Posts by Charles Rukuni

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…

Three hundred and thirty-four pupils have been infected with the coronavirus over the past three days despite assurances by the Ministry of Education that parents should not panic because the…

The European Union has renewed sanctions on Zimbabwe but has removed former First Lady Grace Mugabe, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and Defence Forces Chief Phillip Valerio Sibanda from the sanctions list.…

Zimbabwe’s churches have called for peaceful elections and have called on political leaders to be magnanimous in victory and gracious in defeat. In a pastoral letter entitled: The Elections we…

Zimbabwe yesterday rolled out vaccination to those aged 12 and above saying it had been cleared by the Paediatric Association of Zimbabwe. So far 4.3 million people have received at…

The Zimbabwe dollar today fell by $3.50 against the United States dollar to average $124.0189 from last week’s $120.5174. The dollar has dropped by $11.20 since 18 January when the…

Zimbabwe had no coronavirus death yesterday for the second day running but cases at schools continued to increase with 64 new cases being reported in Masvingo, Manicaland and Matebeleland North.…

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa today mocked opposition leader Nelson Chamisa for naively thinking that challenges being faced by the country can only be resolved by foreigners. While launching by-election campaigns…