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Factmore Dzobo SINCE Independence, Zimbabwe has achieved considerable success in education, resulting in the country attaining Africa’s highest literacy rate. The literacy rate currently stands at 90,7 percent, though down…
Nama nominees out
Auxilia Katongomara Entertainment Reporter FINALLY it’s out!!! The long awaited list of the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) nominees was released yesterday with a number of Bulawayo artistes featuring in…
Mavhaire dissolves energy boards
Harare Bureau ENERGY and Power Development Minister Dzikamai Mavhaire has dissolved eight boards of state enterprises, including Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa). Minister Mavhaire said the boards’ tenure ended on…
Gumbura’s wives remanded over pornographic material
Harare Bureau The chair of the Board of Censors yesterday described nude pictures of four wives of RMG Independent End Time Message leader and convicted rapist, Robert Martin Gumbura, and…
Multiple currencies split public opinion
Yoliswa Dube THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe recently approved domestic trading in the Chinese yuan (CYN), Indian rupee (INR), Japanese yen (JPY) and Australian dollar (AUD) in a move that…
30 border jumpers kidnapped
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau A GROUP of 30 border jumpers including two infants aged two and five was held captive for three days by a gang of men operating as…
Man refuses to leave dock
Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent PRISON officers had to drag a Gwanda man out of a courtroom when he refused to leave the dock in protest over a magistrate’s ruling. Solomon…
Chieftaincy wrangle rages on
Midlands Correspondent THE Chiwundura chieftaincy wrangle is escalating. The fight for the chief’s crown has seen six families with a claim to the chieftainship openly trading insults. Family members have…
Bulawayo sitting on health time bomb
Temba Dube Senior Reporter TORRENTIAL rains pounding Bulawayo have precipitated an environmental and humanitarian concern with sewer pipes in most parts of the city now overflowing. Chronicle toured Selborne Park,…
Another End Times Message leader arrested for rape
Midlands Correspondent GWERU businessman and leader of the local branch of the Independent End Times Message, Oscar Mazvarirofa, has been arrested for allegedly raping an eight year old girl before…