Posts by Charles Rukuni

A Zimbabwean legislator yesterday called for laws that will bar those disparaging the country or calling for sanctions from holding political office either as councillors or Members of Parliament. Gutu…

The Zimbabwe dollar today eased by $13.16 to average $338.4921 against the United States dollar but it ranged from $460 to $600 on the black market. It was trading at…

China has overtaken the US as the foreign power seen as having the biggest positive influence in Africa by young people, according to a survey released today. A survey conducted…

Fossil Mining, which has won the bid to buy Lafarge Zimbabwe, says it plans to keep the company on the stock exchange and recapitalise it when it completes the takeover…

The euphoria after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was not just about what Francis Fukuyama called an “unabashed victory of economic and political liberalism.” It was also…

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has outlined six things that the country has to do to revive its ailing economy. Writing in his weekly column for the Sunday Mail, Mnangagwa said:…

The troubled Cold Storage Company is coming back in full force so the government is working on rooting out all unscrupulous dealers in the meat industry, Justice Minister of Justice…

Zimbabwe’s Grain Marketing Board, which is the sole buyer of the country’s staple maize, is now paying farmers within 72 hours, Lands and Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka says. He said…

Zimbabwe’s Deputy Finance Minister Clemence Chiduwa says yes. Economist Gift Mugano says yes, too, but the two do not see things the same way. Mugano says the local currency will…

More than three months since the start of the war in Ukraine, people globally are facing a cost-of-living crisis not seen in more than a generation, with escalating price shocks…