Philis Chivheya
President Emmerson Mnangagwa special envoy to the Americas and Europe Uebert Angel has been thrown under the bus and could have his diplomatic appointment withdrawn for name dropping and associating himself with shady dealers.
Angel who is Mnangagwa’s Ambassador...
Farai Mabeza
Government has announced a price moratorium on basic goods after prices skyrocketed following the start of the COVID-19 lockdown at the beginning of April.
The moratorium was announced by Vice President Kembo Mohadi who blamed the increases on speculative...
Chris Chenga
The following are pondering notes on what risks and considerations should guide the continued easing in of a local currency
HARARE – (FinX) – The glue to credit based capitalism is confidence. In a global financial system of fiat currencies,...
Farai Mabeza
Zimbabwe’s construction industry looks set to be the hardest hit by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic with an expected contraction of -11.4 percent, Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has...
Ryan Chigoche
HARARE - The introduction of the gold coins on July 25 was one of the numerous policy initiatives aimed at reducing demand for the US currency and reining in inflation that was on the rise.
In their early days,...
HARARE (FinX) – Cabinet has directed the national statistics agency to conduct the national census next year instead of the planned 2022, which would have been held close to the general elections in 2023.
The population census is set to...
Zimbabwe is considered agro-based, as agriculture is critical for livelihoods as
well as for feedstock to downstream industries. At 8.1% of the total available budget, the Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development has the third highest share after the...
Farai Mabeza
The Auditor General is set to be removed from the Special Procurement Oversight Committee due to a glaring conflict of interest, it has been revealed.
The committee was established under the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act...
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has provided an update on the two bureau de change that were suspended from operations earlier in the month. Cash Twenty Four and Crediconnect were flagged for money laundering and were...
The imperial makings of a local/national currency in colonial Zimbabwe: Money as a product of imperial and colonial politics and law; 1930-1940
Tinashe Nyamunda
The Brookings Institute’s Economics Professor Steve Hanke has argued that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has...
