The missing links in Zimbabwe’s drive for a successful China-like State capitalism

by Chido Makunike

Today’s China is perhaps the most successful example of ‘State capitalism.’ There are those who caution that the model is not all it seems, and that it is not sustainable. Even if that were the case, there is no doubt that China has become a dynamic global economic power under a type of controlled free market economy largely run by the State. Why has China’s model of State capitalism worked, while those of countries like Zimbabwe flounder?

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No loans to actual farmers in Agribank’s ‘very good loan book’

 Agribank seems to have pulled off the neat trick of 'supporting agriculture,' but very carefully avoiding lendind to the people who actually work the land; farmers.

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Talk of Chinese Yuan reserves causes hysteria in Zimbabwe, but is no big deal in Nigeria

The Chinese are causing consternation all over with their explosive economic growth and rising global influence. In many countries there is heated debate on the pros and cons of unavoidable relations with China. The peculiarities of recent Zimbabwean political and economic history mean that there is an almost emotional hysteria to discussion about various aspects of the country’s strong and growing links with the rising Asian giant, especially amongst critics of the relationship. An example is the frightened resistance to the idea of recognizing China’s growing global economic power and role as increasingly important trade partner of Zimbabwe’s by adopting its Yuan as the reserve currency instead of the US dollar,

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Bornwell Chakaodza, rest in peace

The Zimbabwe Review would like to join in the many accolades to the late Bornwell Chakaodza, well-known Zimbabwean journalist, who died of stomach cancer at age 60 on January 24, 2012.

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The messy nexus of land, property rights and race in Southern Africa

by Chido Makunike

Eddie Cross is an MDC MP with strong, frequently publicly articulated views on many issues, including the hot one of land. He has sometimes been referred to as the MDC’s ‘policy advisor,’ so his views on this subject are interesting as a window into the ‘advice’ he gives to his party on this deeply contentious issue. He argues that traditional, communal ownership of land; without individual title deeds, works against ‘development’ and against freedom and democracy. How do his arguments tie into Zimbabwe’s past and present?

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