101 percent full Midlands dams spill
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief MAJOR supply dams in Gweru and Kwekwe are now spilling. At around the same time last year, dam levels in both towns were below 50 percent. According to...
View ArticleVumbachikwe fires, evicts 214 workers
Richard Muponde, Gwanda Correspondent VUMBACHIKWE Mine has fired 214 workers and evicted them from company houses for allegedly going on an illegal strike last year. The development has riled...
View ArticleHailstorm disables Mangwe school
Sukulwenkosi-Dube-Matutu, Plumtree Correspondent PERSISTENT rains have disrupted lessons at Tjingababili Primary School in Mangwe District. The deputy headmaster, Mr Chamunorwa Midzi, said the school,...
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Bots jailbreaker nabbed in Zim
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Plumtree Correspondent A BOTSWANA national who escaped from a prison in the neighbouring country has been arrested in Zimbabwe for illegal migration. Givemore Chaloba (26)...
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Mental health assessment for mum ‘killer’
The late Siphiwe Mwandisangudza Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter A MAGISTRATE has ordered a Bulawayo man who is alleged to have killed his mother in Emganwini suburb last week to go for mental health...
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‘Murder’ in firewood row
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent A MAN from Maphisa in Matobo District of Matabeleland South has been arrested for allegedly fatally axing his neighbour who tried to stop him from poaching...
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Minister warns against technology abuse
Harare Bureau THE Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Dr Christopher Mushohwe yesterday commended the role played by radio in mobilising people during the country’s liberation...
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MDC-T sets conditions for coalition
Morgan Tsvangirai Lloyd Gumbo, Harare Bureau THE MDC-T has reportedly set stringent conditions for the Dr Joice Mujuru-led Zimbabwe People First in forging an alliance ahead of next year’s elections by...
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Professor Moyo accuses ZACC of office break-in
Professor Jonathan Moyo Zvamaida Murwira, Harare Bureau LEGISLATORS were stunned yesterday after Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo...
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Civil servants reject health scheme
Mrs Cecilia Alexander Nyemudzai Kakore, Harare Bureau CIVIL servants yesterday rejected the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) saying the prevailing economic conditions are not conducive for such...
View ArticleGokwe floods victims get assistance
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief THE Government has provided over 100 families affected by floods in Gokwe South with food, clothes and blankets. The assistance was made available in partnership...
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Community service for abortion teenager
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Plumtree Correspondent AN 18-year-old woman from Bulilima terminated her one-month old pregnancy by drinking a concoction as her in-laws were harassing her. Charlote Ndlovu...
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Fugitive ‘rapist killer’ in court
Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter A MAN from Fort Rixon who is alleged to be part of a six-member family gang that killed a man at a police base after accusing him of raping their relative has been...
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Anti-Dokora lawsuit dismissed
Minister Lazarus Dokora Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter THE High Court has dismissed an urgent chamber application filed by the Dadaya High School School Development Committee challenging the...
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21 years jail for hijack, robbery gangsters
Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter THREE men from Bulawayo who hijacked a pirate taxi and used it to rob an illegal money changer of more than R75 000, have each been sentenced to seven years in prison. The...
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Youth League seeks help
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter THE Zanu-PF Youth League in Matabeleland North Province is appealing for donations from well-wishers to raise $25 000 towards this year’s 21st February Movement...
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Man found dead in disused mine
Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter A-26-YEAR-OLD man is suspected to have been murdered and dumped in a disused 50-metre deep mine shaft in Fort Rixon. His friend only identified as Pepukai, told...
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Didymus Mutasa’s property attached
Dydimus Mutasa Daniel Nemukuyu, Harare Bureau Former Zanu-PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa had his two top-of-the-range vehicles and household property attached over legal fees he owes...
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6 cops dragged to court for assault
Cynthia Dube, Court Reporter SIX cops from Bulawayo allegedly gagged a commuter omnibus owner, sjamboked him and stomped on his private parts while he was handcuffed after accusing him of touting at...
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Zimpapers to defend Prof Moyo lawsuit
Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Professor Jonathan Moyo Harare Bureau Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Limited will not be silenced and will defend a $9 million...
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