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Who propped whom: Masiyiwa vs Nyambirai?
May 1, 2026
Britain says amendment of the Zimbabwean Constitution is a sovereign, legislative matter for Zimbabwe to decide
March 24, 2026
Who started the war?
March 4, 2026
Zimbabwe 2026 monetary policy statement at a glance
March 1, 2026
Was Chombo Mugabe’s number two?
February 6, 2026
Zimbabwe’s 2026 citizen’s budget
November 30, 2025
IMF says Zimbabwe’s economic recovery in 2025 is stronger than previously anticipated
November 8, 2025
Can anyone come to your farm and start mining? It depends.
October 24, 2025
IMF says Zimbabwe has the best performing economy in SADC
October 21, 2025
Mnangagwa vs Chiwenga:Who owes who?
October 19, 2025
ZiG relatively extinct and largely irrelevant
October 14, 2025
What sleeping for less than 6 hours can do to you
October 12, 2025
Zimbabwe among the 10 least innovative countries in Africa and the world
October 9, 2025
IMF calls for more clarity on transitional plan to make ZiG sole currency by 2030
October 8, 2025
Which is the most innovative country in the world – The answer
October 7, 2025
Which is the most innovative country in the world?
October 7, 2025
Mthuli Ncube taken to task over cost of Trabablas Interchange
July 10, 2025
Our lawyer betrayed us- Mutasa plot holders say
July 2, 2025
No one spared. 87-year-old disabled to be evicted from his plot by Wednesday
June 28, 2025
British legislator asks why the UK lifted sanctions on Owen Ncube and Sanyatwe
June 28, 2025
Britain still against Zimbabwe rejoining the Commonwealth
June 25, 2025
Zimbabwe among the 50 poorest countries in the world
June 24, 2025
81-year-old widow to be evicted today from plot she bought 45 years ago
June 23, 2025
Spared but it’s not over yet for 80-year-old plot holders from Mutasa
June 22, 2025
IMF says Zimbabwe should clarify that use of mono-currency will be limited to domestic transactions only
June 18, 2025
Developer gives 80-year-old plot holders 5 days to vacate plots they bought 45 years ago
June 15, 2025
Zimbabwe central bank says there is enough ZiG to meet current and future demand
June 14, 2025
Joke of the day
May 24, 2025
British MP says dangerous foreign criminals must not be protected
May 24, 2025
Joke of the day
May 23, 2025
Zimbabwe has the third most expensive diesel in Africa
May 23, 2025
Minister asked if you take our pregnant daughter back to school, are you going to marry her?
May 22, 2025
Trump’s Afrikaners are opportunists not refugees
May 22, 2025
Joke of the day
May 22, 2025
ZANU-PF chief whip asks whether apologies by ministers not to attend Question Time in Parliament are genuine or not after one turns up
May 21, 2025
Joke of the day
May 21, 2025
Zimbabwe legislator says private sector has turned internship into modern day slavery
May 21, 2025
US embassy in Harare paid its staff in cash for 10 years without approval from Washington
May 19, 2025
Are you one of the motorists on the police wanted list?
May 19, 2025
50 000 drop out of school
May 11, 2025
The poverty in Zimbabwe today is unacceptable because God blessed the country with a lot of natural resources
May 11, 2025
Why Zimbabwe is banning the importation of vehicles older than 10 years
May 10, 2025
Zimbabwe Speaker says Parliament cannot debate issues raised on social media
May 9, 2025
Only 10 ministers send apologies not to attend Question Time
May 8, 2025
Parliament debates motion to make it mandatory for companies to contribute to community ownership schemes
May 8, 2025
Zimbabwe has the most expensive sugar in Africa. Here is why.
May 8, 2025
Does it pay to be Shona and ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe?
May 7, 2025
Six reasons why Zimbabwe needs a law on community ownership schemes
May 7, 2025
Zimbabwe has no shortage of money. The problem is mismanagement of that money- MP says
May 7, 2025
Glimmer of hope for octogenarian plot holders from Mutasa
May 6, 2025
Zimbabwe moves 10 notches up on the world press freedom index
May 5, 2025
Even Mugabe was corrupt, and so was Ian Smith
May 3, 2025
Getting close to the President to appear untouchable is not new
April 30, 2025
Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi ‘s powerful Easter Sunday sermon
April 27, 2025
Auxillia Mnangagwa to be questioned about Zimbabwe journalist’s detention
April 25, 2025
Former US ambassador to Zimbabwe says Mnangagwa’s decision to lift tariffs on US products is a fatal blow to opposition
April 24, 2025
Is Zimbabwe heading in the wrong direction?
April 23, 2025
US looking forward to reinforcing business and commercial ties with Zimbabwe
April 18, 2025
Real test for ZiG begins
April 17, 2025
Octogenarian plotholders from Mutasa given 30 days to pay up or else
April 14, 2025
Think life in Zimbabwe is the worst on earth! Take a look
April 9, 2025
Zimbabwe GDP has grown from $16 billion under Mugabe to $50 billion under Mnangagwa but what do we have to show for this?
April 4, 2025
Murwira says brick moulding is a reserved sector for Zimbabweans but is this true?
April 4, 2025
Why are Chinese companies being allowed to fire Zimbabweans and hiring unskilled Chinese?
April 4, 2025
Zimbabwe goods to attract 18% tariffs as US introduces measures to curb trade deficit
April 3, 2025
Minister admits Zimbabwe does not have resources to drill 35 000 boreholes by 2030
April 3, 2025
Ministers who sent apologies not to attend question time
April 2, 2025
Bishop Mutendi calls for peace, says women should spearhead the initiative
April 2, 2025
Mthuli Ncube told he is negotiating compensation with the wrong white farmers 
March 27, 2025
Only 14 ministers send apologies
March 26, 2025
Parliament plans farewell party for Coventry
March 26, 2025
Zimbabwe army chief appointed Sports minister replacing new IOC boss
March 25, 2025
ZiG’s problem is the people. They have no confidence in the currency but it is here to stay
March 20, 2025
Drastic improvement as only 13 ministers send apologies for failing to attend question time
March 19, 2025
New Zimbabwe driving licence classes
March 19, 2025
Chitepo’s bodyguard still alive 50 years after bomb blast that killed his boss
March 19, 2025
How can Zimbabwe allow abortion when it has just abolished the death penalty- MP
March 18, 2025
Zimbabwe among 43 countries that could face a US travel ban
March 16, 2025
Taxed to death- 49 taxes that Zimbabweans pay
March 16, 2025
Men should have more sex and eat beetroot to prevent prostate cancer- Woman legislator says
March 13, 2025
Zimbabwe to introduce engineering schools from ECD to Form Six?
March 8, 2025
Zimbabwe ranked sixth most visited tourist destination in Africa in 2024
March 8, 2025
UK embassy official attended Zimbabwe journalist bail application
March 7, 2025
Paying US$30 for a car radio licence is like donating a goat to the ZBC every term, says MP
March 7, 2025
What the Zimbabwe Catholic bishops said about Mnangagwa’s third term, corruption and inequality
March 7, 2025
Tying ZBC licence to car licence is like being infected with HIV – MP says
March 6, 2025
Slight improvement in attendance of ministers for question time
March 6, 2025
Mthuli Ncube has the worst record for failing to answer questions from MPs
March 1, 2025
Zimbabwe Speaker asks Parliament to investigate ministers who consistently send apologies not to attend question time
February 28, 2025
Invest in young women, they are better entrepreneurs, all male youths think of is buying a luxury car
February 27, 2025
World Bank says Zimbabwe should stabilise prices and eliminate exchange rate distortions to boost its revenue
February 27, 2025
Free parking for MPs in Harare
February 27, 2025
Village heads cashing in on shortage of housing in urban areas, sell 10 000 plots but it’s all illegal
February 24, 2025
Your opportunity to write for The Insider
February 23, 2025
Mnangagwa has failed dismally to meet people’s expectations
February 23, 2025
Zimbabwe ministers continue to fail to turn up for Question Time in Parliament
February 22, 2025
Zimbabweans more worried about unemployment than food or corruption
February 22, 2025
EU Lifts sanctions on Zimbabwe Defence Industries, renews other sanctions until 20 February 2026
February 20, 2025
It’s great to pay compensation to former white farmers but they too should compensate their former workers whom they treated like slaves
February 19, 2025
Mnangagwa will get more political mileage if he steps down at the end of his term
February 18, 2025
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Who propped whom: Masiyiwa vs Nyambirai?

A friend who knows about my legal battle with Zimbabwe’s richest man, Strive Masiyiwa, way back in the 1990s when he sued by publication, The Insider, recently sent me an…
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Posted by Charles Rukuni May 1, 2026
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Britain says amendment of the Zimbabwean Constitution is a sovereign, legislative matter for Zimbabwe to decide

Britain says amendment of the Zimbabwe constitution is a sovereign, legislative matter for Zimbabwe to determine. This was said by Minister of State ( Development) Baroness Chapman of Darlington in…
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Posted by Charles Rukuni March 24, 2026
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Who started the war?

It is now 47 years since I wrote the short story below for a South African African publication, the Staffrider. Zimbabwe was called Zimbabwe-Rhodesia at the time. South Africa was…
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Posted by Charles Rukuni March 4, 2026
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Zimbabwe 2026 monetary policy statement at a glance

Zimbabwe has released its 2026 monetary policy statement in which it seeks to stabilise its local currency and has scrapped the 2030 deadline to return to a mono-currency. It has…
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Posted by Charles Rukuni March 1, 2026
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Was Chombo Mugabe’s number two?

Far from it, on paper that is. Ignatius Chombo was one of the longest serving Ministers of Local Government holding that post from 2000 to 2015. But according to one…
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Posted by Charles Rukuni February 6, 2026
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Zimbabwe’s 2026 citizen’s budget

Zimbabwe on Thursday announced a ZiG290.9 billion budget with revenue expected to be ZiG287.6 billion, leaving a deficit of ZiG3.3billion. This translates to expenditure of $11.1 billion and revenue of…
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Posted by Charles Rukuni November 30, 2025
Active coronavirus cases continue to drop but Harare records 51 deaths
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Active coronavirus cases continue to drop but Harare records 51 deaths

Active coronavirus cases continued to drop as Zimbabwe recorded 437 new cases against 1 413 recoveries but there were 74 deaths, 51 of them in Harare. Thirteen of the deaths…
Posted by Charles Rukuni August 8, 2021
Why vaccination should be compulsory
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Why vaccination should be compulsory

I’m writing from Victoria, the Australian state that became, in 1970, the first jurisdiction in the world to make it compulsory to wear a seat belt in a car. The…
Posted by Charles Rukuni August 8, 2021
Auction now accounts for 35% of Zimbabwe forex payments
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Auction now accounts for 35% of Zimbabwe forex payments

Zimbabwe’s 13-month-old foreign currency auction system now accounts for 35% of foreign currency payments with 70% of the funds being allocated to the productive sectors. According to figures released by…
Posted by Charles Rukuni August 8, 2021
List of 2887 SMEs that received forex from the auction between August 2020 and July 2021
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List of 2887 SMEs that received forex from the auction between August 2020 and July 2021

A total of 2 887 small and medium enterprises were allocated US$172 861 399 through the foreign currency auction system from 6 August 2020, when the market was opened to…
Posted by Charles Rukuni August 8, 2021
One million now fully vaccinated against coronavirus in Zimbabwe
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One million now fully vaccinated against coronavirus in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe today vaccinated more than 69 000 people against the coronavirus pandemic with 35 589 getting the second dose bringing to 1 002 261 people that are now fully vaccinated.…
Posted by Charles Rukuni August 7, 2021
List of all 1 632 companies that received forex from the auction between June 2020 and July 2021
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List of all 1 632 companies that received forex from the auction between June 2020 and July 2021

A total of 1 632 companies received foreign currency from the auction system from its launch on 23 June 2020 to the end of July 2021.  They were allotted a…
Posted by Charles Rukuni August 7, 2021
Zimbabwe bank chief says 70% of products in retail sector now being produced locally
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Zimbabwe bank chief says 70% of products in retail sector now being produced locally

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya says the foreign currency auction system has been functioning so well that 70% of the money is going to the productive sectors of…
Posted by Charles Rukuni August 7, 2021
Active coronavirus cases continue to drop as Zimbabwe records more recoveries than new cases
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Active coronavirus cases continue to drop as Zimbabwe records more recoveries than new cases

Zimbabwe today recorded 956 new coronavirus cases but 1 637 people recovered resulting in active cases dropping to 25 114. The vaccination programme also kept its momentum with more than…
Posted by Charles Rukuni August 6, 2021
Zimbabwe to complete the Beitbridge-Harare Road by end of next year
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Zimbabwe to complete the Beitbridge-Harare Road by end of next year

Zimbabwe will complete upgrading the 580km Beitbridge-Harare Road by the end of next year, Deputy Finance Minister Clemence Chiduwa told Parliament this week. He said the government had already spent…
Posted by Charles Rukuni August 6, 2021
Who pocketed US$755 700, Mnangagwa or the publisher?
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Who pocketed US$755 700, Mnangagwa or the publisher?

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesman George Charamba must be laughing his heart out. He tweeted that Mnangagwa’s biography- A life of Sacrifice: Emmerson Mnangagwa- sold 50 380 copies at US$15…
Posted by Charles Rukuni August 6, 2021

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