Posts by Charles Rukuni

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader has insisted that his party is ready to participate in forthcoming elections, despite the rigging and repression he said was already under way to keep President…

The Zimbabwe dollar today shed $21.18 to average $1 021.2072 against the United States dollar as the central bank said it would soon be introducing a gold-backed digital currency to…

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mangagwa today said the hosting of the country’s 43rd Independence celebrations at Mt Darwin, which he referred to as Mt Pfura, had proved that any community could…

Zimbabwe plans to keep its local currency as legal tender, even as the US dollar is now the unit of choice for most transactions in the economy. The extensive use…

Every year, the Zimbabwe government releases its crop assessment survey, which lays out the estimated productivity of the farming season. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Agriculture released its report for…

Exiled politician Jonathan Moyo says bumper harvests in election years have significantly favoured the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front at the polls since 1980, especially but not only…

A British Lord Peter Grant has queried by Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa was invited to the coronation of King Charles on 6 May despite his poor human rights record. He…

The Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), which has governed Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, is well known for denouncing the United States’ role as a superpower that polices the…

Zimbabwe’s maize harvest will be 2 298 281 metric tonnes this year, a 58% increase from the 2021-2022 season, which was hit by poor rainfall.  This year’s harvest is lower…