Letters to the Editor: African academics must increase research outputs
Features Correspondent African academics should sharpen their skills and improve scientific outcomes to build the continent’s knowledge economy and enhance its competitiveness in the new industrial revolution, top researchers say.…
BCC gets capital budget boost, outlines priorities
Business Editor THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has said its 2020 capital budget will prioritise water and sanitation infrastructure projects with a bias towards housing and commercial stands development as…
President calls on churches to lead in unifying nation
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke, Manicaland Bureau PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has urged the church to take a leading role in unifying the country to ensure the achievement of development goals set out by his administration.…
New funding model for Command Agriculture
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter GOVERNMENT has adopted a new funding model for Command Agriculture during the 2019/20 farming season which will see it providing guarantees with banks and the private sector…
Nust student acquitted of rape charge
Sharon Buwerimwe, Court Reporter A CIVIL engineering student at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Bulawayo has been acquitted of allegedly raping a fellow student after luring her…
Government assesses cholera preparedness
Michell Zvanyanya, Chronicle Reporter GOVERNMENT has embarked on an exercise to assess the preparedness of health institutions to fight cholera and typhoid in the event of an outbreak. The exercise is…
‘Investors appreciative of austerity measures’
Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter INTERNATIONAL investors are appreciative of the austerity measures being implemented by Government to facilitate economic turnaround, Industry and Commerce Minister, Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu, has said. The…
Man jailed 20yrs for killing neighbour over lost cattle
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter A MAN from Binga who axed his neighbour to death following a row over lost cattle has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. Stanley Muleya…
‘MDC demos politics at play’
Daniel Nemukuyu, Harare Bureau THE courts never denied the opposition MDC-Alliance the right to demonstrate as wrongly presented to the United Nations but those allegations should be read as a deliberate…
Chicken Inn, TelOne crash out of Chibuku Cup
Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter Chicken Inn 1-1 Manica Diamonds Manica Diamonds won 6-5 on penalties CHICKEN INN FC continued with their poor run in the Chibuku Super Cup knock-out contest when…











