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2 days 5 murders: Cops say most suspects still at large

Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter FIVE people have been murdered in two days countrywide, police have confirmed. National police spokesperson Senior...

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Brawl over machete sees man beaten to death

Walter Mswazie, Masvingo correspondent A CHIREDZI man allegedly fatally assaulted a fellow imbiber following a dispute over the use of a machete, police have confirmed. Tozvireva Tozvireva (38) of...

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Trio buried alive: Zim sand poachers suffocate in SA truck mishap

Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter THREE brothers from Gokwe died in South Africa when a truck they were loading with river sand overturned and buried them under a mound of sand. The incident occurred...

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Man in remand gets 24hrs to raise $1k upkeep arrears

Florence Ncube, Chronicle Reporter A MAGISTRATE has given a driver at the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara), who owes  $1 000 in maintenance arrears, 24 hours to pay the money while...

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VP Mnangagwa appeals for agric partnerships

VP Mnangagwa Paidamoyo Chipunza, Harare Bureau THE Government is appealing to development partners for collaboration in the agriculture and agro-industry value chain sectors to ensure food and...

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32pc of rural pupils drop out of school

Mrs Tumisang Thabela Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent ABOUT 32 percent of children in the country’s rural provinces have dropped out of school due to their parents’ failure to pay school fees, a...

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29 aspiring judges flunk interview, 4 chicken out

Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku Daniel Nemukuyu, Harare Bureau TWENTY-NINE aspiring High Court judges have proved that they cannot write a judgment, an elementary skill that every judge must possess....

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80 percent of population debt-ridden, survey reveals

Minister Prisca Mupfumira Pamela Shumba/ Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporters NEW data from the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (Zimvac) 2016 Rural Livelihoods Assessment survey shows that...

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Rural food insecurity set to worsen

Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent FOOD insecurity levels are rising in rural areas and are expected to reach 42 percent by the end of March next year, the worst of its kind since 2009. About 4...

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AirZim bans Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7

Minister Joram Gumbo Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief NATIONAL airline Air Zimbabwe has banned Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone from its flights with immediate effect. After reports of Galaxy...

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Work begins on condemned transmitter sites

Cde George Charamba Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter THE Government has started working on three sub-standard transmitter sites in Midlands and Matabeleland North provinces. Consulting engineers hired by...

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Teenager ‘sells’ stolen baby for $150

Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter A FOREIGN currency dealer commonly known as usiphatheleni allegedly bribed a 17-year-old girl with $150 to steal an 18-month-old baby for her, a magistrate...

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Call to probe Kasukuwere

Saviour Kasukuwere Zvamaida Murwira, Harare Bureau THE Zimbabwe Republic Police, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission and the Auditor General should move in to investigate Local Government, Public Works...

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‘Cops not ready to arrest Prof Moyo’

Professor Jonathan Moyo Daniel Nemukuyu, Harare Bureau Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo, who is under fire over allegations of abusing...

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Byo water crisis deepens

Bulawayo City Council decommissions Umzingwane Dam Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter A SECOND supply dam has been decommissioned in Bulawayo, deepening the city’s water crisis, the worst in five...

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$110 cellphone smashed in 50c ‘brawl’

Andile Tshuma, Court Reporter A MAGISTRATE has slammed a Bulawayo resident for “monkeying” around and behaving like a baboon for assaulting a man over 50 cents, destroying his phone worth $110....

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Ex-Bulawayo mayoress dies

Mrs Belinda Ndlovu Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter WIFE to the late former Bulawayo Mayor, Jareth Ndlovu, Mrs Belinda Ndlovu has died. She was 87. She died on Sunday after a long illness.  Her...

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Cop in $2 000 maintenance arrears

Cynthia Dube, Court Reporter A WOMAN from Nketa 7 suburb in Bulawayo has dragged her husband to court for maintenance arrears amounting to $2 000. Ms Anna Foroma, a member of the Johane Masowe church,...

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Widow sues NRZ for $25 000

Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter A BULAWAYO woman has taken the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to court over her late husband’s outstanding salaries and terminal benefits amounting to...

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‘Rejected’ Gwanda transmitter tower gets the nod

Richard Muponde, Gwanda Correspondent A GWANDA transmitter tower which foreign engineers once deemed unfit for digital transmission was yesterday given a thumbs up by local engineers. The development...

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