‘Impotent’ rapist jailed 15 years
Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter A 60-YEAR-OLD man from Plumtree who raped his 16-year-old niece has been sentenced to 15 years in jail. The man whose name has been withheld to protect the identity of the...
View ArticleR1.7m diamond smuggler nabbed in SA
Harare Bureau A 35-year-old Zimbabwean man was arrested in South Africa for possessing 123 carats of diamonds worth R1.7 million. According to the South African Police Services, the Hawks nabbed the...
View ArticleSDA Church murder suspects remanded in custody
The four SDA guard murder suspects who were remanded in custody yesterday Cynthia Dube, Court Reporter FOUR armed robbers who allegedly killed a security guard at a Seventh Day Adventist (SDA)...
View ArticleGovt happy with work being done at base stations
Iinformation, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Dr Chris Mushohwe (centre), his deputy Cde Thokozile Mathuthu and the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Mr George Charamba during a tour of the...
View ArticleWest tries to derail Mzembi candidature
Minister Walter Mzembi Tichaona Zindoga, Harare Bureau A bloc of Western countries is sponsoring a Seychelles candidate to rival Zimbabwe’s Dr Walter Mzembi and split the African vote ahead of...
View Article‘Govt won’t print bond notes outside framework’
Minister Patrick Chinamasa Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter Finance and Economic Development Minister Cde Patrick Chinamasa has said Government will not print bond notes outside of its framework...
View ArticleChinese mass displays training for teachers
Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter THE Government sent teachers to China for Mass Displays’ training to pioneer the compulsory subject as part of the new curriculum. Primary and Secondary...
View ArticleMan opens own immigration office
Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau A ZIMBABWEAN man was yesterday jailed for six years in South Africa for opening an illegal immigration office at Beitbridge Border Post. Duncan Danda (29) was...
View ArticleArmed robber to hang for brutal murder
Munyaradzi Musiiwa, Midlands Correspondent AN armed robber who brutally murdered a security guard at Grafax Cotton Company offices in Gokwe before stealing cash, two solar inverters and a generator...
View ArticleChronicle HR manager Gumbo dies
Blessing Gumbo Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter ZIMPAPERS Bulawayo branch Human Resources Manager Mr Blessing Tungamirai Gumbo has died. He was 39. Mr Gumbo died at Mater Dei Hospital on...
View Article21st February movement committees appeal for donations
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter COMMITTEES tasked to organise this year’s 21st February Movement celebrations met yesterday at Matobo Research Centre, with an appeal to...
View ArticleAirZim plane fails to land off due to bad weather
r Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter AN Air Zimbabwe plane from Harare failed to land at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Airport in Bulawayo yesterday due to bad weather. The plane had to return to Harare at...
View ArticleDigitalisation programme now 25pc complete
Minister Dr Chris Mushohwe Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief THE digitalisation programme is 25 percent complete and the project, expected to help rebrand the country, is on track for completion...
View ArticleMan fractures skull ‘in fight with girlfriend’
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent A MAN from Bulawayo died after his skull was fractured following a violent confrontation with his live-in girlfriend in Njube suburb. Mr Nkosilathi Ncube (39)...
View ArticleGovt secures funds to incorporate wheat in Command Agriculture
Nduduzo Tshuma, Political Editor THE Government has secured funding for the incorporation of wheat production under Command Agriculture amid plans to deploy the army to spray pesticides to eradicate...
View ArticleBulawayo supply dams now 56pc full
Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter BULAWAYO’s supply dams are now at 56 percent full, with the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) saying the rains will continue up to Tuesday. According to the...
View ArticleDStv fires ‘all’ Bulawayo staff
Thandeka Moyo, Chronicle Reporter MULTICHOICE Zimbabwe has asked six employees who were working from its Bulawayo office to resign for alleged misconduct. The six, including the regional manager,...
View ArticleMother’s privates insult sparks vendor violence
Vusa Nkiwane Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter TWO vendors at Egodini bus terminus in Bulawayo were involved in a quarrel that ended with one of them stabbing his colleague for insulting him by referring to...
View ArticleFormer Mangwe CEO clings to council house
Mr Nketha Mangoye Dlamini Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Plumtree Correspondent MANGWE Rural District Council has dragged its former Chief Executive Officer to court for refusing to vacate a council house...
View ArticleGovt to sponsor productions by independent producers
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief THE Government will sponsor productions by independent content producers and then buy some of the material in a move aimed at motivating and growing the...
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