Eddie Cross Zimbabwe

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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By Eddie Cross The electrical power crisis that has enveloped southern Africa has its roots in our post liberation history. Prior to that, the utilities created by the States of southern Africa exhibited considerable foresight and…
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Eddie Cross: "Where does this leave us in Africa? Apart from the fact that we are recolonising our former colonial masters by migration, Africa remains the major hope of meeting the demands of the future for resources and food. We have 60…
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By Eddie Cross From 1980 when we achieved Independence, to 1997, the agricultural industry in Zimbabwe not only recovered from the years of war and economic sanctions but grew steadily and was the largest single contributor to the…
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Eddie Cross: "When State managed institutions work well they are often not recognised or rewarded and are taken for granted. When they fail, everyone suffers the consequences. At Independence in 1980, 40 per cent of the GDP of Zimbabwe was…
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By Eddie Cross In my business life I have handled several billion dollars of revenue and expenditure over a period of 65 years. In that time, I have been blatantly approached and asked for a bribe once - by a local politician who was the…
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By Eddie Cross What role does faith play in our futures? Does it have a role in any way? Is it something from our distant past and now almost irrelevant? Are these real questions that need answers in today's secular and agnostic world?…
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