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A Swiss-based global commodities trader is facing accusations that it used a Zanu-PF-linked local facilitator and partner to ‘capture’ exclusive fuel supply rights to Zimbabwe.
A decision by Zimbabwe to effectively create a new national currency for the first time since adopting the US dollar in 2009 would fail without associated fiscal reforms to restore trust, says a former finance minister.
Veteran journalist and long-time Zimbabwe observer, Barry Wood, reports on the case for and against the global community bailing out President Mnangagwa and his long-ruling Zanu PF party.
The editorial board of the Financial Times has published a scathing overview of Zimbabwe, predicting that it is heading for a Venezuela-style meltdown.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is being defied by members of his ruling party who are orchestrating a violent crackdown after demonstrations this month, government and military officials said.
As a new wave of desperate Zimbabweans make plans to relocate to other countries, the country’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reached out to the international community to ask for support in reviving the economy.
It seems Zimbabwe’s now de facto democratically-elected President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s biggest problem is just how to restore international confidence by making some bold moves that will ignite vague hope that the country’s economy can be turned around.
This is a cogent, rational argument by DA leader, Mmusi Maimane in his interpretation of the Zimbabwe elections and the parallels he draws with South Africa.
Former Zimbabwean Finance Minister Tendai Biti, a leader of the country’s main opposition alliance, was arrested in neighbouring Zambia where he plans to seek asylum, his lawyer said.
The story of Zimbabwe as seen in Cathy Buckle’s home town, the morning after the declaration of Mr Mnangagwa as the winner of the Presidential election, can be told in a few, brief sentences.