Zimbabwe: Soldiers riot over cash shortage
HARARE: Uniformed Zimbabwean soldiers raided one of the capital's money-changing haunts after becoming frustrated with queuing to withdraw cash at a Harare bank, according to an IRIN correspondent who witnessed the event. 1 Dec 2008 14:40

Zim-China trade hits US$500m mark
Asian giant is country's second largest trading partner after SA. 27 Nov 2008 10:42

Zimbabwe: No jingle bells, just a hopeless Christmas
[Dumisani Ndlela] What used to be a festive season full of spending has turned out to be a time of grief for both shoppers and retailers in Zimbabwe. Shops which used to burst with customers scrambling for bargains are desolate, and newspapers, which used to struggle to cope with advertorials on retail specials, are battling to fill advertising space. 24 Nov 2008 09:22

Zimbabwe: Less food for more mouths
JOHANNESBURG: The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is moving into top gear this month to feed four million Zimbabweans, but severe funding shortages mean the organisation's coffers are beginning to run on empty, which has caused a cut in rations to below the minimum dietary recommendations. 13 Nov 2008 10:52

Zimbabwe: Hunting for good garbage to eat
Desperate entrepreneurs are scouring rubbish dumps, abattoirs and poisoned waterways for scraps of food to eat or sell to other equally hungry Zimbabweans in a bid for survival. 6 Nov 2008 07:42

Zimbabwe: The grey economy is the real one
Takunda Moyo, 35, seems the epitome of a successful business person: he drives a sleek car, wears designer label clothes, and is never short of a dollar or two. He is part of a new class of entrepreneur - the illegal foreign exchange hustler. 5 Nov 2008 07:30

Zimbabwe: 'Just airlift the food'
It gets worse each day for Zimbabweans struggling with shortages and escalating food prices, now denominated in US dollars. 3 Nov 2008 14:17

Zimbabwe's survival recipe book
Rural Zimbabweans have always turned to an emergency larder of wild foods to see them through hard times, but in this year of shortages and dizzying prices for all basic foodstuffs, the fruits and roots foraged from the bush are keeping many alive. 30 Oct 2008 10:10

RTGs: Wise technology put to wrong use in Zimbabwe
The introduction of the Real Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS) a few years ago further enhanced the country's reputation for having one of the most advanced banking systems on the African continent, but there is now a serious rethink on whether such an advanced payments system is good for Zimbabwe, a nation battling its worst economic crisis in history. 27 Oct 2008 10:58

Zimbabwe: Military seed merchants
The distribution of agricultural inputs such as maize seed and fertilizer for the 2008/09 season has become the domain of Zimbabwe's military and President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party. 24 Oct 2008 08:54

Zimbabwe: All aboard for a 2,500km shopping trip
The bus route between South Africa, the continent's largest economy, and Zimbabwe, the world's fastest shrinking economy outside of a war zone, is a crucial lifeline for people faced with increasing food insecurity. 17 Oct 2008 07:04

Zimbabwe: A day in the life of hyperinflation
Tendai Moyo, 28, living in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, goes into a shop in the downtown area and heads for a shelf where, a day ago, she saw a feeding bottle she wanted to buy for her three-month-old son. 16 Oct 2008 06:32

Zimbabwe: Retail business now a pain for operators
[Dumisani Ndlela] Alex Peterson has been in the retail business all his life. His family has run a fleet of businesses, which include supermarkets, beer outlets and butcheries, for over 45 years. 14 Oct 2008 15:23