ZIMBABWE’S recent inflation performance offers something this economy has too often lacked, evidence that disciplined policymaking can still deliver stability, even in the face of external turbulence. As fresh price pressures swept through…
THE call by the country’s diamond industry for the government to reduce the foreign currency surrender ratio and royalties should not be viewed as a plea for sympathy, but rather…
THE government’s swift acknowledgement of growers’ frustrations over subdued tobacco auction prices is both welcome and worth noting. For a crop that remains Zimbabwe’s largest agricultural export earner, sustaining hundreds of thousands of rural households, weak prices strike at the heart of livelihoods, confidence and broader economic stability. Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka deserves credit for…
FOR a country in which the informal sector has become the primary source of livelihoods for millions, the government’s recent push to develop dedicated SME workspaces, industrial centres and funding mechanisms is both welcome and overdue. Zimbabwe’s long-marginalised small and medium enterprises sector is finally beginning to receive the kind of infrastructural attention that matches…
ZIMBABWEANS work, trade and hustle every day, but most do not invest, and that is a problem the country can no longer ignore. Investor education in Zimbabwe remains weak, and…
ZIMBABWE’s fuel pricing structure is fast becoming a drag on economic recovery and policymakers must now confront a difficult but necessary question ― whether current tax levels on petrol and…
Sam Matsekete ACROSS Southern Africa, the demand for energy finance is no longer a forward-looking concern — it is immediate, structural and accelerating. Industrial expansion, mining growth, urbanisation and energy…
ZIMBABWE’S dollarisation remains visible in pricing behaviour, corporate reporting, and the everyday choices of households. What is more troubling, however, is not merely the persistence of the US dollar but…
IN times of global uncertainty, governments are often judged not merely by their responsiveness, but by their foresight. The current consideration to increase the ethanol content in petrol represents precisely…
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…
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