Posts by Charles Rukuni

Zimbabwe ended February with only 6 714 new coronavirus cases and 57 deaths, down from 16 408 new cases and 334 deaths in January. Though February is a shorter month…

Last year the South African cabinet said it will not renew a permit it used to regularise Zimbabweans living in the country. About 180 000 Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders…

ZISCOsteel will breathe new economic lease of life into the Midlands Province with the chosen investor, Kuvimba Mining planning to inject US$460 million into the venture, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said…

Zimbabwe’s richest man Strive Masiyiwa has announced his retirement as chairman and director of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited, Zimbabwe’s leading telecommunications services provider. Masiyiwa, who founded the company in 1998,…

Zimbabwe's annual inflation accelerated to 66.1% in February, up from 60.6% the previous month to reach a six-month high, according to the data released by Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT).…

Zimbabwe yesterday recorded 115 coronavirus infections at schools pushing the tally for the week- Monday to Friday- to 545 but experts continue to say that parents should not panic. Zimbabwe…

Zimbabwean telecommunications billionaire and founder of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Strive Masiyiwa has retired from the company he started to pursue new opportunities. The “vision caster” has moved on, Douglas Mboweni,…

Zimbabwe yesterday recorded 378 new coronavirus cases, 96 of them at schools across six provinces, pushing the number of active cases to 4 130. Two people died and 214 recovered.…

Zimbabwe Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday told Parliament that the country was not going back to using the United States dollar as the sole currency because it was a very…

Until 1989, Africa was characterised by many authoritarian governments. After that, democracy took root as countries abolished military dictatorships, undertook constitutional reviews and embraced multiparty politics and elections. This promoted…