Posts by Charles Rukuni

Two UK-listed companies have passed key milestones in their push to start mining lithium at separate projects in Zimbabwe, reflecting sustained interest in Zimbabwean lithium despite an uncertain outlook for…

The Zimbabwe dollar has depreciated by 647% this year but this is hurting those in the formal sector most, IH Securities says in its latest consumer report. The local currency…

Zimbabwe has recorded its highest-ever tobacco output, earning US$793 million so far, and the small-scale farmers who have made it possible are demanding a bigger say in how their crop…

Zimbabwe’s Parliament has okayed nomination fees that were gazetted last year saying they do not infringe the country’s constitution. This was after Parliament’s Legal committee met on 12 June and…

The Member of Parliament for Harare North, Allan Markham, today stormed out of Parliament after Joseph Chinotimba referred to him as white, saying he is disgusted by the racism from…

COVID is back in Zimbabwe and it does not want elections, legislator Ruth Labode, who is a medical doctor, told Parliament yesterday. She said that COVID was on the increase,…

The Zimbabwe dollar today dropped to $5 978.6794 to the United States dollar closing the gap with the black market which was put at $7 800 by Zimpricecheck. Offers by…

The International Monetary Fund has urged Zimbabwe to take further steps on currency reform, after the southern African nation stopped short of free-floating its local dollar. The credibility and effectiveness…

Exiled Zimbabwean politician, Jonathan Moyo, says he dumped Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa because he has changed big time from the candidate that contested the 2018 elections. Moyo…

I have watched, reported on and participated in the past 10 elections that Zimbabwe has held so far. The 2023 elections due in six weeks are quite different. The lackadaisical…