The Chronicle

Mbulelo Mpofu, Showbiz Reporter LOCAL singer, Novuyo Seagirl is adding two films to her acting career as she anticipates the première of Deported and Bhundu Boys on KeYona TV and ZTN Prime respectively, productions that she is featured on. The pint-sized AEIOU hit-maker told Chronicle Showbiz that theatre and film were her first love before […] …
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Michael Makuza, Business Reporter ZIMBABWE’S month-on-month inflation rate has drastically dropped to 3,5 percent in September, shedding 8,9 percentage points on the August rate of 12,4 percent as price stability persists across the market in response to Government measures. Annual inflation has similarly eased to 280,4 percent during the same period compared to 285,0 percent […] …
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Blessing Karubwa, Chronicle Reporter CHIEF DAKAMEMA and his subjects in Nkayi District have launched a community housing project to benefit the elderly and vulnerable people using funds raised through selling proceeds from Isiphala Senkosi and contributions by locals. The project is expected to run annually with the first beneficiary being 70-year-old Mrs Gladys Ncube  whose hut […] …
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Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu/ Patrick Chitumba, Chronicle Reporters FARMERS at Port Bury Irrigation Scheme in Umzingwane District are set to receive a US$1 000 dividend each, their hard work contributing to the country’s first wheat surplus. They expect to start harvesting next week after which they will deliver to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB).  This year a record […] …
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Gibson Mhaka recently in Gokwe  DEEP down in Nenyunka area in Gokwe North district under Chief Nenyunka, some 90km north-west of Gokwe town, President Mnangagwa undoubtedly left an indelible mark in the hearts of the people from this area which borders Binga in Matabeleland North province. It all started on November 11 last year when […] …
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Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter A TOTAL of 22 churches converged at Ntabazinduna in Umguza District, Matabeleland North for a thanksgiving ceremony to express gratitude to God for saving the nation from the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. At the height of Covid-19, churches, among other public gatherings, were banned by Government as part of measures to contain […] …
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Yvonne Ncube, Showbiz Correspondent ESIGODINI Kinghaven Farm Fest, a socially responsible festival aimed at providing adequate housing for the elderly, is returning this year after a two-year sabbatical owing to Covid-19-induced lockdowns.  According to organisers, the objective of this year’s event that will be held on October 1 is to gather funds for the repainting and […] …
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THE country is on the road to achieving its biggest wheat harvest — 384 000 tonnes from 80 000 hectares put under the crop this winter. We need 360 000 tonnes for national consumption every year which means that we will potentially have a surplus of 24 000 tonnes.   “. . . we could only […] …
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Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter  IT was a rain shower that hit the parched ground in the Tsholotsho District that some will attribute to the beginning of the rainy season, but for others in the know, it was an assurance that the gods have heard their prayers.  This was the culmination of a three-day interceding rainmaking ceremony […] …
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Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Reporter  IT’S been 6 273 days since Zimbabwe hanged a condemned person by his neck until he died. For the gruesome murder of Themba Nkiwane, the High Court sentenced Never Masina Mandlenkosi to death in 2002 and he was executed on July 22, 2005. Since then no other prisoner has been executed.  With […] …
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