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ZANU-PF MP disrupts a colleague's meeting with fertilizer theft
Pandemonium continues to rock Buhera South constituency with their legislator Ngonidzashe Mudekunye disturbing every party member who holds crowds in his constituency.Mudekunye allegedly disru...Published: 4 hrs ago | 138 | by Paul Ndou in Buhera
Tafadzwa Bandama appointed new Director-General of Zimstat
Local economist Tafadzwa Bandama has been appointed the new Director-General of the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat), the country's primary statistics agency. This appointment follows the...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 10:34hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Human rights lawyers rescues disgruntled villagers as court stop Chinese illegal operations
A ZIMBABWEAN court has stopped Labenmon Investments, a Chinese mining company, from conducting illegal mining operations on ancestral land belonging to some Mutoko villagers in Mashonaland East provin...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 20:14hrs | 12 | by Stephen Jakes
Motorist demands US$132 fine refund from CCC led council
A HARARE motorist is demanding a US$132 refund from the Harare City Council's subsidiary City Parking after his vehicle was clamped in the central business district on March 8 over parking fee arrears...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dominates provincial GDPs
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) provincial gross domestic product (GDP) data shows that nominal GDP per capita was highest in Bulawayo province at $203 868 in 2020 followed by Harare...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teacher's salary frozen for openly supporting Chamisa
THE ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has suspended a Hurungwe-based teacher for supporting opposition party, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).The teacher, Blessing Mandava, alleg...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi diasporans mobilise R22k to construct dam back home
NKAYI residents based in the diaspora have mobilised R22 000 to construct Mbizi Dam to ease the water crisis in Nkuba village.This comes as the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) is set...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nzenza warns CZI to brace for stiff competition
GOVERNEMT has warned industries to brace for stiff competition against other African manufacturers as the region removes trade barriers, following a historic trade pact that came into effect in Januar...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans power import cuts with US$440m deal
GOVERNMENT has lined up a plan to reduce power imports by significant margins under a multimillion dollar deal to expand generation at the Hwange thermal power station, where vital projects are alread...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
$150m needed to rehabilitate roads, bridges in Matabeleland North
THE District Development Fund (DDF) needs about $150 million to rehabilitate 150km of roads and bridges damaged by incessant rains in Matabeleland North. DDF has a total gravel road network of...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbanwe govt targets 75% industry capacity
GOVERNMENT is targeting to increase manufacturing capacity utilisation from an average of 40 percent in 2019 to 75 percent by 2023 while US$2 billion will be required to retool industry, Finance and E...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 09:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets 75% industry capacity
GOVERNMENT is targeting to increase manufacturing capacity utilisation from an average of 40 percent in 2019 to 75 percent by 2023 while US$2 billion will be required to retool industry, Finance and E...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 08:26hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Retailers reel under diminished demand
RETAIL outlets and corporates are reeling from a major reduction in sales volumes with some facing closure as a result of shrinking disposable income due to a weakened local currency and impact of the...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube quizzed over budget surplus
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube was grilled over the benefits of his much-touted ZW$803,6 million budget surplus at a time the majority of Zimbabweans are suffering from a rapidly deteriorating economic...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube riles industry
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube was yesterday taken to task by captains of industry for suspending the production of annualised inflation figures, saying the policy move can trigger rampant speculation....Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 13:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube defends decision to suspend annual inflation reporting
Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube has defended his decision to blackout publication of year-on-year inflation statistics for the next six months, saying continuing to do so does n...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe industry capacity utilisation seen falling to 30%
CAPACITY utilisation in Zimbabwe's manufacturing industry rose by 3,1 percentage points to 48,2 % in 2018 but there are fears that the sector could contract to as low as 30% if the country's foreign c...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
More children in Hwange dropping out of school, child marriages
SEVERAL children in Hwange District are dropping out of school owing to early child marriages and lack of school fees.The Chronicle last week visited Luseche village, one of the worst affected...Published: 17 Jun 2017 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff Report
Ebola feared in Hwange
ABOUT 50 people from Change, Dinde and Nekabandama in Hwange District, Matabeleland North have been hospitalised at Lukosi Hospital and other surrounding health institutions after complaining of a rar...Published: 21 May 2017 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
When Zimbabwe's freedom fighters returned from the front
After the 1979 ceasefire agreement between the belligerents, many Zimbabweans waited expectantly for their loved ones to troop back from the front.It was a time to enjoy the fruits of independ...Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 15:09hrs | | by Freedom Mutanda and Sifelani Tonje
Zhuwao's explosive letter to Mugabe
Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Patrick Zhuwao on Friday took an unprecedented step in writing to President Robert Mugabe claiming that State broadcaster ZBC is now an opposition mouthp...Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 12:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZBC scoff at questions on why Grace Mugabe's rallies were televised live
SINCE her dramatic entry into mainstream politics last year, First Lady Grace Mugabe has hopped from one podium to another, with an open cheque to build a profile that has thrust her as one of the fro...Published: 25 Oct 2015 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
State broadcaster ZBC' rehiring dismissed employees
State broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is reportedly re-hiring some of its experienced staff fired using the Supreme Court ruling that allows the termination of employment contracts...Published: 28 Aug 2015 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC fires entire staff
STATE broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation on Saturday reportedly fired almost the entire management team, news readers, journalists and all internal security personnel.The engi...Published: 23 Aug 2015 at 11:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
More heads roll at ZBC
More heads reportedly rolled at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) yesterday with news bulletins manager John Gambanga and Jacob Phiri being shown the exit door 24 hours after the State b...Published: 14 Aug 2015 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZTV Channel collapses, to shutdown tomorrow
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has announced that it will officially shut down the Channel Two television station tomorrow the 14th of August.In a media statement, ZBC Spokesp...Published: 13 Aug 2015 at 16:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Herald, ZBC retrench hundreds of employees
With Zimbabwe's economy in the doldrums and showing no prospects of recovering any time soon, State media organisations - the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and Zimpapers, the publishers of T...Published: 08 Aug 2015 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top DJ resigns from Power FM, heading to Kenyan radio station
Top radio and club disc jockey with Power FM Davies Mugadza has resigned while four others are likely to follow suit to join a new station outside Zimbabwe.Mugadza and his colleagues are repor...Published: 16 Jun 2015 at 19:25hrs | 2 | by Tafadzwa Zimoyo
Tazzen Mandizvidza bounces back at ZBC
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation boss Tazzen Mandizvidza has bounced back at the national broadcaster. Sources at ZBC said Mandizvidza started work on Monday.ZBC public relations officer Mr G...Published: 13 May 2015 at 06:52hrs | | by Abigail Mawonde
Chinotimba's farm takeover resisted by villagers
SCORES of angry Chipinge community members including war veterans, youths and women have joined a series of ongoing demonstrations in protest over the occupation of 164 hectares of Chihoza Farm in Dai...Published: 09 Jan 2015 at 12:33hrs | | by Luthando Mapepa
Mugabe caps 1 063 at GZU
President Mugabe yesterday conferred degrees on 1 063 graduates, including veteran musician Oliver Mtukudzi who received an honorary degree, at Great Zimbabwe University's eighth graduation ceremony i...Published: 01 Nov 2014 at 11:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Returning diasporans will pressure Zim to take good governance serious
Botswana's defence minister Ramadeluka Seretse was quoted in the press saying it was now safe for Zimbabweans to return to their country because the situation had improved. SA will decide next...Published: 23 Jul 2014 at 20:32hrs | 5 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Stop worrying about my private life,' Tsvangirai tells Mugabe
FORMER prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai has told President Robert Mugabe to stop worrying about his private life and put more energy towards fixing the economy.Tsvangirai was reacting to Muga...Published: 21 Jul 2014 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai will go,' says MDC-T
MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai has promised to quit if he is defeated at the party's elective congress set for October in Harare.Sources in the party said while addressing the Midlands Nor...Published: 19 Jul 2014 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
'It's not my fault,' says Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe yesterday called on workers to remain steadfast in their jobs and sacrifice for the country instead of fleeing to the Diaspora.He spoke amid deepening economic hardship...Published: 18 Jul 2014 at 15:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Go hang,' Mugabe tells Obama's US
President Robert Mugabe has lashed out at the US for extending sanctions against Zimbabwe to include food and medical assistances telling the super power to hang. In a prepared speech wh...Published: 18 Jul 2014 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe hails history-making Zimbabwean surgeons
The recent separation of Siamese twins who shared one liver and were co-joined on the chest and the abdomen at Harare Children's Hospital was a demonstration of medical skill by local doctors, Preside...Published: 18 Jul 2014 at 07:05hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
I pity Tsvangirai, says Mugabe
President Mugabe yesterday urged people to be morally upright, saying he felt pity for MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai who is always in the news for flirtations with various women.Addressin...Published: 18 Jul 2014 at 01:08hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Keep them in your England, Mugabe tells Britain
President Robert Mugabe has challenged the British government on why it is now asking the Zimbabwean government to help it send back thousands of Zimbabweans who fled the country to seek refuge i...Published: 18 Jul 2014 at 01:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Live highlights of the burial of National Hero Major General Elliah Bandama at the National Heroes Acre
10:56 - The body of Maj-Gen Bandama arrives at the National Heroes Acre....Published: 17 Jul 2014 at 11:00hrs | 6 | by Moyo Roy
Brigadier-General Eliah Bandama declared a national hero
Commander of 3 Infantry Brigade in Mutare Brigadier-General Eliah Bandama, who died last Friday at West End Hospital in Harare, has been declared a national hero.He was 56.Zanu-PF Secretary fo...Published: 15 Jul 2014 at 04:10hrs | | by Felex Share
Top army official dies
The Commander of 3 Infantry Brigade, Brigadier General Eliah Bandama has died.In a statement, Director Army Public Relations Lieutenant Colonel Alphios Makotore said Brigadier General Bandama,...Published: 11 Jul 2014 at 16:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZBC moves to flush out ghost workers
The forensic audit into the rot of national broadcaster ZBC Holdings began in earnest last week amid reports that workers are undergoing a rigorous screening process in a bid to flush out ghost w...Published: 13 Mar 2014 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC likely to lose licensing arm
FINANCIAL problems at the cash-strapped Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) are set to worsen, amid revelations that the state broadcaster is likely to lose its licensing arm to the Broadcasting A...Published: 16 Feb 2014 at 09:37hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Woman used mbanje to treat her womb
A Beitbridge woman found in possession of 228 grammes of mbanje stunned a court when she said she uses the drug to treat her womb. Mildred Bandama, 24, appeared before Beitbridge magistrate Gw...Published: 05 Feb 2014 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man (24) rapes nine-year-old boy at knife-point
A 24-year-old Hwange man has appeared in court charged with sodomising a nine-year-old boy at knifepoint.The accused (24) from Nekabandama village in Hwange pleaded not guilty and was remande...Published: 26 Jan 2014 at 23:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
World Vision donates to rural schools
THE communities of Nekabanda and Sidinda in Hwange District have every reason to smile after World Vision Zimbabwe, one of the largest non-governmental organisations in the country, donated a classro...Published: 22 Sep 2013 at 04:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman (18) gives birth in a bush, leaves baby for dead
IN an incident that has left villagers of Nekabandama Village in Hwange dumbfounded, an 18-year-old woman gave birth and left the baby for dead in a bush.Tryphine Muleya of Zonda Fandison Mule...Published: 29 Jan 2012 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
CÃƙte d'Ivoire continues its arms collection operations
Summary of UNOCI weekly press conferenceSome 120 youths handed in their weapons to UNOCI on 30 December 2011 during a voluntary arms collection operation at the Youth Centre in the Abidjan nei...Published: 05 Jan 2012 at 17:44hrs | | by APO
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