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‘Girlfriend killer’s’ retrial kicks off

Danis David Konson is led into a prisons truck in this file photo Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter THE retrial of a local businessman, Danis David Konson, who was last year sentenced to death...

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$9k property recovered in housebreaking gang bust

Detective Sergeant Sarah Sungisai shows part of the 15 plasma televeision sets and computers which were receovered after police bust a housebreaking and theft gang operating in Beitbridge. Thupeyo...

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Kasukuwere challenges mayor’s reinstatement

Cde Saviour Kasukuwere Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief THE Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Cde Saviour Kasukuwere, has appealed against a Bulawayo High Court...

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President honoured . . . Great Zim varsity names new school after him

President Mugabe Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent GREAT Zimbabwe University (GZU) is building a state-of-the-art School of Education named after President Robert Mugabe. The school, Robert Mugabe...

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Cassper Nyovest brings clothing line to Zimbabwe

Bongani Ndlovu, Showbiz Correspondent FANS of Cassper Nyovest will be able to buy the rapper’s branded merchandise next month when he visits Zimbabwe for a performance at the Kalawa Homecoming Party in...

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Jikinya Dance Festival preparations on course

Showbiz Reporter PREPARATIONS for the Jikinya Dance Festival are underway with provincial finals starting tomorrow in the Matabeleland  provinces. The festival, held annually to encourage primary...

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Insiza councillor Jerry Langa dies

Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent FORMER Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Cde Andrew Langa’s elder brother, Cde Jerry Langa, a long serving Insiza councillor, has died. He was 57. Cde Langa, who...

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Kwekwe seeks to adopt unchanged budget

Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief KWEKWE City Council is broke and its ability to provide services and pay salaries thus far, is nothing short of a miracle, the council finance committee...

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Pensioners cry foul over Zim$-US conversion rate

Pensioners follow proceedings during a meeting at Sizinda Hall in Bulawayo yesterday Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter PENSIONERS have expressed dissatisfaction over the conversion of their money into...

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Song bird Berita scoops another award

Berita Khumalo GOLD selling, award-winning singer, Berita Khumalo, has added another accolade to her already impressive resume after scooping the Music Artist of the Year award at the annual Zimbabwe...

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Married woman dumps baby to appease hubby

Blondy Moyo Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 27-YEAR-OLD married woman dumped her new born baby conceived out of wedlock in a Blair toilet soon after giving birth in a bid to appease her...

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Prophet Chiza takes on jailed ‘vampire killer’

Prophet Chiza Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent PROPHET Blessing Chiza of Eagle Life Ministries has approached the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to pray for the man dubbed the...

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Video rapist grandpa claims consensual sex

Melody Baya, Court Reporter A 63-year-old HIV-positive man from Emakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo who is facing charges of raping his granddaughter has claimed that he had consensual sex with the...

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Community service for ‘nude picture’ nun’s extortionist

Mike Chimutanda Elizabeth Tsuro, Midlands Reporter A MAN from Marondera who impersonated a B-Metro reporter to extort $1,200 from a Catholic nun in Gweru has been ordered to perform 270 hours of...

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3 firms enlisted to to install diesel plant

Harare Bureau Three foreign companies have been enlisted for the installation of an emergency diesel power plant at Dema substation in Seke as the government moves in to ameliorate power shortages...

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Man saves wife from death’s clutches after suicide bid

Adelaide Moyo , Chronicle Reporter AFTER 17 years of marriage and giving birth to six children, a woman, 39, is battling for her life at Victoria Falls Hospital’s intensive care unit following a...

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Jane the Ghost coming back

Bongani Ndlovu, Showbiz Correspondent Bulawayo residents will be taken back in time as some film producers are working on a movie of a “once-popular” ghost, Jane who posed as a prostitute in the late...

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Heatwave breaks 60-year record

Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter RECORD temperatures were recorded in Matabeleland provinces this week, breaking records set 60 years ago. On Wednesday, in Matabeleland North, Tsholotsho recorded 40...

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The Weekend Buzz

Bulawayo Theatre FORMER Iyasa member Nomathamsanqa Mkhwananzi will launch her debut album ‘Sithokozile’ at the theatre tonight. She will be backed by imbube group Impumelelo Shining Stars, Jeys...

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Man beats mom to death over inheritance

Mashudu Netsianda , Senior Court Reporter A BINGA man was yesterday sentenced to an effective nine years in jail for assaulting his 80-year-old mother to death following a dispute over cattle which he...

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