BCC forced to rebase budget on 2017 tariffs
Sikhumbuzo Moyo, smoyo@chronicle.co.zwFOLLOWING a contentious meeting involving residents’ associations, business representatives, and other stakeholders, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has been forced to revise its proposed 2025 budget.The meeting, chaired…
‘Steel, key in Zimbabwe industrial landscape’
Patrick Chitumba and Freedom MupanedemoPRESIDENT Mnangagwa has stressed the crucial role that reviving Zimbabwe’s iron and steel industry will play in boosting the country’s economy and supporting the industrial transformation…
ZWG2 million property goes up in flames at RMS warehouse
Peter Matika, peter.matika@chronicle.co.zwPROPERTY valued at about ZWG2 million was destroyed in a fire at the Road Motor Services (RMS) warehouse in Bulawayo yesterday morning.The swift response by Bulawayo’s Fire Brigade…
Target: 128 000 health sector jobs by 2030
Sikhumbuzo Moyo, smoyo@chronicle.co.zwTHE Ministry of Health and Child Care has announced an ambitious plan to increase the number of public health personnel in Zimbabwe to 128 000 by 2030, a…
Body of National Hero Mphoko arrives in Zimbabwe
Harare BureauTHE body of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, who died in India last week, arrived in Harare yesterday accompanied by his wife, Laurinda, children, and other family members.Cde Mphoko…
Packed programme for President in Botswana
Wallace Ruzvidzo in GABORONE, BotswanaPRESIDENT Mnangagwa will have a packed itinerary today when he arrives for his maiden visit to the SADC Secretariat Headquarters since assuming Chairmanship of the regional…
Fishing rigs Christmas gift for chiefs
Leonard Ncube, leonard.ncube@chronicle.co.zwFOUR chiefs from Binga District in Matabeleland North, are set to receive a transformative Christmas gift this year in the form of fishing rigs under the Presidential Fisheries…
50-yr-old in court for US$9 000 fraud
Trish Mukwazo, trishmukwazo515@gmail.comA BULAWAYO man, who allegedly defrauded a 50-year-old woman of more than US$9 000 in a botched housing deal, appeared in court yesterday facing fraud charges.Isiah Ncube (age…
State of Ingutsheni Hospital appals minister
Sikhumbuzo Moyo, smoyo@chronicle.co.zwHEALTH and Child Care Minister, Dr Douglas Mombeshora, has expressed concern over the appalling state of infrastructure at Ingutsheni Central Hospital in Bulawayo, including the nurse-patient ratio, and…
Traffic cop up for rape
Patrick: Patrick Chitumba, patrick.chitumba@chronicle.co.zwA GWERU-based traffic police officer reportedly used a burger and a coke as bait to lure his neighbour’s daughter before allegedly raping her.Police constable Michael Jackson (32)…