Monthly Archives: September 2024

 

Stuck in Botswana for on travel documentation

Mkhululi Ncube, Chronicle Reporter THE parents of 14 Zimbabwean children from Tsholotsho, who were detained in Botswana for 48 days after being intercepted on their way to South Africa without proper travel documents, have expressed regret over the incident. The children, who missed three weeks of school during their ordeal, were reunited with their families […] …
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Bulawayo City Council unveils US$309 million budget proposal for 2025: focus on service delivery, gender projects, and recreational facilities

Peter Matika, peter.matika@chronicle.co.zw THE Bulawayo City Council has announced a proposed budget for 2025, set at US$309 million, aimed at enhancing service delivery, focusing on gender-specific projects, and revitalising the city’s recreational facilities. The budget was presented by Councillor Mpumelelo Moyo last Friday at the council chambers. In his presentation, Moyo stated that the 2025 […] …
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COMMENT: ‘Let’s marshal the collective spirit that delivered victory’

THE recent repatriation of 16 South African anti-apartheid struggle activists from Zimbabwe should serve as a reminder of the shared liberation history between the two countries. Beyond that, it is important for the two countries and Africa in general to remember that while colonialism was successfully dislodged, there are new strategies to push neo-colonialism in […] …
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Samantha Nunu’s mission to preserve Zimbabwean folklore through digital innovation

MTHABISI TSHUMA, revmmthiretshuma@gmail.com NOVELIST Samantha Nunu has embarked on a mission to safeguard Zimbabwean folklore, ensuring it remains vibrant and relevant in the digital age. With technological advances occurring almost daily, Nunu is set to launch a multimedia book in MP4 format, featuring voice-over art, marimba soundtracks, sound effects, and illustrations that bring the stories […] …
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Price instability drives consumers away from chain stores in Zimbabwe

A man serves a customer at a store in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Sept. 26, 2024. (Photo by Shaun Jusa/Xinhua) Chain stores have traditionally been the preferred choice for shopping, but informal stores are becoming popular among cost-aware Zimbabweans as the new gold-backed currency, the Zimbabwe Gold, continues to depreciate against the U.S. dollar.  HARARE, Sept. […]
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His majesty’s loyal opposition

Sometime in the 1820s this phrase was first used to describe the party out of power in Britain. It implied members would cooperate with the government even though they did not agree with them. The opposition party accepted the basic structures of civil society though they had their own ideas about how it should be […]
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Back in the Soup

Who could forget 2008? We had inflation so high we had to double Z$ prices every 4 hours, we had 150 000 cases of Cholera in Harare. Our fuel filling stations were all empty and closed, our supermarket shelves empty. Eddie Cross We were even buying bread in neighbouring countries. Even today I have no […]
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