The Chronicle

Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter  TRADITIONAL leaders have called on citizens to embrace the Gukurahundi community engagements programme launched by President Mnangagwa on Monday at the State House in Bulawayo. The launch of the programme paves way for chiefs to conduct public hearings in their respective communities The event is a culmination of engagements between President Mnangagwa […] …
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Midlands Bureau MORE than 140 000 farmers in the Midlands province have to date dug Pfumvudza/ Intwasa holes in preparation for the summer cropping season. Under the programme, each farming household will get an input package comprising 10kg maize seed, 5kg sorghum, 2kg pearl millet, 5kg soya beans, 2kg sunflower/castor beans and 5kg of either […] …
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IN the TED Talk “The danger of a single story,” prolific Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie speaks of how “impressionable and vulnerable we are in the face of a single story”. She says of when she began to write as a child: “All my characters were white and blue-eyed. They played in the snow. They […] …
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Mashudu Netsianda, Deputy News Editor PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has launched a manual on the Gukurahundi community engagement processes by chiefs including a report on their consultative meetings as the Second Republic takes a bold step towards finding a lasting solution and fostering national unity for the healing of the victims. Traditional leaders crafted and adopted the Gukurahundi […] …
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter  TRADITIONAL leaders yesterday released the Manual on Community Engagement Process by Chiefs on the Gukurahundi Issue which will guide them when conducting public hearings. President Mnangagwa was handed copies of the manual which the Government has adopted.  The manual provides step-by-step procedures that chiefs have to undertake as they conduct the hearings. […] …
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THE launch of the manual on the Gukurahundi processes by chiefs at State House in Bulawayo yesterday, confirms the Second Republic’s commitment to cement national unity towards collective prosperity.  Most importantly, the launch has shamed the country’s detractors and Gukurahundipreneurs who have over the years used the emotive issue for selfish political gain.  It had […] …
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Mashudu Netsianda, Deputy News Editor GOVERNMENT has announced that in terms of Gukurahundi exhumations and memorials, traditional leaders will work with the affected families for verification purposes as well as identifying tradition and customary implications to rituals and ceremonies to appease the dead. On the issue of compensation for the victims, cases will be resolved on […] …
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Simba Jemwa, Showbiz Reporter SHOES are something we all naturally have an interest in. They are a part of our everyday lives, and we each have a preference when it comes to what we wear on our feet. “The greatest sneaker show on earth”, the Bulawayo Sneaker Expo is coming to Bulawayo this Saturday and […] …
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter TRADITIONAL leaders have crafted and adopted a Gukurahundi manual to guide the holding of victim-friendly public hearings to ensure national healing as the country confronts its unfortunate past brought about by the 1980s conflict.  Chiefs are expected to soon lead the public hearings in communities on Gukurahundi, which remains a thorny subject […] …
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter  PRESIDENT Mnangagwa landed in Bulawayo yesterday to launch today the traditional leaders-led Gukurahundi public consultations during a meeting that will see the engagements roadmap being outlined. He will launch the programme at State House in the city and chiefs will also be in attendance. The traditional leaders have already produced a working […] …
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