Parastatals professionalism under spotlight
Oliver Kazunga Economic commentators have expressed mixed views over how political influence on State enterprises and parastatals is affecting the performance of the entities in service delivery and contribution to…
Government solves border workers’ accommodation woes
Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau STAKEHOLDERS here have commended the Government for rolling out massive housing projects in the area that will ease accommodation woes that have perennially affected workers deployed…
Global economic outlook — June 2022
Unrelenting global inflation pressures continue to intensify, with increasingly adverse implications for the growth outlook. Recent Covid-19-related lockdowns in China are adding to global manufacturing supply-chain pressures. Energy and food…
Gadzikwa to step down from SAZ
Oliver Kazunga THE Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) director general, Dr Eve Gadzikwa, is set to step down from her post at the end of the month after 14 years…
Africa hardest hit as pollution kills 9m a year
Air pollution from industrial processes along with urbanisation drove a seven percent increase in pollution-related deaths from 2015 to 2019, according to scientists. Covid-19, by comparison, has killed about 6.7…
Hwange residents go six years without water
Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Reporter NGUMIJA suburb in Hwange, which is home to National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) employees and those that are renting has gone for more than six years…
Machete now a weapon of choice for armed robbers
Stanford Chiwanga / Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporters THE emergence of machete gangs in Zimbabwe’s mining towns has given birth to a new breed of armed robbers who use machetes as…
Bosso fine harsh, but necessary: Followers
Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter HIGHLANDERS’ followers feel the US$6 000 fine imposed on the club for the abandoned Castle Lager Premier Soccer league match against FC Platinum is harsh,…
COMMENT: Local languages are a resource for national prosperity
During the colonial era, it was illegal for Zimbabweans to speak their native languages at school. They had to speak English, the language of command. The language of the colonial…
‘Digital commerce is the answer’…one million online trading drive launched
Business Reporter GLOBAL electronic commerce company, Appletree Digital Commerce, yesterday unveiled its “Taking One Million African Traders Online Movement (TOMATO)” in Zimbabwe, an innovative-driven solution to lack of opportunities facing…











