adminStars lined up for jazz fest
Auxilia Katongomara
JAZZ fans will this year warm up to a jamboree featuring Zimbabwe’s crème de la crème in jazz circles during the five-day Winter Jazz Festival set to run from 26 to 30 July.
Drug abuse affects youths’ mental health
Gibson Mhaka
A RECENT report that drug and substance abuse is a growing problem among the youths, with some of them becoming mentally challenged because of the abuse, is a poignant illustration that teenagers often experiment with a variety of activities and substances, not fully considering their long-term consequences.
Mat North empowerment trust set up
Chronicle Reporter
CHIEFS and mining companies’ executives from Matabeleland North province have set up an empowerment trust ahead of the launch of the Community Share Ownership Trust/Scheme (CSOT/S).
Lack of entrepreneurs costs Bulawayo
Prosper Ndlovu and Pamela Shumba
BULAWAYO continues to suffer from de-industrialisation with companies closing and others relocating because the city does not have black bourgeoisie of its own, a research by a local university has revealed.
Zifa boss arrested
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
ZIFA chief executive officer Jonathan Mashingaidze was yesterday arrested and detained for close to four hours at Harare Central Police station after his predecessor Henrietta Rushwaya filed criminal defamation charges against him.
Mat South endorses DCCs dissolution
Temba Dube
THE Zanu-PF Matabeleland South Province yesterday became the fourth province to embrace the move to dissolve the District Coordinating Committees (DCCs).
Udine Products reopens
Lynot Munyaka
Business Reporter
A Bulawayo construction material manufacturer which closed six years ago after financial problems, has re-opened after a capital injection of $600 000.
Popular academic Prof Dube dies
Chronicle Reporter
RENOWNED academic, lawyer and politician Professor Thomas Dube has died. He was 81.
Man (81) burnt to death in his sleep
Beitbridge Reporter
An 81-year-old man from Tshitshi Village in Mangwe District was burnt to death when a hut he was sleeping in caught fire, police said.
History favours DeMbare
Sports Reporter
DESPITE the Battle of Zimbabwe Part One being a few days away, a lot of interest has already been generated with fans from both sides making early plans to attend what will surely be the biggest match of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season this far.