Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief PLATINUM Group Metals (PGM) producer Mimosa Mining Company (MMC) intends to construct a 38-megawatt solar power plant to enhance the provision of alternative power to the company’s operations and contribute to the Government’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions. Zimbabwe has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent, from […] …
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Prisons arts gala helps rehabilitate inmates
Mthabisi Tshuma, Showbiz Reporter THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) Bulawayo Metropolitan Province is living up to its mission of changing inmates’ lives after it held an arts gala at Khami Remand Prison last week. The gala is an annual event where inmates from various stations come together to interact, socialise, and display their […] …
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Why COP27 needs a more sophisticated debate about livestock and climate change
As the climate conference, COP27, kicks of in Sharm el Sheik in Egypt debates about agriculture and land use will be centre stage. And amongst these discussions the role of livestock in the future of food and agricultural systems will … Continue reading → …
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Global mining, safari sector spur Archer Clothing
Nqobile Bhebhe, Senior Business Reporter THE global mining sector and the safari industry remain the key export market drivers for Archer Clothing, one of the oldest clothing factories in the country. The firm mainly exports to Germany and South Africa and is focused on expanding footprint at home and abroad. Group production head, Mr Sumit […] …
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IsiJahunda: Death of a language, people
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Matabeleland South Bureau Chief THERE are more than 7 000 living languages in the world, but Unesco predicts more than half will be extinct by the end of the century. IsiJahunda might be one of the tongues as the language is now only spoken by the diminishing elderly in Gwanda District. Zimbabwe was […] …
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Self-taught local shoemaker stands tall
Raymond Jaravaza, Showbiz Correspondent TO an eavesdropper the old man doing most of the talking under the huge jacaranda tree was too cocky. On the contrary, he is a man who is self-assured about his capabilities, a man who boldly vouches for his products to meet the best standards and compete with whatever his competitors […] …
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Uneducated philanthropist takes poor kids to school
Ethel Ncube, Chronicle Correspondent GROWING up poor, an orphan and abused by a close relative gave a young Musawenkosi Vundla the determination to work hard and make something of his life. Watching his aunt’s children go to school while he was left to tend to house chores did not break his spirit nor did it […] …
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Lens to real estate
Flora Fadzai Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter MR Cornelious Edwards (41) started as a photographer taking pictures in Bulawayo’s Centenary Park, but today he runs two firms, one a furniture factory and the other a construction company selling homes for no more than US$30 000. Born with albinism in Gwanda to parents also living with albinism, Mr […] …
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Civil servants to start getting bonus this month
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief CIVIL servants will start receiving the 13th cheque this month, the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Professor Paul Mavima has said. However, heads of Government departments who signed performance contracts will not receive their bonuses if they fail to meet their targets. Last year, Government introduced performance-based […] …
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What is environmental degradation and what should we do about it?
It’s currently the UN decade on ecosystem restoration. Everyone it seems has grand plans, huge projects and endless new policies to guide what to do to restore the health of global ecosystems. The biodiversity COP in Montreal in December aims … Continue reading → …
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