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- December 13, 2019
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Countries need to improve on human development
The United Nations this week launched an important report focussing on human development, an important component of every economy in the world. Through the Human Development Index (“HDI”) the UN measures the knowledge, living standards and health of a population. In simple terms they look at the healthy lives measured by life expectancy and at knowledge they look at expected number of years spent in school. It also looks at Gross National Income per capita which is a measure of purchasing power of each citizen reduced to United States dollars.
- businessweekly
- December 13, 2019
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Of workers and employers
Since the beginning of capitalism there has always been antagonism between the worker and the employer. This antagonism has been the basis of labour unions. So naturally, given this state of affairs, the two parties’ interests, even today, hardly converge. If they do at all, as happened in this country starting from around 1997, one must smell a rat!
- businessweekly
- December 13, 2019
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Chamber proposes alteration of EPO management
The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) has come up with a coterie of proposals for Government’s consideration in the administration of Exclusive Prospecting Orders (EPOs) in an effort to avoid speculative ground hoarding and enhance miners’ access to mineral rich claims.
- businessweekly
- December 13, 2019
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SA’s agricultural economy in recession
The third quarter 2019 GDP data released by Statistics South Africa this week illuminates what many in South Africa’s farming towns and villages have been experiencing throughout the year, that is — the farming economy is in recession.
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- December 13, 2019
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Deforestation: Here’s the beef
Meat inflation is at a multi-year high and pigs — plagued with African swine fever — are in the doghouse. But there’s a bigger price to pay for our carnivorous bent: deforestation of the world’s biggest rainforest.
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- December 13, 2019
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Mureza’s investment nears commencement
An African vehicle brand registered in Zimbabwe and South Africa, Mureza Auto Company is set to commence car assembling in Zimbabwe by 2020 after initial footprints on the South African soil.
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- December 13, 2019
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Kenya’s coffee crop nosedives
Kenya’s farmers are grubbing up their coffee bushes to plant other crops as low prices and climate change drive small growers to the brink of collapse.
- businessweekly
- December 13, 2019
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Africa must tackle corruption
Large-scale corruption is the elephant in the room in the ongoing conversation about Africa’s growth story. If countries on the African continent want to successfully attract the investment required for inclusive growth, governments and private sector players must take urgent action to tackle corruption.
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- December 13, 2019
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Emerging markets to embark on wealth creation
Emerging markets are about to embark on another year of wealth creation after adding $11 trillion to investor portfolios in the past decade.
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- December 13, 2019
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African countries borrowing worries IMF
Record commodity prices and low global interest rates have encouraged African countries to borrow like they did in the 1990s, but now some are struggling to pay up as their revenue slows along with economic growth.