Posts by Charles Rukuni

Zimbabwe has the third most expensive diesel in Africa after Malawi and the Central African Republic. Libya has the cheapest diesel in Africa at only 3 US cents a litre…

The Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Angeline Gata yesterday told Parliament the dilemma her ministry is facing in trying to get pregnant girls back to school. She said…

South Africans are wearily attuned to governments’ Orwellian misuse of language. After all, South Africa is a country where a one-time government passed a law (the Natives Abolition of Passes…

Doctor and plumber A doctor phoned a plumber at 2am and asked if he could come and fix his home toilet which was out of order. “Do you know what…

Ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front chief whip Pupurayi Togarepi today asked Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda whether it was mere routine to announce the list of ministers who have…

Get yourself a boyfriend A young female teacher, teaching grammatical errors and how to correct them asked her class to correct the following sentence: “I didn’t have no fun during…

Marondera Central legislator Caston Matewu has accused the private sector of turning internship, commonly known as attachment, into modern day slavery. He told Parliament yesterday that some institutions, especially those…

The United States embassy in Harare has been paying its locally employed staff in cash in United States dollars since 2015 without the required authorisation from the Treasury Department in…

The Zimbabwe Republic Police has released a list of 290 motorists who are wanted for violating traffic lights regulations in Harare. The motorists have been asked to report to Mkushi…

Nearly 50 000 pupils dropped out of school last year with more than two-thirds dropping out of secondary school, Deputy Education Minister Angeline Gata says. She said 15 809 dropped…