The Chronicle

Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter  ASTON Villa manager Steven Gerrard has challenged Marvelous Nakamba and other fringe players in his squad to show a great deal of hunger in their fight to get back into the team and his plans.  Nakamba together with Morgan Sanson as well as Fredrick Guilbert have struggled to get game time at […] …
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Leonard Ncube , Victoria Falls Reporter PERENNIAL water woes bedevilling Victoria Falls City are set to be a thing of the past as council has started preliminary work towards construction of two reservoirs, all along the missing link, in Mkhosana. For the first time the city will also have prepaid water meters in response to […] …
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Nqobile Bhebhe, Senior Business Reporter THERE is no need for Zimbabwe to import cement as it has adequate supplies and capacity to meet all ongoing construction projects by the Government and private sector, PPC Zimbabwe managing director, Mr Kelibone Masiyane, said yesterday. His sentiments come at a time when the local cement industry players have […] …
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students’ service centre is nearing completion with the structure set to be finished before year-end after the university roped in artisans from the Bulawayo Polytechnic College to work on the project. At the beginning of the year, Government allocated $500 million for the construction […] …
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Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Health Reporter  FOR Bulawayo Polytechnic lecturer Mr Eriah Nhongo (52), who is also a farmer, the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme, popularly known as Intwasa/Pfumvudza, has helped him earn extra income to cater for his family’s daily needs.  Having tried twice to implement the conservation agriculture concept since 2019, Mr Nhongo finally got it […] …
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Mkhululi Ncube, Chronicle Reporter The Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) has started building a primary school in Nkayi District, Matabeleland North Province to partner the Government in the provision of education and reducing the country’s school backlog. Construction of Great Hope Adventist Primary School started on Sunday a fortnight ago at Nkayi Centre.  In what has […] …
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Mthabisi Tshuma, Showbiz Reporter Preparations for the inaugural KwaNtuthu Comedy Festival are going on well with a star-studded line-up of performers from across the continent lined up. The festival is set to run from October 27 to 29 under the theme “This is For You” and will feature artistes from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Swaziland […] …
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Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief AN 11-year-old Gweru boy has taken social media by storm after creating sling bags and door mats using empty traditional beer container “scud’’ sealing rings. The scud is named after the scud missiles the late Iraq leader Saddam Hussein lobbed towards Israel during the First Gulf War. The sealing rings […] …
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday launched a massive clean-up campaign dubbed “Big Spring-Cleaning Week” in the city centre and pledged to rope in community tractors for refuse collection as heaps of garbage continue mounting on the streets. As a result of BCC’s failure to collect refuse, residents have resorted to illegal dumping […] …
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Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief Mkoba Teachers’ College (MTC) in Gweru, Midlands Province has started producing vegetable and fruit pickles, herbs and liquid fertilisers in line with Education 5.0 philosophy. The liquid fertilisers are made from plant and animal residue. The development mirrors the vision of the Second Republic of having tertiary institutions producing graduates with […] …
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