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Today’s cartoon: Musapenda on schools increasing fees and how some men still spend money on liquor


Love gets sweeter for Chicken Inn couple

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Bongani Ndlovu, Showbiz Correspondent The Chicken Inn couple Makhosana Mguni and Belinda Nyoni are now Chicken Inn brand ambassadors and the fast food chain will pay their honeymoon expenses. Makhosana proposed to his sweetheart Belinda, last year on December 26 at Chicken Inn ZITF in Bulawayo and their picture went viral. Some ridiculed, Makhosana for […]

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Church and elders must help preserve marriage institution

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The number of couples that filed for divorce at the Bulawayo High Court shot to 820 between January and December 2018, marking a 60 percent increase compared to 512 in the previous year. Lawyers and religious leaders attributed the increase in the number of divorce cases to economic challenges and the breakdown of the extended […]

UPDATED: Government has offer for civil servants. . .‘Salaries have been eroded by price hikes’

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Pamela Shumba and Felex Share GOVERNMENT has a salary increment offer for civil servants to cushion them from the prevailing economic challenges set to be tabled before a National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) soon, acting Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister July Moyo, has said. The NJNC is a statutory negotiating platform for Government […]

Manica Diamonds bolster squad. . .To sign more ‘quality’ players

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Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter PREMIERSHIP newboys Manica Diamonds are aiming at bringing in more “quality” players to reinforce their squad which hopes to make a remarkable debut season. Manica Diamonds unveiled some of their signing in Mutare on on Monday who included former national team defender Partson Jaure, ex-Dynamos and Caps United forward Wisdom […]

Today’s cartoon: Musapenda on doctors returning to work

ED commends civil servants. . .Teachers ignore unions’ strike call

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Felex Share, Harare Bureau President Mnangagwa yesterday paid tribute to civil servants unions for displaying “maturity” during a consultative meeting on salaries and conditions of service the workers held with Government representatives on Monday. Acting Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Mr George Charamba said the Head of State and Government was aware of […]

Government suspends duty on commodities

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Michael Tome, Harare Bureau Suspension of duty on selected commodities among them luxury and public service buses, ammonium nitrate fertilisers, fertilised eggs for hatching and powdered raw milk among other critical goods, came into effect on Wednesday last week, according to a Government Gazette published on Friday. Some of the goods on the exemption list […]

FC Platinum train at BF

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Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Acting Sports Editor FC Platinum will today hold their first training session at Barbourfields Stadium ahead of their Total Caf Champions League Group B opener at the same venue on Saturday. Pure Platinum Play arrived in the City of Kings and Queens yesterday from their base in Zvishavane where they have been training […]

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Zanu-PF MPs’ gesture shows they are pro-people

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The Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe has been in office since September last year. We don’t expect members to have done much over the past four months but probably their biggest accomplishment so far is the debate that has occurred on the 2019 national budget in the National Assembly and approval of the Finance Bill in […]

Manhenga on being a pastor

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Leonard Ncube in Victoria Falls Afro-jazz musician, Dudu Manhenga says becoming a church minister has significantly changed her life as she now reaches out to multitudes of people in a different way. While appearing to have abandoned her music fans as she no longer performs at public shows in bars and clubs, Dudu who celebrated […]

Highlanders conduct trials for ladies teams

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Descent Dube, Sports Reporter HIGHLANDERS will conduct trials for their ladies and junior age group teams at the Highlanders Sports Club on Saturday in a bid to beef up their squads ahead of the start of the 2019 season. Aspiring players are advised to bring their training gear and the trials will start at 9am. […]

Schoolboy murdered. . .Alcohol NOT cause of death: 2nd post-mortem, New findings entail police to revisit case

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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent A SCHOOLBOY from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo who was certified by a post-mortem last month to have died due to excessive alcohol consumption was actually killed, a second post-mortem has revealed. The latest report also states that Prichard Ndlovu (16) who was a Form Three pupil at Founders High School, had […]

Cross Country Championships set for Luveve High

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Allen Khumalo, Sports Reporter THE Bulawayo Athletics Board (Bab) will host its 2019 Cross Country Championships at Luveve High School on Saturday. The event, which is the first on their athletics calendar, will see athletes competing in different categories which include 2,5km for cadet boys and girls, 8km (junior men and women) and 10km for […]

JUST IN: Fairness assured at striking doctor’s disciplinary hearings

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Harare Bureau  Disciplinary hearings against doctors who participated in the illegal industrial action will be fair and transparent and will continue to be conducted as scheduled, the Ministry of Health and Child Care has said. In a statement last, night Health and Child Care Secretary Dr Gerald Gwinji encouraged the striking doctors returning to work […]

Sliz to engage local authorities

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Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter SPORTS Leaders Institute of Zimbabwe (Sliz) will hold its first symposium with the country’s local authorities next month. Russell Mhiribidi, Sliz president said the institute wants to engage local authorities in order to highlight the importance of providing sport and recreation facilities for youth development. He said councils have a […]

Let’s unite for the good of our nation

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EDITOR – Government detractors have upped their tempo of an alleged “Zimbabwean crisis” in a bid to arm-twist the Zanu-PF Government to negotiate with Nelson Chamisa. MDC House of Assembly member for Kuwadzana, Charlton Hwende has become one of the leading people on social media castigating efforts by Government on our path to economic recovery. […]

Early pay for Government workers

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Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter ALL civil servants will be paid their 2019 January salaries by Wednesday next week as part of Governments efforts to cushion them from the adverse effects of the prevailing economic challenges. Treasury yesterday announced that some civil servants will be paid on Monday while others will receive their salaries on Wednesday. […]

It’s everyone’s duty to stop rise in murder cases

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Zimbabwe’s worsening culture of violence as evidenced by an upsurge in murder cases is a cause for concern. Society no longer respects the sanctity of life hence the increased murder cases reported daily across the country. What is worrying, as rightly observed by the police, is that most of the murders are over petty disputes. […]

‘Star FM Music Awards. . .100 lucky listeners to attend inaugural event

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Bongani Ndlovu, Showbiz Correspondent ONE hundred lucky Star FM listeners will have the chance to witness the country’s leading radio station’s inaugural awards to be held in two weeks’ time in Harare. The event will be held on January 25 at Zimbali Gardens Events and Lifestyle Centre and is sponsored by Jan-Jam Men’s Wear, Impala […]
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