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Ministry to conduct mass immunisation programme

Patient Sibanda Chronicle Reporter THE government is set to embark on a mass immunisation programme for all children between six months and 15 years of age to eradicate measles and rubella.The...

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Deputy head steals donated building material

Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter A TSHOLOTSHO deputy headmaster has been arrested for stealing building material donated by a non-governmental organisation, Plan International. Jemuel Moyo of Malanda...

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Chombo warns kombi drivers

Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter The Minister of Home Affairs Ignatius Chombo has instructed the police to descend heavily on errant kombi drivers as they are causing unnecessary road accidents,...

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MDC youths storm ex-party chair’s home

Nduduzo Tshuma Political Editor MDC youths on Sunday stormed the house of former party deputy chairperson Frank Chamunorwa in Harare demanding that he hands over a vehicle that he got during his tenure...

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MDC-T Clr arrested for driving without licence

Shamiso Dzingire Court Reporter AN MDC-T councillor has been arrested for allegedly causing an accident while driving without a driver’s licence. Bulawayo’s Ward 22 Councillor Thobani Ncube, 28, of...

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Armed robber jailed 20 years for attempted murder

Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter One of the eight armed robbers that raided a residential flat in Bulawayo’s Central Business District and shot an occupant before looting jewellery worth $5,000...

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Tallest man charmed by Zim’s hospitality

One of the tallest man Billal Heyder and Zanu-PF members at Davies Hall in Bulawayo yesterday Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle Reporter ONE of the world’s tallest men, Billal Heyder, has been charmed by...

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‘Zim can regain bread basket status’

Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko Adelaide Moyo Chronicle Reporter Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has said Zimbabwe has the potential to regain its bread basket status in Africa if farmers fully...

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All polytechnics to offer degree courses

Professor Jonathan Moyo Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent ALL polytechnics will soon offer degree courses as part of the government’s five-year higher education development plan, the Minister of...

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All set for Parly opening

Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter— All is set for the official opening of the Third Session of the Eighth Parliament by President Mugabe today when he is expected to set the tone for the...

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Taking a Spirit Home comes to Byo

Showbiz Reporter Theatre lovers will be in for a rare treat at the Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo next week as Rooftop Promotions — a top theatre production company based in Harare will be bringing...

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DJ V gives house music thumbs up

Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent HARARE-based DJ V, real name Valentine Tapfumaneyi, says international house music is slowly taking over the music scene in Zimbabwe with Bulawayo being the capital...

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Pathisa Nyathi put on defence

Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent HISTORIAN Pathisa Nyathi’s application for discharge at the close of the state case in his culpable homicide trial has been dismissed after the court ruled that...

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Beheaded man’s family cries foul

Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Correspondent The family of a gold panner who was recently found with his head decapitated on a railway line in Mbalabala, Umzingwane District, has said they suspect foul play....

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Sand stuffed into ‘raped’ gran’s privates..‘Knife-wielding assailant, 27,...

Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent A 27-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man allegedly raped an 81-year-old woman at knife-point and shoved sand into her private parts after the sexual assault, a magistrate has heard....

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Death row convict murder retrial date set

Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter THE retrial of Bulawayo businessman, Danis David Konson, who was last year sentenced to death for fatally shooting his...

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‘Infrastracture gap hindering growth’

Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter PRESIDENT Mugabe, who is the African Union chairperson, yesterday said the infrastructure gap on the continent was hindering economic growth. In a speech read on...

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Police launch GBV awareness at funerals

Fairness Moyana recently in Dete POLICE in Matabeleland North are taking advantage of murder induced funerals to carry out awareness campaigns on Gender Based Violence (GBV). This is in response to an...

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War veterans’ crunch meeting rescheduled

Patient Sibanda Chronicle Reporter THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association Bulawayo province has re-scheduled its crunch meeting that had been slated for tomorrow to Sunday following...

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Zim to launch door-to-door HIV tests

Paidamoyo Chipunza and Walter Nyamukondiwa Harare Bureau— THE government will next month embark on a $3 million door-to-door national HIV and Aids survey, offering HIV testing and counselling services,...

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