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Goodbye 2020, Welcome 2021 What a year this has been, not many of us would want to see a repeat. But has it been so bad really? In Zimbabwe we started the year with 700 per cent inflation, a balanced budget but much diminished incomes and an economy which was already in steep decline. Then Covid in March. What more could this world of ours throw at us? Source: Eddie Cross The answer was a lot more if we could take it. My own view is that we had Covid 19 quite early on. The flow of Chinese to a...

What’s new? As Zimbabwe’s political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of “quiet diplomacy” with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open up political space and reform its economy. Why does it matter? With Zimbabwe’s people slipping further into destitution, crackdowns fostering a growing sense of grievance within the opposition, and political divisions pitting ruling-party members against one another, the country could...