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Nqobile Tshili, [email protected] THE attainment of independence in 1980 ushered in extensive transformation of Zimbabwe’s Parliament into a platform for representing the views of the black majority, who were deliberately sidelined by the colonial settler government. Before independence, only 15 black people were selected to be Members of Parliament (MPs) as a token to pacify indigenous […]

Chronicle Writers MOST illegal money changers popularly known as “Osiphatheleni” have abandoned their traditional trading spots in Bulawayo following the launch by the Government of the new gold-backed currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG)  The new currency will be backed by the quantity and value of precious minerals — mainly gold — as well as foreign […]