Zimra under fire from councils
Innocent Ruwende Harare Bureau The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has come under fire from local authorities for garnishing the bulk of the $22 million that the Zimbabwe National Roads...
View ArticleMozambican rebel leader reveals Tsvangirai ties
Tichaona Zindoga Harare Bureau MOZAMBICAN rebel leader Afonso Dhlakama, who has been fighting the government in a bloody civil war that has lasted close to four decades, has revealed that he is friends...
View ArticleCourt clears Magaya
Prophet Magaya Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief A KWEKWE coroner has cleared Prophetic Healing and Delivery (PHD) leader Prophet Walter Magaya, his church and the police of any wrongdoing...
View ArticleKombi crew stone and hit passenger with vehicle for complaining about loud music
Andile Tshuma Court Reporter A COMMUTER omnibus crew allegedly stoned a passenger (58) and hit him with their vehicle, leaving him for dead, after he complained about loud radio volume, a court heard....
View ArticleName, shame corrupt officials: Madzongwe
Cde Madzongwe Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle Reporter THE president of the Senate, Cde Edna Madzongwe, has urged the media and civil society organisations to name and shame corrupt public officials to...
View ArticleLawyer sues supermarket for $25 000 over contaminated juice
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A Bulawayo lawyer Mr Ndabezinhle Mazibuko is suing a city supermarket for $25 000 after he bought fruit juice which was allegedly contaminated with a “nauseating...
View ArticleJUST IN: Three nurses attacked by mental patients at Ingutsheni
Ingutsheni Hospital in Bulawayo Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent THREE nurses at Ingutsheni Central Hospital in Bulawayo have been attacked while attending to mental patients as the...
View ArticleSleeping 7-yr-old dies in burning hut
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief A SEVEN-year-old boy from Chirumanzu was burnt beyond recognition after a fire razed a hut in which he was sleeping. According to the summary of sudden death...
View ArticleCrimes of passion worry Matabeleland South elders
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Plumtree Correspondent COMMUNITY leaders in Bulilima District have called for heavy police presence in their areas to help reduce crime. Speaking during a police campaign...
View ArticleHigh Court blocks students leader’s suspension
BULAWAYO High Court Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter THE High Court yesterday quashed the suspension of a Midlands State University (MSU) student leader who was facing allegations of...
View ArticleFraud ‘prophet’ jailed
Dzikamai Damiso Andile Tshuma, Court Reporter A SELF-STYLED prophet has been jailed for stealing more than $100 from his client’s Eco-cash account. Dzingirai Damiso (31) of Emganwini suburb in Bulawayo...
View ArticleTrain inspector caught in rape storm
Wynne Zanamwe,Midlands Reporter A NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) locomotives inspector was yesterday hauled to court for allegedly raping a woman that he had given a lift in his car. Ranganai...
View ArticleUBH nurse in fight over $2
Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter A NURSE at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has appeared in court for allegedly assaulting her neighbour who had failed to settle a $2 debt for some chickens. Dwyili...
View ArticleWar vets bid to stop leadership election takes new twist
Cde George Mlala Harare Bureau The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association’s (ZNLWVA) bid to stop the election of new leadership took a new twist yesterday after the High Court threw out...
View ArticleDog owner fined after pet mauls woman
Andile Tshuma, Court Reporter A MAN (47) from Nkulumane suburb, Bulawayo has been fined $50 after his dog mauled a woman (57) from Pumula South suburb. Martin Chiro appeared before Western Commonage...
View Article‘Unite for command agriculture’
VP Mnangagwa Elita Chikwati Harare Bureau Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans to put aside their differences and unite to support the government-led command agriculture scheme...
View Article‘Police on top of situation’
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Correspondent THE Ministry of Home Affairs has said the country remains at peace, with police in control of the situation. The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Cde Obedingwa...
View ArticlePair jailed for holding MSU students hostage
Patience Mutsiwi, Midlands Reporter TWO Zvishavane men who held six female Midlands States University students hostage at their home and threatened to kill them before stealing electrical gadgets, have...
View ArticleEducation sector not affected by job freeze
Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, which is grappling with an acute shortage of teachers, will not be affected by the freezing of recruitment of employees...
View ArticlePolice question Zapu youth leader
Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter ZAPU regional spokesperson and youth leader Mr Iphithule Maphosa was yesterday picked up for questioning in connection with the defacing of road signs along Robert...
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