Source: Padenga returns to profitability –Newsday Zimbabwe File pic: Crocodiles VICTORIA Falls Stock Exchange-listed crocodile breeder Padenga Holdings Limited (Padenga) has returned to profitability after recording a turnover of US$127,9 million for the full year 2022, an increase of 68% from the previous year. In 2021, the group recorded a turnover of US$76,1 million. The […] …
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Monthly Archives: May 2023
ED backtracks on ‘looting’ law
Source: ED backtracks on ‘looting’ law –Newsday Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has scrapped the controversial law that sought to hide details of some procurement processes from the public after a public outcry, saying its gazetting was a fraud, exposing the confusion in his office. Mnangagwa yesterday said the Public Procurement and Disposal […] …
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First babies born in Britain using DNA from 3 people
The world’s first baby born using the technique was reported in the U.S. in 2016. …
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13 distressed firms back on their feet
Prosper Ndlovu prosper.ndlovu@chronicle.co.zw THIRTEEN formerly distressed companies have been brought back to life riding on improved ease of doing business and facilitation brought about by the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa. Drawn from different sectors of the economy, the revitalised firms are now beefing up their production capacity through retooling and technology absorption in […] …
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Retired civil servant ready to export 40 tonnes of peas to Europe
Patrick Chitumba patrick.chitumba@chronicle.co.zw GWERU-based farmer, Mrs Matilda Manhambo says she is ready to export over 40 tonnes of peas to Europe and the United Arab Emirates as she has started harvesting and grading the product for the foreign market. Last year, she exported 18 tonnes of peas to the Netherlands. Mrs Manhambo (65) has carved […] …
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Miss Environment Zim finals set for Kariba
Langalakhe Mabena langamabena@mail.com IT’S that time of the year again when beauty and brains come together to celebrate and promote environmental awareness. The Waterfront Resort in Kariba will be the stage where 18 stunning ladies compete for the Miss Environment Zimbabwe title on Saturday. Judges will have the unenviable task of selecting just one winner […] …
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Inspired to uplift young footballers
Ricky Zililo ricky.zililo@chronicle.co.zw AFTER completing morning school runs between Mondays and Fridays, retired footballer Mkhokheli Dube drives to the dusty grounds of Sizinda Youth Centre in Bulawayo to do what he loves most; coach young players. It’s a routine that the 39-year-old former striker Dube developed when he retired in 2021 at a time he […] …
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COMMENT:Sigola succession: Exercise caution, follow traditional protocols
THE selection of successors to traditional chiefs has in recent years been mired in controversy as families squabbled over the right person to take over from a deceased traditional leader. In some cases, the disputes have resulted in prolonged legal battles that have seen areas going without a traditional leader for years. After the […] …
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Cimas gives rural pupils a treat
Source: Cimas gives rural pupils a treat –Newsday Zimbabwe Some of the pupils at ZITF CIMAS Health Group enabled 80 underprivileged children from Mashonaland East and Matabeleland North provinces to experience the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) by paying for their transport, accommodation, meals and entry into the trade fair which ended on April 29. […] …
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Gweru residents fume over directors’ ‘big’ stands
Source: Gweru residents fume over directors’ ‘big’ stands – The Southern Eye Gweru City Council GWERU residents are fuming over allegations that the local authority plans to give council directors residential stands measuring 2 000 square metres each. In a notice, acting town clerk Livingston Churu said council made a resolution early this year to […] …
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