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Coping or cracking: Psychological toll of Zim’s informal economy

The informal economy now protects millions of people from financial ruin.

By Vongai Mahagwe Apr. 25, 2025

Coping or cracking: Psychological toll of Zim’s informal economy

Breaking economic mindset trap: Zim’s path to pragmatic renewal

Yet 2025, in its fifth month, shows tentative signs of recalibration.

By Vongai Mahagwe May. 2, 2025

Breaking economic mindset trap: Zim’s path to pragmatic renewal

Zim at crossroads: Currency battles, diaspora anxiety, drought shocks, and the urgent question of national responsibility

Investors are not deterred by risk alone but by unpredictability, as highlighted in the World Bank’s (2024) Zimbabwe Economic Update.

By Vongai Mahagwe Dec. 14, 2025

Zim at crossroads: Currency battles, diaspora anxiety, drought shocks, and the urgent question of national responsibility

Castration of Zim economy

Hyperinflation, deindustrialisation, company closures, land reform disruptions and chronic unemployment did not just destroy balance sheets; they hollowed out the masculine psyche.

By Vongai Mahagwe Jan. 23, 2026