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Earthquake hits Chipinge

Elita Chikwati, Harare Bureau An earthquake that registered of 5,6 on the Richter scale was recorded in Mozambique and felt in Chipinge on Thursday evening. In a statement yesterday, Meteorological...

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Chief castigates opposition parties, tribalists

Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent THE country’s traditional leadership should be involved in discouraging violent protests that have dogged the country in recent months.   Addressing the Bulawayo...

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Lesbianism rocks Mat North school

Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter A FEMALE teacher at Zwangendaba High School in Matabeleland North has been caught up in a lesbianism storm amid claims that some schoolgirls were fighting over her...

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Tenant loses teeth after attack by landlord’s relative

Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter A MAN from New Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo lost two teeth after his landlord’s relative pounced on him demanding rentals. The man had been occupying the house for only two...

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Polytechnics challenged to initiate STEM funding

Dr Godfrey Gandawa Walter Mswazie, Masvingo Correspondent POLYTECHNIC Colleges have been urged to come up with their own Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) funding mechanisms to...

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Mumbengegwi hopeful Zim-US relations will improve

Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi Mabasa Sasa at the United Nations THERE remains hope for some thawing in Zimbabwe-United States relations in the last few months of President Barack Obama’s...

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Gwanda schools face water crisis

Richard Muponde, Gwanda Correspondent A HEALTH hazard is looming at 20 Gwanda rural schools as boreholes and other sources of water near them have dried up leaving teachers and pupils relying on...

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Tsholotsho DRC chairperson Ndebele dies

The late Cde Alois Ndebele Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter ZANU-PF Central Committee Member and Tsholotsho Rural District Chairperson Cde Alois Ndebele has died. He was 56. A war veteran, Cde...

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Govt slams US,UK travel warnings

Minister Walter Mzembi Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter THE Government has slammed the British and United States embassies for issuing travel warnings on Zimbabwe following recent protests....

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President to open new Parly session

President Mugabe Thandeka Moyo, Chronicle Reporter PRESIDENT Mugabe will officially open the 4th session of Parliament on October 4. The Clerk Parliament, Mr Kennedy Chokuda, yesterday said President...

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Man maintains another man’s child for 16 years

George Maponga in Masvingo A former Masvingo teacher is planning to take legal action against his former lover after she forced him to maintain a child that was not his for 16 years until paternity...

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Bulawayo council books last audited in 2012

Vusumuzi Dube, Chronicle Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council’s audit system is reportedly in shambles amid revelations that the local authority is only auditing books for 2012, a move which the...

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Foot and mouth disease breaks out in Mat North

Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter FRESH foot and mouth disease (FMD) cases have been detected in Matabeleland North, but authorities there say the situation is under control. There were reports of an...

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Man kills wife, hangs self

Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Plumtree Correspondent A HERDSMAN (21) in Kezi beat up his wife (18) to death with a log at his employer’s homestead before hanging himself following a dispute. Villagers...

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Durban Mine stand-off ends

Some of the rescued illegal miners who were trapped at Durban Mine carry ore out of the shaft in Bubi District. (Picture by Eliah Saushoma) Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter MANAGEMENT at Durban Mine...

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Chihuri condemns AG’s office

Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent POLICE Commissioner General Dr Augustine Chihuri has said the Attorney General’s Office has sometimes been found wanting...

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Woman rejects $30 maintenance

Cynthia Dube, Court Reporter A KOMBI driver walked free out of court as his ex-wife refused to take $30 for maintenance saying she would look after her child alone as the money that was being offered...

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‘Abductor’ lures girl (4) with jiggies

Andile Tshuma, Court Reporter A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a girl (4) after luring her with jiggies. She was rescued by suspicious residents after the two had travelled...

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Baboons trouble Pumula South residents

Tanaka Mrewa, Chronicle Reporter PUMULA South residents are being terrorised by baboons that raid their houses from a forest around Khami Dam in search of food. Talking to a Chronicle news crew...

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Lawyers sue Mutasa, Mliswa, Gumbo over unpaid legal fees

Daniel Nemukuyu, Harare Bureau Fighting the ruling Zanu-PF at court has proved costly for three politicians who were fired from the revolutionary party after their lawyers turned against them and took...

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