High Court outlaws beating of children at home, schools
Daniel Nemukuyu, Harare Bureau The High Court has issued a landmark ruling outlawing beating of children at school and in homes. Justice David Mangota held that parents and teachers must not lay their...
View ArticlePresident in Singapore for medical review
President Mugabe PRESIDENT Mugabe today left the country for a scheduled medical review in Singapore. Secretary for Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Mr George Charamba, who is also the...
View ArticleActing President Mphoko urges peaceful elections
Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko Farirai Machivenyika, Harare Bureau Every Zimbabwean has a responsibility to ensure that elections are held in a peaceful environment, Acting President Phelekhezela...
View Article‘Embrace new curriculum’
Mr Dan Moyo Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter RETIRED Bulawayo Provincial Education director Mr Dan Moyo has encouraged teachers to embrace the new curriculum and work on addressing its...
View ArticleMinister assures civil servants: Bonus issue to be tabled at Govt, unions’...
Minister Prisca Mupfumira Leonard Ncube, Chronicle Reporter GOVERNMENT’s latest position on the payment of the 2016 bonuses will be tabled at a meeting between Government and workers’ representatives...
View ArticleCouncil urged to connect water to Hlalani Kuhle houses
Cde Kasukuwere Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau THE Government has called on local authorities to work on connecting water and sewer reticulation facilities to houses built under Operation...
View ArticleGovt orders Chiredzi to reopen beerhall
Walter Mswazie, Masvingo Correspondent GOVERNMENT has ordered the re-opening of a popular beerhall in Chiredzi, Chigarapasi, said to be the country’s biggest. Chiredzi Town Council closed the popular...
View ArticleCity council proposes ‘Adopt a Road’ policy
TEMPORARY MEASURE . . . The Bulawayo City Council is covering potholes using gravel as a stop-gap measure along the city roads. In the picture, council workers fill up potholes along Siyepambili Drive...
View ArticleMalaria kills 5
Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau Five people in Beitbridge district have died following an outbreak of a strain of falciparum malaria, while over 800 cases have tested positive, it has emerged. The...
View Article1 200 to be enrolled for national youth service training
Minister Patrick Zhuwawo Midlands Reporters THE Ministry of Youth, Indigenisation and Empowerment will this year reopen its centres countrywide to enrol more than 1 200 young people for national youth...
View ArticleEx-lover drags musician to court for child support
Cynthia Dube, Court Reporter CONTEMPORARY rhumba musician Clement “Magwaza” Mlilo has been dragged to the Maintenance Court by his ex-girlfriend seeking $100 per month for the upkeep of their child....
View ArticleMagistrate sentences ‘evil spirit’ for robbery
Andile Tshuma, Court Reporter A BULAWAYO magistrate yesterday sentenced “an evil spirit” to community service for robbing a motorist. Victor Chipato (24) a tout from Cowdray Park suburb, claimed he...
View ArticleCivil servants mull calling off strike
Harare Bureau Civil servants have said they are considering calling off a strike they had planned for next Monday to demand their bonuses after realising that the industrial action could be hijacked...
View ArticleProspects of bumper harvest high
Minister Joseph Made Farirai Machivenyika, Harare Bureau The country has over six months’ supply of maize held under the Strategic Grain Reserve while the area of all major crops planted this season...
View ArticleGovt launches international humanitarian appeal
Cde Kasukuwere Nyemudzai Kakore, Harare Bureau THE Government yesterday launched an international humanitarian appeal following floods that affected nearly all parts of the country’s provinces and...
View ArticleCop ‘rapes’ runaway teen
Talent Maesera Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter A POLICE officer based at Hillside Police Station in Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl who ran away from home in search of a...
View ArticleGold panners turn on boss
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent A MAN was axed on the head while several shots were fired when illegal gold panners allegedly turned on their boss and Esigodini businessman Mr Baron Dube,...
View ArticleMujuru forms new party
Joice Mujuru Freeman Razemba, Harare Bureau HARDLY a year after launching the Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) party, underfire Dr Joice Mujuru who broke ranks with the opposition party’s elders,...
View ArticleMan’s head crushed over 50c
Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter FOUR men from Gwanda allegedly beat a resident to death over 50 cents. The attacker bust open Wellington Moyo (29)’s skull, leaving his brains splattered on the...
View ArticleGweru council to launch audit
Gweru City Council House Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief GWERU City Council will institute an audit following the sacking of Mayor, Councillor Hamutendi Kombayi, Town Clerk Ms Elizabeth...
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