The liberator unleashes terror as mass dejection escalates
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this week marked his second year in power since his inauguration after winning the 2018 disputed elections by a wafer-thin 50,6%.…
Economy
Retention adjustments strong signal on forex sufficiency
The Mid-Term Monetary Policy Statement, which came out at the tail end of the week was perhaps a key highlight in markets. The policy statement introduced…
Making a land bank work for Zim
LAST week cabinet approved a proposal to repurpose Agribank Private Limited (Agribank) into a land bank.In last week’s instalment, we cited the pitfalls…
Funding white farmers’ compensation
THE signing of an agreement between the government and white commercial farmers whose land was dispossessed has sparked a debate on how the huge US$3,5 billion…
Exchange rate stability far from sight
THE foreign currency market entered its 7th week of trading since the promulgation of the weekly auction system on the Reuters trading platform. A total of…
Ncube turns stock exchange into a giant lab
IN a press statement dated July 28, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube titled “Conclusion of Investigations on Activities On the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange” all…
Currency volatility to remain
THE interbank foreign currency market entered its fifth week of trading this week. At the close of trades on Tuesday, the Zimbabwean dollar had lost 4,5% on…
Mechanics of corruption revisited
THE topical issue currently is how economic self-interest protected through political power allocates a disproportionate amount of resources away from the…
Dynamics of inter-bank forex market stability
THE foreign currency auction system is now in its third week of operation. To date, more than US$30 million has been traded on the market out of slightly a…
Dissecting the compensation question
IN 2018, I was invited by the Compensation Steering Committee (CSC), the official body tasked by affected farmers (over 90%), to spearhead negotiations with…
