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Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter  IT was a rain shower that hit the parched ground in the Tsholotsho District that some will attribute to the beginning of the rainy season, but for others in the know, it was an assurance that the gods have heard their prayers.  This was the culmination of a three-day interceding rainmaking ceremony […] …
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Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Reporter  IT’S been 6 273 days since Zimbabwe hanged a condemned person by his neck until he died. For the gruesome murder of Themba Nkiwane, the High Court sentenced Never Masina Mandlenkosi to death in 2002 and he was executed on July 22, 2005. Since then no other prisoner has been executed.  With […] …
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Fungi Kwaramba in New York AFTER delivering his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) where he underscored the importance of global peace and multilateralism, President Mnangagwa had bilateral engagements with Iranian President Ahmed Raisi and then attended a conference on diamonds that was organised by Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi. President Mnangagwa is using […] …
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 Brandon Moyo, Sports Reporter  Playing sport at the highest level is one thing and keeping at the same level for the longest of times is another thing. Many sports persons come and go, others become inconsistent and get dropped. Others succumb to the pressures that come with playing at the highest level, but that is not […] …
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THERE is one vacancy in the civil service that we want to remain like that.   For many, just the thought of the job and what it entails is spine chilling. It is unthinkable. If there was someone in that position now, we wonder what he or she told themselves what their job was. Perhaps […] …
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Raymond Jaravaza, Showbiz Correspondent MARTHA Ndlovu’s feelings on the closure of the iconic Esigodini ‘Why Not Hotel’ are caught between a rock and hard place.  She is caught between celebration and a feeling of despair.  To Ndlovu, Why Not Hotel is a jewel of Esigodini – a place cemented in the minds and hearts of regular […] …
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Rejoyce Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter WARMLY welcoming Chronicle with song, ululation and a practised dance, the vibrant women showered us with love and huge smiles. One could feel the joy the women had in having one of the country’s biggest newspapers at their stoep. These are the women from Bulawayo’s Cowdray Park suburb in Esigodweni under the […] …
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Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Reporter MRS Sikhathele Musakwa vividly remembers telling her former headmaster at David Livingstone High School that she wanted to be a school head when she grew up.  This wish was met with scorn as the head  told her she could do something better with her life than aspire to be a school head. […] …
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter WHAT has gone wrong in Bulawayo? It used to be the pride of the nation with its well-cultured residents who lived in one of the cleanest cities in the Sadc region. But there seems to be serious moral decadence that has left Bulawayo Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Judith Ncube not impressed. […] …
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Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter HIGHLANDERS are literally sitting on a goldmine that was almost invaded by illegal miners popularly known as Omakorokoza, but they have security forces to thank for protecting their treasured gold mining claim in Inyathi, Bubi District.  The illegal miners have since invaded an area next to the Bosso claim. There’s no […] …
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