The Chronicle

Nqobile Tshili – nqobile.tshili@chronicle.co.zw BULAWAYO City Council’s “Siye phambili” motto has always been associated with the city’s forward thinking and developmental trajectory. It spoke to the pride of the city, once a highly industrialised area and the cleanest city across southern Africa. Today, the city is synonymous with illegal vending among other vices, betraying the […] …
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Raymond Jaravaza – raymondjaravaza@gmail.com NESTLED deep in rural St Joseph in Kezi, Matabeleland South Province, is a mansion that one can barely miss when driving along the dusty road leading to the area’s shopping centre. Equipped with the latest security features that will leave homeowners in affluent Bulawayo suburbs green with envy, the mansion makes […] …
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Ricky Zililo, ricky.zililo@chronicle.co.zw THERE’S an IsiNdebele idiom that says: “Ukuhamba kuzal’inkosi”. This sounds true of the Mushore brothers, McKinnon and Mason, who are set to find the crest at Bulawayo soccer giants, Highlanders. Bred in Harare’s Budiriro 3 high-density suburb, the Mushore brothers who arrived at Highlanders last year, believe the country’s oldest club formed […] …
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Farirai Machivenyika, Harare Bureau PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday exercised executive clemency and released a range of criminals jailed for many non-violent offences so long as they had served at least one third of their jail term by Independence Day last month as a measure of decongesting prisons now holding more than 22 000 prisoners. The clemency […] …
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Bongani Ndlovu – bongani.ndlovu@chronicle.co.zw The stage is set for a first of its kind album launch by Jah Prayzah (pictured) in Bulawayo this evening where he will release the second of his two offerings, Maita Baba. Award–winning entertainment platform, Gateway Stream Media (GSM), which is a part of the Rainbow Tourism Group, has partnered with […] …
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Nqobile Tshili nqobile.tshili@chronicle.cozw  BULAWAYO City Council’s (BCC) civil engineering expertise is being put to test in the rehabilitation of Luveve Road near Renkini as the scope of works have significantly changed due to underground water among other complications.  When council started rehabilitating a section of Luveve Road near Engen Service Station it encountered expansive clay […] …
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Prosper Ndlovu  prosper.ndlovu@chronicle.co.zw GOVERNMENT has lifted all restrictions on the importation of basic commodities to boost market supplies and granted 100 percent retention of domestic foreign currency earnings, with a further fine-tuning of the official foreign exchange auction system expected to tackle resurgent price madness and stabilise the economy. In addition, Treasury will henceforth adopt […] …
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Bulawayo which used to be the country’s industrial hub, is one of the cities and towns where distressed firms have retooled and are back in production because of an enabling environment created by the Second Republic.  A total of 13 companies across the country are back in production taking advantage of the improved ease of […] …
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Nqobile Tshili nqobile.tshili@chronicle.co.zw  THE family of the late national hero and former Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (Zipra) commander Rodgers Alfred “Nikita” Mangena has commended President Mnangagwa’s open door policy and his willingness to listen to challenges faced by families of former freedom fighters. President Mnangagwa on Wednesday met Mrs Sikhubekiso Madeya Mangena and her son, […] …
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Michael Magoronga magorongamk@gmail.com  WOMEN from the Midlands province got a rare opportunity to showcase their culinary skills, share recipes and engage in cultural exchange during a provincial traditional cookout competition held at the Kwekwe Polytechnic College on Wednesday. The event attracted contestants from all over the province with some coming from as far as Chirumhanzu, […] …
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