollar – 22 February 2019 ... Read More

Prof Steve Hanke writes about Zimbabwe’s introduction of a new currency and maxi-devaluation – 22 February 2019 ... Read More

The RTGS smokescreen: where are all our US dollars? asks Cathy Buckle in Zimbabwe – 22 February 2019 ... Read More

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Monetary Policy Statement Review – breakfast forum highlights – 22 February 2019 ... Read More

EU recommends further restrictive measures against top ZANUPF officials in wake of violence – 15 February 2019 ... Read More

SA Rand should be adopted by Zimbabwe, says former finance minister Tendai Biti – 11 February 2019 ... Read More

Curing tobacco in Zimbabwe requires trees. Can tobacco farmers plant enough of them to save their own industry? - 6 February 2019 ... Read More 

Zimbabwe’s Capitalist Crisis: Finance Minister a ‘Fraud’ and ‘Political Moron,’ as Army Represses Protests - 28 January 2019 ...Read More

An explanation of the cash crunch, “Zollars” (Treasury Bills) and “The Crocodile” (Mnangagwa) behind the Zim protests – 24 January 2019 ... Read more

South Africa denies Zim loan request of $1.2 billion - 21 January 2019 ... Read More

Ben Freeth reports on the third day of the complete shutdown in Zimbabwe – 16 January 2019 ... Read More

No currency, just a currency crisis: Zim woes deepen and protest action erupts – 15 January 2019 ... Read More

The total shutdown has triggered rioting; government has responded with an internet and social media blackout – 15 January 2019 ... Read More

Implications of fuel crisis and petrol price hike, Mnangagwa not prepared to dialogue – 14 January 2019 … Read More

Watch this Facebook footage of a two-km long petrol queue along Harare’s Enterprise road – 11 January 2019 … Read More

Zim companies on the brink of shutdown as forex challenges intensify; MSC shipping owed millions of dollars – 11 January 2019 … Read More

Zimbabwe’s economic outlook for 2019 by economist John Robertson – 8 January 2019 ... Read More

Stop blaming colonialism, writes William Gumede, chairperson of the Democracy Works Foundation – 5 November 2018 … Read More

As the economy continues to deteriorate, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa calls for a transitional authority – 30 November 2018 ... Read More

The untold tragedies of coal mining due to dangerous ‘coal hell pits’ - 14 November 2018 ... Read More

Economic turmoil is unavoidable in Mnangagwwa’s Zimbabwe, writes DerekMatyszak for the ISS – 5 November 2018 ... Read More

Government can’t hide from Bond Notes, a surrogate currency that is NOT on a par with the US dollar – 1 November 2018 ... Read More

Zimbabwe hyperinflates again, writes troubled currencies expert Prof Steve Hanke in a new report – October 2018 ... Read More

Inside the fierce war for control of Zimbabwe’s lucrative fuel industry  – 28 October 2018 … Read More

Alex Magaisa explains how a powerful clique of individuals control key economic sectors and the govt itself – 27 October 2018 ... Read More

‘Command Agriculture here to stay’ says Air Marshal Elson Moyo, claiming its success – 27 October 2018 … Read More

Cathy Buckle reports that Zimbabwe’s financial crisis is a repeat of 2007/2008 with soaring prices and shortages – 26 October 2018 ... Read More

The Dema Power Project revisited – A Murky Tale by Alex Magaisa – 22 October 2018 ... Read More

“Marange: The Imprisoned Community” is a new documentary about communal depravation and displacement while the diamond beneficiaries grow rich – 18 October 2018 … Read More

“Marange: The Imprisoned Community” documentary by the Centre for National Resource Governance – 18 October 2018 ... Read More

Summarising the mounting economic turmoil, economist John Robertson says the government is raising taxes instead of cutting costs... 12 October 2018 ... Read More

Every day we pretend to be normal, but the chronic shortages are like 2008 again, writes Cathy Buckle – 12 October 2018 … Read More

Inflation, Monetary Policy & 2% tax increase explained by Zororo Makamba – 8 October 2018 … Read More

Panic buying hits Harare as Zimbabweans once again face food and fuel shortages – 20 October 2018 ... Read More

Is Zimbabwe “open for business”?  A military cantonment area has been declared in an area with mining claims – 8 October 2018 ... Read More

Mnangagwa government has incurred debt of over $4,5 billion in less than 9 months – 6 Oct 2018 – Read More

Despite economic chaos, another ultra-luxury Bugatti Veyron vehicle has landed in Zim – 29 Sept 2018 ... Read More

Fuel stations are once again running dry and vendors banned due to cholera outbreak – 26 September 2018 ... Read More

Economy: Arrears to financial institutions  of around US$ 6bn must be cleared – 23 September 2018 ...Read More 

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube sweats over funding and debt repayment plan – 21 September 2018 ... Read More

Chinese sneak back into Chiadzwa: Anjin Investments set to resume mining – 24 September 2018 ... Read More

IMF ready to help Zim craft a debt clearance strategy anchored on fundamental economic reforms – 23 Sept 2018 ... Read More

Cathy Buckle reports on cholera, the lack of running water and new cars for govt ministers – 14 September 2018 .. Read More

Open for business pledge but stumbling blocks still in place – 23 March 2018 ... Read More

A former farmer tells the story of the Zimbabwean land seizures, their background and consequences – 28 August 2018 ... Read More

Budget overrun escalates to $2,4 billion, budget deficit was $2,6 billion in 2017 – 17 August 2018 ... Read More

Why dollarization doesn’t work in Zimbabwe by Prof Craig Richardson – 9 August 2018 ... Read More

Freehold title is vital to attract foreign investment, says property rights expert Craig Richardson – 24 May 2018 ... Read More

Property rights are key to economic development”, says renowned expert Prof Craig Richardson – May 2018 ... Read More

Building competitive economies in Africa – the Chinese example by Eddie Cross – 13 May 2018 ... Read More

Labour conference presentation by economist John Robertson:  The prospects for Foreign Direct Investment –  22 March 2018 ... Read More

When all things fall apart within ZANU PF by Eddie Cross – 6 May 2018 ... Read More

Marange diamond fields: villagers in mass protests, police fire teargas – 18 April 2018 ... Read More

China extends multi-billion dollar package to Zimbabwe – 15 April 2018... Read More

Zimbabwe’s first Mugabe-free independence day – update from Cathy Buckle – 13 April 2018 ... Read More

Could Zimbabwean coffee once again be on speciality menus? A fascinating insight into the former coffee industry – 1 March 2018 ... Read More

Restore property rights on agricultural land and revive the economy, writes Zimbabwean economist John Robertson – 23 February 2018 ... Read More

Economic outlook for first quarter of 2018 by economist John Robertson – 12 February 2018 ... Read More

Industry collapse ‘saves’ electricity, 46% less power used in 2016 than 2010 – 1 February 2018 ... Read More

Mnangagwa in Davos, an opportunity to capitalise on – opinion piece by Alex Magaisa – 23 January 2018 ... Read More 

What Mnangagwa is offering investors:  promises and limitations – 22 January 2018 ... Read More

Political and policy uncertainties are major setbacks for the new government – 19 January 2018 ... Read More

Unless Mnangagwa Reforms and Implements New Policies, Zim Faces Bleak Economic Prospects: EU – 13 January 2018 … Read More

When the Music Stops: Learning from the Mugabe Years for Zimbabwe’s Economic Future – by John Robertson – November 2017 ... Read More

The wealth that Robert Mugabe accumulated while Zimbabwe crumbled – 17 November 2017 ... Read More

Can Zimbabwe’s new leaders fix the country’s Potemkin (sham) economy? writes Derek Matyszak from the ISS – 15 November 2017 ... Read More

Mugabe and Grace bleed Zimbabwe dry, despite crippling cash shortages – 18 October 2017 ... Read More

Zimbabwe bans fruit, vegetable imports as forex crunch deepens – 17 October 2017 ... Read More

To escape oppression and poverty, Africans have to learn self-reliance says economist David Barber – 16 October 2017 ... Read More

Zim needs bold economic reforms says US Ambassador Harry Thomas Jnr – 15 October 2017 ... Read More

Was Rhodesia’s Ian Smith right – African rule will lower the country’s standards? By Tendai Ruben Mbofana – 15 October 2017 … Read More

Fertiliser crisis looms amid acute economic challenges – 13 October 2017 ... Read More

Bank queues: tiptoe through the dusty shoes by Cathy Buckle – 13 October 2017 ... Read More

Live within your means, IMF tells Zimbabwe – 11 October 2017 ... Read More

Cabinet reshuffle:  Mugabe rewards celebrated looters – 11 October 2017 ... Read More

Bond notes are a total disaster says world-renowned currency expert Steve Henke – 1 October 2017 ... Read More

Political “white water” in Zimbabwe – Eddie Cross reflects on the current chaos and intrigue – 10 August 2017 ... Read More

President Mugabe is considering a snap election, hoping to catch the opposition napping – 16 July 2017 ... Read More

IMF raises red flag over cash crisis caused by runaway govt spending and comatose economy - 16 July 2017 ... Read More

Zimbabwe imports maize worth $82m despite 'bumper harvest' claim – 8 July 2017 ... Read More

President Trump sends envoy to Zim, demands reforms – 6 June 2017 ... Read More

IMF Staff Completes 2017 Article IV Visit to Zimbabwe, preliminary findings – 15 May 2017 ... Read More

South Africa’s highly acclaimed, award-winning cartoonist and his Zim cartoon “Money Squawks” – 9 May 2017 ...Read More 

Zim a model SA should aspire to says Zuma – None so blind as those who don’t want to see - 8 May 2017 ... Read More

A Zimbabwean Perspective:  The Importance of Taking a Principled Stand” – presented at Afriforum Safety Summit in South Africa – 6 May 2017 ... Read More 

Russians paid $5 million for expropriated diamond claims - 4 May 2017 ...Read More 

Death of industry mourned on Workers’ Day, 90% unemployment – 4 May 2017 ... Read More

IMF says surrogate currency (bond notes) will not solve Zimbabwe’s economic problems – 24 April 2017 ... Read More

Cows for collateral, how Zim has fallen, write Forbes magazine – 16 April 2017 ... Read More

New law compels Zimbabwe banks to accept cows as collateral - 11 April 2017... Read More

Zim must pay its debt and the commercial farming sector must be rebuilt in some form – 20 March 2017 ... Read More

Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate is now 95% confirms Forbes Magazine – 5 March 2017 ... Read More

How much blood can you get for US$13 billion, asks Cathy Buckle in her weekly newsletter- 17 February 2017 ... Read More 

The price we pay for lousy government by Eddie Cross – 15 January 2017... Read More

Constitutional court to rule on Mugabe’s ‘fitness’ to continue as president - 14 January 2017 ... Read More 

Is the year Mugabe will go, asks veteran Zimbabwean journalist Jan Raath – 11 January 2017 ... Read More

Bond notes – the greatest heist of modern times by Mugabe and his mafia  - 8 January 2017 ... Read More

Bond Notes are a major fraud:  Watch these 3 short video clips on Youtube by Science Economics and Justice for Zimbabwe – 28 November 2016 ... Read More

As Zimbabwe’s money runs out, so does Mugabe’s power – 28 November 2016 ... Read More

Un(Bond)ing Zimbabwe’s financial confidence: bond notes, people and politics 23 November 2016... Read More 

Youtube video on how the bond notes came into being and why they will destroy the economy – 3 October 2016 ... Watch video

Journalist Ken Yamamoto explains how Mugabe double-crossed Kabila in the DRC, gaining vast riches – 2 October 2016 ... Read More

Zimbabwean economic crisis so acute that Mugabe cannot save himself by Peter Oborne, The Spectator – 10 September 2016 ... Read More 

Economic crisis:  without intervention, the situation will worsen, warn economists – 28 August 2016 ... Read More 

Zimbabwe is desperate, an eyewitness account of people’s struggle to survive – 21 August 2016 ... Read More

Zim’s acute cash crisis continues as job cuts loom in the banking sector – 12 August 2016 ... Read More

How can Britain justify propping up Mugabe, asks The Telegraph’s Ian Birrell – 9 August 2016 ... Read More

Ken Yamamoto:  Five reasons why Mugabe will be gone in 12 months – 9 August 2016 ... Read More

Dr Clifford Mashiri, a critic of the Mugabe government and its policies, dies in the UK – 30 July 2016 ... Read More

Britain is shoring up Mugabe’s oppressive regime and it shouldn’t, writes Ian Birrell of The Telegraph – 24 July 2016 ... Read More 

In Zimbabwe, it is People vs the government, writes an activist of #ThisFlag movement – 12 July 2016 ... Read More

Zimbabweans’ petition to Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations: please sign ... 12 July 2016 ... Read More

The IMF is ready to throw the Mugabe regime a lifeline. Bad idea writes The Economist – 9 July 2016 … Read More

Journalist Jan Raath writes on the recent mass show of defiance against the Mugabe regime – 9 July 2016 ... Read More

Zimbabwe’s Winter of Discontent 2016: Causes and Opportunities for Democratisation by ZEF – 8 July 2016 ... Read More

Zimbabwe comes to a virtual standstill as anger against the government mounts – 7 July 2016 ... Read More

Terror on blacks – by blacks:  Strategies for staying in power, including Operation Murambatsvina by Ken Yamamoto – 28 June 2016 ... Read More

Shopkeepers struggle with ‘multicurrency’ Mugabenomics writes Jan Raath – 25 June 2016 ... Read More

ZANU-PF policies are destroying the little that’s left of Zimbabwe, writes Eddie cross – 25 June 2016 ... Read More 

Civil servants pay dates delayed as country runs out of money, writes Cathy Buckle – 24 June 2016 .... Read More

Banks will start issuing the SA Rrand, the Yuan and seven other currencies on 1 July - 19 June 2016 ... Read More

Economic outlook and options mid-year as Zimbabwe comes off the rails: John Robertson – 16 June 2016 ... Read More

After Mugabe’s gone:  Three paths for Zim by Geopolitical Intelligence Service – 12 June 2016 ... Read More

Three total ZANU PF failures:  Marange, ZISCO and the fuel pipeline by Eddie Cross – 28 May 2016 ... Read More

Scraping the bottom of the barrel – treasury bills, bond notes and the dangers of economic delinquency – 23 May 2016 ... Read More

#ThisFlag protest by : Pastor Ewan Mawarire goes viral internationally – 22 May 2016 ... Read More

 

Economist John Robertson’s report on economic developments, second quarter – 17 May 2016 ... Read More

Small towns in Zimbabwe are booming, says Ian Scoones... Not so, says Ben Freeth - 12 May 2016 ... Read More

Bond notes, coins - whatever!  Ken Yamamoto says this is a another hare-brained idea - 9 May 2016 ... Read More

Zimbabwe will print its own US dollar bills as the country runs out of bank notes - 6 May 2016 ... Read More

Bond notes a threat to economic stability, say outraged economists and citizens – 6 May 2016 ... Read More

Severe currency crisis - stark choices for Zimbabwe and other African countries - 5 May 2016 ... Read More

Is it good to be black in Zimbabwe as the State-owned Herald newspaper claims, asks Ben Freeth - 3 May 2016 ... Read More

Zimbabwe under threat of losing US dollar due to currency smuggling - 1 May 2016 ... Read More

Russia promises more business deals and a partnership with the GMB - 30 April 2016 ... Read More 

'Workers' Day' reduced to 'Vendors' Day' and nothing to celebrate - 29 April 2016 ... Read More

Mugabe promises to civil servants "pie in sky" as economy implodes - 22 April 2016 ... Read More

Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) demonstration:  a reflection of people's growing anger - 22 April 2016 ... Read More

The Dirty Dozen:  corrupt and brutal tyrannies propped up by UK aid - 17 April 2016 ... Read More

Zimbabwe at 36 years old - perspective by economist Eddie Cross - 17 April 2016 ... Read More

Protest march against Mugabe in Harare the largest in years  - 14 April 2016 ... Read More

Can of maggots – corruption in Zimbabwe and the Panama Papers, Zimbabwe Vigil - 9 April 2016 ... Read More

Cash crisis: Reserve Bank learnt nothing from Gono era, writes Tanzanian researcher - 9 April 2016 ... Read More

Cash crisis - now the US dollar is running out and banks have limited withdrawals - 6 April 2016 ... Read More

Controversial tycoon Billy Rautenbach, a top Mugabe ally, named in the Panama Papers – 5 April 2016 ... Read More

Mugabe in Japan: Folly on the international chessboard? asks commentator Ken Yamamoto - 31 March 2016 ... Read More

President Mugabe should be fired says commentator Ken Yamamoto - 13 March 2016 ... Read More

Indigenisation launched but barriers to investment by economist John Robertson – 11 March 2016.... Read More

Update on disputes under the Chinese, Dutch and Swiss investment treaties -  8 March 2016 ... Read More

Govt faces litigation from diamond mining companies after order to hand over mines to the state – 23 February 2016... Read More

Zim govt orders Marange diamond mines to close;  state-owned company to hold all claims – 22 February 2016... Read More

Capitalism will not “starve humanity” by 2050, writes the Cato Institute think tank in Washington – 17 February 2016 ... Read More

List of 8 countries with the poorest GDP and weakest economies in the world – 6 February 2016 ... Read More

China buys its first African colony (Zimbabwe) for a meagre US$40 million – 15 January 2016 .... Read More

UN gives Zimbabwe US$1.6 billion in development aid – 28 November 2015 ... Read More 

Politics weights down Zimbabwe’s struggling economy – 6 November 2015 ... Read More 

The self-destruct button (an additional tax burden on foreign-owned companies) by Eddie Cross – 21 Oct 2015 .... Read More

ZimAsset has failed by missing most of its targets, admits Economic Planning Minister Simon Khaya Moyo – 31 July 2015 – Read More

Impact of the Failure of the Kariba Dam – in-depth report by the Institute of Risk Management South Africa – June 2015... Read More

US$294M package announced to rescue Kariba Dam from possible collapse – 6 March 2015 ... Read More

Cathy Buckle:  Retrenchments... and only an estimated 700,000 people employed in the formal sector ... Read More

There's a storm brewing over south central Africa by Michael Musgrave - 11 August 2015 ... Read More

Zimbabwe a ‘potential conflict zone’ warns research institute NKC African Economics – 7 August 2015... Read More

Dependence on the Zambezi river, climate change and danger of exploitation – 28 July 2015... Read More

Ken Yamamoto: Six areas of misplaced hope in Zimbabwe – 20 July 2015 …. Read More

More Zim assets face seizure abroad after State-owned mining corp loses legal case – 17 July 2015 ... Read More

Mugabe's Zimbabwe: as the tyrant totters towards decrepitude, his country slides into famine – 16 July 2015 ... Read More

Politics and economics under a regime on the take by Eddie Cross – 14 July 2015... Read More

Global cost of conflict reaches US$14.3tn, says reportZimbabwe at no. 5 spends 22% of GDP – 17 June 2015 ... Read More

Why foreign aid fails – and how to really help Africa:  the ‘golden thread’ for long-term development  – 25 January 2014 ..Read More

Cathy Buckle: Who are we at 35? - 9 April 2015.... Read More

Mugabe seeks to consolidate power with African Union Post, despite turning 91  – 21 February 2015 ... Read More

Grain silos for strategic reserves are crumbling due to years of neglect by the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) – 19 February 2015 ... Read More

Kariba Dam wall:  Engineers have started on a R3.3bn rescue marathon – 18 February 2015... Read More

Sanctions and economic collapse:  further comments from Zim economist John Robertson – 10 February 2015 ... Read More

The inconvenient truth ... and the causes of Zimbabwe’s economic collapse – 7 February 2015 .... Read More

Government under pressure to act in response to declining tax revenues, mounting debts and calls for reform – 6 February 2015... Read More

Economic woes set to worsen in 2015 warns economist John Robertson – 6 February 2015... Read More

Elephants and big five:  To export or not to export by Ken Yamamoto – 1 February 2015..... Read More

Zimbabwe among the ‘most repressed economies’, ranked 175 out of 179 countries – 30 January 2015... Read More

"Je suis Charlie," from Zimbabwe ... imports, statistics and floods by Cathy Buckle – 30 January 2015.... Read More

Zimbabwe among ‘most repressed economies’ says Wall Street Journal & Heritage Foundation – 30 January 2015 .... Read More

Zimbabwean debt arrears to:  IMF, World Bank and African Development Bank – 28 January 2015 .... Read More

Healthcare:  six horror facts as patients shun urban hospitals for rural – 27 January 2015..... Read More

Reserve Bank debt includes controversial farm mechanisation scheme – 27 January 2015 .... Read More

Russia drags Zim and SADC region to new cold war front – 29 September 2014.... Read More

Zim debt of US$9,9 billion – IMF seeks donor support for rescheduling – 24 September 2014 … Read More

Russia to start US$3bn platinum mine;   SA company wins order against Zim govt – 17 September 2014..... Read More

Russia, Zimbabwe to develop nation’s biggest platinum mine – 15 September 2014..... Read More

Deplorable state of railway system, enginemen use cell phones to replace broken signals – 21 Sept 2014.... Read More

Cash-strapped govt increases duty on basic food commodities and cell phones – 14 September 2014  ... Read More

Zim pleads for debt cancellation despite a US$9,9 billion debt and worsening economy -5 July 2014 ... Read More

Zimbabwe’s economy circles the drain- 5 June 2014 ... Read More

Zimbabwe’s marginalization of white Africans is unacceptable… 12 June 2014...Read More

Without a climate of investment security, BIPPAs will not work says the CFU – 16 May 2014 ... Read More

Zimbabwe’s future is mortgaged for an entire generation by Ken Yamamoto – 11 May 2014... Read More

Former finance minister Tendai Biti to form new alliance party – 5 May 2014 … Read More

Engineers race to stop scour from undermining Kariba Dam wall, New Civil Engineer UK – 28 April 2014..... Read More

Chatham House Zim report – recommendations futile with ZANU PF’s power focus - 24 April 2014 ... Read More

The Marange diamonds debacle – squandered and stolen funds – 16 April 2014….. Read More

Economic environment update from Zimbabwean economist John Robertson – 11 April 2014... Read More

Corruption Report:  President Mugabe is the Godfather of Zimbabwe’s looting mafia – 9 April 2014 ... Read More

Corruption Report key points:  President Mugabe Godfather of Zimbabwe’s looting mafia – 9 April 2014 ... Read More

Creaking giant Kariba dam threatens to unleash biblical deluge – 30 March 2014... Read More

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Zimbabwe says its only reserves are $500,000 in gold coins – 6 March 2014... Read More

China takes over Zimbabwe quietly while Ukraine explodes – 2 March 2014.... Read More

Zim-China trade tops $1,1 billion - 24 February 2014 ... Read More

2,000 families still to be evacuated from Tokwe-Mukosi dam - 13 February 2014... Read More

'Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam wall not collapsing' - 10 February 2014 ... Read More

Indigenisation failed in Zambia after independence in the 1960s: The Mulungushi Syndrome - 8 February 2014... Read More

Zim needs $27bn to fund revival - Feb 05 2014  ... Read More

Africa threatens EU summit snub over Mugabe - 3 February 2014... Read More

Grace Mugabe grabs more land belonging to Interfresh’s Mazoe Citrus Estate – 1 February 2014... Read More

AU credibility questioned after appointing Mugabe to top post - 31 January 2014... Read More

One million children drop out of school - 15 January 2014... Read More

Many firms fail to reopen - 8 January 2014... Read More

Diamond mining report with damning references to Marange by the late Edward Chindori-Chininga – 12 June 2013 … Read More

Chrome mining report by the late Edward Chindori-Chininga raises significant concerns – 12 June 2013 … Read More

Zimbabwe Dollarized. How Does the U.S. Feel About That? - 6 January 2013... Read More

Zimbabwe dollarized.  How does the U.S. feel about that?  6 January 2014 ... Read More

How Did Zimbabwe Become So Poor—And Yet So Expensive? - 5 January 2013... Read More

Most of Zanu PF's 2014 Budget Statement claims can be challenged - 24 December 2014... Read More

Zimbabwe:  We have manufactured our own failure - 25 November 2013 ...Read More

Zim's rusting factories put Mugabe in a bind - 15 November ... Read More

Chinamasa’s budget delay indicates dire state of Zim economy -05 November 2013... Read More

Why Zanu-PF's complaints about sanctions are bunk - Eddie Cross - 18 October 2013... Read More

Zimbabwe: 700 Harare Firms Close - 18 October 2013...Read More

Economy:  New Govt, New Policies - 19 September 2013... Read More

Economic outlook as Zanu PF takes over - 19 September 2013 ...Read More

Zimbabwe: Why is one of the world's least free economies growing so fast? - 18 March 2013 ... Read More

Biti urges finality to land reform - 31 January 2013 ... Read More

Zim has $217 left in bank, Finance Minister - 29 January 2013 ... Read More

The Economic Tragedy in Zimbabwe - 16 January 2013  ... Read More

Why indigenisation has failed the poor- 20 December 2012 ... Read More

IMF easing will help debt burden  1 November 2012  ... Read More

Agribank set to cut branches, lay-off staff - 14 Feb 2010... Read More

Mugabe has built up a 10,000-acre farming empire – 26 September 2009... Read More

Mugabe’s farm workers lament his takeover – 25 September 2009 ... Read More

Farm owners flee after Mugabe’s thugs arrive – 25 September 2001... Read More

Mugabe takes over Highfields farm in Norton – 11 June 1999... Read More