Silva suspended over ‘racist’ tweet
Manchester City star Bernardo Silva has been suspended for one match and fined £50 000 (US$64 000) for a “racist” tweet about teammate Benjamin Mendy. The English Football Association (FA)…
NBA star who could have been a priest
For the first 17 years of his life, Pascal Siakam didn’t pick up a basketball much. It was just a game his older brothers played.
Stabbing after sex-for-taxi fare deal goes sour
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent A SECURITY guard has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a woman several times on her back accusing her of not honouring her promise to have sex with…
Gwayi-Shangani Dam project allocated $400m in Budget
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter THE Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North province, one of the strategic development projects under the water and sanitation cluster, has been allocated $400 million in the 2020…
Agriculture remains key to positive outturn
2019 is a year many Zimbabweans would like to forget in a hurry. Following the implementation of austerity measures, the liberalisation of the foreign currency markets, prices skyrocketed and high inflation returned, bringing back memories of 2008. It is against this backdrop that the Minister of Finance and Economic Development Mthuli Ncube presented his 2020 National Budget statement.
Vast pins hope on Zim diamond project
London Stock Exchange-listed resources group, Vast resources, says its Zimbabwean diamond asset will be one of the mining concern’s key growth drivers.
We must get rid of binding constraints
Alfred M. Mthimkhulu In 2015, four economists at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe led by the then Director of Research, Mr Sam Nyarota, shared an insightful paper titled “An empirical…
Councillors slam Zinara over graft
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter COUNCILLORS from urban local authorities yesterday slammed the Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (Zinara) for alleged corruption and failure to disburse road maintenance funds on time among other…
United Refineries upbeat on cash injection
Zimbabwe’s leading producer and exporter of personal care brands, hygiene and value added agro products — United Refineries Limited (URL) — has welcomed new cash injection into the economy saying it’s a positive move solving shortages that threatened business sustainability.
Jacob Bethel Corporation shines at Megafest awards
Compiled by Features Desk Jacob Bethel Corporation (JBC), one of Zimbabwe’s well renowned manufacturing firms, was recently recognised at the Megafest Business Awards 2019, held on the 8th of November,…









