The Chronicle

Sports Writer LADY Chevrons’ batter Modester Mupachikwa has gone up two places in the ICC Women’s T20i player rankings. In the latest weekly update that also considers performances in the last T20I of the five-match bilateral series in Bangladesh that India won 5-0, India’s left-arm spinner Radha Yadav has moved up seven places to 23rd […] …
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Sipepisiwe Moyo,moyosipepisiwe@gmail.com Bulawayo-based music duo Amakruger, formed in 2018 by Dalumuzi Tshongwe (Dusty) and Nathan Zondo (Twenty2 Blunts), has been a pioneering force in the music scene. Specialising in Afro-trap, Amakruger uses their music as a catalyst for social change, advocating for national morals and values while addressing social injustices. Their singles sung in Ndebele, […] …
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Flora Fadzai Sibanda, florafadzaisibz@gmail.com POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 40 year old man over a scam that saw him allegedly defrauding eight individuals of more than US$40 000 and R140 000. Elias Mutendi reportedly promised the complaints that he was selling residential stands with all the required documents, but failed to provide the promised […] …
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Nqobile Tshili,nqobile,tshili@chronicle.co.zw GOVERNMENT has said that addressing Bulawayo’s water woes is a top priority as it seeks to ease the burden on residents who now endure 120 hours of water shedding. The city is providing water only twice per week as part of measures to conserve little volumes in major supply dams following poor inflows […] …
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Diana Baloyi Moyo, Online Reporter A woman (23) from Gokwe was arrested for selling her two day old son whilst she was in South Africa. She pled guilty to Contravening the Trafficking in Persons Act before a Magistrate in Harare where her trial is being held. The mother had reported that the baby had died. […] …
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Kudzai Gaveni, Online Writer A 32 YEA R-OLD man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping his 13 year-old stepdaughter on two counts. In a statement, the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe said the accused raped the complainant on 5 May 2024 around 5am when he was left in custody of her by […] …
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Diana Moyo, Online Reporter A PLUMTREE man hit his step daughter (2) on the head with a shovel, after trying to beat up her mother during an argument. The man, according to the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) was sentenced to 24 months in jail for “negligently causing serious bodily harm” as defined in […] …
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Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau Sentencing for a 30-year-old notorious house breaker who had unleashed a reign of terror in Beitbridge town for six months has been set for Wednesday. Thobekani Mpofu who was in the habit of breaking into houses using a crowbar or bolt cutter targeting electrical gadgets, mostly television sets. He was on […] …
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Sikhumbuzo Moyo, smoyo@chronicle.co.zw EIGHT new schools have been built in Tsholotsho District, Matabeleland North Province under the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa through Government partnership with humanitarian organisation, Plan International. Two of the new schools have been built in the San Community, which all along has been lagging behind in terms of development but is […] …
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Leonard Ncube, leonard.ncube@chronicle.co.zw THE transformation of ordinary people’s livelihoods in line with President Mnangagwa’s vision of an upper-middle-income economy by 2030 is on track, and only an average extra US$500 is required per person per annum to attain the milestone target. Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister, Prof Mthuli Ncube, said this on Friday as […] …
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