Kombi conductor drugs, rapes Eveline High pupil
Cynthia Dube, Court Reporter A COMMUTER omnibus conductor from Bulawayo who inebriated and raped his 15-year old girlfriend, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment. Mduduzi Ncube (22) of...
View ArticlePreps for Independence celebrations on course
Tendai Mugabe, Harare Bureau PREPARATIONS for this year’s 37th Independence Day celebrations to be held next Tuesday are at an advanced stage and Government has urged Zimbabweans to come and celebrate...
View ArticlePolice to be tough on bars, bottle stores
Police spokesperson Insp Precious Simango Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent POLICE in Bulawayo have urged bars and bottle stores to comply with their conditions of licensing warning that they...
View ArticleZanu-PF Midlands wants Kasukuwere fired
Minister Kasukuwere Chronicle Reporter ZANU-PF Midlands Province has said the party’s National Political Commissar Cde Saviour Kasukuwere should be fired for fanning factionalism and running parallel...
View ArticleTasers used in $1000 robbery
Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter THREE men who were armed with guns and tasers pounced at a farmhouse in Colleen Bawn and got away with more than $1 000 and two cellphones after firing a warning...
View ArticleGvt warns public against eating ‘anthrax’ meat
Minister Joseph Made Elita Chikwati/Paidamoyo Chipunza, Harare Bureau Government has warned the public against eating meat from animals that die from unknown causes as they risk contracting diseases....
View ArticleGweru CBD vendors resist eviction
Vendors operating outside a supermarket in Gweru Sharon Chiware, Midlands Reporter VENDORS are back at undesignated selling points in the Gweru Central Business District after defying a council order...
View ArticleGovt urged to seek investors for Shabanie Mashaba Mines
Cde Chinotimba Farirai Machivenyika, Harare Bureau Government should seek investors for Shabanie Mashaba Mines or return its ownership to Mr Mutumwa Mawere as part of measures to resume operations,...
View ArticleMat North crocs kill 4 in one month
Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter FOUR people have been killed by crocodiles this month alone in Kana River in Jotsholo, Matabeleland North province with the latest victim being an 11-year-old boy who...
View ArticleRedcliff charges residents flat fee for water
Amanda Chikari, Midlands Reporter REDCLIFF town council has resolved to ration water and charge every household a flat fee of $20 a month regardless of the water consumed as it battles to clear a $9...
View Article‘Varsities should transform to industrial hubs’
Professor Jonathan Moyo Auxilia Katongomara in Daejeon, South Korea THE country’s universities should transform to industrial hubs rather than specialise in being mere graduate producing and...
View Article5 Zim ‘robbers’ nabbed in SA
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent SOUTH Africa police have arrested five Zimbabweans in connection with an armed robbery at a jewellery shop at a Johannesburg mall. The armed robbers allegedly...
View ArticleSolar street lights tender cancelled over irregularities
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent THE State Procurement Board (SPB) has cancelled the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) tender for solar street lights after receiving a complaint from one of the...
View ArticleEaster holiday road accident death toll up
Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi Takudzwa Matambura, Harare Bureau At least 17 people were killed, while 78 others were injured in 120 separate road traffic accidents recorded countrywide since the...
View ArticleZanu-PF squabbles won’t weaken party: VP Mnangagwa
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa Zvamaida Murwira, Harare Bureau ZANU-PF’s squabbles will not weaken the party but will instead make it stronger as the revolutionary party has experienced much bigger...
View ArticleMost provinces want Kasukuwere fired
Minister Kasukuwere Paida Chipunza, Harare Bureau Six out of 10 ruling Zanu-PF’s provinces have unanimously passed a vote of no confidence in the party’s national political commissar Cde Saviour...
View ArticleBogus VID officer nabbed
Andile Tshuma, Court Reporter A BOGUS Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) officer has been arraigned for allegedly swindling a 54-year-old Bulawayo woman of $600 after promising to help her get back...
View Article“Car thief’s” mum collapses in court
Ms Sithembile Mangena sprawled on the court room floor after her collapse Cynthia Dube, Court Reporter A WOMAN from Khumalo suburb in Bulawayo yesterday collapsed in court after a magistrate remanded...
View ArticleByo streetlights tender raises stink
Mr Christopher Dube Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent THE State Procurement Board (SPB) has cancelled a Bulawayo City Council (BCC) tender for solar street lights after receiving a complaint from...
View Article‘Sign language must be broadly used’
Thandeka Moyo, Chronicle Reporter SIGN language must be more broadly used as one of Zimbabwe’s official languages to ensure that the deaf play an active role in growing the economy, an official has...
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