The Chronicle

Mthabisi Tshuma, Showbiz Reporter EXCITEMENT is mounting as the inaugural Nyanga Arts Festival is slowly approaching with the rolling hills of Nyanga in Zimbabwe’s Eastern Highlands set to light up. On the cards are music performances, environmental theatre, visual arts, a Ixhiba/Gota/Nhanga workshop, and a music business workshop. Alongside that will be Nyanga Cultural Heritage […] …
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Nqobile Bhebhe, Senior Business Reporter THE 15th edition of the Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo kicks off in Bulawayo today with a packed schedule of intense business engagement sessions as the country seeks to capitalise on the showcase to drive higher tourism earnings. Local and international tourism players had arrived in the city yesterday ahead of […] …
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Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter  THE National University of Science and Technology (NUST) is today expected to conduct DNA tests to identify five people who were burnt beyond recognition in a veld fire that claimed 10 lives in Esigodini, Matabeleland South province on Monday. The DNA tests are expected to be concluded in two weeks. The tests […] …
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Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter  MS Locardia Mupande’s eyes were bloodshot, filled with deep grief as she stared into emptiness in her one-roomed house at Rose Farm Mine in Esigodini, Matabeleland South, a day after her husband was burnt beyond recognition together with nine others by a ferocious veld fire. Her two-year-old daughter, Melody, was smiling and […] …
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Flora Fadzai Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolence to families of 10 men who died in a veld fire in Esigodini, Matabeleland South Province, and directed that assistance, including funeral expenses be rendered to the affected families. The 10 men died when they were trapped in a mountainous area while fighting […] …
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DAVID Hume, a 17th century thinker, said human beings were creatures of passion or feelings and not reason. Our understanding of the social world, he argued, is based on human interests than reason. Others like Immanuel Kant believed that what made human beings human was their capacity for moral choice. The recent death of 10 […] …
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Sikhumbuzo Moyo and Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Chronicle Reporters GOVERNMENT has started delivering maize seed to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots in the two provinces of Matabeleland for the 2022/2023 farming season under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme, popularly known as Intwasa/Pfumvudza.  Bulawayo is yet receive maize seed although some of the agricultural inputs comprising fertiliser and small […] …
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Mthabisi Tshuma, Showbiz Reporter MUSICIAN Sikhosana Buhlungu will next week Friday express gratitude to all those who have played a part in changing his life for the better when he releases an appreciation song titled Khiwa. The track was composed as a way of thanking those who have contributed to his growth and helped improve […] …
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Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter  TEN people were yesterday burnt to death, some of them beyond recognition when they were trapped in a mountainous area by a raging veld fire at a farm in Esigodini, Matabeleland South province. The tragedy occurred at lot 43 farm belonging to Mr Abel Moyo.  The veld fire which swept through the […] …
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Prosper Ndlovu, Business Editor HE started with developing a unique dry biomass-powered prototype machine in 2020, which has the capacity to pump up to 60 000 litres of water per hour, a model that could be scaled up for use on larger commercial projects in mines and irrigation schemes. Initially designed to deal with problems associated […] …
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