Posts by Charles Rukuni

Zimbabwe has banned the export of all raw base mineral ores with immediate effect. This was done under Statutory Instrument 5 of 2023 which was gazetted yesterday. The Base Minerals…

Bulawayo has retained its 12 Parliamentary seats but seven have been reconfigured, according to the preliminary delimitation report that was tabled in Parliament today. There had been fears that the…

Yes, says local think-tank Veritas Zimbabwe. The report, it says, should have been tabled in Parliament by 3 January. Veritas says the constitution says the report must be tabled within…

After running The Insider single-handedly for 32 years,  Yes, 32 years, I am now looking for a young man or woman or business enterprise to monetise this website. Terms and…

Continued next page How many millionaires, centimillionaires, and billionaires live in the world’s wealthiest cities?While such metrics are not all encompassing, these measurements of private wealth do help put the…

Two Zimbabweans, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube and actress Danai Gurira, are among the 100 most reputable Africans for 2023. The selection by Reputation Poll International is based on integrity, visibility…

Ground conditions have forced Invictus Energy to abandon operations at its first drilling site, a reflection of the brave yet expensive risks that investors take on gas and oil exploration. …

In 2022, the world was hit by a series of economic challenges that took a significant toll on the wealth of billionaires.  According to data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index…

A tweet by influential US journalist Ben Norton went viral. It said: “Zimbabwe has banned all lithium exports. The government said it was losing $1.7 billion from exporting it as…