Industrial output jumps 30pc in 2021
OUTPUT from Zimbabwe’s manufacturing sector jumped 30 percent last year, compared to the same period in 2020, driven by growth in industrial capacity utilisation due to improved access to foreign currency for key imports.
Another Zim dream fulfilled
EXACTLY 30 years after mercurial young forward Peter Ndlovu became the African player to feature in the modern English Premiership football league, another Zimbabwean dream was fulfilled this week after Jordan Zemura and his AFC Bournemouth secured promotion for next season.
Family appeal for assistance amid ritual killing fears.
Chronicle Reporter A BULAWAYO family has raised alarm after one a husband to one of their relatives alleged plotted to have her daughter murdered, body parts harvested for alleged ritual…
WATCH: Cross-border grocery shopping trips decline
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter THE number of locals travelling to neighbouring countries such as South Africa and Botswana to buy groceries has considerably gone down following a steady rise in…
Drug traffickers target Joshua Mqabuko Airport
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter DRUG traffickers are using the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo while exploiting Zimbabweans as mules for easy transportation of hard drugs. They are using…
‘I have returned home’—Tawachera
Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter NEWLY appointed Bulawayo City FC coach Farai Tawachera has likened his latest move to a homecoming, saying he was happy to have returned “home”. Tawachera, who…
Health institutions warned against withholding birth records
Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Reporter THE Registrar-General Mr Henry Machiri has called on health institutions to desist from withholding birth records from women who have maternal fees arrears saying it’s illegal…
Failure to proceed with studies,17-year-old turns to farming
Lumbidzani Dima, Chronicle Reporter FAILURE to proceed with her studies or even get a glimpse of her Ordinary Level results due to lack of funds has made Nonhlanhla Dube (17)…
COMMENT: Thumps-up to Mater Dei Hospital for its vision
IN the next 18 months or so, Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo will be a facility for all, not just the elite. It will offer a wide range of services…
IDC funding jump-starts beneficiary firms
Nqobile Bhebhe, Senior Business Reporter THE $289,5 million loan facility by the Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDCZ) has helped ramp up capacity utilisation of several key companies who have…











