Vol 58 No 4 | ZIMBABWE ZANU-PF digs for votes 17th February 2017 Fuel trader Trafigura is boosting the ruling party by lending at an inordinate rate to a flagship agricultural programme The commodity giant Trafigura is providing major financial support to a government programme called Command Agriculture in what is widely seen as a major boost to the Zimbabwe Afri...
Vol 58 No 1 | ZIMBABWE Mugabe's waiting room 6th January 2017 Vice-President Mnangagwa looks increasingly set to take over the reins despite the First Lady's strong opposition The country's restless public has failed to dislodge its nonagenarian leader, Robert Mugabe, who has ruled since 1980. If predictions of his demise have been as premature as they h...
Vol 57 No 23 | ZIMBABWE Loosing the bonds 18th November 2016 The International Monetary Fund removed its 'remedial measures' on Zimbabwe on 14 November, just as clarity emerged over the financing of Harare's controversial 'bond notes'. Harar...
Vol 57 No 22 | ZIMBABWE Getting ready for trouble 4th November 2016 Politicians who benefited from land seizures are paying compensation and getting title deeds – in case the political tide turns The government is making several payments to dispossessed farmers to regularise the legal status of land held by President Robert Mugabe's family and leading members of the ruling ...
Vol 57 No 20 | ZIMBABWE Fears of a great unravelling 7th October 2016 Calls for an emergency financing conference are growing amid deepening risks of economic and political chaos After a flash of mid-year optimism about the prospects of a deal to settle Zimbabwe's foreign debt arrears and an injection of new money, there is a political impasse about how to ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 57 No 17 | ZIMBABWE Patriotism, politics and position 26th August 2016 The patriotic pastor is in exile but opposition parties are regrouping to keep up the anti-ZANU-PF momentum The euphoria created by the #ThisFlag campaign, which mobilises tens of thousands of supporters and is spearheaded by the now-exiled evangelical Pastor Evan Mawarire, is likely to ...
Vol 57 No 15 | ZIMBABWE Dollar crisis puts opposition on the streets 22nd July 2016 Economic meltdown and political anger raise doubts about the International Monetary Fund debt deal When the government failed to pay army salaries on time on 14 July, it sparked fresh argument among ministers and ruling party barons about the way out of the economic morass. Army... READ FOR FREE
Vol 57 No 13 | ZIMBABWE Political questions loom as debt deal is set for September 20th June 2016 International creditors have agreed to the government's plan to repay arrears but politicians and activists voice concern This week, the government is to finalise its agreement to repay some US$1.86 billion of arrears to multilateral financial institutions. That will trigger its re-entry into the inte... READ FOR FREE
Vol 57 No 9 | ZIMBABWE Morgan goes it alone 29th April 2016 Despite mobilising thousands against the government, the opposition is failing to exploit the ruling party's weakness and division Even with two years to go until the next general elections, the prospects for a grand opposition coalition to unseat the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front look...
Vol 57 No 7 | ZIMBABWE Dollar curbs anger bigwigs 1st April 2016 The central bank is restricting dollar exports in the face of strong resistance from the ruling elite Government officials and bankers are 'narrowing options' for international transfers in US dollars because correspondent banks fear the United States government will punish them fo...