Posts by Charles Rukuni

Zimbabwe today devalued its local currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), by 44% to trade at 24.3902 against the United States dollar, down from 13.9987 yesterday. The local currency was under…

Today is the third quarterly payment date (QPD) for the year, the second after the introduction of Zimbabwe’s new currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). Central Bank governor John Mushayavanhu promised…

I left The Chronicle after nine years and returned to freelancing. I started The Insider, nine months later after our plan, with other journalists including Sakake, to start a weekly…

I have been quiet for some time. Thinking. I have been running The Insider single-handedly for 34 years. The month of August was, therefore,  a time to reflect on my…

Payments in Zimbabwe’s latest currency, the Zimbabwe Gold, now account for 40% of transactions, up from 20% when the currency was introduced in April, Finance permanent secretary George Guvamatanga said…

Zimbabwe should de-dollarise otherwise its new currency the Zimbabwe Gold will go the way other currencies Zimbabwe has tried to introduce have gone, economist Eddie Cross says. Writing on his…

Zimbabwe has come up with a de-dollarisation roadmap which will soon be presented by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube. This was announced after yesterday’s cabinet meeting but there were no details…

Former Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa says it is not easy to lead or run a political party under a dictatorship especially without a budget and in an…

The Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) has brought some stability into the market enabling some smoothness for business operations, IH Securities says in its commentary on the mid-year budget review presented on…

Zimbabwe Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube presented his mid-year budget review on Thursday which, among other things, sought to promote the use of the country’s local currency the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG).…