Eddie Cross Zimbabwe

By Eddie Cross Last week I wrote 2000 words on why it was not in our national interest to continue with the use of foreign currencies for domestic settlement. I thought the case was strong but I was surprised when our President took…
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Eddie Cross: "Any informed observer of our economy must be astonished at the things that go on here. Many of which bear no relation to the situation on the ground or even rational thinking. This past week has been no exception. In all I…
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Eddie Cross: "We need to stop harassing the informal sector, stop raids on vendors and replace this with registration and recognition. We need to abandon import duties on all goods coming into the country and leave it to competition to sort…
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By Eddie Cross I am not a South African, so I venture into their space with trepidation as I know how sensitive these things are. But I am an African and a keen observer of events that affect all of us who live in the south of the…
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By Eddie Cross I do not get away very often but right now I am in the Eastern Cape which is my wife’s home base. We have not been here for 7 years and the changes and challengers are very visible. We tend to forget that not long ago this…
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By Eddie Cross I know this is sensitive ground and most would avoid commenting, but I think it is too important to the world and our own families and society to just brush it aside as just another feature of a failed society. Society in…
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By Eddie Cross The triggers for the subsequent collapse of the Zimbabwe State were many. The first was the decision in 1997 to pay the veterans of the liberation war reparations for their sacrifice in the form of a grant that cost Z$3,6…
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By Eddie Cross 20 years ago, a family in the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe held a family gathering and decided that the only child with something of an education, aged 17, should be sent to South Africa to find a job and start to send money…
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By Eddie Cross: "If we abandoned exchange control, floated our own currency and established a proper market for the currencies being traded, our own dollar would quickly re-emerge as first choice and emerge as a strong regional currency…
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Eddie Cross: "I get the sense that Christmas this year is going to be very subdued across the globe. In Europe, the war in Ukraine has not only torn that country apart and plunged millions into a cold, hard winter with massive disruption of…
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