peterRioZim projects bounce in demand after Covid-19 turmoil
ZIMBABWE’S second-largest diamond miner, RioZim Limited, sees demand picking up, after the coronavirus pandemic forced the business to halt sales in March amid the slump in gem prices. With jewelry…
Food waste processing offers untapped export opportunity – ZimTrade
Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter ZIMBABWEAN businesses could leverage on trading food by-products and food waste as these present an opportunity for innovative entrepreneurs to tap into export markets. The…
Major boost for Mat North
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter GOVERNMENT has approved the Conceptual Development Framework for the Victoria Falls-Binga Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a development that will result in the growth of tourism, agriculture…
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Bulawayo prisons write major success story. . . record 100 percent Covid-19 recoveries, eliminate new infections
Mkhululi Ncube, Chronicle Reporter Prisons in Bulawayo, once the epicentre of Covid-19 infections in the province when 43 inmates and 23 prison officers tested positive, have scripted a major success…
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- August 26, 2020
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Businesses warned for flouting forex auction rate
Patrick Chitumba and Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporters GOVERNMENT has condemned the practice by some businesses to charge people paying in local currency using rates that are above the foreign currency…
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- August 26, 2020
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Govt centralises Covid-19 materials procurement
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter GOVERNMENT has come up with a Covid-19 procurement centralised system after observing that some of its departments were buying substandard equipment. This comes as Government is…
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- August 26, 2020
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‘Notorious’ eight-member ‘armed robbery’ gang nabbed
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter POLICE have arrested an eight-member gang of suspects, among them a police officer, who have been on the wanted list for a series of high-profile armed…
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- August 26, 2020
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Govt dismisses schools reopening claim
Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has dismissed as misleading information circulating on social media to the effect that schools will reopen on September 2.…
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- August 26, 2020
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Gwanda cop dies in traffic accident
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent A GWANDA-BASED cop died on the spot after he lost control of the vehicle he was driving and crashed into a tree along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road…
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- August 26, 2020
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Official exchange rate increases slightly
Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE official exchange rate has slightly increased to $83,40 to the United States dollar after yesterday’s main foreign currency auction sessions. Last week, the exchange…