Opinion

By Takura Zhangazha The recent economic policy contradictions that emerged in the aftermath of the mid-term fiscal policy review by Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa were odd but familiar. The minister had announced that the government…
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By Eddie Cross On the 4th of May 2016, the Reserve Bank announced that they were going to start printing and issuing a new local currency that they would call “Bond Notes”. Clearly they were working on the new notes being an…
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By Lenin Tinashe Chisaira The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy will be going around the country conducting public hearings on the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill from 19 to 24 September 2016. The history of…
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By William Muchayi In the world of diplomacy as one observer realised, some things are left unsaid but it doesn’t necessarily imply that they don’t exist.  It is on this premise that an understanding of the backdoor dealings between the…
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De Villiers Mushiringi and Steve Mtusva - The greatest failure of the ZANU PF administration has been in failing to acknowledge that they have failed.
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By Obert Gutu The beleaguered and faction - ridden Zanu PF regime has since gone completely rogue. On Saturday, September 17, 2016, the collapsing regime, fronted by Robert Mugabe, proved to the entire world, beyond a shadow of doubt,…
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Tendai Biti - "The biggest challenge of any Zanu PF government is the failure to live within its means and the assumption that money grows on trees. Chinamasa must take full responsibility for abandoning the cash budgeting principle; “We…
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By Garikai Mafirakureva Some 20 000 years ago, there lived the oldest tribe in the Southern Africa, referred to as the San. The most intriguing thing about the San was their hunting methods. They used bow and arrow even against the…
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By Eddie Cross Someone said to me after the Minister of Finance had presented his midterm budget review in the House of Assembly this week, that this was a “Fudge It” review. I think that about sums it up. It was lengthy – 253 pages,…
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