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Walter Muchinguri Assistant Business Editor
EMIRATES Airlines, which started flying into Harare on Wednesday, could increase its flights into Harare from five to six days a week if the current load factor is maintained. Emirates Airlines senior vice president commercial operations in Africa Mr
Merlin placed under judicial management
Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter
BULAWAYO-based textile company Merlin has been placed under provisional judicial management for the second time in 10 years. Management consultant Mr Cecil Madondo of Tudor House Consultancy has been appointed the provisional
A union of condolences and solidarity messages
So, another veteran journalist, Bornwell Chakaodza is gone to the world yonder, the world where fate and determinism will one day catapult each one of us. He follows after Freedom Moyo and Makuwerere Bwititi, both veterans of the profession, whose deaths continue to cast a dark cloud over Zimbabwe’s media space.
Born to a peasant family in Gezi Village, in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve if you like, Chakaodza had an
General Solomon Mujuru Inquest
FOLLOWING the tragic death of retired General Solomon Mujuru in August 2011 police carried out investigations whose findings were referred to the courts for an inquest which started January 16…
Man shoots family, self dead
By Paul Nkala in Hwange and Pamela Shumba in Bulawayo
A HWANGE man shot and killed his father and brother before turning the gun he had grabbed from a soldier on himself following a dispute yet to be ascertained.
The incident occurred on Tuesday at about 5pm.
The man, Mandlenkosi Ndlovu, used the Zimbabwe National Army AK-47 rifle to kill his father Mthandazo, his brother Honest and himself.
Confirming the shooting incident, national police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Wayne Bvudzijena said Mandlenkosi was not a soldier.
“On Tuesday, Mandlenkosi shot dead his father Mthandazo and his brother Honest at Plot 53, Makepesi Ranch in Matetsi Conservancy area in Hwange. We are still carrying out investigations to establish the motive behind the shooting,” said Snr Asst Comm Bvudzijena.
When a Chronicle news crew visited the ranch yesterday afternoon, the Officer Commanding Police in Matabeleland North Province, Senior Assistant Commission Edmore Veterai, senior army officers, detectives and officers from the President’s Department were at the scene of the shooting.
Foot owner identified
Chronicle Reporter
A Bulawayo family believes the human foot that was picked up in Ilanda suburb on Tuesday belongs to their relative who was the victim of a hit-and-run accident on Sunday.
City council indefinitely suspends rates hike
Chronicle Reporter
THE Bulawayo City Council has indefinitely suspended the increase in rates that was effected last month following an outcry by ratepayers.
Mining activities fees hikes ‘retrogressive’
Business Reporter
SMALL-scale miners have opposed the proposed hefty registration, rental and licence fees by Government for mining activities saying the move was retrogressive to promoting business development by indigenous players.
Last week, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development Mr Prince Mupazviriho confirmed that Government was working on reviewing mining fees upwards.
Blended fuel not yet available at city’s service stations
Business Reporter
THE absence of cheaper blended petrol in Bulawayo is because fuel wholesalers are yet to put up storage facilities for the commodity at their depots, an official has said.
Plumtree teams readmitted to Bulawayo league
Sports Reporter
Plumtree FC and NRZ Tigers, both from Plumtree town, were readmitted into the Bulawayo Zifa Division Two League following a meeting held in the city last Sunday.