The Chronicle

Brandon Moyo, Sports Reporter Zimbabwe Cricket has been posting impressive performances in the last four months after Dave Houghton took over the reins from Lalchand Rajput and the world has noticed. Since Houghton took over, the Chevrons have qualified for the T20 World Cup, beat Bangladesh in a white ball series, fell 13 runs short of […] …
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The third and final school term of this year starts today. It is perhaps the busiest of the year as pupils in Grade 7, Forms 4 and 6 sit their public examinations whose results take them to the next level. They, their parents and teachers should be working harder to ensure that they will be […] …
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Nqobile Bhebhe, Senior Business Reporter ZB Financial Holdings says the proposed introduction of small Mosi-oa-Tunya gold coins would bring inclusivity to the market as that would accord previously excluded potential buyers a chance to invest in them and store value for their local currency. In November, the smallest coin, containing just over 3,11g of gold will […] …
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Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter THE new-look Beitbridge Border Post, a world class facility commissioned by President Mnangagwa on Wednesday has brought with it a range of benefits for residents that will help bolster economic growth and service delivery in the border town.  The US$300 million modernisation of the Beitbridge Border Post is in line with Vision […] …
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Flora Fadzai Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter ESTABLISHED in 1958 by the late Mtshumayeli Joseph Ngwenya in Bulawayo, Pelandaba Buses, born out of poultry selling, is still growing 50 years later. It is also proving to be a lifelong legacy for his children and the following generations.  Ngwenya is said to have borrowed money from his father to […] …
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Chronicle Reporter Police in Bulawayo have impounded 21 buses, 45 kombis and 15 private cars in two days as the blitz on vehicles operating at undesignated areas continues. They launched the ongoing crackdown in June. There has been rampant illegal picking of passengers at undesignated points by long-distance bus crews particularly along Bulawayo-Harare Road, Leopold […] …
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We are coming from a quite difficult year agriculturally. According to the Second Round Crop and Livestock Assessment Report that was released recently, the 2021/2022 rainy season started late in December 2021 in most parts of the country. Where it started early, that is in the last week of October to mid-November 2021, it was […] …
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter THE Tonga community in Binga remains one of the most conservative ethnic groups in the country who still practise their traditional culture and perform rituals that connect them to their dead. The Tonga people believe in reincarnation. To keep the memory they create a necklace for each of their deceased relatives which […] …
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Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter  MS Belinda Sibanda (27) was two months pregnant when her husband, Mthelisi Sithole (30), was arrested and imprisoned for attempted murder last year. That left her struggling to fend for their three children. Ms Sibanda from the Makokoba suburb in Bulawayo now has a one-year four-month-old baby boy and she had been […] …
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Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter  IT was a miserable record, befitting a small club, not a giant one that is famous for winning league titles.  On 32 occasions Highlanders have been on the road in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer league and for 32 games they failed to bring home maximum points. Their last victory away from […] …
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