Posts by Charles Rukuni

The building boom in Bulawayo continues but Operation Hlalani Kuhle has hit a snag. The Bulawayo City Council approved building plans valued at $33 billion in January. Though this was…

I still get goose pimples every time I think of a million dollars. I know it doesn't buy much today but I just can't psyche myself up to think of…

Former student leader Arthur Mutambara sneaked into opposition politics through the back door on February 25 when he was elected president of the pro-senate faction of the Movement for Democratic…

The High Court has barred deputy Public Service Minister Abednico Ncube from kicking out his mining partner saying though their partnership had not yet been formalised in writing it was…

The pro-senate faction of the Movement for Democratic Change has always been referred to as the Welshman Ncube-led faction. Rarely was it ever called the Gibson Sibanda led faction. Yet…

It was a homegrown solution aimed at providing a quick fix to the country's economic crisis. Inflation, the country's worst enemy was still only at 76.1 percent, but the technical…

The sprawling suburb of Cowdray Park, one of the fastest growing in Bulawayo, could turn into a health time bomb because the government has been dishing out stands under Operation…

The operating profit for Zimplats, the country's largest miner of platinum, more than doubled to US$13.6 million in the last quarter of 2005 compared to the third quarter largely because…

The Bulawayo City Council has decided to take a tougher stance on individual developers who do not finish building within 24 months of purchasing residential stands. The council cancelled agreements…

I can see it all from my office. The fights. The weeping. The celebrations. The flashy cars. Even the cops. I can see it all because my office window faces…