Posts by Charles Rukuni

The Zimbabwe Electricity Authority and Energy Minister, Herbert Ushewokunze, seem to be playing a dangerous game that will ultimately hurt the consumer whom Ushewokunze claims he is trying to protect.…

The present monetary measures which resulted in building societies suspending lending money for new projects coupled with the current drought could be a blessing in disguise to the individual home…

Illegal gold panners may be causing untold damage to the country's rivers but illegal buyers are cashing in on these desperate villagers who are now selling the precious metal at…

Conflicting signals about investment in Zimbabwe have been flashed by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), which represents the manufacturing sector of the country, and the International Finance corporation (IFC),…

News that Peugeot and TA Holdings are planning to assemble vehicles here is good news indeed because despite the limitations, cars assembled in Zimbabwe -on a dollar-for-dollar basis- are much…

The local press seems to have a deliberate tendency to make everything regarding senior government officials sound so noble. Information Minister Victoria Chitepo retired nobly becoming the first minister in…

Home Affairs deputy Minister, Dumiso Dabengwa, seems to have developed a knack for opening lids that his bosses and compatriots would want to see remain closed. He has been at…

How much is the public told? With most financial institutions turning to computerisation to facilitate speedy monetary transactions, Zimbabwe may well have thrown itself into the complicated world of computer…

The acute shortage of urban residential accommodation of all types throughout the country continues to deteriorate. Besides, with construction costs going up by 36 percent a year, there is an…

The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, which was given a grant of $9.85 million to cover some of its losses and to help run Television Two and Radio Four, seems to be…