President to embark on five-nation working visit
Felex Share, Harare Bureau President Mnangagwa will next week go on a five-nation working visit as his administration intensifies its engagement and re-engagement drive, Presidential spokesperson Mr...
View ArticleBCC mulls installing water flow restrictors
Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council is planning to install water flow limiter devices to restrict supply according to specific needs of consumers as the local authority...
View ArticleED commends civil servants. . .Teachers ignore unions’ strike call
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...
View ArticleSchoolboy murdered. . .Alcohol NOT cause of death: 2nd post-mortem, New...
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...
View ArticleFirst Lady urges church leaders to embrace clean-up campaign
Tendai Rupapa, Harare Bureau FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday met church leaders from across denominations and impressed upon them the need to embrace the national clean-up campaign launched by...
View ArticleEarly pay for Government workers
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...
View Article‘Painful measures for Zimbabwe’
Takunda Maodza, Harare Bureau GOVERNMENT has developed a comprehensive plan to revive the economy which will involve painful measures like a bitter pill administered to a patient, Finance and Economic...
View ArticleGovernment, civil servants in pay indaba. . .Salary increment offer to be...
Felex Share, Harare Bureau GOVERNMENT is today expected to table a cost of living adjustment it is offering to civil servants when it meets their representatives in Harare. The meeting, to be held...
View ArticleBREAKING: Heavy rains destroy Beitbridge border post roof
Thupeyo Muleya Heavy rains destroyed the roof at Beitbridge border post arrivals section at the green route zone. The green route zone is for travelers with nothing to declare or those importing goods...
View ArticleChiwenga slams use of social media to cause panic buying
Farirai Machivenyika, Harare Bureau ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga has castigated abuse of social media to cause panic buying of fuel and other basic commodities. Officiating at the launch of...
View ArticleDoctors officially call off strike
Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter Junior doctors who had embarked on a 40-day strike since December have officially called it off. They started returning to work on Monday following an agreement...
View ArticleCops in 16-man mine armed robbery
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter EIGHT armed robbers, among them two police officers allegedly raided a Chinese mining company in Zvishavane and went away with an Isuzu pick up, 48 grammes of...
View ArticleUPDATED: Civil servants reject offer …Leaders to consult on Govt 10% increment
Felex Share, Harare Bureau Government yesterday offered its workers a 10 percent salary increment beginning April, a figure that would translate to an additional $160 million to the civil servants wage...
View ArticleMan dies in armed villagers’ raging war
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter A 19-year-old man died on the spot in a nasty fight between two armed gangs from neighbouring villages in Lupaka, Lupane, police have confirmed. The Chronicle was...
View ArticleAir Zimbabwe suspends flights
Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter National airline, Air Zimbabwe has suspended flights up to mid-month due to maintenance works being carried out on its only functioning plane. The airline, which...
View ArticleGovernment sets record straight on fuel
Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter GOVERNMENT has dismissed reports that fuel would be sold in foreign currency with bond notes and swipe being accepted using black market rates only as from...
View Article‘Zimbabwe currency in 12 months’ …US$ as only legal tender is not currency...
Kudakwashe Mhundwa and Princess Ncube Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday said the country will have its own currency within the next 12 months, as Government is...
View ArticleGovernment works on tax rebate to avert price hikes
Chronicle Reporters GOVERNMENT yesterday said it is now working on modalities to grant tax rebates across all sectors to prevent price hikes following fuel price increases effected at the weekend. The...
View ArticleBarred bearded top school student sues
Daniel Nemukuyu, Harare Bureau A St John’s College student who practises Islam and was barred from attending lessons after refusing to shave his beard has taken the school’s authorities to court...
View ArticlePoison laced beer deaths. . .Court expels man over ‘4 killings’
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter CHIEF Shana of Jambezi in Hwange has expelled a villager who the community accuses of killing four people by lacing their beer with crocodile bile and brains....
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