Month: March 2024
President assures food security for urban dwellers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday reiterated that his Government will ensure that all the vulnerable households across the country receive food aid, including those staying in urban centres. Speaking in the Somabhula area of Vungu District in Midlands Province, where he commissioned the second phase of the Fibre Optic Backbone Network, spearheaded by a foreign investor Bandwidth and […]
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Decongestion plan for Ingutsheni Hospital
Peter Matika, peter.matika@chronicle.co.zw GOVERNMENT is set to implement a raft of measures aimed at decongesting Ingutsheni Central Hospital, the country’s largest mental health institution located in Bulawayo. The institution is overflowing with an ever-ballooning population of patients mostly youths suffering from drug and substance abuse-related mental illnesses. Drugs and substances are among some of the major […]
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Zambia calls for complete sanctions removal
Wallace Ruzvidzo-Herald Reporter ZAMBIA has called on the United States and her allies to remove all forms of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, not just the piecemeal adjustments it made on Monday. The US made fringe adjustments to its targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe that were rejected by Harare, which is demanding the complete removal of the […]
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Govt leads calls to uplift women entrepreneurs
THE Government has called for enhanced capacitation of budding women entrepreneurs as part of efforts to improve the quality of products they produce in order to benefit from the vast export opportunities under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Micro, Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in Zimbabwe employ 76 percent of the working population, […]
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We will never forget our liberators — President
Wallace Ruzvidzo Herald Reporter FOUNDING Southern African fathers such as the late former Tanzanian President Ali Hassan Mwinyi played an invaluable role that should never be forgotten but rather be precisely expressed and safeguarded, President Mnangagwa has said. President Mwinyi died on February 29 from lung cancer in Tanzania’s commercial hub, Dar es Salaam, where […]
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Relief for Muzarabani as First Lady commissions potable water scheme
CLEAN and readily available water is important for public health and can contribute greatly to poverty reduction. Women and children often spend many hours every day collecting water from far away sources thus inhibiting them from working to generate livelihoods and this reduces children’s time for education because so much time is devoted to that […]
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Mavhunga, Modi sworn in
Blessings Chidakwa Herald Reporter THE new Minister of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs, Monica Mavhunga, has vowed to improve the welfare of ex-combatants and see to it that they meet with President Mnangagwa, who is their patron. Minister Mavhunga was sworn in by President Mnangagwa, along with Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Raj […]
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National rail fibre optic launch today
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today expected to launch the second phase of the national rail fibre optic project that will position Zimbabwe as the epicentre of internet services on the African continent. The fibre optic project will see enhanced connectivity between Zimbabwe and Africa with broadband services and also have knock-on effects on the prices of […]
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Man smuggles 30 guns, 1 700 rounds of ammunition from SA
POLICE have recovered 30 pistols, 30 empty magazines and 1 700 rounds of ammunition which were smuggled from South Africa into Zimbabwe aboard a crossborder bus. Douglas Emmanuel Jekanyika (43) has been arrested in connection with the case and police have since launched a manhunt for his accomplice identified as Godknows Gunda, who is still […]
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TIMB sets 2024 tobacco marketing modalities . . . 32 buyers get licences
EXACTLY a week before the start of the 2024 tobacco marketing season, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has announced the licencing of 32 contractors to buy leaf from farmers and spelt out strict modalities to curb side marketing. March 13 has already been set as the opening of the auction floors, with the […]
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