Posts by Charles Rukuni

Yes, 44% of Zimbabweans surveyed by Afrobarometer say social media makes people less tolerant towards those who hold different views from theirs. The survey was carried out in April but…

Zimbabwe today recorded 526 new coronavirus cases and 19 deaths, which is quite a significant improvement over the last few weeks, but President Emmerson Mnangagwa extended the Level Four national…

The social architecture formed during more than three centuries of white-minority rule has maintained South Africa’s position as the world’s most unequal society, according to World Inequality Lab, a research…

Zimbabwe disbursed US$1.73 billion through the foreign currency auction system between June last year and July this year and 70% went to the productive sector. According to figure released by…

A total of 4 519 companies and small businesses have so far benefitted from the Zimbabwe Foreign Currency Auction which was launched on 23 June last year. The auction now…

Active coronavirus cases continued to drop as Zimbabwe recorded 437 new cases against 1 413 recoveries but there were 74 deaths, 51 of them in Harare. Thirteen of the deaths…

I’m writing from Victoria, the Australian state that became, in 1970, the first jurisdiction in the world to make it compulsory to wear a seat belt in a car. The…

Zimbabwe’s 13-month-old foreign currency auction system now accounts for 35% of foreign currency payments with 70% of the funds being allocated to the productive sectors. According to figures released by…

A total of 2 887 small and medium enterprises were allocated US$172 861 399 through the foreign currency auction system from 6 August 2020, when the market was opened to…

Zimbabwe today vaccinated more than 69 000 people against the coronavirus pandemic with 35 589 getting the second dose bringing to 1 002 261 people that are now fully vaccinated.…