Posts by Charles Rukuni

Zimbabwe today recorded 62 new coronavirus cases, 20 of them in the Midlands where the third wave broke out in July, but 87 people recovered, 63 of them from Manicaland.…

After spending a projected $60 billion for grain purchases this year, the government will pay an extra $18 billion to clear loans taken by defaulting farmers, Treasury revealed yesterday, as…

Zimbabwe Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday allocated $117.7 billion to the Ministry of Health and said this was 14.9% of the country’s total budget. Zimbabwe fact-checking organization Zimfact argues that…

Zimbabwe’s annual inflation for November rose by nearly 4 percentage points to reach 58.4% from 54.49% in October. Month-on-month inflation, however, dropped from 6.4% to 5.76%. The November inflation is…

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Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on Thursday presented his budget for 2022. Here are our major highlights from the 2022 national budget presented today. ZWL$927.3 billion budget was proposed. Revenue of…

On November 25, the South African government announced it would not extend the validity of special permits first granted to Zimbabwean immigrants in 2009 beyond December 2022. Background South Africa…

South Africa today announced that it will not be renewing special permits for Zimbabweans and has given them 12 months to regularise their stay in that country or get deported.…

Cement producer PPC says cement sales volumes in Zimbabwe grew by a better-than-expected 19% in the six months to September, as the industry saw double-digit growth in demand for cement.…

Mashonaland Central now has only one case of recorded coronavirus as Zimbabwe continues to win its fight over the pandemic that has killed 4 703 people in the country so…