The Chronicle

Yvonne Ncube, Showbiz Correspondent HISTORIAN Pathisa Nyathi has said that the wonderfully crafted homes of Matobo village have been gradually developing, but lack the vital ancient meaning, something he wants to correct through a book he has penned.  Matobo homes have been captivating tourists and locals in recent years with unique home designs that include chevrons, […] …
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Canditar Chapanduka, Chronicle Reporter A PRIVATE clinic has opened in Plumtree to offer specialist services that were not available in the town and three doctors will be attending patients, with plans afoot to establish a similar facility in Nkayi. Bulawayo Medical Group (BMG) Clinic is the first private clinic in Plumtree. The medical group opened its […] …
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Mukudzei Chingwere, Harare Bureau Government is determined to facilitate the modernisation of all socio-economic enablers as precursors to the attainment of rapid economic transformation, President Mnangagwa has said. The President made these remarks when he officiated at the handover and commissioning of the new state of the art NatPharm Warehouse which was built through a grant […] …
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Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau  THE Government in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has invested US$1 million to rehabilitate Tshikwalakwala Irrigation Scheme in Beitbridge District, Matabeleland South, as the Second Republic continues accelerating rural development and industrialisation. IFAD is a specialised agency of the United Nations that works to improve agricultural development and […] …
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Flora Fadzai Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter  Mr Biseyi Mangena (79), started teaching in 1967 until he retired in 2016, clocking 49 years in the classroom. As the world celebrated World Teacher’s Day yesterday, a day that falls on October 5 annually, Mr Mangena said teachers have a great influence in the formative years of every child, thus […] …
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It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope,” Niccolo Machiavelli, a 16th century thinker wrote in The Prince. The law, scholars […] …
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Natalie Muzore, Chronicle Reporter WILD animals such as elephants and buffaloes are freely roaming the streets in Victoria Falls at night in search of food, putting the lives of residents and tourists at risk. During the hot season, elephants and buffaloes are a common sight in the city centre. Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority […] …
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Rejoyce Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter HIS face covered in scars, bandages and stitches, one can feel the pain he is going through when he carefully and slowly narrates from his hospital bed how his family was viciously attacked by 10 armed robbers on Monday morning at home in Cowdray Park. Mr Nqobile Ngwenya (23), a final year […] …
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Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Matabeleland South Bureau Chief FARMERS in Matabeleland South have started harvesting wheat targeting an average yield of 11 430 tonnes, from last year’s 5 790 tonnes as the province moves towards enhancing national food security. Zimbabwe is an agrarian economy with most of the country’s sectors being directly and indirectly linked to the […] …
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Rutendo Nyeve, Chronicle Reporter A GANG of 13 armed robbers yesterday ambushed three Securico Security Company cash-in-transit vehicles, about nine kilometres from How Mine and got away with four guns and 11,9 kilogrammes of gold worth US$450 000. The incident occurred at around 7.30AM at the 21-kilometre peg along the Bulawayo-How Mine Road. The robbers who […] …
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