This and every Friday, we shall present the weekly Top 10 songs from the region with DJ Prince Eskhosini as we gear up for the festive season. This week our number 1 is Pastor Barak’s track Bayashada. Question: Can you please tell us about yourself? Sipetangani Sibanda aka Pastor Barak is a Gospel musician, Apostle, […] …
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The Chronicle
Bosso to dedicate to ‘Mafigo’ and fans
Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter HIGHLANDERS Football Club will step into the Barbourfields Stadium pitch for the last time this season for a game against ZPC Kariba which they have dedicated to the late Caesar “Mafigo” Dube and the Bosso fans who have shown them enormous support this season. Bosso date ZPC Kariba on Sunday in a […] …
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Border Timbers eyes export expansion in Sadc
Nqobile Bhebhe, Senior Business Reporter TIMBER milling and manufacturing company, Border Timbers Limited is focusing on expanding its export reach in the Sadc region taking advantage of various ongoing rural electrification and infrastructure development projects. The firm said efforts are underway to expand exports with particular focus on Zambia, Mozambique and Botswana. In an audited financial […] …
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The lodge Lupane women built… US$60k from basketry exports to 20 countries
Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Reporter FROM initially exporting 14 traditional Ndebele baskets to Liechtenstein in 2009, Lupane Women Centre now exports the product to more than 20 countries, realising at least US$60 000 annually. The centre has grown and now members also own a lodge, a restaurant and a small plot where they are into poultry farming. […] …
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FOUR-day hell in mine shaft
Flora Fadzai Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter When 22-year-old Mr Rania Moyo left home at around 4am on Thursday last week for work at Velocity 36 Mine in Silobela, he never bothered to bid his parents goodbye as he believed he would return home as usual. There was no way he could have known that one hour later […] …
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Chevrons stunned by Netherlands
Brandon Moyo, Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE were left stunned by the Netherlands after they lost their International Cricket Council Men’s T20 World Cup Super-12, Group 2 encounter by five wickets at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide Australia, yesterday. The defeat saw all hopes of Zimbabwe making it to the semifinals evaporate as they remain fourth on the log […] …
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Embassy rolls out documentation of zimbabweans in Botswana
Prosper Ndlovu in GABORONE, Botswana THE Zimbabwean Embassy in Botswana has joined hands with the neighbouring country’s government to rollout a comprehensive documentation exercise for immigrants in order to regularise their stay and enhance their access to basic services and business opportunities. The intervention is part of the positive fruits of the cordial bilateral relations […] …
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Cable thefts menace grows
Tafadzwa Chibukwa, Chronicle Reporter RESIDENTS of Hillcrest suburb in Bulawayo have gone for a week without electricity after thieves stole copper cables along Berkshire Avenue in the suburb. The copper cables thieves struck on Tuesday last week resulting in the power outage. Bulawayo suburbs such as Hillside, Burnside, Mpopoma and Entumbane have of late been hit […] …
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Lens to real estate
Flora Fadzai Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter MR Cornelious Edwards (41) started as a photographer taking pictures in Bulawayo’s Centenary Park, but today he runs two firms, one a furniture factory and the other a construction company selling homes for no more than US$30 000. Born with albinism in Gwanda to parents also living with albinism, Mr […] …
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Civil servants to start getting bonus this month
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief CIVIL servants will start receiving the 13th cheque this month, the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Professor Paul Mavima has said. However, heads of Government departments who signed performance contracts will not receive their bonuses if they fail to meet their targets. Last year, Government introduced performance-based […] …
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