The Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) was the first by Gono since the regulatory environment changed through the RBZ Amendment Act, which refocused the operations of the central bank in terms of its role in the economy.Gono gave a prognosis of the country’s economy and sound advice on how…

What’s in a hug, one might ask. Or should the actual question be: what’s not in a hug? A Harare man from Braeside is reported to have allegedly burnt his house and a  nearby vehicle last Thursday night all because his wife had given another man a hug. …

The nature of the proceedings, the procedures adopted and other ancillary issues vary with the peculiarities of each organisation. Clubs and societies are usually guided by constitutions, companies by codes of conduct and statutory bodies by binding regulations emanating from parliament. The common difficulty experienced by these info-rmal…

This has largely been attributed to very low liquidity on the local bourse. A market is liquid if large transactions can be made instantaneously and continuously without moving prices significantly. Levine (1997) sees liquidity as the ease and speed with which capital market agents can convert assets into…

 A good number may even point to a house within the neighbourhood which they knew to be haunted as they grew up.Ghost stories told in our youth had a ring of truth and drama. They sounded so real that we believed they were true. With time they faded…

 By the time this article comes off the printing press, the Institute of People Management of Zimbabwe (IPMZ) annual retreat would have ended in the resort town of Victoria Falls. Every year, HR practitioners look forward to the IPMZ convention and I hear that this year’s event is…

At the time, more than 18 comprehensive studies had been done, one after the other, on how the giant steelworks based in Redcliff, Kwekwe, could be turned around. The studies, whose findings and recommendations are still useful in mapping the way forward for ZISCO, converged in terms of…

As a result of this unavoidable habit of life, the law has also developed in such a way that it caters for the relationship between a principal and an agent. Therefore, the law of agency is part and parcel of the broader subject of commercial law. It would…

 The citizens of Zimbabwe remain vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. The very systems that are meant to protect them are the ones that have left Zimbabweans exposed and prone to abuse.In defining stress, there isn’t a generally acceptable statement.  In emphasis, Cox (1988) suggests that there is no…

But despite these well-intentioned action plans and programmes, the situation at ZBH has not improved. In fact, if the truth be told, the parastatal has plumped to its lowest ebb as it continues to feed from hand to mouth month on end despite its pseudo-monopoly on the airwaves.The…