Posts by Charles Rukuni

Zimbabwe Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube presented his mid-year budget review on Thursday which, among other things, sought to promote the use of the country’s local currency the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG).…

Britain’s Minister for Justice Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede yesterday told the House of Lords that he did not know anything about detained Citizens Coalition for Change activists who have been…

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube says duty for a number of selected goods will be payable in local currency only from 1 August in a push to promote use of the…

Zimbabwe’s currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), firmed slightly from 13.7852 yesterday to 13.7821 after the government announced a raft of measures aimed at promoting the use of the local currency. The…

Zimbabwe has blacklisted 51 contractors for diverting money paid to them by the government to the blackmarket. The Ministry of Finance said it has been monitoring the contractors from 18…

United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Pamela Tremont says she did not come to Zimbabwe to play golf but to solve problems. She told the United States propaganda channel, Voice of…

Zimbabwe’s mainline churches under their umbrella body the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations have welcomed the announcement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he will be stepping down at the end…

The ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front is now dominating the headlines in both private media and online publications which normally focus on the opposition. But most of the stories…

Zimbabwe’s banks have backed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s plan to make the local currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), the country’s sole currency before 2030 but only if the country manages to…

Economist Eddie Cross, who says he has been involved in the Zimbabwe economy for more than 60 years, says Zimbabwe has lost more than US$40 billion through illegal sales of…