Nqobile Bhebhe, nqobile.bhebhe@chronicle.co.zw FORMER South Africa President, Cde Jacob Zuma, has said Zimbabwe must be allowed to conduct its forthcoming harmonised elections without external interference. Other countries, he said, should also not “try to rule from a distance” by dictating how the polls should be conducted. Cde Zuma, who was in the country last week to […] …
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Monthly Archives: July 2023
COMMENT: Government must, after exposing errant businesses, effect all the sanctions applicable at law
THE Government has been exceedingly patient with misbehaving local businesses for a very long time. Wherever and whenever it sees them getting astray, it cajoles them back in line when the stick would have been appropriate. That approach is very good, we must say, but the problem is that the businesses obey the rules […] …
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Goodbye to night shifts
Patrick Chitumba, patrick.chitumba@chronicle.co.zw UNTIL recently, Mr Martin Mutava would wake up at 9PM, drive to his shop at Mkoba 6 shopping centre in Gweru to push the urgent orders for his clients until 5AM. Mr Mutava is one of the thousands of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in Gweru and across the country who had turned […] …
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President lauds China’s role in development
Harare Bureau DEVELOPING countries can accelerate their growth through increased co-operation with willing partners such as China, President Mnangagwa has said. In a virtual address to the High-Level Meeting of the Forum on Global Action for Shared Development hosted by his Chinese Counterpart, President Xi Jinping, President Mnangagwa said Global Development Initiative (GDI) was critical […] …
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CCC challenge against Bindura rally ban dismissed
CCC has accused Zanu PF of colluding with the police to throw spanners in the works of its campaigns. …
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Mnangagwa confronts, issues chilling threat on businesses over price hike
‘I want to warn them by saying that I sent my people to them about two days ago, to tell them that what they are doing is not right.’ …
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Nigeria court tells government to account for recovered Abacha loot
Abacha ruled Africa’s most populous nation and top oil exporter from 1993 until his death in 1998. …
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Highlanders reclaim top spot, maintain unbeaten run
Bosso took advantage of Ngezi Platinum’s goalless draw against Sheasham at Bata Stadium same afternoon to take their points tally to 28, one ahead of the platinum miners. …
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CCC, police trade accusations over banned rallies
‘Zanu PF and the police connived to unconstitutionally ban our national campaign mega-launch rally’ …
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Police say CCC disorganised, to blame for ban on its own rallies
‘The Zimbabwe Republic Police urges political parties and their representatives to be organised and avoid discrediting the police for their own internal failings…’ …
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