US$2,52bn 2017 budget deficit unprecedented
IT is official: our government spent beyond its 2017 revenues by a whopping US$2,52 billion. This is unprecedented.
Opinion
Zim’s airline industry needs serious attention
A popular pastime for small children in Harare is to go to the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport to watch planes taking off and landing. When I was…
The economics of elections
After two decades of repressive politics and a battered economy, the July 30 general elections are poised to significantly change the fortunes of Zimbabwe.
Mastering the art of delegation
Delegation can be defined as the assignment of responsibility and accountability for specific outcomes or achievements to a specific individual or organisation…
US trade war with China
The United States could probably extract major concessions from China in a carefully managed confrontation on trading issues, because the Chinese do not want a…
Tests for elections’ credibility
Continued from last week Postal voting The process of postal voting is fraught with potential irregularities unless it is carefully watched. In the past, some…
Polls and militarising the village
A decisive factor to whether Zimbabwe can hold credible, free and fair elections in July that will bring domestic and international legitimacy is the role of…
Ballooning debt scuttles govt’s revival endeavours
ZIMBABWE’S growing domestic credit, which swelled 38,5% on an annual basis to US$10,5 billion in February, largely driven by government borrowing, is…
Walkouts, empty promises: Zanu PF open for desertion
“There is nothing historic about Mnangagwa’s hypocritical use of a US$20 note to buy food at a time when he is advocating the use of electronic…
Bankers must be held accountable
HOME Affairs minister Obert Mpofu recently lost a battle to block the High Court from forcing him to surrender some of his properties in his sprawling yet now…
