Stand or house: The real cost
By Leonita Mhishi IN Zimbabwe’s property circles, one question keeps resurfacing at braais, in WhatsApp groups, and across diaspora conversations: is it better to buy a stand and build, or…
By Leonita Mhishi IN Zimbabwe’s property circles, one question keeps resurfacing at braais, in WhatsApp groups, and across diaspora conversations: is it better to buy a stand and build, or…
THE decision by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to defer the 90 percent foreign currency retention threshold for small-scale gold miners may be understandable in light of operational bottlenecks, but it…
ZIMBABWE’S latest move to require that public sector suppliers be paid exclusively in the local currency marks a bold step in its ongoing efforts to stabilise and entrench the ZiG. It is a policy rooted in understandable objectives, including strengthening domestic currency demand, improving fiscal discipline, and bringing greater coherence to public procurement systems. Yet,…
THE rising tide of corporate rescue proceedings across Zimbabwe’s formal business sector should serve as a sobering warning to policymakers, investors and business leaders alike. While corporate rescue mechanisms are…
NOUDAM Tanks is emerging as a practical case study in Zimbabwe’s light manufacturing and agri-infrastructure investment landscape, following the establishment and expansion of its water storage and distribution equipment manufacturing…
THE figures speak for themselves. When fewer than a quarter of small businesses comply with tax obligations, and three-quarters of the broader economy operates in the shadows, no amount of…
THIS year’s rains have revived more than fields, they have revived confidence. Expanded planting, greener provinces and encouraging early crop assessments point to a harvest that could reshape growth prospects,…
IN 1980, when we gained our Independence, we had a thriving agricultural economy. Zimbabwe was a country of 49 million hectares – 16 million under commercial farmer occupation, 16 million…
THE International Monetary Fund’s recent staff-level agreement with Zimbabwe on a 10-month Staff-Monitored Programme (SMP) is a genuinely positive development worth applauding. Coming after years of economic instability, hyperinflation and…
I TAKE note of the latest Reserve Bank’s new stance on transitioning to a mono-currency regime, in that it will now shift from having a set date to ensuring that…
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