Wet Xmas forecast
Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter The Meteorological Services Department has predicted heavy rains countrywide between Saturday and Monday meaning it will be a wet Christmas. The weatherman says...
View ArticleMan caught draining oil at Mpilo
Cynthia Dube, Court Reporter A MAN From Bulawayo’s Entumbane suburb was arrested after he was caught red-handed draining oil from a transformer at Mpilo Central Hospital, a court heard yesterday....
View ArticleBinga-Zambia border post delay, dep minister dismayed
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Cde Obedingwa Mguni Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter HOME Affairs Deputy Minister, Cde Obedingwa Mguni has expressed concern at the delay in opening the Binga-Zambia...
View ArticleWoman offered free surgical op
Ms Elizabeth Ndlovu Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter MPILO Central Hospital has offered to conduct a free surgical operation on a woman from Entumbane who last week said she was living in...
View Article15 years for raping, impregnating sister
Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter A BULAWAYO man has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for raping and impregnating his 22-year-old sister. A court heard that the man (29) would whip his sister with a...
View ArticleGovt approves Beitbridge budget
Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau Government has approved a $6, 2 million budget submitted by Beitbridge Town for 2017. Tariffs, rates and other services remain unchanged from 2016. In an interview...
View ArticleJohannesburg mayor remarks spark protests
Mr Herman Mashaba Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter DISGRUNTLED Zimbabweans among other foreigners under the banner of the African Diaspora Forum (ADF) marched to the office of Johannesburg mayor...
View Article37 Zanu-PF officials face freedom
Cde Abigail Damasane, Prof Callistus Ndlovu and Cde Elifasi Mashaba Lloyd Gumbo, Harare Bureau A total of 37 Zanu-PF officials suspended last year face freedom at the end of this month when their...
View ArticleJustice Hungwe blasts JSC
Justice Charles Hungwe Takunda Maodza, Harare Bureau HIGH Court judge Justice Charles Hungwe has slammed the Judicial Service Commission’s decision to hold interviews for the new Chief Justice’s post...
View ArticleCatholic Church builds $800k schools in Mat North
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent THE Roman Catholic Church has started constructing two primary schools in Matabeleland North at a cost of about $800 000. The project is part of the church’s...
View ArticleWoman kills baby, buries body in anthill
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Plumtree Correspondent A 20-YEAR-OLD Bulilima woman secretly gave birth, kept the baby in a room until it died and dumped the body in an anthill to conceal the pregnancy from...
View ArticleZanu-PF to be stricter at next conference
Cde Ignatius Chombo Nduduzo Tshuma Political Editor ZANU-PF will be stricter next year and will not allow anyone to the national people’s Conference outside the designated number of delegates, party...
View ArticleGovt to clear 4 000ha for sugarcane plantation
Cde Shuvai Mahofa Walter Mswazie, Masvingo Correspondent THE Government is set to clear about 4 000 hectares of land for sugarcane farming in Mwenezi in a scheme that will benefit 200 farmers, a...
View ArticleMakomo managers in court for tax evasion
Bianca Mlilo and Fairness Moyana, Chronicle Reporters THREE top managers at Makomo Resources, a coal mining concern based in Hwange have been arraigned for tax evasion involving more than $13 000....
View ArticleBrothers fight over late father’s estate
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter TWO Zvishavane siblings are locked in a legal wrangle with their half brother over the sharing of their late father’s estate. Hamadziripi Maranda through his...
View ArticleTrio grinds safe open, caught with $8 800
Florence Ncube, Chronicle Reporter AN employee at a hardware shop in Victoria Falls teamed up with two brothers to grind open a safe at his workplace and stole about $8 800. Benson Bhasopo (32) of...
View Article‘Renamo’ rebels abduct, shoot Chipinge man dead
Minister Patrick Chinamasa Zvamaida Murwira, Harare Bureau At least one person was recently shot dead after being abducted from Chipinge by suspected armed Mozambican Renamo rebels, Parliament heard...
View Article‘Farmers reselling Govt inputs’
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief SOME farmers are reportedly selling seed and fertiliser availed to them under the Presidential Inputs Scheme, it has emerged. This was revealed by Agriculture,...
View ArticleMedia houses urged to promote high ethics
Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Chris Mushohwe addresses media practitioners at the end of year media reception hosted by his ministry at Rainbow Towers yesterday. – (Picture...
View ArticleNiece rape accused awaits judgement
Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter A BULAWAYO man allegedly raped his sister’s daughter after moving into her house, a court heard. The man aged 41, pleaded not guilty before Bulawayo Regional Magistrate...
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