Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter PREPARATIONS for the National Boxing Championships that will take place at Palace Hotel on September 24 are well on course with various clubs and provinces confirming participation. Black Rhinos, HQ 1 Brigade, 5 Brigade, Bulawayo Metropolitan, Prisons and Correctional Services, Air Force of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Harare, Midlands, Victoria Falls Boxing Academy, […] …
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Binga horror crash claims four, injures nine
Police said names of victims were going to be announced after the identification process was complete. …
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MATOBO’S PAINTED DREAMS: How a woman’s dreams transform a rural homestead into a Neverland of artistic fantasy
Flora Fadzai Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter BEFORE she picks up her brushes and other traditional painting tools, Ms Sitshengisiwe Moyo goes to sleep and literally lets her dreams determine her next masterpiece. “I had a dream of my first design seven years ago. I was not keen on following it as I thought there was no […] …
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Herding them to the light: Herdboy brings electricity to his people
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter HE comes from a very big family of 26 children and his father could only afford to send him to school up to Sub B, equivalent to Grade Two, a fate which was met by most of his siblings. But, Mr John Linda Sibanda (70) from Linda area in Mangwe District, […] …
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Twins at birth, royals in spirit: Bosso, Libeth’s intertwined milestones
Simba Jemwa THEY were born Albert and Rhodes, sons of Njube himself the son of King Lobengula and founded an institution that has reigned for decades. Her birth name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, daughter of King George VI himself, the son of King George V. 1926 is the year that Njube’s two boys birthed Lions […] …
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Local authorities challenged to push devolution agenda
Farirai Machivenyika, Harare Bureau LOCAL authorities need to scale up their commitment to improving the quality of life by joining central Government in the implementation of the devolution and decentralisation agenda, empowering communities and ensuring equitable distribution of resources, President Mnangagwa said yesterday. Opening the second Local Authorities’ Councillors and Staff Indaba in Harare, he […] …
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Bosso goal machine and consummate gentleman
Simba Jemwa,, Sports Reporter “Love me or hate me, both are in my favour, if you love me, I’ll always be in your heart, if you hate me, I’ll always be in your mind.” – William Shakespeare Anyone who’s played sport will have experienced the zone, those baffling moments when things are near enough perfect. […] …
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COMMENT: Where are road traffic rules enforcers in Bulawayo?
THE sight of Bulawayo Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Judith Ncube confronting the usually violent and unpredictable kombi crews operating illegally at 6th Avenue on Monday is a clearest indication that things are not right in the city. Kombi crews and some transport operators have turned the city, once revered for its orderliness and cleanliness, […] …
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QUEEN LIZZY’S ONE NIGHT PALACE: 75 years on, Bubi District inn that hosted a young Queen Elizabeth still stands
Raymond Jaravaza, Showbiz Correspondent UNBEKNOWN to her, but under the impression that she was doing her employer a favour, a house maid pulled out two boxes under a bed and threw its contents into a fire pit because in her mind, the boxes contained useless pictures and letters. The boxes, according to the maid, had been […] …
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Let’s anchor the economic growth trajectory
Stephen Mpofu, Perspective JUST when the satanic economic Siamese twins are about to be completely vanquished, in rears up modern-day Robin Hoods terrorising the business community and sending false signals to potential investors abroad to the effect that Zimbabwe is not a safe country to sink their hard-earned money. Yes, it is not cheap propaganda by […] …
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