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Dinson completes Manhize power line
The construction of an 88-kilovolt transmission line by Dinson Iron and Steel Company, stretching from Sherwood substation in Kwekwe to Manhize, has been successfully completed. This milestone enables...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:31hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Manhize steel plant test runs successful
Test runs at the massive US$1.5 billion Manhize steel plant near Mvuma were highly successful over the weekend, setting the stage for operations to begin next month. The company announced that...Published: 27 May 2024 at 09:57hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Investor pours US$44m into steel plant
Local investor BER–Pig Iron and Steel Company (BPISC) has committed US$43.8 million to establish an iron ore processing plant in Redcliff, Midlands province. This initiative will be operated under a...Published: 20 May 2024 at 07:48hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Pumula residents, Chinese miner clash over noise
RESIDENTS of Bulawayo's Pumula North suburb are up in arms against a Chinese quarry mining company for noise pollution as well as destroying road infrastructure in the suburb.Some commuter omn...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:55hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Jere blasts unruly Caps United fans
PREMIER Soccer League and Caps United president Farai Jere has torn into his team's supporters after they invaded the pitch in protest against the referee's decision to disallow their equalising goal ...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 18:58hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei-linked firm in Zisco 'asset stripping orgy'
The much-hyped takeover of the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) by Kuvimba Mining House has failed to change the fortunes of the steelmaker amid allegations that the firm linked to businessman ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 15:20hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Court stops businesswoman's Hwange coal mine raids
THE Bulawayo High Court has blocked a Harare businesswoman from seizing coke from a Chinese-owned mining company in Hwange until a dispute over the payment of security services she was providing the f...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:54hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Ian Khama blasted over anti-trophy hunting stance
FORMER Botswana President Ian Khama has been criticised for assisting United Kingdom lawmakers in their efforts to enact a ban on imports into Britain of trophy hunting products, a major source of liv...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:04hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Manhize steel Plant to start production
THE majority of critical infrastructure at the US$1,5 billion Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco) steel plant in Manhize near Mvuma in the Midlands province has been successfully installed with the ...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:04hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime doing the work of US sanctions in Zimbabwe!
My own views on this sanctions issue have always been that we needed to prove these measures were the cause of our suffering. I have never denied that there have been targeted sanctions impose...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 23:01hrs | 417 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa in bomb scare
A BOMB scare at Victoria Falls International Airport has forced President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Falcon 7X aircraft to be turned back to Harare.Mnangagwa was expected to attend the closing cerem...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 18:58hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, police disown 'marauding' executive
A BUSINESSWOMAN is allegedly using names of high-profile individuals, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to lay siege to a Chinese coal mine in Hwange where she has been seizing coke since last w...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:29hrs | 2077 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 6 suspects after money transfer agency robbed
A gang of 12 armed robbers stole US$716,340 cash after breaking into the offices of a financial services company in Harare and blowing up safes, police said on Tuesday.Six suspects have been a...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 19:07hrs | 1340 | by Staff reporter
Money-lending company loses US$700,000 to robbers
POLICE in Harare have launched a manhunt for six armed robbers who raided a financial services company before making off with US$700 000.The suspects were armed with iron bars, explosives and ...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:39hrs | 1338 | by Staff reporter
Suspects drop US$5 000 at robbery scene
Police have launched a manhunt on a case of a robbery that happened at a financial service company in Harare."Police in Harare are investigating a case of robbery which occurred on February 25...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 19:06hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Disco's US$1,5 billion steel plant complete
CONSTRUCTION of the US$1,5 billion steel plant in Manhize near Mvuma is complete, with the project tentatively set for commissioning on June 10 this year.The plant, which is touted to be Afric...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:06hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Themba Gorimbo blasts Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry again
Themba "The Answer" Gorimbo, Zimbabwe's sole Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) representative, has once again criticized Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry, expressing his dis...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 16:52hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa blasted for spilling bins about Mnangagwa after being fired
The fired minister of War Veterans Christopher Mutsvangwa has come under fire for claiming to be exposing that President Emmerson Mnangagwa who fired him was put at the helm by him (Mutsvangwa) and th...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 14:53hrs | 10712 | by Stephen Jakes
'Bulawayo 80% forex rates illegal'
GOVERNMENT has said the decision by the Bulawayo City Council to force residents and businesses to pay 80 percent of rates strictly in foreign currency is illegal and ordered the local authority to re...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 05:04hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
UFC star Themba Gorimbo blasts Kirsty Coventry
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) standout Themba Gorimbo finds himself in conflict with Minister of Sports Kirsty Coventry and the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) due to their refusal to gr...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:49hrs | 1504 | by Staff reporter
Excited by the killings: How The Chronicle covered the Gukurahundi genocide
AbstractTHIS paper examines and interrogates the role of the state-controlled media during the Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe. Gukurahundi is a genocide that took place in Zimbabwe betwe...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 323 | by Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube
Zanu-PF blasts EU for extending sanctions on Zimbabwe
Zanu-PF has jumped to the defence of Zimbabwe's security sector in its latest rant after the European Union's (EU) extension of sanctions targeted on Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI).Sanction...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:01hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Girlfriend murdered 5 days before lobola negotiations
RESIDENTS of Bulawayo's Emakhandeni suburb are in shock following the alleged brutal killing on Monday night of Hillary Nothabo Ncube (26) by her boyfriend, Obvious Velani Sibanda, five days before lo...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man busted with explosives in SA
A 35–YEAR–OLD Zimbabwean Citizen has been arrested in Mpumalanga province, South Africa with an assortment of smuggled explosives meant for illegal mining activities in that country.The su...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:36hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Minister blasts civil servants
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister, Judith Ncube yesterday blasted slothful civil servants in the province as she demanded servant leadership from public officers.Minister Ncu...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
South Africa stun Morocco to clinch Afcon quarter-final slot
Second-half strikes from Evidence Makgopa and Teboho Mokoena earned Bafana Bafana arguably the shock result of an Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) characterised by upsets as they sent World Cup finalists...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:44hrs | 1330 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa not a game-changer but merely going in circles
So the ZANU PF regime is exceedingly delighted over the US$1.5 billion Manhize steel project in Mvuma!The Zimbabwe government can not tell ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:13hrs | 379 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
America blasted for its double stadards on elections
Political analysts have sharply criticized the United States (US) for its disparate treatment of African nations, particularly in the realm of congratulatory messages following elections.The l...Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 15:58hrs | 714 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Zimbabwe's mines minister orders stop to artisanal mining
Mines Minister Soda Zhemu has called on artisanal miners to "completely stop" mining activities during the current rain season which poses a high risk of mine disasters.In a statement, Zhemu a...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Buried alive for 3 days
WIPING his dusty face and shaking his muddied clothes, Owen Jaison (24) takes a huge sigh of relief.He had just dug his way out of belly of the earth for a kilometre.He and other 14 ar...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:51hrs | 1759 | by Staff reporter
Zapu blast tribal ZBC presenters
ZAPU spokesperson Richard Gandari has blasted the ZBC presenters who made tribal attacks on the Ndebele King LObengula live on TV claiming he was depicted to sell the country to colonialis...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 15:24hrs | 1054 | by Stephen Jakes
2 Batswana citizens arrested after armed robbery attempt at Bulawayo school
TWO men from Botswana who allegedly illegally crossed the border into Zimbabwe and teamed up with a local man in an attempt to rob a local school have appeared in court.Prince Modiakgotla (29)...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 06:02hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Kamativi Mine bypass road opens for traffic
A brand new chapter unfolds for Matabeleland North Province as the long-awaited 3.5 kilometre Kamativi Mine Bypass Road is now open to traffic.Recently, Kamativi Mining Company (KMC) commissio...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 19:15hrs | 1243 | by Staff reporter
Teachers clash with Zec
TEACHERS are up in arms with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) over outstanding payments after the electoral body engaged them as election officers for the disputed August polls.Accordin...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 07:11hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube comes out to state the correct position on CCC turmoil
Miffed by viral attacks on his person and political standing over the goings on in the Citizens Coalition for Change party, veteran politician and top official of the party Welshman Ncube, has come ou...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:25hrs | 3043 | by Staff reporter
Mark Zuckerberg builds US$100 million underground house as he prepares for Doomsday
In a move that has sparked intense speculation, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly in the process of constructing a sprawling $100 million compound in Hawaii, featuring an underground bunker a...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 07:26hrs | 5014 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Welshman Ncube blasts 'charlatans who think truth does not matter'
Miffed by viral attacks on his person and political standing over the goings on in the Citizens Coalition for Change party, veteran politician and top official of the party Welshman Ncube, has come ou...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 18:17hrs | 1152 | by Staff reporter
Western Diplomats blast Chamisa...call him incompetent or ZANU PF front
Senior journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has teared into Nelson Chamisa accusing his of a self-centered leadership style which has caused the Citizens Coalition for Change to suffer a still birth. ...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 12:56hrs | 3584 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Sengezo Tshabangu issues apology
Sengezo Tshabangu has apologised to former Masvingo mayor Shantel Chiwara after he was filmed referring to her as a "little girl".The self-styled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim se...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 15:03hrs | 3313 | by Staff reporter
Former MDC senator blasts Mthuli Ncube over wealth tax
FORMER MDC senator for Matabeleland North Chief Ndlovu has blasted the Finance Minister over the wealth tax he imposed during the announcement of the 2024 national budget."I want to believe th...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 09:56hrs | 231 | by Stephen Jakes
MPs blast Zacc for low convictions
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) parliamentarians have condemned the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) over the low number of convictions referred to the police despite the rampant illici...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 18:43hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Fresh Kambucha maker blasts copycats
Fresh Kambucha Private Limited, a beverages manufacturer, has distanced itself from counterfeit products that have saturated the market and damaged the company's reputation. Kambucha is produced throu...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:48hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Africa's 'biggest steel plant' fires off furnace this December
A Chinese firm, responsible for constructing what has been hailed as Africa's largest steel operation near Mvuma, Zimbabwe, has announced that it will commence its furnace operations in December as th...Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 18:54hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa aligned pastors blast Jacob Mudenda's partisan conduct
THE Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ) has blasted Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda's partisan conduct allowing unconstitutional recalls of elected opposition legislators saying the move scut...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:46hrs | 1297 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa still engaging Mnangagwa on Zimbabwe's sham polls
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa continues to engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the political lockjam in Harare arising from a shambolic election, with the latest engagement having been ...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 09:25hrs | 2315 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Shock as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak blasts Transgender people
On the fourth day of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made controversial statements regarding gender identity, straying from the generally supportive ...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 16:58hrs | 222 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Shock as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak blasts Transgender people
On the fourth day of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made controversial statements regarding gender identity, straying from the generally supportive ...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 16:57hrs | 1839 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Australian cricketer wants to play for Zimbabwe
Antum Naqvi, a Belgian-born cricketer currently based in Australia, has expressed his desire to play for Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC), offering his services to the Chevrons.The 24-year-old explosive ...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:24hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Police in Zimbabwe hunt for 12 robbers
POLICE in Harare yesterday said they were still looking for two gangs totalling 12 robbers who raided a company premises in Mbare and a school in Westlea last week before stealing nearly US$73 000, R4...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:11hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Joseph Kalimbwe blasts Hichilema's government...later deletes tweet
A now-deleted tweet by Joseph Kalimbwe, the spokesperson for Zambia's ruling United Party for National Development (UPND), has shed light on growing dissatisfaction with President Hakainde Hichilema's...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 14:18hrs | 174 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
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