Ronald Florentius Paes (right), who was allegedly busted with heroin at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, arrives at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday. Chido Nyamuyaruka-Herald Correspondent Another Indian appeared in court yesterday following his arrest at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for being in possession of 7,3kgs of heroin. Ronald Florentius Paes appeared before Harare […] …
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Monthly Archives: October 2022
Robbers strike mourning Tynwald High
The robbers were armed with a pistol and knives when the incident occurred at around 2am. Crime Reporter Misfortune continues to stalk Tynwald High School which lost nearly US$6 000 to five armed robbers on Tuesday, the robbery comes after a school bus accident left six students dead and several others injured on trip to […] …
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Thumbs up for ED…Unanimous endorsement for President Mnangagwa at Congress
Blessings Chidakwa, Harare Bureau THE 7th Zanu-PF National People’s Congress has unanimously endorsed President Mnangagwa as the ruling party’s President and First Secretary as well as sole presidential candidate ahead of next year’s harmonised elections. The National People’s Congress, the supreme policy-making organ of the party which meets after every five years to elect new […] …
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Vuyelwa Mabena, the Zimbabwean who dressed Queen Elizabeth and Princess Diana
Yvonne Ncube, Chronicle Correspondent VUYELWA Mabena first demonstrated her exceptional ability for tailoring at the age of ten, when she volunteered to assist her mother in her business in Bulawayo’s city centre. She saw her mother’s custom-made items as nothing but a work of art and wanted to be just like her. Today, the passion […] …
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A cut above the rest…How a barber survived the Covid-19 quagmire
Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Reporter On a bad day, he would have between five and eight clients stopping by for a shave or haircut. Life was good. He would be able to fend for his family, meet his personal needs and even be able to enjoy an outing with his friends. All this was on an […] …
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FAN GIRLS…Women’s love of football rattles men
Brandon Moyo, Sports Reporter FOOTBALL used to be a game reserved for men and boys, it was a sport constructed as a true bastion of virility, expressed both in the practice of the sport as well as in the stands, bars and media commentary on the game, but times are changing with women and girls […] …
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Zanu-PF oils systems for 2023
Fungi Kwaramba, Harare Bureau ZANU-PF has put in place the necessary resources and electoral material while all its systems have been oiled to deliver a landslide victory in next year’s harmonised elections, President Mnangagwa has said. After being unanimously endorsed as the ruling party’s sole presidential candidate for next year’s harmonised elections by the 7th […] …
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Zim’s oldest person still going strong
Canditar Chapanduka, Chronicle Reporter ACCORDING to the World Economic Forum and Statista, a German company specialising in market and consumer data, the oldest people in the world are women with French-born Lucile Randon being the eldest at 118, making her three years older than Zimbabwe’s oldest person (arguably), Betilina Zhou Chakarisa who claims to be […] …
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COMMENT:ZETDC must double efforts towards restoring power
THE rains that pounded Bulawayo on Thursday afternoon damaged three substations that resulted in a power blackout in almost half the city. Affected suburbs include Paddonhurst, North End, Sunnyside, Romney Park, Queens Park, Cowdray Park, Emakhandeni, Pumula East, Entumbane, Njube, Thorngrove, Nguboyenja, Mzilikazi, Hillside, Mahatshula, Gwabalanda, Luveve, Richmond and Sauerstown, have gone more than a […] …
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Precautions, precautions, laudation
Stephen Mpofu, Perspective WITH Zimbabwe slowly emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic which augmented illegal Western economic sanctions with heavy tolls on our economy and lives, respectively, a third disaster looms in the air if our country dithers on measures to insulate itself against the potential disaster — ebola now taking a heavy toll on lives […] …
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