The Chronicle

LEONARD NCUBE, leonard.ncube@chronicle.co.zw GOVERNMENT has said the country is steadily moving towards energy sufficiency which will eliminate load shedding as local generation and imports now meet daily demand of almost 2  000MW. In an interview on the sidelines on the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) conference in Victoria Falls yesterday, Energy and Power Development Permanent […] …
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Peter Matika, peter.matika@chronicle.co.zw  THE Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda)-Antelope Estate in Matobo District, Matabeleland South has put 545 hectares under winter wheat and anticipates a bumper harvest. In line with the rural industrialisation agenda, Arda Antelope intends to establish a flour milling plant for the locally produced wheat.  Through rural industrialisation, the Government hopes to […] …
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Natasha Mutsiba, mutsibanatasha@gmail.com Poets from Bulawayo have been given a platform to showcase their talent at the Stop Over Bar & Restaurant in the city.  The event, an initiative of Fikile Nyathi, a published author, is being organised with the help of Kgomo Media and will be held every last Friday of every month, starting today. […] …
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Nqobile Bhebhe nqobile.bhebhe@chronicle.co.zw CHINA’S Canmax Technologies Co, which advanced US$35 million offtake funds to mining and natural resource development company Premier African Minerals has reportedly terminated the agreement, a development that would have a negative impact on the Zulu Lithium project. This week, Premier Africa Minerals issued a force majeure notice to Canmax Technologies citing […] …
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Farirai Machivenyika, Harare Bureau ZIMBABWE is on course to meet its target of constructing 220 000 housing units by 2025, with 136 850 stands having been fully serviced so far while 49 150 houses have been constructed and completed since 2021 when President Mnangagwa launched the National Human Settlements Policy. Overall, the construction sector has created […] …
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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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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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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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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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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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