SA to deploy more police officers
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent THE South African Government has said it will deploy more police officers to quell xenophobic attacks that have erupted in their country. Zimbabwe’s Consular...
View ArticleIngwebu worker collapses, dies at brewery’s depot
Ingwebu plant premises Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter AN employee at Ingwebu Breweries in Bulawayo collapsed and died at the Brewery’s depot. Sindiso Mlalazi (53), a Miller in the Production...
View ArticleKombayi ordered to repay Tsvangirai lunch money
Hamutendi Kombayi Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief A TRIBUNAL that recommended the axing of Gweru Mayor Councillor Hamutendi Kombayi has said he should reimburse the municipality $1 339 which he...
View ArticleSenators discourage use of birth control
Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter SENATORS have moved a motion urging Zimbabweans not to embrace birth control measures saying they do not promote population growth. According to the 2012...
View ArticlePresident declares Harare roads state of disaster
President Mugabe Farirai Machivenyika, Harare Bureau PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday officially declared a state of disaster on Harare’s roads and road infrastructure through a notice published in the...
View ArticleZimdef invests $9m in STEM
Mr Fredrick Mandizvidza Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter THE Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund has invested more than $9 million for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics initiative, with...
View ArticleReprimanded pupil (19) drinks rat poison
Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau A 19-year-old O-Level pupil at St Mary’s Secondary School in Beitbridge committed suicide by consuming rat poison after her guardian and teachers reprimanded her for...
View ArticleFive jailed for failure to pay maintenance
Cynthia Dube, Court Reporter FIVE men in Bulawayo have each been sentenced to three months in prison for failing to pay maintenance for the upkeep of their children. Pilato Muzamba (39), Edward Zhawu...
View ArticleMedical aid scandal rocks council
Minister Kasukuwere Lovemore Zigara, Midlands Correspondent The Government will investigate Gweru City Council to expose dozens of employees who allegedly prejudiced the municipality through false...
View ArticleMat South commends President
President Mugabe Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter THE Zanu-PF leadership in Matabeleland South has lauded President Mugabe for spearheading drought mitigation programmes in the province to avert...
View ArticleTeen begs court to drop charges against rapist uncle
Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter A BULAWAYO teen wept as she begged prosecutors to drop charges against her uncle who allegedly raped her as punishment for having boyfriends. The girl (16) said her uncle...
View ArticleSerial ‘vampire killer’ declared insane
Alois Tapiwa Nduna Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter A SELF-CONFESSED serial killer from Gokwe who raped and killed a milk vendor after sucking her blood vampire style, has been declared insane...
View Article21st February Movement celebrations huge success
Cde Kudzai Chipanga Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter THE Zanu PF Youth League has described the 21st celebrations held at Matopos Junior School over the weekend as a huge success and attributed...
View ArticleHealth scare as scores default in taking ARVs
Thandeka Moyo, Chronicle Reporter SCORES of villagers in Umguza are defaulting in taking antiretroviral medication due to lack of healthcare services since 2000. Villagers who were resettled in...
View Article‘Sterile’ man’s wife refuses DNA test
Cynthia Dube, Court Reporter A WOMAN from Burnside suburb in Bulawayo shocked a court when she refused to have a paternity test done on her two children after her husband claimed to be sterile. The...
View ArticlePresident calls for National Youth Service re-introduction
President Mugabe Tendai Mugabe recently in MATOBO PRESIDENT Mugabe has called for the re-introduction of national youth service to help mould disciplined and well-focused youths who are productive and...
View ArticleCriminal abuse of office charge for Vic Falls housing director
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter PROSECUTORS have summoned the Victoria Falls Municipal housing and community services director to court to answer to charges of criminal abuse of office. The...
View ArticleMan sires 9 kids with 3 women in three years
Cynthia Dube, Court Reporter A Bulawayo magistrate has ordered an unemployed man who allegedly boasts of being a “super dad” after siring nine children with three women in three years, to pay $120 per...
View ArticleDitched injiva ‘axes’ ex-wife, son
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief AN injiva allegedly axed his ex-wife (23) and the couple’s one year old son to death after the woman ditched him. It is suspected the double murder suspect —...
View ArticleFree bail for mum ‘killer’
Amadi Nyathi Cynthia Dube, Court Reporter A MAN from Mzilikazi suburb in Bulawayo who was arrested last month for allegedly killing his mother after accusing her of bewitching his late daughter, has...
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