COMMENT: Minors need not have access to contraceptives
A local civic body, Advocacy Core Team (Act) recently came up with a petition that has proved deeply controversial. Act approached Parliament with the petition for the House to consider and pass a law...
View Article35-year-old battles rare condition everyday
Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Health Reporter THE world with its nearly 8 billion people can still be the loneliest place in the universe if you suffer from a devastating condition that is so rare that it...
View ArticleWarriors take lessons from Algeria defeat
Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter IT was always going to be difficult to hunt down the Dessert Foxes in their own terrain, but, in some instances, the impossible seemed possible. Algeria handed the...
View Article60 years jail for rapist duo
Midlands Bureau Chief TWO men from Silobela in the Midlands province have each been sentenced to 30 years in prison after they were convicted of breaking into a house where, they took turns to rape a...
View ArticleGenius’ ‘snake’ was always hungry and he fed it well
Melissa Mpofu, Showbiz Editor JUST like most Zimbabweans, I am also convinced that the late businessman, socialite Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure had a “snake”. And this “snake” was not for the...
View ArticleEconomic focus pays off for women’s organisation
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent ESTABLISHED in 2008, the Women Development Association in Zimbabwe (Wodaz), an organisation based in Sitezi area Ward 2 in Gwanda has helped empower many...
View ArticleUS$45 000 supplies boost for Mpilo
Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Health Reporter MPILO Central Hospital has received a donation of medical supplies worth US$45 000 to boost health care service delivery in the wake of a second wave of Covid-19....
View ArticleCovid-19 second wave: VP Chiwenga issues warning
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter VICE President Dr Constantino Chiwenga yesterday warned of the possibility of the country being hit by a second wave of Covid-19 saying ignorance, denial and wishful...
View ArticleCOMMENT: Covid-19: Consider tightening restrictions in Bulawayo
ONE of the reasons explaining the largely manageable Covid-19 cases in Africa has been early and strict lockdowns that countries instituted. The lockdowns curtailed the spread of the highly infectious...
View ArticleNkayi fights poverty . . . scales up poultry, livestock projects
Prosper Ndlovu recently in Nkayi COMMUNITIES in Nkayi District are working on alleviating poverty and creating job opportunities in line with global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through scaling...
View ArticleGinimbi enjoys champagne showers, last dance with Tekno at burial
THE late businessman and socialite Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure experienced champagne showers for the last time as his friends popped several bottles in his honour as his body was being lowered into the...
View ArticleMan jailed 12 years for incest
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter A LUPANE man who had a sexual relationship with his maternal cousin and at one point the two had sex in a church building has been arrested for incest. Preshet...
View ArticleProlonged school closures have negative effect on children’s learning
Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter WHEN Covid-19 broke out in Zimbabwe in March, forcing the Government to close 9 500 schools, about 4,6 million children were affected and a majority of those in...
View ArticleCovid-19 reduces incomes by 50 percent
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter INCOMES and food sources for most rural communities reduced by more than 50 percent due to Government’s Covid-19 containment measures, a report has revealed. A...
View ArticleED to launch National Development Strategy
Harare Bureau THE National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), which charts policies, institutional reforms and national priorities needed from 2021-2025 to achieve an upper middle-income economy under...
View ArticleThree Gweru council employees die in accident
Midlands Bureau Chief THREE Gweru City Council (GCC) employees died on the spot when a vehicle they were travelling in burst its right front tyre, veered off the road, overturned and hit some trees....
View ArticleGovt assesses situation before reopening borders
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter GOVERNMENT is monitoring the situation on the ground before reopening of the country’s borders for human traffic in two weeks as saving lives remains top of its...
View ArticleBulawayo firms realise 60 percent capacity utilisation – Manufacturing sector...
Prosper Ndlovu, Business Editor THE comprehensive economic reforms being undertaken by the Government are yielding a strong manufacturing rebound with several companies in Bulawayo and Midlands...
View Article18-year-old Zimbo, Blessing Chitapa wins The Voice UK
Blessing Chitapa, a teenager originally from Zimbabwe has been crowned as the winner of The Voice UK. The 18-year-old singer was named as the winner during Saturday’s episode of the ITV talent...
View ArticleZim records 21 new Covid-19 cases
Thandeka Moyo- Ndlovu, Health Reporter ZIMBABWE recorded 21 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours which brings the total number of cases in the country to 8 786. According to Ministry of Health and...
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