Monthly Archives: January 2022

Oliver Kazunga, Senior Reporter AN enterprising rural farmer in Bubi District, Matabeleland North, is living large from her cooking oil venture that produces 200 litres per day.   The venture is not only benefitting Mrs Florence Mthimkhulu, who is running the project at her homestead with the help of her husband, Mr Paul Mthimkhulu in […] …
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Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Reporter SCHOOLS will open for the first term on Monday February 7 following a decline in Covid-19 cases and deaths recorded countrywide over the past two weeks, Acting President Dr Constantino Chiwenga said yesterday. Dr Chiwenga also announced that curfew hours had been reviewed to start from midnight to 5.30AM and encouraged […] …
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Mbulelo Mpofu, Showbiz Reporter OVER the past week, the wall adjacent to the City Hall has served as a canvas for muralists to exhibit their artistry. Last Saturday residents woke up to a mural depicting King Lobengula and Mbuya Nehanda embracing each other on the council wall at the corner of Fife Street and 8th […] …
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter GOVERNMENT has increased the number of contractors that will lay the 245km pipeline from Lake Gwayi-Shangani to Bulawayo to eleven to ensure water is pumped to the city by the end of this year. There were initially six contractors that had been awarded the contract. Each contractor has been given at […] …
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FORMER Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor has been banned from all cricket for three-and-a-half years by the ICC’s anti-corruption unit for failing to report an approach from alleged corrupters without delay. In a release, the ICC said Taylor has accepted the ban, which started yesterday. Taylor has also accepted one charge of breaching the doping code […] …
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Michael Magoronga, Midlands Correspondent A KWEKWE-BASED man living with a disability has approached the courts seeking protection from his wife who is allegedly in the habit of beating him up and bringing other men into their matrimonial house. Mr Chris Svondo, who became visually impaired two years ago, approached the Kwekwe Civil Court seeking a […] …
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THE ultimatum by Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister Dr Anxious Masuka for the Agricultural and Rural Development Agency (Arda) to ensure all is in place at the Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme in Binga within the next four months or top management will be fired shows the Government’s commitment to complete high impact […] …
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Yoliswa Dube-Moyo, Matabeleland South Bureau Chief PARENTS in Dubani Village, Gwanda District, Matabeleland South Province, are sitting on a powder keg as they have to send their children to live in rented accommodation in Colleen Bawn, over 10kms out, in order for them to have access to a school. Instead of having their children walk […] …
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ON Monday night, cricket’s dark and murky side once again came out in the night like an owl. After the cricket world celebrated a phenomenal series between South Africa and India, which followed the one-sided yet intriguing Ashes campaign, the game’s hidden secret once again garnered headlines around the world. A little more than two […] …
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