Was the January 2019 Shut Down Zimbabwe protest worth it?
On 12 January 2019, President Mnangagwa announced that the government had decided to raise the fuel prices by more than 200% with petrol pump price being set at $3.33 per litre and diesel at $3.11 per litre. This he said was put in place to address the fuel shortage and illegal currency and fuel trading […]
How to use dirty Zimbabwean US Dollars outside Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s economy is definitely an interesting one with the multi-currency system, shortage of foreign currency and the trending away from Bond notes. With the multi-tiered pricing and recent shortages, one thing that has stood out is that cash is king and more in particular, US dollars. It is no secret that a large percentage of […]
Get US Dollar hard cash in Zimbabwe through WorldRemit
Bond notes, US dollar, RTGS and so on keep Zimbabwe’s economic machine in motion. As far as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is concerned, these are officially at a one to one ratio. But, as those living Zimbabwe at the moment know, that is not the case at all! Zimbabwe’s economy has once again gone […]
Dangerous drivers in Zimbabwe
With the cops off the road, it’s been a welcome relief from the fines, harassment and often the daylight robbery. But now that they are gone the roads have become lawless, the number of idiotic drivers has seemed to increase along with the number of cars which are not clearly road worthy. From my observation […]
Where to get the scarf Emmerson Mnangagwa wore at the World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum holds an annual meeting in Davos at the end of January where leaders of politics, business and society converge to discuss various issues facing the world in an effort to make a positive change. It is not very often that a Zimbabwean President is invited to attend the meetings. But, with […]
Zimbabwe’s Military coup, Mugabe must go, continuing to live our lives
If you are part of a Whatsapp group or an avid social media user, then mid last week, you would have started getting messages and seeing updates about tanks and military personnel making their way to Harare. On the back of Emmerson Mnangagwa’s recent sacking as Vice-President of Zimbabwe, the Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence […]
The importance of house or stand price, suburb density and other factors in fulfilling your real estate dream in Zimbabwe
A miss is as good as a mile. A situation in which you manage to buy a house or stand for sale somewhere at the backyard of the property market when the initial dream was about one in Harare North’s affluent Borrowdale Brooke will never cover up for the fact that you failed to achieve […]
How do you afford emergency medical care in Zimbabwe?
Now and then, we face situations where we are involved in accidents or, things go wrong with our bodies and we need emergency medical attention. During these times we really aren’t left with much of a choice but to seek medical attention in order to get back to a normal or close to normal state […]
Critical know-how before buying immovable property in Zimbabwe
When you want to buy immovable property its important to know what to do and where to start. A lack of this know-how has led many people’s hard earned cash into the evil hands of fraudsters . Others have invested into motor vehicles using funds set aside for property investments because the know-how about buying […]
Financial consequences of purchasing property from a seriously ill seller in Zimbabwe & other purchases to avoid
Questionable contractual capacity of a seriously-ill seller In Zimbabwe purchasing property being sold by a seriously-ill seller can be dangerous so it must be approached with great caution. If the seller heals, armed with medical records he can rise from the death bed with a backlash and claim that when he sold, he did so […]