2018 was one of the most challenging years in the aviation industry, with increased oil prices and a strong US dollar impacting profit margins. The response has led to airlines refining their strategies and business models to remain relevant and in a strong position to survive in the long term. Global load factors have ranged
ZIMBABWE is back on the map. Just as we open up our economy and democratic space, so too are we opening our arms to the world. The dark times are behind us, and the future is bright and positive; a future of cooperation and dialogue. A future whereby Zimbabwe is an active and responsible member
By David Mutori One pillar of the ‘new dispensation’ in Zimbabwe’s approach to the economy is re-engagement with the wider world following years of isolation under former president Robert Mugabe’s rule. Re-engagement however, relies on events that take place in the countries that Zimbabwe is trying to connect with. The beginning of a new year
By Eddie Cross We seem to have been putting up with lousy Government, corruption, nonsensical monetary and macroeconomic policies forever. First we had the Rhodesian Government from 1960 onwards which resulted in the imposition of mandatory UN sanctions and then the liberation war. Were these inevitable? I do not think so but with the national
By Dorcas Gwata TODAY is a new day, well it seems so. After much deliberation, in search of a healthier mental space, I got rid of my TV and the licence that goes with it, I Dorcas Wongai Gwata am now TV free. The living room is quiet, save for the tick-tock clock next to my
By Luke Tamborinyoka THE board of Manchester United football club earlier this week sacked manager Jose Mourinho for presiding over the famous team’s worst ever start to a football season in news that came as no surprise to football followers across the world. In Zimbabwe, this came at time when even ardent Zanu PF supporters
By Nanjala Nyabola SAM Nujoma Street is a main artery that feeds downtown Harare with traffic from the suburbs. Known as “Bank Street,” the busy four-lane road is lined with financial institutions. At the top of Bank Street, the red-brick façade of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe gently curves while its gleaming, green-gray modernist extension
By Eddie Cross Exchange Control is the Central Problem facing Zimbabwe at Present By introducing Exchange Control via the Reserve Bank the State has done the following: 1. Created a system to ‘sweep’ some US$3 billion in direct foreign earnings into the Nostro accounts of the Bank. This amounts to about US$10 million every working
By Brian Raftopoulos, University of the Free State Robert Mugabe’s name is synonymous with both Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle and its post-colonial politics. His role and that of his Zanu-PF party have been central to the country’s dynamics since the early 1960s – and could well set the tone for the foreseeable future. For much of
By Gary Kleiman Emerging and frontier stock markets have been battered this year, with one unusual exception: Zimbabwe’s MSCI index was up more than 200 per cent in early October and is still up more than 90 per cent for the year, thanks to local investors desperate to preserve the value of their savings. Bank collapse
By David T Hofisi WHEN Emmerson Mnangagwa took over as Zimbabwe’s president, he carried himself with the air a consummate democrat, demystifying the presidency through increased access and vaunted intolerance to corruption. From frequent video messages to random public appearances, President Mnangagwa sold himself as more grounded than his grandiose predecessor. A year later, he
By Tonderai Makaniwa According to the National Skills Audit Report, Zimbabwe has a skills deficit of 62%. The engineering and technology sector has a deficit of 96% (Sunday Mail June 2018). Is our education system useful to us as a nation? Are our education systems educating the nation? Peters (1966) argues that education involves initiation
By Dr. Tutsirai Sakutukwa Dollarization, it has come as a popular term for currency substitution. This is a term mostly used when a foreign currency is used instead of the domestic currency as legal tender. In this instance, the foreign currency takes over all functions of domestic money: unit of account, medium of exchange, and
By Musa Kika FOR the second time in two years, members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) were, on the 22nd of November called into the House of Assembly chambers to remove opposition Members of Parliament (MPs). On 26 October 2016, police were called in to remove opposition MP Costa Machingauta for “dressing inappropriately”. He
By Eddie Cross Perspective Seeing things in perspective has never been more important in Zimbabwe. If we fail to do so, our view of the current problems we are encountering will be distorted and we may all make decisions we later regret. When people went out and paid 6 or 7 to 1 for USD
By Imani Countess “Zimbabwe is on fire,” wrote Joyce last month via the popular messaging service WhatsApp. Joyce, a colleague and friend, is one of nearly 8 million low-income and poor women struggling to survive Zimbabwe’s current economic and political crises. Her comment comes after weeks of market turmoil, panic buying, fuel and food shortages, widespread
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
