Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter ENGINEERS have started synchronising various sub-systems at the Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7 plant which is 97 percent complete and ready for commissioning in November, paving way for its connection to the national grid. The plant will start generating power on a trial run for some time until engineers […] …
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Monthly Archives: September 2022
Heart diseases running in family inspire medical student
Flora Fadzai Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter HEART DIASEASES are hereditary in Mr Ntandoyenkosi Banda’s family as both his grandparents and an aunt succumbed to heart conditions and the medical student has been suffering from a heart ailment for the past 12 years. After it was discovered at a late stage that his grandparents had an underlying […] …
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First commander of Mkushi Camp declared National Hero
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter LIBERATION stalwart Cde Highten Nkomo, who was the first commander of the Mkushi Women’s Camp in Zambia, has been declared a National Hero. He was 70. Cde Nkomo, who was also known as Billy Mzamo, died at his homestead in the Bengu area of Gwanda District in Matabeleland South Province two […] …
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COMMENT: Crackdown on kombis should go on until there is sanity in city
POLICE in Bulawayo should be commended for taking action against the chaotic kombi crews that had turned the city into an eyesore. In an operation targeting the kombi crews and pirate taxis operating illegally, the police impounded 300 vehicles. Kombi crews and some transport operators had turned the city, once revered for its orderliness and […] …
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Agriculture sector adopts US$-indexed salaries
Michael Makuza, Business Reporter THE National Employment Council (NEC) for the agriculture sector and its social partners have adopted new provisions for payment of minimum wages in US-dollar terms or equivalent in Zim-dollar at prevailing official exchange rate effective September 1, 2022. The latest development has been agreed upon by employers and workers’ representatives in […] …
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Ministry supplying fuel for Mohadi’s Zanu PF outreach, leaked memo shows
‘Conflating party and state is unconstitutional. This is grand scale looting’ …
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Japanese PM Kishida calls for ‘peaceful’ elections in Zimbabwe
Fumio Kishida says he hopes that ‘democratisation will make further progress’ in Zimbabwe …
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Botswana lifts all Covid-19 restrictions, including for travellers
Southern African country has seen seven-day average of cases drop to 26, with no deaths …
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News students’ body launched
Source: News students’ body launched –Newsday Zimbabwe Tertiary Institution: UZ TERTIARY students have partnered with an independent civic group to establish a new students’ body, the National Students Council (NSU) to fight polarisation among learners at higher learning institutions. Reports abound of divisions among students at tertiary institutions along political lines with the Zimbabwe Congress […] …
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Mnangagwa sends shamed former deputy Mohadi to funeral of Japan’s Abe
Mohadi took delegation of eight aides to burial of slain former Japanese prime minister …
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