COMMENT: Government’s US$400k cloud seeding programme commendable

FOOD self-sufficiency is a crucial aspect of a country’s food security, which refers to the ability of a country to produce enough food to meet its domestic consumption needs. Achieving food self-sufficiency can help reduce a country’s reliance on imports, which can be affected by factors such as trade policies, natural disasters, and climate change. […] …
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Government warns schools against ‘bullying’ parents

Nqobile Tshili and Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Chronicle Writers GOVERNMENT has warned school authorities against arm-twisting parents and guardians into paying school fees exclusively in foreign currency and forcing them to buy uniforms and stationery from preferred retail shops and dealers. Before the opening of schools, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education issued a directive allowing parents […] …
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WATCH: US$400k cloud seeding programme launched

Nqobile Tshili, nqobile.tshili@chronicle.co.zw GOVERNMENT has launched a US$400 000 cloud seeding programme to induce more rains to boost agriculture productivity across the country as part of efforts to mitigate adverse effects of El Nino weather conditions. Cloud seeding is a scientifically approved rainfall enhancement method that involves the deliberate introduction of hydrophilic substances into the atmosphere […] …
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WATCH: Midlands tops murder cases

Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, thandeka.moyo@chronicle.co.zw A STAGGERING 1 383 murder cases were handled by the High Court in 2023 with southern region provinces dominating, amid calls for members of the public to respect the sanctity of life as more people continue to die from violent crimes.  Statistics from the Judicial Service Commission show that Midlands Province was the […] …
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WATCH: ‘How I overcame drug addiction’

Peter Matika, peter.matika@chronicle.co.zw For two years, Kale Guest (21) from Bulawayo’s Queens Park suburb suffered from drug addiction, a scourge bedevilling the country while threatening to destroy the youth. It was soon after the Covid-19 pandemic that Guest got hooked on crystal meth, popularly known as “guka”. It wasn’t his own doing as he was influenced […] …
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