Posts by Charles Rukuni

There is nothing about "Never in a thousand years" (Former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith's vow that blacks would never be allowed to rule the country now named Zimbabwe in…

President Robert Mugabe seems to have a knack for making blunders whenever the country seems to be steering towards greater democracy and accountability. After his government had just announced measures…

The next general elections may be some time away but the Catholic Church seems to have made an early start to conscientise people on the need to vote. But at…

One of the things that could see the diminution of ZANU-PF’s power is a breakup of the current leadership of the party, particularly if President Robert Mugabe should disappear from…

Rumours about the death of Finance Minister Bernard Chidzero sparked more debate about his successor than whether they were true or not. The name that was on most people’s lips…

The old proverb, once beaten twice shy, seems to be doing wonders within the police force. After surviving a scandal that nearly cost him the most coveted post in the…

When the whistle blew out on Nathan Shamuyarira as a former member of the dreaded Front for the Liberation of Zimbabwe (FROLIZI) this may have put President Robert Mugabe in…

Outspoken Mutare South Member of Parliament Lazarus Nzarayebani has proposed a cabinet of 12 down from the present 24 excluding the President and his deputies. The cabinet is as follows:…

Zimbabwe could lose a sizeable chunk of its multi-million dollar aid from the United States just because some of its diplomats in Washington have not been paying parking fines. Republican…

Mayor Urimbo may have been completely forgotten by his colleagues in the ruling party after being removed from his powerful post of national political commissar but he certainly made history…