The Chronicle

Sikhulekelani Moyo, Business Reporter THE Micro, Small to Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) says engagement with insurance service providers is critical in facilitating enhanced access to affordable social security schemes that protect small businesses and provide friendly banking operations. Bulawayo MSMEs programme co-ordinator, Mr Nketha Mangoye Dlamini, said at the moment there were no specific insurance products […] …
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PATRIARCHY has mostly prevented men from seeking help when they suffer abuse at the hands of their partners as they choose to suffer silently than “face humiliation.” Shame restricts them from approaching relevant institutions to seek help fearing that after opening up, they would become objects of ridicule. Some institutions have made the situation worse […] …
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Chronicle Reporter JOURNALISTS from the Chronicle were among the top winners at the annual National Journalism and Media Awards (NJAMA) in Harare last Friday. NJAMA celebrates excellence and quality journalism in the country. The awards ceremony was held under the theme: “A free media — A free society.” The annual event saw journalists from print, […] …
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Blessings Chidakwa, Harare Bureau THE 7th Zanu-PF National People’s Congress has unanimously endorsed President Mnangagwa as the ruling party’s President and First Secretary as well as sole presidential candidate ahead of next year’s harmonised elections. The National People’s Congress, the supreme policy-making organ of the party which meets after every five years to elect new […] …
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Yvonne Ncube, Chronicle Correspondent VUYELWA Mabena first demonstrated her exceptional ability for tailoring at the age of ten, when she volunteered to assist her mother in her business in Bulawayo’s city centre. She saw her mother’s custom-made items as nothing but a work of art and wanted to be just like her. Today, the passion […] …
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Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Reporter On a bad day, he would have between five and eight clients stopping by for a shave or haircut. Life was good. He would be able to fend for his family, meet his personal needs and even be able to enjoy an outing with his friends. All this was on an […] …
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Fungi Kwaramba, Harare Bureau ZANU-PF has put in place the necessary resources and electoral material while all its systems have been oiled to deliver a landslide victory in next year’s harmonised elections, President Mnangagwa has said. After being unanimously endorsed as the ruling party’s sole presidential candidate for next year’s harmonised elections by the 7th […] …
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Brandon Moyo, Sports Reporter FOOTBALL used to be a game reserved for men and boys, it was a sport constructed as a true bastion of virility, expressed both in the practice of the sport as well as in the stands, bars and media commentary on the game, but times are changing with women and girls […] …
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Canditar Chapanduka, Chronicle Reporter ACCORDING to the World Economic Forum and Statista, a German company specialising in market and consumer data, the oldest people in the world are women with French-born Lucile Randon being the eldest at 118, making her three years older than Zimbabwe’s oldest person (arguably), Betilina Zhou Chakarisa who claims to be […] …
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THE rains that pounded Bulawayo on Thursday afternoon damaged three substations that resulted in a power blackout in almost half the city. Affected suburbs include Paddonhurst, North End, Sunnyside, Romney Park, Queens Park, Cowdray Park, Emakhandeni, Pumula East, Entumbane, Njube, Thorngrove, Nguboyenja, Mzilikazi, Hillside, Mahatshula, Gwabalanda, Luveve, Richmond and Sauerstown, have gone more than a […] …
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