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Man battles for life after jumbo attack

Leonard Ncube and Adelaide Moyo Chronicle Reporters A MAN from Victoria Falls is battling for life at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo after being attacked by an elephant early yesterday morning....

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Soldier tells court of undying love for cop wife

Melody Baya Court Reporter A POLICE officer in Bulawayo yesterday dragged her army officer husband to the maintenance court for the upkeep of their child. Lerato Svosve, who is stationed at Bulawayo...

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Met office predicts heavy rains

Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle Reporter THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has predicted rainfall activity across the country with heavy rains expected in Matabeleland South, Masvingo and...

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Massive school dropouts cause for concern

Boithatelo Mnguni Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter MORE than 47,000 Form Four and Form Six pupils either dropped out of school or failed to register for public examinations countrywide last year, mainly...

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Zanu-PF fires Masvingo chair

Mr Paradzai Chakona Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent THE Zanu-PF leadership in Masvingo has passed a vote of no confidence in acting chairperson Cde Paradzai Chakona. He faced allegations that...

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President leaves for Africa India summit

President Mugabe PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe left Harare yesterday for New Delhi, India, to attend the third India-Africa Forum Summit, which will tackle various issues including finding ways of increasing...

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Door to door HIV testing starts

Cde Cain Mathema Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter RANDOM door to door HIV and Aids testing started in Binga yesterday as part of the Zimbabwe Population Based HIV Impact Assessment (ZIMPHIA)...

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Investment authority greenlights Dangote

Aliko Dangote Lloyd Gumbo Harare Bureau THE Zimbabwe Investment Authority has issued the Dangote Group with licences for three projects worth $1,2 billion, paving way for Nigerian billionaire Aliko...

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Thief takes dump in kitchen

Elizabeth Tsuro Midlands Reporter A Chirumhanzu man, 19, allegedly broke into a house where he stole property worth $1,000, ate the complainant’s food after which he relieved himself in the kitchen....

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Aunt threatens to evict niece raped by husband

Faith Mabuto Midlands Reporter A Lalapanzi man who raped and impregnated his 14-year-old niece will spend the next 12 years in prison. Regional Magistrate Morgan Nemadire threw the book at Kenneth...

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Landlady pours boiling oil on tenant

Noleen Makhurane Court Reporter A BULAWAYO woman allegedly scalded her tenant on the neck and arm with boiling cooking oil after an argument over disciplining her three- year-old child who had broken...

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Bilharzia mass treatment launched

Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle Reporter THE government launched a mass bilharzia treatment programme on Monday targeting children aged between one and 15 years. Health officials say the objective of the...

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Primary school robbers arraigned

Noleen Makhurane Court Reporter TWO Bulawayo men — one of them a former security guard at the Bulawayo City Council — suspected to be behind a wave of break-ins and theft at city schools, yesterday...

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Pupil stabs mate 4 times over music disc

Shilomu Ndlovu and Busani Khumalo Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A FORM Three Tokwana Secondary School pupil in Bulilima District stabbed his classmate four times, leaving him severely...

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Chaos mars council elections

Sikhangele Zhou Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Correspondent THERE was chaos at committee chairpersons’ elections in the Bulawayo City Council after councillors walked out in protest when the acting Town...

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Parirenyatwa sued

Dr Parirenyatwa Harare Bureau Two government ministers have been sued for ordering the reinstatement of suspended Premier Service Medical Aid Society managing director Henry Mandishona, who is facing...

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India firms eager to invest in Zim

President Mugabe Cletus Mushanawani in New Delhi, India At least 21 Indian companies have expressed interest in investing in Zimbabwe in various sectors of the economy ranging from energy to medical...

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Contraceptives for teens debate rages

Lloyd Gumbo Harare Bureau Girls of at least 16 years should be allowed access to contraceptives to reduce maternal mortality among adolescents, Parliamentarians heard yesterday. Medicines Control...

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Women sharing husband in sex-roster fight

Faith Mabuto Midlands Reporter A sexually starved Mvuma woman who is in a polygamous marriage went berserk and assaulted her 69-year-old senior accusing her of monopolising their 75-year-old husband, a...

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Teen girl, 18, stabs lover

Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Correspondent POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested an 18-year-old girl who stabbed her 31-year-old boyfriend in a row over a cell phone. Monalisa Sibanda of Pumula East suburb...

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