Posts by Charles Rukuni

Coronavirus cases in Zimbabwe yesterday dropped to 18 604 after 3 445 people recovered, 2 171 of them from Mashonaland West alone. The province, which was the worst hit in…

A video purporting to show a Zimbabwean border jumper being attacked by a crocodile on the Limpopo River which went viral last week is not about a Zimbabwean but was…

Coronavirus cases in Zimbabwe seem to be declining but deaths continue to be high with 20 people dying yesterday raising the number of those who died in the first 10…

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired his State Security Minister and ally Owen Ncube for “conduct inappropriate for a minister of government”. The dismissal was announced in a statement posted…

South Africa Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has rattled that country’s establishment by arguing that the constitutional changes introduced in 1994 have brought nothing but “a sea of poverty”, adding that…

New coronavirus cases in Zimbabwe continued to decline yesterday with the country recording 373 new cases, which is normal for a Sunday as few people are tested during weekends, but…

The year 2021, although marred by the COVID-19 pandemic just like 2020, delivered impressive wealth gains for African billionaires, and also multimillionaires on the continent. These impressive gains can be…

Coronavirus recovery in Zimbabwe has slowed down over the past two days with more new cases and fewer recoveries. Yesterday, there were 636 news cases and 460 recoveries. On Friday,…

Zimbabwe has scrapped the US$20 application fee for passports which was supposed to be deposited with the country’s largest commercial bank, CBZ, before the programme had even kicked off. The…