STEM uptake increases
Professor Jonathan Moyo Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter UPTAKE of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programme has increased with over 300 pupils enrolling for the...
View ArticleMinister ‘lies’ in Parliament
Cde Nyasha Chikwinya Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter THE Minister of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development, Cde Nyasha Chikwinya, might have allegedly lied to Parliament about the...
View ArticleChimney-stuck ‘thief’ makes U-turn
Cynthia Dube, Court Reporter A SUSPECTED thief from Bulawayo who got stuck for two days in a chimney while on a mission to steal yesterday made a U-turn and denied the offence. On Thursday he had...
View ArticleFarmers to part with 10pc in tax
Minister Joseph Made Kudakwashe Mhundwa, Harare Bureau The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has, with effect from yesterday, effected a 10 percent tax on farmers without valid clearance certificates, a move...
View ArticleMercury poisoning rampant among artisanal miners
Walter Nyamukondiwa in Kadoma Some artisanal miners across the country are reportedly exposing themselves and their family members to mercury poisoning through inhaling vapour and smoke during gold...
View ArticleNBS torches new isiNdebele spellings storm
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent THE National Building Society (NBS) yesterday torched a storm after it placed an advert in the print media with incorrect isiNdebele spellings. The bank joins...
View ArticleDeath threats to wife land DA in trouble
Wynne Zanamwe, Midlands Reporter AN abusive Mvuma Assistant District Administrator has been ordered by a court to stop physically or verbally abusing his wife of 15 years who he often threatens to...
View ArticleParalysed bus crash victim seeks help
Ms Margaret Moyo Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Reporter FOURTEEN years after she was paralysed following a road traffic accident, a 62 year old Bulawayo woman is appealing for assistance. Ms Margaret Moyo...
View ArticleInjiva hangs self after positive HIV test
Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter AN injiva from Tsholotsho allegedly hanged himself after testing HIV positive. Doubt Ndlovu (47) of Mthonjeni Area under Chief Gampu was found by his father hanging...
View ArticleFuneral parlour touts in scramble for bodies
Funeral service vehicles wait for business at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo yesterday Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent FUNERAL parlours are allegedly scrambling and touting for bodies at Mpilo...
View ArticleCabinet presents birthday gifts to President
President Mugabe Farirai Machivenyika, Harare Bureau CABINET ministers yesterday presented various presents to President Mugabe at State House to celebrate his 93rd birthday. The President turned 93 on...
View ArticleNational Foods acquitted in worker’s death
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter THE High Court has absolved National Foods Limited after a worker at the Bulawayo branch was sucked into a more than two metres deep maize trolley and...
View ArticleCJ Malaba swearing in on Thursday
Chief Justice Luke Malaba VICE President Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is also responsible for the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, has said the new Chief Justice Luke Malaba will be...
View ArticleKasukuwere told to resign
Cde Kasukuwere Felex Share and Tendai Mugabe, Harare Bureau MASHONALAND Central Provincial Affairs Minister Cde Martin Dinha, Central Committee members and legislators yesterday hammered the final nail...
View ArticleMinisters meet over farmers 10pc tax
Minister Joseph Made Elita Chikwati, Harare Bureau AGRICULTURE, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made yesterday met Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick...
View ArticleMidlands police ban carrying of weapons
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief POLICE in the Midlands province have banned the carrying of dangerous weapons for the next three months. Acting Midlands provincial police spokesperson...
View ArticleMurder in love triangle: 16-year-old with two lovers sparks fatal fight
Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter A-21-YEAR-OLD man from Lupane is on the run for allegedly stabbing a herdboy over a 16-year-old girl both men were in love with. Edgar Moyo of Somgolo village under...
View ArticleBus company drags troublesome tout to court
Sukulwenkosi Dube- Matutu, Plumtree Correspondent A PLUMTREE court has ordered a tout to stop interfering with the business operations of Leighwood Bus Company or harass its passengers. This was after...
View ArticleBCC fights to evict water engineers
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has taken a local water engineering company to court seeking an eviction order over a debt of more than $33 000 in unpaid rentals and...
View ArticleUBH nurse ‘forges’ referral letter
Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter A NURSE at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) allegedly forged a referral letter for a patient to use in South Africa and charged her $20, a court heard. State...
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