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Daring thieves raid Milton High

Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter Daring thieves broke into Bulawayo’s Milton High School in the early hours of Sunday morning, stealing property worth thousands of dollars. They took away...

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Civil servants await bonus pay dates

Minister Prisca Mupfumira Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter CIVIL servants started receiving their November salaries yesterday with anticipation that the Government will soon announce the dates for the...

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Japan donates maternity homes in Mat North

Minister Cain Mathema Fairness Moyana, Hwange Correspondent THE Japanese Ambassador to Zimbabwe recently officially handed over maternity waiting homes to two health institutions in Hwange in an effort...

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Byo Publicity Association secretary ‘steals’ $25 000

Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent A SECRETARY at the Bulawayo Publicity Association (BPA) is on the run after she allegedly stole $25 000 from the organisation’s trust fund. Jackie Kennedy from...

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Met Office warns of heavy rains

Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned of heavy rains beginning tomorrow (Friday) with a possibility of flash flooding in some parts of the...

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106 arrested for wood poaching

Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter A TOTAL of 106 people have been arrested for wood poaching in Matabeleland North between July and November this year. Without giving comparable statistics,...

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‘Drunken’ Elite High School headmaster beats up wife

Nevson Gonese Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter ELITE High School headmaster, Nevson Gonese (47), allegedly beat the daylights out of his wife after he came home drunk and accused her of having an extra...

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Married nurse impregnates Form Two girl

Cynthia Dube, Court Reporter A MARRIED Binga nurse who impregnated a Form Two pupil was dragged to court by the girl’s mother, seeking $100 for the upkeep of his four months old baby. The pupil’s...

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Ex-cop recovering after mining claim shooting

Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter AN ex-police officer from Zvishavane is recovering at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after he was shot in a bitter dispute over a mining claim in the mining town. A...

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Nkomo family guard ‘murderer’ arrested

Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter POLICE have arrested a man suspected to have killed a security guard employed by the family of the late Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo in Bulawayo. A neighbour found...

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Govt to set up corruption courts

Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief THE Government will set up special courts for the management and trial of corruption-related cases in the next six months,...

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Africa-Arab pact can alter global economy: President

President Mugabe From Kuda Bwititi in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea AFRICAN and Arab nations have potential to form a formidable force that can shake the global economic order for the benefit of people...

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12 years jail for Cowdray Park gun point robber

Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter A MAN from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for robbing two men of about $700 at gun point. Skhumbuzo Ngwenya (34) and his unnamed...

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NBSZ embarks on blood collection campaign

Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter THE National Blood Services of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) in partnership with various organisations has embarked on a massive blood collection campaign in preparation for this...

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Magistrates shortage hits Zim

Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief THE country has been hit by a shortage of magistrates owing to a recruitment freeze imposed on Government departments. In an interview on the sidelines of the...

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Deeds registration to go digital

Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter THE Government will soon digitalise the registration of deeds through the Deeds Registries Amendment Bill to remove sections which are deemed to be hindering the ease of...

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Arson teenager jailed 10 years for granny’s death

Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter A BULAWAYO teenager has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for causing the death of his 76-year-old grandmother at their house in Lobengula West. Coster Sibanda (19)...

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Byo faces CD4 viral load testing machines crisis

UBH CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MRS NONHLANHLA VERONICA NDLOVU 25 MARCH 2914 Thandeka Moyo, Chronicle Reporter BULAWAYO is facing a viral load and CD4 testing machines crisis as three facilities have been...

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Man killed, dumped at police base

Johannes Moyo Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter A MAN from Matobo ganged up with two accomplices, one of them his nephew, and fatally stabbed a villager, ripping his stomach open before dumping...

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$1 500 medical bill for hit and run victim

Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter A BULAWAYO family is appealing for about $1 500 to cover medical expenses for its 18-year-old son who is battling for life in the Intensive Care Unit at Mpilo...

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