The Chronicle

Brandon Moyo, Sports Reporter SOUTH AFRICA’S 74-43 victory over Zambia kept Zimbabwe’s hopes of qualifying to the 2023 Netball World Cup alive after the Gems lost their Africa Netball World Cup Qualifier semi-final clash to Malawi yesterday in Pretoria South Africa.  South Africa as the hosts of next year’s World Cup are guaranteed automatic qualification . […] …
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THE Government continues with its thrust to roll out development initiatives in all corners of the country in line with President Mnangagwa’s philosophy of leaving no one and no place behind. Since the inception of the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa, strides have been made to ensure that all parts of Zimbabwe are part […] …
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Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Health Reporter  JOSHUA Hove and Patience Nhambida met at the Bulawayo Jairos Jiri Vocational Training Centre in January 2017.  For Hove (43), his was a love at first sight scenario when Nhambida (30) first set foot at the centre all the way from Kwekwe. Although partially blind,  Hove was convinced that this woman who came […] …
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Mkhululi Ncube, Chronicle Reporter A 28-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo sought by police in connection with the murder of a woman whose body was found in her brother’s car in Emganwini suburb, has committed suicide. Farai Michael Mutasa of New Magwegwe suburb hanged himself in a bush between Masotsha Ndlovu and Beit Avenues.  Police suspect he was connected […] …
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Simba Jemwa, Showbiz Reporter Munch & Sip at Matopos Sailing Club? Sounds like another great excuse to head to this Fraser Valley destination and get our fill, right? Summer is here, good food is a given and people will be dressed to their nines. And like Will ‘Fresh Prince’ Smith once said in bars to his […] …
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Lawrence Thodhlana MOST of the food that we all eat was likely grown by women farmers who constitute the majority of agricultural workers in Southern Africa.  Yet, despite women constituting 52 percent of the population and being the majority of farm workers in the region, they have access and control to less than 20 percent of […] …
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Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter  BALMATER Brito’s brief romance with Highlanders supporters has to this point been a love and hate affair. Following his side’s one nil victory over Triangle in the Chibuku Super Cup last week, the Portuguese gaffer was celebrated as a hero. Yet, weeks ago he received jeers from the same fans after managing […] …
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Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter THE Ministry of Health and Child Care is concerned about delays in procurement processes at the country’s public hospitals, which it feels causes unnecessary shortages of medicines and other supplies. Government a few years ago established the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) to regulate procurement in public entities but there […] …
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter GOVERNMENT has moved in to operationalise Binga and Plumtree Polytechnic Colleges with the release of $100 million towards rehabilitation of key infrastructure components to be used in setting up the two institutions of higher learning. The two colleges are the latest institutions to be established as Government is spreading access to higher […] …
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Tendai Rupapa in BULAWAYO THE elderly were yesterday treated like kings and queens in Bulawayo at an inaugural celebration of centenarians, which left the city spell-bound. Those below 100 years were also roped in. Laughter, song and dance characterised the event, which ended with a luncheon where mouth-watering dishes were served. Proceedings started with a […] …
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