The Chronicle

Patrick Chitumba patrick.chitumba@chronicle.co.zw GIANT CHINESE investor, Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco), has increased the workforce at its Manhize steel plant construction site in Mvuma to 1 400 as it pushes to meet the December 2023 deadline for the commencement of production. Disco is a subsidiary of Tsingshan Holdings, the world’s largest stainless-steel producer, which […] …
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Leonard Ncube  leonard.ncube@chronicle.co.zw  Work to upgrade Victoria Falls Hospital in Matabeleland North from a 40-bed hospital to a state-of- the art health facility with more than 250 beds, is expected to start soon. Victoria Falls City, the country’s tourism capital, was conferred with city status in 2019 hence the Government’s decision to upgrade the city’s […] …
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Mthulisi Tjibale Ncube For many people, writing one page may seem a mammoth task, yet for author, Witness Timothy Hadebe, writing and publishing four books was a challenge well accepted and a task well executed. The Zimbabwe Academy of Music in Bulawayo was alive with excitement last weekend as book lovers gathered for the launch […] …
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Nqobile Bhebhe  nqobile.bhebhe@chronicle.co.zw  LEGAL proceedings that could place troubled mobile operator Telecel Zimbabwe, the smallest of the three mobile phone operators in the country under corporate rescue, a form of bankruptcy protection due to serious financial distress, have begun. Communication and Allied Service Workers Union of Zimbabwe application lodged in October last year triggered the […] …
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Innocent Kurira  kuriralnnocent@gmail.com SHEASHAM FC insists it will continue to use its home ground, Bata Stadium, as the team was given the nod by Zifa’s First Instant Body (FIB), which said the team was only left with minor adjustments to the medical centre, a few paintings and installation of concrete terraces.  The Castle Lager Premiership […] …
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Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu sukulwenkosi.dube@chronicle.co.zw  Ms Lilian Mhlanga (28) from Insiza District is among 60 youths from Matabeleland South Province who have been awarded permits for 10 hectare A2 plots under the Presidential 10-hectare Scheme, which seeks to empower young people with land. This will enable Ms Mhlanga, a single mother, to explore her passion for farming.  […] …
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Nqobile Tshili nqobile.tshili@chronicle.co.zw A NETWORK aiding academic fraud charging up to US$1 000 to do dissertations for individuals has been unearthed with Government warning students participating in the scam will be disqualified. Academic fraud refers to deliberate theft of ideas, fabrication and using deceit to obtain academic success. The network under the name Robindos Research […] …
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“FOR many mothers around the world, the month of May is an annual moment for them to receive thanks and recognition for all they do. But for hundreds of thousands of women globally, this gratitude only goes so far.” This is a statement by the United Nations ahead of Mother’s Day on Sunday which says […] …
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Mbulelo Mpofu in Johannesburg mbulelo.smpofu@gmail.com MULTI-TALENTED actress and poetess Lady Tshawe (born Nomashawekazi  Damasane) is in Johannesburg readying to feature in a South African theatre production titled The Dr Hokaspokas Show. The drama will be presented at the South African State Theatre in Pretoria from Wednesday to Sunday.  Written by Christopher Mlalazi, the theatre drama […] …
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Business Writer CAPTAINS of industry have implored the Government to create policies that boost demand for the local currency while expressing concern over the resurgent exchange rate volatility emanating from the increasing dominance of foreign currency transactions at the expense of using the local dollar. The latest creep in inflationary pressures has already doubled the […] …
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