The US$10,3bn brain powering Zulu lithium…When a Chinese billionaire queued for lunch in Fort Rixon

Nqobile Bhebhe, Senior Business Reporter WHILE the world of the ultra-rich may be brimming with private jets, rarely do billionaires find time to fly just to check on their massive global investments dotted around several parts of the planet. Most wealthy business magnates usually assign their executive teams to physically go on-site, while they prefer […] …
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Psychiatric sanctuary in Emakhandeni

Raymond Jaravaza, Saturday Chronicle Correspondent NESTLED in the heart of Emakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo is a huge building, which is conspicuous because of its size and design. The structure is little known in the locality. Very few local residents understand its operations yet it is a beacon of hope for the people that call it […] …
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Is football a thankless industry?

Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter REPORTS of financial challenges that befell Bulawayo Chiefs FC starting mid-year in 2021, leading to players and staff going for months without pay have damaged the club’s brand. Chiefs, the country’s most followed football club on Twitter with almost 80 000 followers were arguably the social media kings, bringing excitement […] …
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President mourns Air Commodore Maketo

Midlands Bureau Chief PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday joined the Maketo family in mourning the death of Air Commodore Pio Pasipamire Maketo who died in a road accident on Saturday last week and was buried at Gweru Provincial Heroes Acre yesterday. President Mnangagwa conferred Air Commodore Maketo (55) Liberation War Heroes status. Air Commodore Maketo, who was […] …
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COMMNT: Indeed Zimbabwe is open for business

  NEW investors that are setting up businesses across the country since the coming in of the Second Republic have confirmed that indeed Zimbabwe is Open for Business. Premier African Minerals chief executive officer Mr. George Roach, one of the big foreign investors in the country, said on Thursday that Zimbabwe’s investment environment is very […] …
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RoilBAA in pictures

Celebrating Bulawayo’s finest in artistic excellence. . . The most glamorous awards ceremony in the city, the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards (RoilBAAs) was held at the Large City Hall on Christmas Eve, a move which was meant to lighten up the festive season and also accommodate diasporans who were in the country. Like always, the […] …
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Mpopoma’s famous personalities

Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Reporter BULAWAYO city, just like other towns and cities in Zimbabwe, had residential areas allocated according to race before Independence. Europeans, Africans, referred to at that time as “natives,” Indians and coloureds had separate suburbs. All European suburbs were in the eastern, southern or northern side of the city’s industrial area and […] …
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Life in a Bulawayo squatter camp

Tafadzwa Chibukwa, Chronicle Reporter WITH shacks and mud huts assembled crudely from discarded pallets, wooden doors, rusty metal and plastic sheets, it is a shanty town. There is no running water, and no sign of electricity, one would definitely think twice about living there but the slum dwellers have made cramped overcrowded shacks at Killarney […] …
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Models honoured

Mbulelo Mpofu, Showbiz Reporter IN life a lot of people do everything in their power for validation, recognition, and acceptance but what happens when all the plaudits and the glory is on a silver platter? Pure joy emanates and this is the case with the recently-held Bulawayo Models Awards which took place in the city […] …
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