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In Zimbabwe's ruling coalition, one operator has built a role most politicians run from — absorbing every attack meant for the President. Read through Selectorate Theory, it is the most rational job in the country.
The President of Zimbabwe set the destination — upper middle-income status by 2030, the World Bank GNI threshold of US$4,516 per capita. Cabinet wrote the policy. One operator is converting the speeches into water, housing, hospital beds and village shareholding. His name is Dr Paul Tungwarara.
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Every African economy that has destroyed its currency did so the same way: printed first, explained later. Zimbabwe's new currency regime is attempting the opposite. This is the story of what changed, who forced it, and what it costs to hold the line.
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Zimbabwe welcomed a new guardian of its public purse. Mrs. Vimbai Kadenge Chikwenhere — Big Four-trained, internationally seasoned, and unapologetically Zimbabwean — was unanimously approved by Parliament as the country's new Auditor-General. But Chikwenhere is no ordinary successor.
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On a Friday afternoon in Sandton, a fund manager who covers frontier debt pulls up Zimbabwe on his screen for the first time in 3 years. Q1 revenues 24% above target. March inflation at 4.4%. The ZiG holding at roughly 26.7 to the dollar through quarter-end. He
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Guvamatanga: Seasoned Bankers Delivering Over Performing Revenue and Record Growth Targets Wins Against Opposition Sabotage. Meanwhile Critics Offer Only Noise & No Plan
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Revenue over-performance is a phrase governments use to dress up luck. When Zimbabwe's Treasury says it, the numbers tell a different story. Q1 revenue came in 24 percent above target. Twelve percent above the prior year. The budget deficit is projected to stay inside 0.5 percent
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Guvamatanga's IMF-Backed Genius Delivers 10% GDP BOOM – Outshining World Bank, Rewriting Africa's Destiny! 🔥🚀
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A PowerList.Africa Feature | March 2026
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Zimbabwe's GDP hits $52.4 billion after ZIMSTAT rebasing. Largest SADC economy outside South Africa. What the new number means for debt, policy, and Vision 2030.
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France says no US pressure. Ramaphosa's spokesperson says otherwise. Ghana wins historic UN slavery resolution. Zimbabwe confirms 15 citizens killed fighting for Russia. The continent's political chessboard is moving fast.
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Three men. One fabricated association. A political science autopsy of how Zimbabwe misreads the relationship between party capital, private enterprise, and activist freelancing — and why it matters for 2030.