The Chronicle

Mukudzei Chingwere, Herald Reporter President Mnangagwa is this morning expected at the National Sports Stadium to preside over the commemorations and celebrations to mark this year’s edition of the Defence Forces Day. This year’s commemorations are running under the theme: “Brick by Brick, Stone Upon Stone- Zimbabwe Defence Forces: Creating a Conducive Environment for the Attainment […] …
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Fungi Kwaramba, Zimpapers Elections Desk WITH eight days to go before the harmonised elections, President Mnangagwa has saluted Zimbabweans for maintaining peace, their resolve against baneful sanctions and their commitment to hard work. The President said in honour of the country’s heroes, his administration is uplifting every Zimbabwean — through the Nyika Inovakwa Nevene vayo […] …
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Chronicle Writers FOR the past 30 years, Mrs Register Mkandla has been participating in Heroes’ Day commemorations in Bulawayo following the death of her husband Cde Arthur Mkandla, a former liberation fighter in 1993. By then, she would drag along her two minor children, who little understood why this day was so important to their […] …
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Lawrence Moyo, Head Zimpapers Sports Hub THE Chibuku Super Cup will have the country’s six biggest teams by followers and riches in the quarter-final draw for the FIRST TIME in the history of the tournament. It will be the first time since the inaugural tournament in 2014 that Dynamos, Highlanders, Caps United, Chicken Inn, FC […] …
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Leonard Ncube, leonard.ncube@chronicle.co.zw BITUMEN World, the company contracted by Government to rehabilitate the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road has completed the reconstruction of a 5km section of the highway near Hwange and opened it to motorists. The re-opened stretch of the road between South Mining in Madumabisa, Hwange and Deka river had been barricaded over the past […] …
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Laurel Murangaridzirayi, muralaurel@gmail.com THE BULAWAYO City Council today issued a notice to residents for water supplies interruption in all areas of the city after delays in completion of a water leakages fixing programme. In a statement, Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube said public water supply will be disrupted across the city. “The City of Bulawayo would […] …
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Today, His Excellency President Emmerson Mnangagwa will lead the nation in commemorating the 2023 National Heroes Day, which will be preceded by the burial of two national heroes;  Ambassador Johannes Tomana and former Deputy Commissioner General (Retd) Milton Siziba at the National Heroes Acre. This year’s commemorations are running under the theme, ” Remembering our […] …
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HUNDREDS of Bulawayo residents have converged at the Bulawayo Provincial Heroes Acre in Nkulumane for the commemorations of National Heroes Day. The commemorations are held annually in August in honour of freedom fighters who liberated the country. Today’s commemorations are held under the theme: “Remembering Our Heroes; Nyika Inovakwa Nevene Vayo/ Ilizwe Lakhiwa Ngabanikazi Balo.” […] …
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Patrick Chitumba, patrick.chitumba@chronicle.co.zw PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has urged the nation to pay homage to the valiant liberation war heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country’s emancipation. He said this as he was addressing thousands of Zion Christian Church (ZCC) members who had gathered at the annual Zuva raSamere conference at Defe Dopota Shrine in Gokwe […] …
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Raymond Jaravaza, raymondjaravaza@gmail.com TWO years ago, Mr Japhet Sibanda found himself grappling with the decision to leave his ancestral homestead, unaware of the significant transformation it would herald for Zimbabweans. Stationed in Hope Fountain’s Village B on the outskirts of Bulawayo, Mr Sibanda’s uncertainty gave way to clarity when immense machinery and towering electricity pylons […] …
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