Eventful year awaits Sadc

Joseph Ngwawi and Kizito Sikuka Correspondents An eventful year awaits southern Africa in 2018 as the region intensifies efforts to deepen economic integration and achieve sustainable development and stability.

Electrical fault leaves Gweru without water

Munyaradzi Musiiwa and Mukudzei Chingwere SOME suburbs in Gweru have gone for a week without water after two pumps broke down following a power outage. The mishap has resulted in the…

AFRICA: Gambians race for justice over ex-leader’s fake AIDS cure

BANJUL. – The president had found a cure for AIDS. That was the news that reached Ousman Sowe, the head of a Gambian AIDS support network, one day in 2007.…

Mortuaries stuck with 68 unclaimed bodies

Lovemore Zigara Midlands Correspondent Hospitals in the Midlands Province have 68 unclaimed bodies in their mortuaries and Government has since ordered the Department of Social Welfare to ensure they are buried…

Team South Africa highlights political stability, economic recovery and investment opportunities at WEF

DAVOS. – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will hold bilateral discussions with the heads of government of the United Kingdom, Denmark and The Netherlands on Team South Africa’s last day at the…

All eyes on Zimbabwe’s new leader Mnangagwa at WEF in Davos

HARARE. – A lot of attention will focus on US President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum under way in Davos. But from Africa, all eyes are on Zimbabwe’s…

City of Harare secures $10m to decongest city

Innocent Ruwende Senior Reporter Harare has secured $10 million for the construction of bus termini and associated infrastructure to decongest the Central Business District and to address the vendor menace.…

All six units at Hwange Power Station now firing

HARARE – Hwange Thermal Power Station on  Tuesday started generating power using all of its six units, after unit  six, which had been offline for a number of years, came…

NRZ woes affect coal supplies to tobacco farmers

Elita Chikwati HARARE – The majority of the country’s tobacco growers are still relying on firewood to cure their crop as the alternative fuel – coal – has become difficult…

29 Mat North schools record zero percent pass rate for Grade Seven exams

Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter TWENTY-NINE primary schools in Matabeleland North province recorded zero percent pass rate in the 2017 Grade Seven public examinations, a slight improvement from 31 schools last…

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