Civil servants earn US$250 in allowances and a regular wage of ZW$100,000, which is just US$10 if converted using prevailing exchange rates. …
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Monthly Archives: June 2023
Bulawayo police dismiss pedophile, human trafficking alert against resident
‘He promised to beat up the police. Let us rise up and help each to protect the girl child in Bulawayo’ …
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Justice at last as uncle convicted of Tapiwa Makore ritual murder
The judge chastised the two for preying on the boy “like butchers on a slaughtered beast”. …
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Notorious armed robber who duped court to secure freedom arrested again
Cornwell Kasambarare, it is alleged, secured bail after conniving with former Harare High Court prosecutor Henry Mugove Muringani who altered his charges to a lesser offence of unlawful entry. …
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Unmasking land barons’ modus operandi: A case of Hopley’s desperate home seekers facing eviction
‘As a staunch Zanu PF supporter my eviction has become one of the most embarrassing moments in my life’ …
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WATCH: More incentives for mining sector… ED pledges support for artisanal miners to realise US$12bn target
Patrick Chitumba, patrick.chitumba@chronicle.co.zw PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the Second Republic adopted an inward looking approach to solve its challenges, a development that has seen the stabilisation of the economy in the past three years, making it the fastest growing economy in the Sadc region. The agricultural input schemes implemented by Government have also transformed the livelihoods […] …
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50 000 benefit from Hwange unit 7 and 8 expansion spin-offs
Nqobile Bhebhe, nqobile.bhebhe@chronicle.co.zw THE US$1,5 billion Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7 and 8 expansion project in Matabeleland North province has generated immense economic and social spin-offs amid reports that 50 000 people and international entities have directly benefited from the massive project through employment and provision of various supplies. The project has proved to be […] …
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Zimbabwe trims down MSMEs financial exclusion
Sikhulekelani Moyo and Njabulo Nkomo, Business Reporters ENHANCED collaboration between the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Development has narrowed the level of financial exclusion in the sector to three percent from 43 percent in the past 10 years, a Cabinet Minister has said. Guided by […] …
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Baya calls for review of policies to clear foreign acts
Melissa Mpofu, mellisa.mpofu@chronicle.co.zw RAISEDON Baya has bemoaned the “exorbitant prices” that promoters are made to pay for certain services in the process of clearing foreign artistes. Baya, a playwright and theatre director who is passionate about promoting arts in the region, told a Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) consultative meeting that the fees promoters were made […] …
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29 houses for families displaced by powerline
Nqobile Bhebhe, nqobile.bhebhe@chronicle.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) yesterday handed over 29 houses built in Hope Fountain on the outskirts of Bulawayo for families displaced by the new 400kv power transmission line under the Hwange Thermal Power Station Units 7 and 8 expansion project. In total, 72 houses each with a separate kitchen, ablution facilities and […] …
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