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Acting Business Editor GOVERNMENT is planning to introduce a new levy on unprocessed platinum to compel producers of the mineral to set up a refinery in the country in…
Govt decision to give RBZ ‘new lease of life’
THE decision by Government to assume the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s (RBZ) debt and recapitalise the institution will help it to play an active role in economic revival efforts, an…
Hwange considers accepting $50m bailout package
Business Reporter Hwange Colliery Company Limited directors may accept shareholder Mr Nick van Hoogstraten’s $50 million bailout package provided the latter climbs down on his loan condition for management control.
Street children turning to crime, prostitution
Angeline Mpofu Chronicle Reporter STREET children in Bulawayo are turning to crime and prostitution for survival with a majority getting infected with sexually-transmitted infections (STIs).
Man dragged to court for public urinating
Midlands Correspondent A man from Rubi resettlement area along the Gweru-Bulawayo Highway got himself into trouble with the law after he staged a rare protest over a boundary dispute with…
28 babies born at Christmas
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Reporter A total of 28 babies were born on Christmas Day in Bulawayo’s three main hospitals. The largest number of babies was born at Mpilo Central Hospital…
Livestock indaba preparations on course
Business Reporter THE Matabeleland Livestock Investment Initiative says preparations for the Livestock indaba scheduled for Bulawayo next month are on course.
NSSA to open Beitbridge office
Acting Business Editor THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) says its newly built office will be opening doors to clients early next month. It said in a statement that the…
Holiday accident death toll rises to 64
Pamela Shumba Chronicle Reporter THE death toll on the country’s roads has risen to 64, with a total of 738 accidents having been recorded so far, national police spokesperson, Chief…
Gangsterism rife in schools
Chronicle Reporter EVER imagined that cults that are popular at colleges in Nigerian movies could be real and happening in our own schools? Three pupils were allegedly stabbed at a…