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Mozambican hustlers take over Harare streets
In the bustling heart of Harare, with towering skyscrapers and vendors hawking wares amid the honking symphony of traffic, a unique brand of entrepreneurship thrives.Young Mozambican men, thei...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Theileriosis kills hundreds of cattle in Matabeleland South
A widow and farmer Mrs Thulani Mpofu is left with only an empty kraal and cattle bells after Theileriosis, which has claimed hundreds of cattle in Insiza District, Matabeleland South Province, and the...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Govt declares quarantine... sends chemicals to contain disease
A widow and farmer Mrs Thulani Mpofu is left with only an empty kraal and cattle bells after Theileriosis, which has claimed hundreds of cattle in Insiza District, Matabeleland South Province, and the...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 00:01hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Fluttering the Triple C dovecote
Horror times for Triple CKikikiki, Professor Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao have caused a perfect storm in Chamisa's already troubled, and inexorably shrinking space. They have written to "c...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bank lending freeze targets big corporates enjoying 'arbitrage profits'
HARARE - The Zimbabwe government is clamping down on big corporates which borrowed billions in Zimbabwean dollars and allegedly used the money for speculative activities.Authorities say the co...Published: 13 May 2022 at 14:50hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Govt raises grain producer prices
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced new producer prices for maize and traditional grains citing rising costs of production, a development that will inevitably push up the cost of mealie-meal and other basi...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anyone can rule Zimbabwe
I HAVE participated in the Zimbabwean elections as a voter from the year 2000. I was not eligible to vote earlier because of my age, but I witnessed elections in the 1990s as a student. Voter apathy w...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:49hrs | | by Margaret Chinowaita
Covid cases soar
The number of new daily Covid-19 infections rose rapidly last week, with new records set each day, and by Saturday there were 30 705 active cases, that is around one Zimbabwean in 490 had Covid-19, bu...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 third wave ebbs fast in Zimbabwe
The ebbing of the third wave of Covid-19 speeded up in Zimbabwe last week, with death rates now falling, while vaccination is accelerating rapidly with the milestone of the one millionth second dose g...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccination drive hits 2 million milestone
The 2 millionth Covid-19 vaccine dose was jabbed into an arm on Thursday afternoon as Zimbabwe's national vaccination programme accelerated even further and once the extra doses yesterday were counted...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
PPC rebounds after pandemic setback
PPC Zimbabwe, the country's biggest cement maker, said on Friday it had posted strong first quarter recoveries as the Covid-19 scourge appeared to be under control, with abandoned projects now back on...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 infection rate creeps up
The infection rate for Covid-19 started creeping up last week after falling to its lowest level in months by the previous weekend, while since Tuesday only small numbers of frontline workers had been ...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's daily Covid-19 infection rate falls
By weekend the average daily infection rate for Covid-19 had fallen to around half the level of the start of the year and had dropped to actual numbers not seen since the middle of December. ...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean dairy products a hit in Zambia
ZIMBABWEAN dairy farmers should strive to ensure they maintain their genetically modified organisms (GMO)-free status which has seen their products in demand in regional markets.Veterinary Ser...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 15:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 may become a seasonal virus
COVID-19 may eventually become a seasonal illness like the flu, but only when the population achieves herd immunity, meaning a sufficient number of people are immune to prevent constant spread, a new ...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel prices up again
THE price of petrol went up by $0.84 cents, Saturday a few days after Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube indicated he would be comfortable with an increase that will bring the precious liquid's value per l...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 19:54hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabweans face another fuel price hike
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says government is set to increase the prices of electricity and fuel because the current pricing structure was no longer sustainable.Zimbabwe is currently battli...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 19:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Goat-herder's attack on Chief Ndiweni outrageous, uncivil and un-African!
The daringly outrageous, uncivil, abusive and un-African article of the 28th of May 2019 by The Chronicle, viciously attacking Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna smells goaty and belongs t...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 11:22hrs | 1 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Velaphi Ncube's unheralded journey
ON Thursday, Misheck Ntunduzakovelaphi Velaphi Ncube was laid to rest at the National Heroes Acre in Harare following his declaration as a national hero.Born on 25 July 1937 in Matobo District...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:36hrs | 8 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Business complicit in Zimbabwe's economic woes
CHIEF executive officers from across the African continent have been meeting in the resort town of Victoria Falls for the last three days in a bid to find lasting solutions to the economic crisis faci...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimpost revenue dips on working capital constraints
ZIMPOST says it generated $19,3 million in revenue in the 11 months to November, which was 12% below the $22 million achieved last year, as liquidity challenges and working capital constraints affecte...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Illegal school fees increment
MANY schools have issued communication indicating an intention to raise school fees in reaction to the spikes and dips in black market rates for the United States dollar.The majority of mostly...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:41hrs | | by Mirriam T Majome
Female representation in local authorities dips
Female representation in local authorities has continued to drop since 2008 with a paltry 261 women councillors voted into office in the July 30 polls, down from 373 and 323 in 2008 and 2013, respecti...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Olinda not going anywhere
Wedded "Zim celebrity couple" Olinda and Tytan are fighting to stay together following a flirting scandal by the later that gripped social media over the weekend.Olinda, 35, who is now on her ...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 14:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Infidelity shrouds Olinda, Tytan union
UNDER fire rapper Tytan has shared a cosy picture with his wife Olinda amid an infidelity storm involving him and another woman who posted messages of the two flirting on social media.Barely t...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bitcoin dips below $10,000
Bitcoin has traded below $10,000 for the first time since early December.The value of one bitcoin fell to $9,958 (£7,222) before making a slight recovery, according to the price index run by ...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 13:39hrs | 7 | by BBC
'Madam Boss' dips fingers into maid's privates
A 28-year-old woman allegedly inserted her fingers into her 16-year-old housemaid's private parts after suspecting that she was engaging in sex with her husband. The court heard that Angela Mb...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 04:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's cost of living dips slightly
The cost of living, as measured by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe’s low income urban earner monthly basket for a family of six decreased from the end-April figure of $ 579,15 to $577,77 by end-May...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 13:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Water, a top priority human right
A water-wise Good Samaritan has been offering clean water for free to strangers along Samora Machel Avenue West in the vicinities of Belvedere's Marimba shopping centre for decades now. Possibly that ...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Senior official dips into ministry coffers
A senior executive assistant director in the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development has been dragged to court by her employer for allegedly defrauding the ministry of $2 000.Gloriet Chig...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa knocked out of Forbes Africa's top 50 richest list
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe founder, Strive Masiyiwa, has dropped out of Forbes Africa's top 50 richest figures as a result of declining revenues in the listed company.Masiyiwa was among the seve...Published: 25 Nov 2015 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Off to another summit, Cdes
CABINET FILES AND CZ's NOTEBOOKDear Cabinet andPolitburo membersCOMRADES, as you are all aware, I am away for the Asia-Africa Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, so I won't be able to ad...Published: 23 Apr 2015 at 09:46hrs | 1 | by CZ
Munacho Mutezo loots Zesa funds
ENERGY and Power Development Deputy Minister Engineer Munacho Mutezo, is said to have habitually looted tens of thousands of dollars from the financially hamstrung Zesa Holdings that he used to fund p...Published: 02 Dec 2014 at 06:14hrs | 2 | by Felex Share
Cimas says new medical tariffs not viable for medical aid societies
Cimas Medical Aid Society says its failure to settle health service providers' claims at the newly gazetted tariffs, in common with other medical aid societies, is a matter primarily of affordabil...Published: 16 Oct 2014 at 15:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Child (3) dies after nurse dips her in hot water for soiling self
IN a horrific incident, a three-year-old child with disabilities died at Filabusi Hospital in Matabeleland South Province after a nurse allegedly dipped her in a basin filled with hot water after she ...Published: 29 Sep 2014 at 14:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt dips into tollgate fees to pay civil servants salaries
GOVERNMENT, which controversially hiked tollgate fees by 100 percent less than a month ago, has been diverting funds earmarked for road development towards payment of civil servants salaries, the Fina...Published: 14 Aug 2014 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bindura University of Science Education March 2014 Admissions List
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Man 'dips fingers into child's privates'
A forty-year-old man from Bulawayo's Hillside suburb has been arraigned before the courts for allegedly inserting his fingers in the privates of a three-year-old female child.Henry Donavan Ta...Published: 07 Oct 2013 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold plummets to its lowest level in more than two years
The price of gold is plummeting to its lowest level in more than two years.The gold spot price fell as much as 6% on Monday‚ hurting gold stocks which tumbled in excess of 10% ...Published: 15 Apr 2013 at 13:48hrs | | by AP
Top 10 diet foods that can make you fat
10 hidden calorie traps that can pile on the poundsYou've cut back on chocolate, chucked out the biscuits and raided your nearest health food store,...Published: 08 Feb 2013 at 07:47hrs | 5 | by Realbuzz.com
Highlanders board survives ouster
THE Highlanders FC board survived ouster by a whisker after members blasted them over the way they handled the issue of former treasurer Odiel Nkomo who was alleged to have embezzled club funds....Published: 27 Jan 2013 at 21:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZSE market report:- Innscor, SeedCo lifts Industrials as turnover dips
Gains in Innscor and SeedCo helped the Industrials manage gains for the third t...Published: 07 Jan 2013 at 12:14hrs | | by Business reporter
7 ways to be a super man
A guide to super-charging your life Everyone knows that one frustratingly perfect man; the guy who can squat 120k and gets that promotion; the guy who h...Published: 04 Jan 2013 at 16:57hrs | 4 | by Realbuzz.com
Polling station-based voting must be embraced
While it would appear as a challenge to those conducting the voting process because of continuous queues, polling-station-based voting procedure could be a very good instrument of curbing multiple vot...Published: 16 Jul 2012 at 08:47hrs | | by Mukachana Hanyani in Harare
New Dawn initiates 8,000 meter exploration project in Zimbabwe
New Dawn Mining has commenced an 8,000 meter diamond drilling program at its Camperdown Mine gold project, which is part of the Company's Gweru Gold Camp located in the Shurugwi District of Zimbabwe....Published: 17 Apr 2012 at 13:20hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
Guinea thumps Botswana 6 - 1 in the Africa Cup of Nations
Guinea revived their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations hopes after a record-equalling 6-1 rout of 10-man Botswana in Franceville on Saturday.Guinea were matching the record victory margin for a Nati...Published: 28 Jan 2012 at 16:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
SABMiller's pursuit of Foster's turning ugly
Two months after making its first foray, SABMiller's multi-billion dollar pursuit of Foster's is starting to turn ugly.Following a firm rejection from Foster's management on June 21 after it m...Published: 17 Aug 2011 at 10:42hrs | | by .
ACR's Gadzema project has topped one million ounces of gold
The resource at African Consolidated Resources (ACR)'s Gadzema project has topped one million ounces.ACR reported that recent drilling has added 119,000 ounces of gold to the resource at its G...Published: 04 Aug 2011 at 13:27hrs | | by Moyo Roy
SA rand firms against US dollar
The South African rand was firmer against the US dollar in early morning trade on Thursday as it tracked a euro that had been buoyed by a positive vote in the Greek parliament."We see rand-do...Published: 30 Jun 2011 at 06:43hrs | | by IOL
Zim farmers urged to pay dipping levy
The Zimbabwe Department of Veterinary Services says farmers should pay dipping levies to enable the department procure chemicals and maintenance of dipping tanks.This will help prevent the sp...Published: 03 Jun 2011 at 04:18hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
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