Posts by Charles Rukuni

Zimbabwe yesterday recorded only five coronavirus deaths and 297 new cases as it continues to battle the Omicron variant which has so far claimed 239 lives this month. The country…

Zimbabwe has urged all eligible teachers and pupils to be vaccinated before school open, most likely in three weeks. Acting Health Minister Amon Murwira said schools had one week to…

Zimbabwe yesterday extended the Level Two national lockdown by two weeks as coronavirus cases continued to decline but deaths remained high. The extension also meant that schools will remain closed…

Britain does not have any power to force Zimbabwe to allow those in the diaspora to vote. It can only urge Zimbabwe to do so. This came out when two…

A Canadian province, Quebec, is looking to introduce a “significant” tax on its residents who refuse to receive a Covid-19 vaccination. Citing the “huge burden” unvaccinated people place on health…

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has gone on leave until 5 February. His Deputy Constantino Chiwenga will be acting president. Mnangagwa went on leave from yesterday. His spopkesman George Charamba said Mnangagwa…

Coronavirus cases in Zimbabwe yesterday dropped to 16 554 after the country recorded 651 new cases and seven deaths but 1 659 people recovered. What was interesting, however, was that…

Though Zimbabwe is currently facing vaccine hesitancy which scuttled its plan to have 10 million people fully vaccinated by the end of last year to attain herd immunity, a whopping…

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe today warned schools and pharmacies against manipulating the local currency saying it would deploy all tools at its disposal to deal with the malpractice. The…

Zimbabwe’s education delivery has been under pressure since 2018 due to under-investment, low wages and Covid-19, a British junior minister told Parliament yesterday. Vicky Ford, junior minister in the Foreign,…