Posts by Charles Rukuni

Indian engineering company RITES, formerly known as Rail India Technical and Economic Services, has signed a US$81.2 million contract to supply diesel locomotives and wagons to the National Railways of…

The Zimbabwe dollar today dropped to $6 713.3462 to the United States at the central bank’s wholesale foreign currency auction narrowing the gap with the black market rate of $8…

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…