A digital boost for life: Zimbabwe should embrace digital blood banking

Jacqueline Ntaka BLOOD transfusions are life-saving medical interventions hence the need to ensure a safe and efficient blood supply. Digitalisation offers a powerful solution to streamline blood bank operations and…

Organisation raises awareness on autism

Michelle Moyo, [email protected]  A Bulawayo-based organisation — Autism Awareness (AA) — has launched a sensitisation programme to equip the Bulawayo community with the skills to identify children on the Autism Spectrum.…

Cleaning up and creating jobs: Effort Gumbi’s journey from idea to nationwide company

Flora Fadzai Sibanda, [email protected]  DURING a visit to his friend in South Africa a few years ago, Effort Gumbi wasn’t expecting to return with a brilliant business idea that addressed his…

Man falls to his death off a four-storey building

Michael Magoronga, [email protected] BUSINESS temporarily came to a standstill in Kwekwe, Midlands province on Friday morning after a man fell to his death off a four-storey building in the city centre.…

‘Dinner with Chef Cola’…Zimbabwean vegan chef reimagines fine dining

Mbulelo Mpofu, [email protected] AWARD-WINNING culinary expert, Nicola Kagoro, a Zimbabwean-inspired innovator, dreamer, and magical vegan chef, is revolutionising the gastronomic scene with her unique plant-based creations. Shattering vegan stereotypes and…

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…

Let’s all be patriotic: President

Wallace Ruzvidzo-Herald Reporter Every Zimbabwean should love their country and demonstrate a high level of patriotism, the hallmark of any democratic and progressive nation, President Mnangagwa has said. The President…

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