Small-scale farmers should be at the centre of land reform in South Africa

By Ben Cousins Smallholder farming has been neglected over the past 23 years of South Africa’s attempt to redistribute land taken away from black people during the apartheid era. Not…

All Share Index posts weekly gains

HARARE – On a week-on-week basis, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchnage’s All Share Index added moved up 4.87 points (or 5, 38 percent).

Vital Signs: the calm before the storm in US-China trade

Richard Holden It’s not all that often that the semi-annual report titled “US Treasury Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States” is a hotly…

Global stocks set for second week of gains, commodities ease

LONDON – World stocks dipped on Friday but were set for a second week of gains after a strong start to the global corporate earnings season, while a rally in commodity prices…

Rand falls victim to dollar strength

The rand was relatively weaker on Friday morning, caving in to pressure from external drivers, notably a strong dollar.

Defence Ministry says earned $333m from diamonds

HARARE – The Ministry of Defence, Security and War Veterans said on Thursday diamond mining firm Anjin Investments, in which it had a 50-50 joint shareholding with the Chinese, were…

Pick n Pay’s Zim associate boosts profits

HARARE – TM Supermarket boosted profits in the 52-weeks to February 25 2018, contributing significantly to South African retailer Pick N Pay Stores’ financial performance during the period.

Dangote hits brick wall again… till in search of a coal resource

Tinashe Makichi Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, who expressed interest in tapping local investment opportunities, appears to be missing all his indicated investment targets, raising concerns

Contrasting State and currency in Rhodesia, Zim…Survival and collapse under international ostracism

Dr Tinashe Nyamunda Although Zimbabwe was the victorious outcome of a nationalist struggle against Rhodesia, there were significant continuities in the country’s economic structures in the first two decades of…

Utilitarianism vs Pragmatism…Government’s new dilemma

Taurai Mangudhla Some philosophical pennyworth proclaims that action which results in the greatest good for the utility of society tends to be the best action. The Government recently made major concessions…

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