THE Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) recently published its 2020 Democracy Index Report titled, In sickness and in health?. The report has interesting insights given that it provides a snapshot of the state of democracy worldwide in 165 independent states. (more…)

THE hiring of equipment or intellectual property from non-resident persons is prevalent in developing countries such as Zimbabwe. (more…)

THE deplorable state in which our prisons and police detention facilities are in is a cause for concern to anyone with respect for human dignity. (more…)

  THOSE who can muster the energy to read my missives will know that I am not fully in love with the headlong rush into electric cars. My reticence is founded on a number of issues, not least that politicians have found a new punching bag to promote…

As a research house, we have maintained a strong stance that government interventions are a major factor contributing to inefficiencies in the operation of markets. (more…)

The Value Added Tax system is premised on documentation such as tax invoices, credit and debit notes. (more…)

THERE can hardly be a soul around who doesn’t associate the word Kombi (abbreviated Germqn for ‘çombination vehicle’) with Volkswagen but maybe it’s only the more elderly among us who associate the Caravelle moniker with passenger or camper-orientated Kombi derivatives. (more…)

MY FIRST association with the big, brassy Audi Q8 was on its launch in the Western Cape in mid-2019. As ever, the bulk of the driving took place on the open road when the thrusting, silky performance of the Q8’s V6 turbo petrol engine showed off the mile-eating…

I KNOW most human resources (HR) people consider talent as the trump card to success for most organisations. (more…)

THE Zimbabwean economy has experienced recessions in 2019 and 2020, with GDP estimated to have contracted by 6 percent and 4,1 percent, respectively (ministry of Finance estimates). The economic contraction has been a result of output losses in key sectors such as agriculture, mining, manufacturing and tourism. (more…)