Posts by Charles Rukuni

Finance Minister Tendai Biti today called on the government to finalise land reform. He also called for a "comprehensive agriculture reform strategy" to spur growth and help attain the 19%…

Finance Minister Tendai Biti today said that his ministry received US$23 million from the sale of diamonds from the eastern Marange field this month but this is not enough to…

One of the key liberation commanders, Wilfred Mhanda, known in the war as Dzinashe Machingura, today called for a commission of inquiry into the death of Solomon Mujuru in a…

Zimbabwe's electricity regulator today ordered a 31 percent tariff increase, in a move it said was meant to ensure the state-owned power utility ZESA's profitability. The increase would see the…

Vice-President Joice Mujuru today called for an investigation into the death of her husband Solomon last week in a fire at his farm. Mrs Mujuru said the farmhouse's many exits…

Impala Platinum, the world's second largest producers of platinum, today said its Zimbabwe unit Zimplats was in talks with the government after authorities rejected its black empowerment plan. Zimbabwe's government…

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions is facing a possible split, after serious infighting led to one faction to boycott the labour movement's congress at the weekend, reports said today.…

Air Zimbabwe has bought two new A340-200 Airbus passenger planes from France in a deal bankrolled by Mbada Diamonds, one of the mining firms licensed to mine at the controversial…

President Robert Mugabe today appealed for tolerance and peace between Zimbabwe’s leading political parties. Speaking at the burial of Gen. Solomon Mujuru, Mugabe said: “We don’t want any violence. Please,…

President Robert Mugabe today appointed a nine-member Anti-Corruption Commission headed by Denford Chirindo, who previously worked in the ministries of defence and justice and legal affairs. Chirindo's deputy is policy…