Bubi-Lupane pilots rural industrialisation

Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter GOVERNMENT has identified Bubi-Lupane Irrigation Scheme in Lupane, Matabeleland North, as a pilot project for an integrated business model to be replicated by 450 irrigation schemes…

Bus passengers relive night of horror

What started as an ordinary journey for 40 passengers who were aboard a Beitbridge-bound Boundary Express bus ended in horror after they were robbed of cash and valuables by six armed men on Monday.

Zimbabwe seeks new regional markets

ZIMBABWE through ZimTrade is set to showcase the country’s trade and investment opportunities as well as seek new business markets at the ongoing SADC Council of Ministers in Maputo, Mozambique, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade spokesperson, Mrs Constance Chemwayi, has said.

Firemen avert disaster at Monarch

Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter Timely response by the Bulawayo Fire and Ambulance Services department averted a potential explosion after an inferno engulfed a Monarch Plastics recycling plant which also houses…

CBZ profit surges 55 percent

Zimbabwe’s largest banking group by assets and deposits, CBZ Holdings Limited’s after-tax profit for the quarter to March 31, 2021 rose 55 percent to $1,65 billion from $1,06 billion during the same quarter last year. 

Zim to send smallest Olympic team ever

Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE will send their smallest number of athletes to the Olympic Games since the country attained independence in 1980. Five athletes, who include the swimming…

EDITORIAL COMMENT : Cooking oil price fall good for economy

The falling global prices of raw edible oils is, as Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr John Mangudya noted last week, good news for Zimbabwe and should reduce both the cost of cooking oil for consumers and the national import bill, since we are an importer rather than an exporter.

Poole handed Chunga a big chance

WHEN Moses Chunga was handed a golden chance for a breakthrough into English football, one of the people who were behind that move was Mick Poole.

500k Sinopharm doses expected

The latest order of 500 000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines is now expected to arrive on Saturday, taking total deliveries of bought and donated vaccines to 2,26 million doses with more commercial orders already in the pipeline allowing a stepped-up vaccination programme.

Boustead Leather back on its feet

Prosper Ndlovu, Business Editor BULAWAYO-based tannery Boustead Leather (formerly Wet Blue Industries) is back on its feet with operations now anchored towards tapping into opportunities in the wider leather value…

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