The Chronicle

Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter THE Presidential Rural Development Scheme, launched by President Mnangagwa at Jinjika Village, in the Makorokoro area of Mangwe District, Matabeleland South, last week is set to generate nearly one million jobs within the next couple of years and spur economic growth in rural areas. The programme, which was launched last Wednesday […] …
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Business Editor THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is expected to conclude financing arrangements with an Indian contractor this month to facilitate commencement of the Bulawayo Thermal Power Station re-powering project by the first quarter of 2022, a senior Government official has said. The plant is one of the oldest in the country having been commissioned […] …
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Lumbidzani Dima, Chronicle Reporter ALL learners in boarding schools who tested positive for Covid-19 have remained quarantined at their various institutions of learning despite the closing of schools last Friday as part of measures to prevent the spread of the virus in communities. So far, more than 100 schools countrywide have been hit by new […] …
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Angela Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter A COWDRAY Park woman has launched a collection of organic skin care products using Umsuzwane/Zumbani as her key ingredient. Ms Princess Noma Siziba a Bulawayo novelist and a publisher has innovated a range of skin care products, which include soaps, toners, face masks under the production name ‘Indalo’, a Ndebele name […] …
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THE country has this year recorded a surge in cases of armed robbery and members of the public are encouraged to be vigilant especially during the festive season where there is a lot of movement of people from different places. Our sister paper, The Sunday Mail yesterday reported that statistics from the Zimbabwe Statistics agency […] …
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Oliver Kazunga recently in Victoria Falls THE establishment of the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) has added impetus to the creation of robust financial systems in Zimbabwe, which is critical as the country drives towards realising an upper middle-income economy by 2030. Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube said this on Friday while […] …
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The Netherlands will go into “lockdown” over the Christmas period to try to stop a surge of the Omicron coronavirus variant, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said. All non-essential shops, restaurants, bars, cinemas, museums and theatres must shut from yesterday until January 14, while schools must close until at least January 9, Rutte said. People […] …
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Harare Bureau TRADITIONAL leaders play a critical role in ensuring the success of Zimbabwe’s development agenda being pursued by Government, President Mnangagwa said during the annual Chiefs’ Conference in Harare yesterday. In his address to the traditional leaders, which outlined socio-economic issues, the President stressed the Government’s thrust to modernise, press economic growth and implement […] …
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Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter WORLD travelled Imbube ensemble, Black Umfolosi have shared for the first time that the popular song Unity was composed on the eve of the signing of the Unity Accord on December 22 1987. The group said the song, which became the soundtrack of the Unity Day celebrations, was a composed out […] …
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Yvonne Ncube, Showbiz Reporter Have you ever wondered why the Christmas tree is an essential part of Christmas festivities? Is it the glittery flash of the tinsel garland or refreshing piney smell permeating through the room? Or, is it the significance? As the festival of Diwali is incomplete without flickering oil lamps similarly, the festival […] …
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