The Chronicle

Ricky Zililo and Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporters FISO Siziba is the new Highlanders FC vice-chairman after seeing off the challenge of Babongile Sikhonjwa in elections held at the clubhouse yesterday. A total of 253 members cast their vote to decide on two additions to the Highlanders’ executive committee and Siziba collected 202 votes while Sikhonjwa […] …
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Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief GOVERNMENT has approved the $4,1 billion 2022 budget for Gweru City Council (GCC), a development that has resulted in domestic tariffs going up by 30 percent and commercial tariffs by 130 percent. Council last year was operating on a $3,2 billion budget whose performance rate closed at just 70 percent […] …
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Kuda Bwititi in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia THE African Union’s election of Zimbabwe into the AU’s Peace and Security Council is an honour that the country should be proud of, at a time when there are growing concerns over insurgencies in a number of countries, President Mnangagwa said yesterday. Speaking to Zimbabwean journalists after holding bilateral […] …
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Oliver Kazunga, Senior Reporter LUPANE State University (LSU) is implementing research initiatives to improve different breeds of livestock and crop varieties, a giant leap in improving production in dry regions. Some of the projects that the university is undertaking through the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences include the goat, indigenous chickens, cattle projects. In an interview […] …
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter FORM One pupils are set to return to school on February 14 to allow parents and guardians to secure secondary school places following the release of 2021 Grade Seven results that saw the country recording a 41 percent pass rate. The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said parents and […] …
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Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter HIGHLANDERS FC’s electoral court yesterday met candidates vying for the club’s vice-chairman and treasurer’s positions to spell out the polling process for tomorrow’s poll. Fiso Siziba and Babongile Sikhonjwa are contesting the vice-chairman’s post, while Busani Mthombeni and Xolisani Moyo are in the treasurer’s race. Chairman of the Bosso electoral […] …
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 Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief Mr Petros Mazvi’s Baha’i faith led him to conceive a foot-operated hand-washing device over a decade ago. The product has now become a must-have at many institutions following the outbreak of Covid-19 as it maked sanitising hands very easy. Mr Mazvi of Gokwe under Chief Njelele’s area has so far […] …
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Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter A bid to help two women by a 32-year-old man from Bulawayo backfired after they defrauded him of nearly US$8 000 when they gave him only US$299 after he agreed that they exchange smaller denominations for bigger denominations. The incident occurred on Tuesday in Thorngrove suburb and police have since launched […] …
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Mbulelo Mpofu, Showbiz Reporter ONCE upon a time in Mkhosana in the tourism city of Victoria Falls, there lived a young boy whose vocal abilities were far beyond his age and TikTok had no choice but to endorse him. The boy’s talent was noticed by renowned artistes from across the borders and landed him a […] …
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When President Mnangagwa came into office in November 2017, he committed to a bold, transparent, democratic and accountable leadership. He stressed the importance of servant leadership, a leadership that is driven to deliver; a leadership that is accountable to the common person in the townships or remote village across the country. He denounced corruption too […] …
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