The Chronicle

Mbulelo Mpofu, Showbiz Reporter ANDREA The Vocalist’s manager, Tendai Joe, has vowed to unmask the individual behind a fake Andrea The Vocalist account on Facebook. The impostor, a Nigerian only identified as Egoh Noble, has of late been masquerading as Andrea The Vocalist on Facebook, posting updates stolen from Andrea The Vocalist’s official page. In an […] …
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Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter HIGHLANDERS’ lacklustre display in Sunday’s Chibuku Super Cup quarter-finals could dent striker Lynoth Chikuhwa’s chances of moving outside the country, as the forward hardly had clear scoring opportunities while being watched by a South African scout. Bosso lost the match 1-0 to Bulawayo Chiefs, with Highlanders only taking a single shot […] …
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Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Health Reporter  THE issue of overcrowding and sharing of communal bathrooms and toilets coupled with the worsening water crisis in Bulawayo has been blamed for the city ’s diarrhoea outbreak, which has so far claimed two lives.  Statistics from the city health services department show that more than 1 663 cumulative cases have […] …
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Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Matabeleland South Bureau Chief  AN 87-year-old dream turned into reality following Government’s bold move to transform Mtshabezi Irrigation Scheme in Gwanda District, Matabeleland South, into a greenbelt in line with the Second Republic’s  accelerated rural development and industrialisation drive. The vast tract of arable land has been lying idle for almost a century. Farmers […] …
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Nqobile Bhebhe, Senior Business Reporter GOVERNMENT’s value for money investigation on all payments to suppliers and contractors to ministries, departments and agencies has exposed a massive overpricing scam by unscrupulous service providers some of whom pegged their prices based on speculative market exchange rates as high as ZWL$2 000 per US dollar. The obscene forward pricing […] …
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Tafadzwa Chibukwa  NATURALLY, retrenchment is a disheartening and painful process which brings uncertainty to the affected person because one does not know for how long they will be unemployed. When one door closes, another opens. Following this philosophy helped Mr Stanley Tafa (45) of Makokoba suburb in Bulawayo achieve his goal of running his own […] …
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter  THE transformation of Figtree settlement into a smart city has started taking shape with technical teams working with Bulilima Rural District Council as Government moves to fully implement the smart cities concept in line with the recently launched climate policy.  Government adopted the smart city concept which is a global phenomenon as […] …
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Nqobile Bhebhe, Senior Business Reporter GIANT cement producer, PPC Zimbabwe, says it is reaping big business from its US$82 million mega mechanised cement processing plant in Harare, which was commissioned in 2016 when other firms in various sectors of the economy regarded the investment climate as not conducive. The Sunway City Industrial Park in Harare, has […] …
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter FUEL smuggling is rampant along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border, with illicit traders resorting to paying bribes to evade arrest, a practice that has seen the country losing millions of dollars in potential tax revenue. A network of fuel smugglers comprising villagers living in communities near the border, fuel dealers; some coming as […] …
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter A RETIRED mathematics teacher has embraced the Intwasa/Pfumvudza climate proofed farming method which has seen him produce excess grain that he sells to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) to feed the nation. Mr Matema Masendeke (70), a former teacher at Empandeni High School in Mangwe District, Matabeleland South province has become […] …
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