By Mwita Chacha and Jonathan Powell •This article is taken from the Washington Post Nearly a year ago, on Nov. 21, the Zimbabwean armed forces toppled Robert Mugabe after a week of attempts to coerce him to resign from the presidency. The coup surprised many observers, as the armed forces had long supported Mugabe’s tenure. Afterward, the coup plotters
By Lovemore Fuyane I recently stumbled upon a debate on social media about the service provided by the Econet Group (EcoRob, as I now call them), particularly when it comes to data costs. For most people that have experienced other countries, it’s no secret that Econet currently charges exorbitant fees for data, EcoCash the works.
By Luke Batsirai Tamborinyoka AS the commission investigating the August 1 2018 callous murders continues its mission to probe the obvious we, the people of Goromonzi, are waiting for the outcome with bated breath. Among those heinously killed by the military on that fateful day was a family man, Ishmael Kumire of Matope village in
By Prof Mthuli Ncube ON Friday afternoon of 2 November 2018, I visited Surface Wilmar based in Chitungwiza, Harare. The company is owned by one of the largest companies in the world in the production of edible oils, based in Singapore. The factory floors are most impressive and world class, and it was not lost to
By Pro Steve Hanke In 1944, my good friend, the late Nobelist Friedrich Hayek (1899-1992), published the Road to Serfdom. It immediately became an international sensation. In it, Hayek argued that government interventions into markets, whether they be via regulatory mandates or the outright taking of private property, will lead to an initial failure. In short,
By Chiichiri Muzita There is no honour in becoming a billionaire through overcharging an impoverished customer base for mobile and internet services. Why does Econet’s 2.5 GB data bundle cost US$50 in Zimbabwe yet broadband in India costs US$4 per 5 GB?” RECENT events in Zimbabwe have brought to the surface everything that is wrong
By Tawanda Majoni Acie Lumumba, a young and controversial but brilliant Zimbabwean politician has just torched a storm in Zimbabwe. On Monday, he produced a virally dramatic video in which he named several people who he alleged to be the main sharks behind the debilitating foreign currency black market that is among the biggest drivers
By Robert Rotberg For The Conversation.com When President Emmerson Mnangagwa campaigned in July for Zimbabwe’s presidency, he promised to be a business friendly leader, and to return his country’s economy to twentieth century times of plenty and prosperity. But Mnangagwa has already shown himself incapable of jettisoning the state centrist, rent-seeking predilections of his predecessor. A “big-bang”
By Gwynne Dyer “ZIMBABWE is open for business” was President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s slogan in the July election that was supposed to show that the long and destructive reign of dictator Robert Mugabe, overthrown late last year, is really now a thing of the past. The country has been getting steadily poorer for decades now, but
By Tapiwa Chagonda The Conversation Sport in general, and particularly gifted sports people, have been known to rouse feelings of national unity. In the process, they instil a sense of patriotism and pride in their countries. Good examples include George Weah, the soccer legend from Liberia now the president of his country and Imran Khan, the
Zimbabwe’s new administration prepares to tackle considerable economic problems as most investors and lenders watch and wait to see whether it is up to the challenge. In this special report for International Investment, Yigal Chazan assesses both the current economic challenges facing the country and the emerging opportunities for investors. Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe is at a crossroads.
*This article is taken from The Conversation South Africa has a dire shortage of organ donors. This means that doctors struggle to find suitable donor organs for critically ill patients who would die without receiving a transplant. Sometimes they have to make tough calls such as using a blood group incompatible organ to save a patient’s
By Tendai Kamba THE Zimbabwe economic malaise can be traced to a situation in which the political elite in the ruling party loot and strip public funds from institutions such as the Zimbabwe Reserve Bank, among others. The looting of state resources by the Zanu PF elite, imply that the Zimbabwe citizens are regularly financing
By David Mutori THE recent monetary policy announcement by the governor of Zimbabwe’s reserve bank attracted lots of criticism for both its omissions and commissions. Monetary policies are supposed to leave stakeholders able to answer the question ‘How does this affect me and my business?’ but governor Mangudya left everyone unsure about how the monetary
By Prof Steven Chan The toxic presidency of Mugabe may be over, but the new Zimbabwean government of Emmerson Mnangagwa must quickly make some hard foreign policy decisions if it is to change the country’s fortunes. For so far no major foreign power has undertaken to relieve in any significant way the country’s economic distress. Although election
Introduction 1. The economy is showing signs of recovery albeit with a number of challenges and risks. Indications are that, the economy will grow by 6.3% against the original Budget projection of 4.5% and 4.8% estimated for 2017. With this projected growth Zimbabwe will join the “6% club” of African countries growing at more than
By Eddie Cross A State of Emergency I can recall times when a state of emergency was declared and almost always it was in response to violence or political events. But when conditions reach the point where the very livelihoods of the people are at stake I think the State should consider declaring a ‘state
By Pride Mkono Harare has been hit by a deadly cholera outbreak, the death toll has surpassed 30 with over 5000 cases reported. On 12 September 2018, the newly appointed Minister of Health Obadiah Moyo toured the Beatrice Road Infectious Diseases Hospital where he was quoted blaming the City of Harare for the epidemic. The
Seewell Mashizha Julius Sello Malema, a South African Member of Parliament was born on the 3rd of March in 1981. He is the founder and leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, a far-left South African political party dating back to July 2013. Malema has been rather vocal on Zimbabwe. As usual, some of his utterances
*This article was a Facebook post by the Econet group chairman and founder WHEN President Paul Kagame asked me to participate in a ceremony to name 23 baby gorillas a few days ago, I thought it was cool, and it earned some bragging rights for my youngest daughter amongst her animal-loving schoolmates…”My dad went to
