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Abduction claims point to anti-Zimbabwe agenda
THE dismissal as falsehoods by a local non-governmental organisation some reports of abductions of civil society and opposition members allegedly by State security agents all but confirms a sinister a...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Editorial - Chronicle
Zimbabwe under siege once again
IT'S like deja vu - we have been here before! Zimbabwe is once again in the spotlight with the West, its local quislings in the opposition Movement for Democratic Change fronted by Mr Nelson Cha...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:08hrs | | by Editorial - chronicle
Sadc takes anti-sanctions fight to another level
President Mnangagwa attended the 39th Ordinary Summit of Sadc Heads of State and Government which ended in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania yesterday. This was the second time that he has attended the Sadc Sum...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Editorial - Chronicle
Zimbabweans must ignore Chamisa's calls for anarchy
TODAY is the day for peace-loving and patriotic Zimbabweans to shame merchants of violence by ignoring calls for violent demonstrations by the Mr Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance whose agenda is to try...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:00hrs | | by Editorial - Chronicle
Mnangagwa's military salary concept richly deserved
Our soldiers work very hard for us. They defend the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity. They make, promote and maintain peace. From time to time, the Government calls on them to lead in t...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:17hrs | | by Editorial - Chronicle
Violence, anarchy will not solve Zimbabwe's problems
WE are alarmed by reports that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance has roped in foreigners to shore up its planned demonstrations aimed at toppling the legitimately elected Governme...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Editorial - Chronicle
Lupane shows faith in Zanu-PF, don't trust Chamisa?
THE victory by the ruling Zanu-PF party in three by-elections in Matabeleland North at the weekend is significant on many fronts in as far as the revolutionary party's endorsement by the people at a t...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by editorial - chronicle
Chamisa exposes Tabitha Khumalo's hypocrisy
MDC Alliance chairperson Ms Tabitha Khumalo's recent utterances that the troubles faced by her party in Bulawayo are rooted in tribalism are a reckless and divisive spin that should be condemned by al...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:36hrs | | by Editorial - Chronicle
MDC must play constructive role in nation building
THE opposition Movement for Democratic Change concluded its congress in Gweru yesterday with the election of office bearers, among them president Mr Nelson Chamisa, vice presidents Professor Welshman ...Published: 28 May 2019 at 07:49hrs | 10 | by Editorial - Chronicle
MDC Alliance nomination process exposes party's lack of democracy
THE forthcoming opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance congress set for 24-26 May is fast turning into a farce following the withdrawal of secretary general Mr Douglas Mwonzora from the pr...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:02hrs | | by Editorial - chronicle
Warriors face Egypt in opener
ZIMBABWE'S Warriors will open the 2019 Afcon finals with a showdown against Mohamed Salah and the Pharaohs of Egypt at the Cairo Stadium on June 21 in a repeat of the national team's first match at th...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 08:10hrs | 10 | by Chronicle Editorial Comment
Gukurahundi healing measures crucial to national healing/unity
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission tomorrow begins the process of taking the country through 21 days of sharing mechanisms on healing and reconciliation. NPRC's outreach programme covers...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 08:07hrs | 8 | by Chronicle Editorial Comment
People should stop peddling falsehoods on cyclone donations
President Mnangagwa, Vice President Chiwenga and cabinet ministers visiting the affected areas hit by Cyclone Idai at Ngangu area in Chimanimani.Zimbabweans managed to bury their differences a...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:13hrs | | by Editorial - The Chronicle
Soldiers and police should be alert for any violent demos
Many businesses that were prejudiced of more than $500 million in damages and unrealised earnings following last month's violent demonstrations organised by the MDC Alliance and backed by some NGOs, a...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 23:24hrs | | by Editorial - The Chronicle
Mnangagwa has listened, an inclusive PAC is born
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's establishment of an Advisory Council shows that he is not only a listening leader but is prepared to include all Zimbabweans in extricating the country from its economic...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 23:11hrs | | by Editirial - chronicle
Chamisa must stop abusing Zimbabwe's expanded democratic space
Zimbabweans demonstrated on Thursday that they have no time for individuals or political parties that abuse the democratic space ushered in by the Second Republic when they refused to participate in t...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:02hrs | | by Editorial- chronicle
Mnangagwa's power of silence and love
President Mnangagwa suffered much humiliation at the hands of the G40 cabal, led by former First Lady Grace Mugabe with the tacit endorsement of then President, Mr Robert Mugabe. Around 10 mon...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Editorial - chronicle
Protest vote yields mediocrity in Bulawayo
SAD chaotic scenes characterised the swearing in of Bulawayo city councillors last Friday with irate residents meting out instant justice on a councillor whose behaviour they deemed unacceptable. ...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:16hrs | | by Editorial - chronicle
Tendai Biti must face the music
Zambia deported MDC Alliance co-principal, Tendai Biti, back home early yesterday morning after his bid to secure asylum in the neighbouring country failed on Wednesday.Many were shocked to le...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Editorial - Chronicle
Why Zimbabwe does not need an inclusive Govt
President Mnangagwa made it clear, in an interview with Sky News on Monday, that it is not necessary for him to form an inclusive government after his electoral victory last week.In saying tha...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | | by Editorial - The Chronicle
Mnangagwa sets tone for economic turnaround
ONE of the hallmarks of the remarkable turnaround of the Chinese economy since that country launched sweeping economic reforms in 1978 has been the strict discipline enforced by that Government and ze...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 06:25hrs | | by Chronicle Editorial Comment
Gigaba probes abuse of Zimbabweans at SA border
SOUTH Africa's Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba on Thursday visited Beitbridge Border Post following alleged abuse of Zimbabwean travellers by South Africa immigration officials.His surpris...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Chronicle Editorial Comment
$4bn platinum deal major confidence booster
Last Thursday was yet another historic day for Zimbabwe when Government signed a $4,2 billion platinum investment agreement with a Cyprus-based company, Karo Resources.The agreement, the large...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Chronicle Editorial Comment
Zimbabwe student fights deportation from UK
UNITED Kingdom: A 19-year-old student from Bath faces deportation to Zimbabwe despite living in the city for the past seven years.Mudiwa Madzima has set up a fundraising campaign to cover her ...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 06:33hrs | | by Bath Chronicle
MRP leaders called to CID law and Order
Mthwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo has said the party's National Executive Council members have been called to CID law and order at 09:30 am at office number 4 for a short meeting wit...Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Chronicle Editorial Comment
Mnangagwa: When even the opposition is charmed
A MONTH into his reign, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has already charmed a lot of Zimbabweans with his vision and initiatives for the turnaround of the country but most significantly has won praise ev...Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 08:21hrs | | by Chronicle Editorial Comment
SONA lays ground for new prosperous Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's first State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered on Wednesday has set the tone for his reform agenda anchored on the crown values of honesty, transparency, accountabil...Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 10:12hrs | | by Chronicle Editorial Comment
Social media real threat to governance
SOCIAL media are as important as they are dangerous to human life. Like the Central Nervous System which helps the body function by processing information from all its parts as well as the outside wor...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Chronicle Editorial Comment
'Jah Prayzah merely a large fish in a very small pond'
Those who are obsessed with statistics would have noticed that by yesterday afternoon, Jah Prayzah's blockbuster collaboration with Nigerian superstar Davido had already managed to amass over half a m...Published: 15 Jul 2017 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Bruce Ndlovu/Chronicle
Five O-Level passes don’t make a politician
The Speaker of Parliament, Advocate Jacob Mudenda touched on a potentially controversial matter on Friday while addressing academics at the Midlands State University when he suggested the introduc...Published: 21 Mar 2017 at 18:08hrs | | by chronicle
More bond notes to be realesed????
More #bondnotes to be realesed...Published: 08 Dec 2016 at 14:52hrs | | by chronicle
Giving Mugabe powers to appoint his deputies was a mistake
Zanu-PF secretary for science and technology, Professor Jonathan Moyo, yesterday described vesting power to appoint vice-presidents in the Zanu-PF First Secretary and President as "a mistake" as h...Published: 25 Nov 2016 at 05:36hrs | | by chronicle
Man killed, dumped at police base
A MAN from Matobo ganged up with two accomplices, one of them his nephew, and fatally stabbed a villager, ripping his stomach open before dumping him at an abandoned police base where he later die...Published: 25 Nov 2016 at 05:35hrs | | by chronicle
Sad story of sell-outs in Zanu
BORN in Damba (now Mhangura) in 1940, John Makwasha whose Chimurenga name was Bayayi Mabhunu joined politics during the early 1960s during the days of the National Democratic Party after listening to ...Published: 27 Mar 2016 at 10:23hrs | | by Chronicles from the Second Chimurenga
Time to market Bulawayo
Zimbabwe's second largest city, Bulawayo will be on the spotlight soon after the historic visit of the Chinese President Xi Jinping to the country. President Xi arrived in the country yesterday for a ...Published: 02 Dec 2015 at 05:30hrs | | by chronicle
Welshman Ncube, Tendai Biti in futile endeavour
Yesterday, Zimbabwe witnessed the launch of what should certainly become yet another futile opposition adventure.MDC and MDC Renewal launched an alliance, United Movement for Democratic Change...Published: 02 Mar 2015 at 09:12hrs | | by chronicle editorial
Didymus Mutasa must shut up
Among some Zimbabwean cultures, there is a saying which, loosely translated, says an aging baboon must walk with its tail coiled in order to be respected by the young.Basically the proverb imp...Published: 15 Jan 2015 at 07:56hrs | | by chronicle editorial
Mugabe's Zanu-PF must bring conspirators to book
There is a group in Zanu-PF that is power-hungry. It hastens after President Mugabe's position while he is still in office. It is insolent and assumes, wrongly, that the President is no longer a f...Published: 30 Oct 2014 at 10:11hrs | | by Chronicle editorial comment
Activist made daughter bath in semen
Sonny Kuzomunhu Chasi, 73, of Richmond in Bulawayo, raped his daughter and then made her bath in his semen, a court heard. ...Published: 29 Jan 2014 at 07:21hrs | | by Chronicle Court Reporter
Bosso financial statements condemned
FOR the second year running, Highlanders Football Club's financial statements have been described as qualified by the auditors who have gone on to refuse to append their signature to the report, the ...Published: 28 Jan 2014 at 10:08hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo I chronicle
Telecel to improve network coverage in Matabeleland
TELECEL, Zimbabwe is the second largest mobile phone network, says it targets to expand its telecommunications network in most rural areas in the Matabeleland region this year. The mobile serv...Published: 27 Jan 2014 at 16:10hrs | | by Chronicle
Econet transacts $200m monthly through EcoCash
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe says more than $200 million is being transacted per month through the telecommunication's mobile money transfer platform, EcoCash, resulting in the transformation of the count...Published: 27 Jan 2014 at 16:03hrs | | by Chronicle
Tsvangirai must give a 'state of his bedroom' address, says Prof Moyo
MDC-T President Morgan Tsvangirai "must give a state of his bedroom address" and stop dreaming of a second unity government, Zanu-PF politburo member and Information Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo ...Published: 27 Jan 2014 at 09:07hrs | | by chronicle
Open letter to Saviour Kasukuwere
Dear Honourable For the last half decade or so, your name has been associated with the game-changing programme of indigenisation and economic empowerment in Zimbabwe. The onerous task of chang...Published: 17 Sep 2013 at 02:38hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga , Chronicle
Those wishing Zimbabwe the worst are outcasts
Some Zimbabweans are really an amazing lot. After the announcement of the results of the just-ended harmonised elections, some could be heard wishing the country the worst in the days to come. Right t...Published: 07 Aug 2013 at 06:06hrs | | by chronicle editorial
Bosso expected to clinch another sponsorship deal
HIGHLANDERS, Dynamos and Caps United are expected to clinch a landmark sponsorship deal with a leading funeral assurance company in the next week as the PSL brand continues to grow. Yesterday,...Published: 05 Jun 2013 at 12:20hrs | | by Lovemore Dube I Chronicle
Turmoil rocks Dembare supporters
DIVISIONS have emerged in the Bulawayo Dynamos supporters' ranks with a faction accusing the incumbent city body of having been voted into office illegally.Dumisani Mutorera was on 23 June vot...Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 05:18hrs | | by The Chronicle I Lovemore Dube
Here and there: Transport eMalokishini
Cotton farmers made headlines this week for the wrong reasons. The merchants allege that the farmers are adding weight to their bales of cotton by hiding a few stones inside.I could not help but ...Published: 15 Apr 2011 at 13:16hrs | | by Courtesy of William Phiri Chronicle 4 June 2005
Zimbabwean, UK-benefits cheat jailed
FRAUD investigators in England followed a trail through social networking sites and immigration records to unmask the double life of a Zimbabwean benefits cheat living in the UK.But justice ...Published: 19 Feb 2011 at 21:35hrs | | by Reading Chronicle | edited by Mark Moore
BCC fires housing official
THE Bulawayo City Council has fired the housing assistant who was recently accused of fraudulently allocating council stands to her fiancé and his relatives. ...Published: 22 Dec 2010 at 13:49hrs | | by Chronicle Reporter
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