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'MDC-T members fill up Zanu PF cell registers'

ZANU PF has alleged that most of its cell registers during the recent primary elections in Marondera were filled with known MDC-T members' names, who deprived true party cadres the chance to cast thei...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

POLITICS

War vets children de-campaign Mnangagwa

CHILDREN of Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (COZWA) has revealed plans to de-campaign Zanu PF and its presidential candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of this year's general elect...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

POLITICS

Mash East chiefs bay for minister's head

MASHONALAND East Provincial Affairs minister David Musabayana is in trouble with traditional leaders who have demanded that he be recalled as Zanu PF's candidate for Hwedza North constituency in the f...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo to host annual pharmaceutical congress

BULAWAYO will next week host the joint annual congress for Primary Health Care Physicians of Zimbabwe and Pharmaceutical Society of Zimbabwe, which is expected to draw foreign delegates.A member of th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

POLITICS

MDC-T to announce primaries constituencies

MDC-T is today expected to announce constituencies where it will hold primary elections before Saturday following its aspiring candidates' failure to reach consensus in the constituencies.The party re...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

POLITICS

US happy with Zimbabwe reforms

The United States of America is happy with the progress made with the new administration in electoral law reforms and is looking forward to cementing its bilateral relationship with Zimbabwe, USA char...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Leather cluster shoe factory begins operations

THE Bulawayo leather cluster shoe factory has started operating, with a new product line expected to hit the market soon.Cluster secretary, Mr Fungai Zvinondiramba, said they were in talks with a numb...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa's 'electoral promises' vindicate Khupe?

MDC Alliance presidential candidate Advocate Nelson Chamisa's "frivolous electoral promises that are hazardous to the public" have vindicated MDC-T breakaway president Dr Thokozani Khupe on her calls ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe proposes new gold policy

MINES and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando says a new gold development policy is being formulated to assist artisanal and small-scale miners to ramp up production.The new policy document w...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Caledonia wants bigger stake in Blanket Mine

AIM-listed Caledonia Mining Corporation plans to increase its stake in Gwanda-based gold producer, Blanket Mine, following recent amendments to the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act by Gover...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Nurses get $5 000 windfall

NURSES on Monday received lump sum payments of up to $5 000 from Government as payment of outstanding allowances.In a survey conducted by The Chronicle yesterday, nurses said they were shocked to get ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa to kick-start campaign in Manicaland

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to visit Manicaland on Saturday where he will kick-start his campaign to drum up support for the ruling party ahead of harmonised elections. He will first tour a hydro-...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Command Livestock registration begins

Government has started registering farmers who will benefit from the Command Livestock scheme in Beitbridge district, the district agriculture extension officer Mr Masauso Mawocha has said. Mr Masauso...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Oil hits high

Oil prices hit a 3-1/2-year high on Tuesday, supported by tight supply and planned U.S. sanctions against Iran that are likely to restrict crude oil exports from one of the biggest producers in the Mi...

By Reuters | Published: 16 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

'Interest rates drop to maximum 12%'

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it continues to engage banks over the cost of borrowing, as directed by Government, but contends that at current prevailing range of 6 and 12 percent; lending r...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

POLITICS

Welshman shuts out Misihairabwi-Mushonga

THE MDC has excluded legislator Ms Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga from its list of party candidates to contest in the forthcoming harmonised elections in what insiders say is a culmination of her fal...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

OPINION

'We cannot operate in silos'

We publish here the full text of the Address by the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces E. D. Mnangagwa at the Southern Africa Confederation of...

By Emmerson Mnangagwa | Published: 16 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimpapers gets TV licence

The Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Ltd has been granted a television broadcasting licence by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe. This makes the media house the first and only fully integrated media ho...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Copper thieves pounce on TelOne

Fixed phone operator TelOne has fallen victim to massive theft of copper cables, with the latest being the looting of a 1 200m pair cable feeding a major section of the Harare's central business distr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF rerun results expected today

ZANU-PF primary election reruns continued yesterday and voting went smoothly in some constituencies while chaos characterised areas like Harare South. In Harare South, voting ended on Monday evening, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

OPINION

At long last we will use our methane

Zimbabwe is sitting on reasonable reserves of coal bed methane gas in Matabeleland North, a resource it has known about for decades, but has never exploited for reasons which are hard to find. Now, as...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Hwange Colliery boss suspended

HWANGE Colliery Company has suspended its managing director Thomas Makore to facilitate an investigation into allegations of insubordination, sources have revealed. But the company said the suspension...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco sales top 100 million kg

Over 100 million kilogrammes of tobacco worth $289,8 million have been sold by farmers since the opening of the season.The tobacco was sold at an average price of $2,87 per kilogramme. According to th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

POLITICS

Majome speaks out

MDC-T Harare West legislator Ms Jessie Majome yesterday opened up on the abuse she has suffered in the opposition party, saying some party officials were saying she was old and must go herd donkeys in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

POLITICS

Envoys upbeat on free, fair elections

THE United States of America is happy with progress made by the new administration in electoral law reforms and is looking forward to cementing its relations with Zimbabwe, USA charge d' affairs to Zi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

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