Lumbidzani Dima, Chronicle Reporter BEING a young mother is a burden on its own, but what really happens when you are told that your baby will not live beyond the age of five if they don’t undergo a surgery that costs beyond what you can afford? Ms Violet Mabhena (22) from Bulawayo’s Tshabalala suburb lives […] …
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Monthly Archives: February 2022
Let’s reap what we sow
Stephen Mpofu, Perspective THE Second Republic led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has set 2030 as the year for Zimbabwe to flaunt a middle-income State and for others elsewhere in the global village to emulate that where necessary. Let us then liken that targeted year for desired growth in all economic spheres to a field where […] …
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The stone that builders rejected…Story of Zim’s ‘richest cousin’, Zozo
Mbulelo Mpofu, Showbiz Reporter IF ever there is a feminine individual who personifies the word “high roller” in Zimbabwe that would be Bubi-born businesswoman Zodwa “Zozo” Mnkandla with her recent 50th birthday party in Cape Town being just a drop in the sea. Last week, Zozo celebrated her Golden Jubilee in style with her entourage, […] …
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Over 400 workers lose jobs to bank digitisation
Source: Over 400 workers lose jobs to bank digitisation | The Herald At least 321 bank workers were retrenched between 2020 and 2021 while a further 119 are set to be laid off this year as the sector embraces digital transformation, amid calls to retrain staff to take up new roles to avoid layoffs. Zimbabwe […]
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Teachers file court challenge after minister announces mass suspensions
Teachers say education minister has no legal authority to suspend them …
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‘Prophet’ Freddy acquitted of rape, physical abuse as magistrate says accuser unreliable
‘This was just blackmail, and we are happy that justice has prevailed’ …
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Poachers kill black rhino in Matobo in blow to conservation efforts
Endangered animal de-horned after being shot in the head …
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ZESA boss Gata divorces Mugabe’s sister after 35 years of marriage
Couple lived separately for 30 years of their 35-year marriage, High Court hears …
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Umzingwane Dam chokes
Nqobile Tshili and Yoliswa Dube-Moyo, Chronicle Reporters TWO unregistered dams built in the Umzingwane Dam catchment area and gold panning activities along Umzingwane River have contributed to the Bulawayo supply dam not impounding adequate water since the beginning of the rainy season. Umzingwane Dam is a critical supply dam for Bulawayo and recent council statistics […] …
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Nust deploys staff to Ekusileni centre
Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Reporter THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has deployed staff to Ekusileni Medical Centre to kick-start the second phase of transforming the facility into a specialist research and teaching hospital. Cabinet resolved in July last year that post Covid-19, Ekusileni Medical Centre would be transformed into a specialist research and […] …
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