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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is set to rehabilitate 14 key roads and the programme starts with immediate effect after Government recently released funds for road works that will be done until mid-December. Government declared all roads a state of national disaster last year February leading to the launch of the Emergency […]
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Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Reporter FOR the past four months, Mr Stephen Sithole, a village head in Bubi District, Matabeleland North, has been doing land preparation and digging the Intwasa/Pfumvudza holes at his four-hectare plot in anticipation of a good rainy season. In its latest seasonal forecast, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) predicted normal to above normal […]
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Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau THE continued power supply crisis in South Africa has triggered chaos at the Beitbridge Border Post where commercial cargo has started to pile up. The neighbouring country’s power utility company, Eskom, has been effecting stages 4 and 6 of electricity load shedding. Stage 6 blackouts equate to at least six hours without […]
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Fungi Kwaramba in New york, US PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday for the United Nations General Assembly debate, the biggest global diplomatic event where world leaders tackle challenges facing the world for a better future. The President, who was accompanied by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube, is expected to address UNGA77 this […]
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Mashudu Netsianda, Deputy News Editor FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko’s son Siqokoqela, who is facing charges of allegedly raping his 12-year-old niece as well as escaping from lawful custody, has been released on $50 000 bail by the High Court. Mphoko (44) of Hillside suburb in Bulawayo, last week appeared before regional magistrate Mr Mark Dzira facing […]
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Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Health Reporter A NUMBER of buildings that were being rehabilitated at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo are almost complete and waiting for additional Government funding to be finished. The Government has injected a cumulative $550 million into the Mpilo project following tragic events which saw doctors losing their belongings after a fire destroyed […]
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter GOVERNMENT has offered a 25 percent salary increment to civil servants in United States dollar terms which will result in State employees getting US$200 effectively this month. The workers have, however, demanded that Government also increase the salaries in local currency. Civil servants are paid both in local currency and foreign currency […]
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Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief POLICE in Gweru have arrested 11 suspected armed robbers who have been terrorising residents in the city. The suspects are believed to have been behind a spate of offences that include armed robberies, murder and unlawful entry and theft. They were arrested following an operation that ran from September 1 […]
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Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief POLICE in Gweru have issued a prohibition order banning the carrying of dangerous weapons in public as cases involving the use of such weapons are now rampant and threatening public safety. The officer commanding Gweru Urban Chief Superintendent Tambudzai Bibian Gumpo, signed the prohibition order which will run for three […]
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Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Matabeleland South Bureau Chief AN 87-year-old dream turned into reality following Government’s bold move to transform Mtshabezi Irrigation Scheme in Gwanda District, Matabeleland South, into a greenbelt in line with the Second Republic’s accelerated rural development and industrialisation drive. The vast tract of arable land has been lying idle for almost a century. Farmers […]
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Nqobile Bhebhe, Senior Business Reporter GOVERNMENT’s value for money investigation on all payments to suppliers and contractors to ministries, departments and agencies has exposed a massive overpricing scam by unscrupulous service providers some of whom pegged their prices based on speculative market exchange rates as high as ZWL$2 000 per US dollar. The obscene forward pricing […]
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter THE transformation of Figtree settlement into a smart city has started taking shape with technical teams working with Bulilima Rural District Council as Government moves to fully implement the smart cities concept in line with the recently launched climate policy. Government adopted the smart city concept which is a global phenomenon as […]
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Fungi Kwaramba, Harare Bureau PRESIDENT Mnangagwa last night left for the United States of America to attend the first face-to-face United Nations General Assembly after a two-year hiatus spawned by Covid-19. The President, who was seen off at the Robert Mugabe International Airport by Vice- President Constantino Chiwenga, Cabinet Ministers, senior Government officials and service chiefs, […]
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Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Reporter LUPANE Magistrates’ Court building, one of the key infrastructure projects built under the Second Republic in Matabeleland North province is complete and set for official opening by Chief Justice Luke Malaba at the end of this month. Various projects being spearheaded by the Government are expected to speed up the growth of […]
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