Posts by Charles Rukuni

Zimbabwe today declared the coronavirus pandemic a national disaster and has banned public gatherings of more than 100 people for the next 60 days. It also postponed national independence celebrations…

Zimbabwe is expected to announce the way forward on handling the coronavirus pandemic when its cabinet meets today. The country has so far not reported any confirmed cases of Covid-19.…

A British tourist who visited Zimbabwe last week and returned home has tested positive for coronavirus, Health Minister Obadiah Moyo said today. “Today we received a report that a tourist…

All eyes will be on the Zimbabwe interbank exchange rate today as commercial banks decide, for the first time in years, the exchange rate between the Zimbabwe dollar and other…

Zimbabwe Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube today suspended the fungibility of three companies’ stocks to try and halt a rout of the nation’s currency. The year-long measure affects Old Mutual Ltd.,…

A British Lord has suggested that the British government should consider offering an economic rescue package to Zimbabwe to give hope to the people but the plan was shot down…

Ever optimistic economist Eddie Cross, who is also a member of the Monetary Policy Committee, says the Zimbabwe dollar might initially drop to 22:1 on the interbank market but it…

Zimbabwe Minister of State Security Owen Ncube was today added to the United States sanctions list together with Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Tanzania Anselem Sanyatwe who is also former commander of…