Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter Highlanders 2-0 Whawha A FIRST-HALF brace by defensive midfielder Nqobizitha Masuku was all that Highlanders needed to end a three-match winless streak and collect their first win of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season at Barbourfields Stadium yesterday. Masuku struck two beautiful long-range free-kicks that beat a hapless Whawha […] …
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Duo reign supreme at Zimas
Showbiz Reporter DJ Zandimaz’s homecoming show, the We Move Fest that is scheduled to take place in Gwanda today may as well be turned into a celebration party for her and Nutty O as they reigned supreme at the Zimbabwe Music Awards this past weekend. The two artistes who happen to have a song together, […] …
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COMMENT: Elect people with networks that work
IN a big development for the biggest suburb in Bulawayo, construction of a 60-bed hospital has started. Cowdray Park has 16 000 houses but the tens of thousands of people there are served by a makeshift clinic. There is no way a makeshift facility can adequately serve such a large population. This suggests that some […] …
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Love at first sight endures for 46 years
Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Reporter SIHLESENKOSI Dube nee Ndlovu (65) still fondly remembers how eager she was to walk more than two kilometres from her home to Mvundlana Primary School, Tsholotsho in the 1970s, just to receive a letter from her prospective boyfriend. Back then, letters were the quickest form of communication and the only way […] …
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Top billing homes sprout in western suburbs
Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter DRIVING through the high-density areas in Bulawayo one notices some stunning and magnificent houses that rival and even overshadow many in the low-density areas. Trendy neighbourhoods have sprouted around the high-density areas and the homeowners seem to be living a different life from the one that is stereotyped by society. They […] …
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Mighty Warriors fall to Botswana
Grace Chingoma, Senior Sports Reporter Zimbabwe 1- 3 Botswana MIGHTY Warriors coach Sithethelelwe “Kwinji 15” Sibanda admitted it is going to be a tall order to qualify for the Africa Women Cup of Nations after her troops made defensive blunders that cost them the match against visiting Botswana at the National Sports Stadium yesterday. The […] …
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Of church fashionistas and ‘heavenly’ etiquette
Mbulelo Mpofu, Showbiz Reporter LAST week, we covered the appalling undress code adopted by many, especially the youths nowadays and in the same spirit, this week we will cover different dress codes. On Monday, lovebirds painted the city red as they celebrated Valentine’s Day. As you know, red is a symbol of love and donning […] …
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Motorists resist new parking fees
Lumbidzani Dima, Chronicle Reporter BULAWAYO motorists yesterday all but abandoned parking bays in the city centre’s new parking zone where drivers must pay US$1 to park for 30 minutes. A new parking system came into force yesterday in the city centre that will see motorists paying more. The project is being implemented in phases. Parking […] …
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Dreams made and dreams shattered at West Nicholson’s ‘Entabeni yegolide’
Yoliswa Dube-Moyo, Matabeleland South Bureau Chief “Intaba yeWest” or “Entabeni yegolide”, the soaring mountain with impervious vegetation along the Gwanda-Beitbridge highway in West Nicholson is not for the faint hearted. From afar, the mountain looks like any other enormous hunk of land but there, lies mining operations which have over the years sustained livelihoods in the […] …
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Council and partner must review parking fee
US$1 just to park your vehicle in Bulawayo’s busiest zone for 30 minutes, or US$2 for an hour is too steep. It is a punishment. It is as if driving one’s vehicle and having to park it in the city centre has suddenly become criminal and you are fined for that. Bulawayo City Council (BCC), in […] …
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