Agriculture Reporter THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TI Agriculture Reporter THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) is training farmers to use sustainable practices for tobacco production amid growing calls by the Framework Convention Tobacco Control (FCTC) for growers to adopt ecologically responsive methods. Speaking on the backdrop of such training in Murehwa recently, […] …
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Supreme Court overturns Mushanawani’s dagga dealing conviction
Court Reporter TRANSPORTER Alphonse Mushanawani, who was jailed for eight years and had his commuter omnibus forfeited to the State after being convicted of dealing and possessing 710kg of dagga in 2019 has been acquitted by the Supreme Court. Mushanawani, who was jointly convicted along with Brighton Dinha, was set free after the Supreme Court […] …
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Man axes love rival, commits suicide
Fungai Lupande Mashonaland Central Bureau A man from Manhenga in Bindura axed his love rival to death after accusing him of breaking up his marriage before hanging himself. Lovemore Mutonya separated from his wife in 2021 following an infidelity allegation involving a married man, Onias Mafadzavana (47). Acting Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Sergeant Major Samuel […] …
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Zimbabwe Electoral Commission scraps by-elections
‘Members of the public are thus notified that the filling of vacancies that occur on or after the 1st of November 2022 will be suspended pending the conduct of the 2023 general elections.’ …
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27 years later, ghost of Dr Death lingers in our minds…Mnene Hospital still haunted
Stanford Chiwanga, Saturday Chronicle News Editor OF all the mass murders to have scarred the Zimbabwean consciousness after independence, the 1995-96 serial killings of patients at Mnene Mission Hospital in Mberengwa stand out with villagers still haunted by the ghost of Michael Joseph Swango, an American doctor who is estimated to have fatally poisoned as […] …
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Ethnic pride: It’s time to wear amabhetshu to the workplace
Nqobile Bhebhe, Senior Business Reporter IMAGINE civil servants turning up to work decked out in amabhetshu, multi-coloured bracelets, barefoot, clutching a leather shield and carrying a leopard skin backpack. Onlookers would, with no doubt, question the mental state of the people wearing imvunulo. Imvunulo is the traditional way of dressing of the Zulu and Ndebele […] …
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Prosperity Mpofu: From ice lollies to Zim’s finest poet
Mthabisi Tshuma, Showbiz Reporter HARDSHIPS often prepare ordinary people for extraordinary destinies and this is the story of Prosperity Melinda Mpofu, an orphan who is now one of the most sought-after poets in Southern Africa. The poetess cum author who hails from Plumtree town, has become a favourite to many for her clan praises which have […] …
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It was never in doubt!..Zimbabwe storm into Super 12 after slaying Scotland
Zimbabwe 133 for 5 (Ervine 57, Raza 40, Davey 2-16) beat Scotland 132 for 6 (Munsey 54, Chatara 2-14, Ngarava 2-28) by five wickets ZIMBABWE had not played in a major ICC tournament in six years coming into this T20 World Cup, but they announced themselves as a team on the comeback trail as they […] …
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Gukurahundi hearings receive showers of blessing
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter PRESIDENT Mnangagwa was the first to look up at the sky, Chief Charumbira, the president of the National Council of Chiefs, was the next and almost involuntary, traditional leaders and every delegate gathered at State House followed suit. They were not looking at a drone, or a plane heading to the […] …
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Khumbula High, the school of choice in Tsholotsho
KHUMBULA High School is a Brethren-In-Christ Church-run boarding school located in Tsholotsho District’s Ward 7, about 200 kilometres west of Bulawayo and 85km from Tsholotsho Business Centre. It is a fast-growing school with a total population of more than 400 people. Due to the school’s academic excellence, Khumbula High School has now become the most […] …
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