IN its role as the arbiter of the financial sector, regulator and lender of last resort, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has a direct and central role to play […]
Archive | 2004
Monetary policies push banks to brink of collapse
Dumisani Ndlela IN a short satirical film, a cow urges a little pig to abandon its ambition of becoming a shepherd dog, informing the pig that its reason for existe […]
It’s noble to acknowledge efforts of all actors, colonel
By TD WaMzezethure IT was good to see and hear Colonel Samuel Muvuti on the national broadcaster as he spoke proudly about how the Grain Marketing Board he heads li […]
Zanu PF prefers to be feared than loved
By Denford Magora WHY should the people of Zimbabwe believe anything government tells us, especially during the Senate election campaign?
Scared Mugabe could choke on CIO advice
By Bill Saidi LAST May, the government launched Operation Murambatsvina that everybody in the country came to know as The Tsunami. (more…)
Preventing global pandemics a tall order
World View with Gwynne Dyer IT would be funny if it were not so serious. As migratory birds carry the avian influenza virus west across Europe, Britain is following in […]
Contest for Mugabe’s attention
By Chido Makunike IN recent years we have become accustomed to the amazing belligerence expressed in the statements of public officials in Zimbabwe.
Senate election casts shadow on MDC
Ray Matikinye THE low-level conflict that emerged from the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)’s national executive council meeting last Wednesday over whether or not to participate in the forthcoming election […]
Calls for Gono to quit unjustified
By Bornwell Chakaodza “FIX it or go” (Zimbabwe Independent, Editor’s memo, October 7). “Stop the destruction, Gono must go”, said Tendai Biti, MDC’s secretary for economic affairs; and “Gono’s trillions […]
State-ownership of land a backward step
By John Robertson GOVERNMENT’S proposals to replace the former freehold title to agricultural land with a 99-year leasehold system appear to offer political advantages that make the concept attractive to […]