The Chronicle

Business Reporter Output from Hwange Thermal Power Station has increased to 430MW following the repair of broken-down units, pushing total national generated electricity to 681MW, according to statistics from the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC). Although the country still needs to import power from regional producers to cover the supply deficit created by the drastic cut […] …
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Flora Fadzai Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter A TOTAL of 32 babies were born at Bulawayo’s biggest hospitals – Mpilo Central Hospital and the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) – on Christmas Day. Regarded as a special annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, Christmas Day is observed every 25 December as a religious and cultural celebration […] …
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THE Covid-19 pandemic was at its peak then, with new variants emerging, each posing a different threat, but often greater disease severity than its immediate predecessor. Ordinary people did not really know much about the variants of the coronavirus until Delta was discovered in India December 2020 and spread fast worldwide. As viruses typically do, […] …
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Flora Fadzai Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter KHULU Sibanda and Gogo MaNgwenya never get tired of responding when asked how they have managed to stay married for 60 years in an age where divorcing is no longer frowned upon. There is no mystery formula to their longstanding union — they attribute it all to God who declared […] …
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Raymond Jaravaza, Saturday Chronicle Correspondent Tatters to riches: Bulawayo man coins it buying torn notes HE holds a tattered US$10 note, flips it over several times, makes a careful inspection of it, shakes his head and tells the woman that it is worth half its value. The customer, an older woman, nods in agreement and […] …
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ZIMBABWE had by Wednesday recorded 19 festive season road traffic accident deaths. This is a very worrying start to the Christmas and New Year holidays and motorists must therefore exercise extreme caution on our roads.   The country cannot afford to continue losing lives in road accidents which can be avoided if drivers observe traffic […] …
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Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter MAYIBONGWE Mabhena (28) says life has been tough for the past five years as she struggled to walk due to a broken artificial leg. Mabhena was amputated when she was 18 months old after she fell into a fire at her rural home in Jambezi outside Victoria Falls. Her parents had […] …
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Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter THE fear of losing matches, unreasonable pressure from club executives and, of course, the fans who demand victory every time their teams take to the field are some of the reasons some Premier Soccer League coaches do not give a chance to young players. A few weeks ago, a panel of […] …
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter ZANU-PF’S First Secretary and President Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appointed new Politburo members. These include Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube who is Deputy Finance Secretary while Cde Patrick Chinamasa is the Finance Secretary. This completes the establishment of the Politburo as the President Mnangagwa had appointed his deputies, […] …
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Tafadzwa Bondoro With anticipation high on who shall walk away with honours at the prestigious Bulawayo Arts Awards tonight, Gwanda pins its hopes on the literary works of their adopted writer, Robert Mukondiwa. The book “Oliver Mtukudzi and Me, A Life In Song And Media” threatens to be the first non-fiction book to win an […] …
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