Monthly Archives: January 2022

Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter CONSTRUCTION work at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) that had stalled for almost two decades is set to resume after Government allocated $1 billion to the institution of higher learning for infrastructure development. Nust is supposed to have 27 buildings but only seven have been completed and some […] …
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) mobile voter registration exercise starts today countrywide, with the electoral management body expected to spend $8,2 billion conducting the blitz as well as next month’s by-elections. Zec has established 2 713 mobile voter registration centres countrywide as it seeks to make its services accessible to every […] …
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Mbulelo Mpofu, Showbiz Reporter INTWASA Arts Festival koBulawayo director Raisedon Baya has reiterated his love for local content and has been encouraging locals to join him in improving the reading culture. Baya, a multi-award-winning playwright in his own right, believes that cultivating the reading culture among locals is critical in buttressing the social fabric. The […] …
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Nqobile Tshili, Business Reporter GOVERNMENT has upped the pace towards assuming controlling stake at the ailing Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) by the end of next month and has already started paying $2 billion outstanding for deliveries by cotton farmers across the country. This follows a Cabinet resolution last year in May where the Government […] …
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Prosper Ndlovu, Business Editor GOVERNMENT is working on securing direct procurement of critical health products and equipment from global health producers in order to cut exorbitant middleman costs, while ensuring delivery of affordable health services to patients across the country. In view of the growing domestic capacity in the production of hygiene and personal protective […] …
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