Deep-fried dreams: Bulawayo’s informal vendors embrace profitable sausage hustle
Amos Mpofu, [email protected] A few years ago, Bulawayo informal vendors “discovered” and enthusiastically adopted a quick cash-generating scheme of frying and selling Russian sausages on the streets. Informal traders in Zimbabwe…
Stitching success: The rise of Bulawayo’s female shoemaker
Flora Fadzai Sibanda, [email protected] FOR the past two years, Trauma Chiwira spends her day sewing away in a shoe-making factory in Bulawayo’s industrial area, Kelvin. While most would assume she is…
Ntombikayise Dube creates new haven for business & leisure in Bulawayo
Langalakhe Mabena THE hospitality industry in Bulawayo is thriving, with numerous success stories of locals who are running effective lodges and AirBnBs. The city consistently welcomes tourists and business travellers…
The echoes of liberation: Stanley Square’s untold stories
Raymond Jaravaza, [email protected] ITS Friday mid-morning in Makokoba suburb, just a day after Zimbabwe celebrated its 44th anniversary of independence from colonial rule, and the Chronicle is on a mission to…





