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Zimbabwe in education cost shocker
A GLOBAL study has ranked Zimbabwe's education as one of the most expensive, which is leading to a rise in school dropouts.The report by World Remit 2022 Cost of School says the price of educa...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, credibility crisis has dogged your leadership
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, it is my fervent conviction that your conferring the national hero status on Rev Ndabaningi Sithole was motivated primarily by ulterior motiv...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 305 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Mutsvangwa wants Africans to tell their own story
Africans have a duty to tell their own story as excluding themselves from own narrative and letting others do this will lead to distorted history by naysayers, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting ...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
Dembare cuts gap
Tenax 0 - 2 DynamosTwo late goals by substitutes Ralph Kawondera and Emmanuel Paga ensured an important and dramatic win for Dynamos over a spirited Tenax in a league match at Vengere Stadium in R...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Radisson Group of Hotels seal Bulawayo deal
A NEW hotel is set to be constructed in Bulawayo after the local authority granted an international hotel group, Radisson Group of Hotels permission to build the hotel.Consultations have been ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
'Pay Africa reparations for slavery'
Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called for slavery reparations to Africa and the African diaspora.Speaking at the Reparations and Racial Healing Summit on Monday, President A...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans who are truly suffering have no time for Jonathan Moyo and elitist activism!
There have been those who have asked me for a comment on statements by Professor Jonathan Moyo, and his relentless attacks on the main opposition CCC party - disparaging its lack of a constitution and...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 22:55hrs | 1324 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Ngezi experiment backfires?
IT was always coming and it has proven to be an expensive experiment for Ngezi Platinum Stars.The Castle Lager Premier Soccer League side yesterday went separate ways with their coach Benjani ...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:31hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe misses out on G7 stimulus package
ZIMBABWE missed out on a G7-backed multi-billion-dollar stimulus package designed to help countries of the global South weather economic shocks caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.The reason for t...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:57hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean tech start-up wins US$250,000 Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa
ZIMBABWEAN tech start-up Vaxiglobal was recently named among the first winners of the Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa which attracted 330 applicants from 38 countries across the continent....Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa could defeat the unreformed Mnangagwa'
ZIMBABWE has been reeling under a multifaceted economic and political crisis since 2000, and it appears there is no end in sight. Amid chronic high inflation, Zimbabwe is confronted with a crucial gen...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:17hrs | 5567 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo was a strategist, says Tshinga Dube
THE late Vice-President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, was a shrewd military strategist who championed military training initiatives for several freedom fighters, which led to the country's independence in...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:34hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Shangani dam a fulfilment of Dr Nkomo's dream
"NKOMO made Freeman" was the bold headline in the Chronicle edition of Friday 28 February 1992, with the accompanying sub-heading; "Vice President tasked to make the Zambezi project a success."...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:26hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Nigel Chanakira, please leave politics to politicians
Nigel Chanakira, please leave politics to politicians-no single individual, group, or political party can fight an entrenched dictator alone. One of the requirements of regime change is Unity of Oppos...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 14:44hrs | 5095 | by Sam Wezhira
We must prepare for the coming 'war'
From tomorrow until Wednesday, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be mourning Patrice Lumumba - the country's first democratically elected prime minister - who was slain 61 years ago in the g...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:08hrs | 329 | by Bishop Lazi
Dembare striker set for SA trial
BUSTLING striker Tinashe Makanda is set to become the latest Dynamos player to try his luck across the borders after he was invited for assessment by an unnamed South African side.Makanda, who...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
It's A War: UK group attacks African oil and gas
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, June 22, 2022/ – UK-based events company, Hyve Group, has filed a lawsuit to blackout the African Energy Chamber (AEC).According to AEC, the lawsuit ...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 13:24hrs | 3621 | by Thandisizwe Mgudlwa
Colonialism is not dead, Your Royal Highness
ON June 8 2022, at the start of his "landmark" six-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Belgium's King Philippe expressed regret for the countless "violent acts and humiliations" t...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 353 | by Tafi Mhaka
Operation Dudula repelled by migrants
MIGRANTS based in South Africa drawn from different countries, including Zimbabwe, are reportedly resisting efforts by anti-migrants group Operation Dudula to close Yeoville market, which was founded ...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1865 | by Staff reporter
Will 11 SADC leaders ask Rwanda CHOGM 2022 to follow them and lower election standard to readmit Zimbabwe
Rwanda is hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022 next week, 20 to 25 June 2022. President Mnangagwa has, no doubt, been lobbying hard for Zimbabwe to be re-admitted to the C...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:16hrs | 1214 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Another star plots Dembare exit
DYNAMOS's roving right-back Emmanuel Jalai is set to break into the South African topflight league amid reports that he is scheduled to undergo trials with an unnamed club in the coming three weeks....Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 08:19hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth re-admission at crossroads
A REPORT produced by the Commonwealth after observing Zimbabwe's 2018 elections will potentially scupper the country's desperate bid to rejoin the group, four years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:58hrs | 1002 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe holds Africa's largest lithium reserves
Zimbabwe holds Africa's largest lithium reserves, the fifth-largest globally, with its province of Masvingo home to the Bikita mine - site of the world's largest-known deposit of the metal at around 1...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 19:33hrs | 11018 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos to lose star for a song
DYNAMOS are set to miss out from a possible transfer fee of star player Shadreck Nyahwa, who is undergoing trials in Tanzania after it emerged that his contract with the club has expired.Nyahw...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among Africa's top 5 diaspora funds recipients
ZIMBABWE is among 10 African countries that received the highest remittance inflows in 2021.According to the 2021 World Bank report, the country received US$2 billion and most recipients said ...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Groceries, cushioning allowances for pensioners
Pensioners under the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) are set to receive a $10 000 grocery stipend and cushioning allowances this month to shield them from the rising cost-of-living.I...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:25hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Scandal-ridden company monitors Zimbabwe calls
THE company which installed a Telecommunications Traffic Monitoring System (TTMS) at the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe headquarters in Harare this week — Global Voic...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 20:42hrs | 2673 | by Staff reporter
Harare ranks 4th expensive African city
HARARE has been ranked the fourth most expensive African city to live in out of 15 sampled cities, as authorities accuse businesses of conniving to push up the cost of living.This is according...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:09hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Harare top five on list of Africa's most expensive cities
ZIMBABWE'S capital Harare has been ranked fourth on the list of Africa's most expensive cities to live in.Top of the 15-city list was the Senegalese capital Dakar followed by Addis Ababa in Et...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 08:36hrs | 3348 | by Staff reporter
The death of the Zimdollar shows the King has no clothes
The death of the Zimbabwe dollar is proof that with all our education, there is something terribly rotten in Simbao (ancient name for Zimbabwe).I want to make an apology to Sister Fay Chun...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:16hrs | 1165 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Colonialism belongs to old time Britain
ASSERTIONS by one Tendai Ruben Mbofana (Zim leaders eagerly defending Chinese colonialism! NewsDay May 25, 2022) that China has colonised Zimbabwe cannot go unchallenged.The contents of the so...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 516 | by Christopher Mahove
Mine union scoffs at 108% wage increase
The Zimbabwe Diamond, Allied and Mineral Workers Union Zdamwu) has described as peanuts the 108% salary increase approved by the National Employment Council, Associated Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe ...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:24hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Despotic leaders to blame for Africa's economic morass
ON May 25, Zimbabwe joins the rest of the African continent in marking the 59th anniversary of Africa Day.The day has tremendous significance for Africans and was set aside to commemorate the ...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:40hrs | 127 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
African Mining Sector Set for Strong Growth in 2022
Johannesburg - 16 May 2022 - With mining companies currently enjoying high prices, exceptional production performance and robust supply chains, the mining team from Stanbic Bank's parent company, Stan...Published: 16 May 2022 at 11:52hrs | 648 | by Mark Buncombe, Head of Mining and Metals at Standard Bank Group
Picking Zimbabwean Sitho Mdlalose as Vodacom SA boss raises eyebrows
The Zimbabwean diaspora seems to ...Published: 12 May 2022 at 07:13hrs | 3865 | by Gugu Lourie
Ian Khama gets top African post
Former Botswana President Lt. Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama has been appointed as the Patron of the Pan African Heritage Museum. This was revealed by Khama through a Facebook post on Monday. ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 10:24hrs | 12704 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ndiraya defends 'boring' Dembare
DYNAMOS coach Tonderai Ndiraya has hit back at critics of his style of play and focussed on results.Ghanaian international, Emmanuel Paga profited from a set up by teenage sensation Bill Anton...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:26hrs | 906 | by Staff reporter
Warriors date Bafana again
FORMER Warriors coach, Sunday Chidzambwa, believes the senior national football team have been drawn in a fair Africa Cup of Nations qualifying group that has Morocco, South Africa and Liberia....Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:03hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean entrepreneur's ImaliPay raises US$3 million
ImaliPay, a pan-African fintech startup led by Zimbabwean entrepreneur Tatenda Furusa, has closed a US$3 million seed round in debt and equity as it expands its efforts to provide financial services t...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:15hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Wearing of masks remains mandatory as new Omicron variants emerge
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it would not lift COVID-19 restrictions, which include wearing of masks and a ban on big gatherings, to help control the spread of the pandemic ahead of the Easter holidays....Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Dembare shoot to the top
Ngezi Platinum Stars 0 - 0 DynamosIN the end, the six-year jinx was not broken as Dynamos once again failed to win or score against Ngezi Platinum Stars in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League mat...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:10hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is best investment destination, claims Implats
South Africa's Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats) has described Zimbabwe as the best investment jurisdiction due to its predictable and supportive operating environment, which has allowed its investme...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:42hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Court blocks Kamambo's Fifa trip
SUSPENDED Zifa president Felton Kamambo and Philimon Machana's bid to travel to Doha, Qatar, for the Fifa congress next week has hit a brickwall after Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje dismissed an ...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:28hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: When the Goliath Complex Afflicts
My early days in primary school were dominated by the story of Goliath, the giant of Philistine.Goliath's name was onomatopoeic; this sonorous name heavily suggested physical hugeness afflicte...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:38hrs | 190 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Bulawayo hotels, lodges fully booked for ZITF
ALL major hotels and lodges in Bulawayo are now fully booked ahead of this years' edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) scheduled to run from April 26 to 31, industry players said....Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 350 | by Staf reporter
Dynamos pushing for a reunion with King Nadolo
HARARE giants Dynamos are pushing for a reunion with midfielder King Nadolo before sealing their signings ahead of the close of the transfer window at the end of this month. DeMbare have two w...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 787 | by Staf reporter
ZRP, Interpol operation nets 2 000
At least 2 000 people have been arrested countrywide during the ongoing operation by the police with back-up from Interpol and the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (Afripol) targeting in...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:30hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
African nations at the World Cup, in anticipation of the CAF third round
Five nations are set to represent continental Africa for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Two series of games remain for the second round, with ten of the group winners set to reach the third for ...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 12:54hrs | 902 | by Staff Writer
Crime watchdog removes Zimbabwe from 'grey' watchlist
The global financial crime watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has removed Zimbabwe from its "grey" watchlist, giving some rare relief to an economy battling global financial isolation....Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:27hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
10-man Chiefs fall to Dembare
Bulawayo Chiefs 0 - 2 DynamosTEN man star studded Bulawayo Chiefs had their first-choice goalkeeper David Bizabani as well striker Obriel Chirinda to blame when they succumbed to defeat at the han...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:25hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
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