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Zim to conduct first ever HIV vaccine trial

Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter ZIMBABWE will conduct its first ever HIV vaccine trial as part of efforts to curb the spread of HIV in February next year, officials have said. The HIV trial comes at a...

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Baboons strike YA FM again

Showbiz Reporter A troop of baboons last week raided the YA FM guest house in Zvishavane, ate and spoiled some food in the kitchen. Last month, a group of baboons invaded the station’s premises and...

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Robbers blow up school safe . . . Get away with $10 from registry sub-office

Emakhandeni Primary School damaged safe and cabinet drawers Patient Sibanda Chronicle Reporter AN eight-member gang blew up a safe at Bulawayo’s Emakhandeni Primary School and got away with $10....

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Africa needs support to develop — President

President Mugabe Antalya (Turkey) — African countries require financial and technological support from developed countries to transform their economies through value addition and beneficiation of their...

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Zima postponed to next year

Showbiz Reporter The 2015 Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) have once again been postponed to next year but nominees are expected to be revealed today in Harare. Zima chairman, Joseph Nyadzayo yesterday...

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Maid ‘infects’ boss’ son with STI

Elizabeth Tsuro, Midlands Reporter A MAID from Gweru allegedly sexually abused her employer’s 13-year-old son and infected him with a sexually transmitted disease. Esnath Hove, 28, from Mkoba Village...

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Rain season starts: Met Office

Harare Bureau Rains which hit most parts of the country beginning Sunday marked the beginning of the 2015/6 rainfall season in Zimbabwe, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said. The...

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Upgrading of Byo Power Station begins

The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy yesterday toured the Zimbabwe Power Company Bulawayo Power Station. In the picture Mashonaland West Province legislator Jennifer Nomsa Mhlanga...

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Dogs save man from leopard’s maul

Onious Moyo lies in his hospital bed Sukulwenkosi Dube , Plumtree Correspondent A MAN from Mangwe has his three dogs to thank after they repelled a leopard in a fight of their lives after it attacked...

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3rd cop arrested for ‘demanding’ bribe

Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A THIRD policeman who allegedly demanded a bribe from a cross border transporter at the Plumtree Border Post has been arrested. Taurai Musiiwa, 31, who is...

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Midlands receives food handouts

Cde Jason Machaya Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief THE government has started distributing food aid in the Midlands Province with villagers in Gokwe District being the first recipients. Gokwe...

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Grandpa dies in inferno

Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter A 78-YEAR-OLD man from Tsholotsho was burnt beyond recognition after a fire gutted a hut he was sleeping in during the early hours of Sunday. The incident occurred...

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President approves Belarus deal

President Mugabe Lloyd Gumbo Harare Bureau President Robert Mugabe has given the nod to a number of investment deals with Belarus that will see the Eastern European country bring in machinery for...

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Peacemaker stabbed, hospitalised

Adelaide Moyo , Chronicle Reporter AN Inyathi mine worker has been hospitalised after he was allegedly stabbed with an okapi knife on the head by a workmate for trying to restrain     him from...

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President okays name and shame law

Clemence manyukwe News editor PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has signed into law a Bill that empowers the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) to name and shame tax offenders. The Finance Act, which was signed...

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GMB chair under fire over illegal money transfer

Zvamaida Murwira Harare Bureau Grain Marketing Board chairperson Charles Chikaura came under fire from legislators yesterday after he allegedly used his influence as Infrastructural Development Bank of...

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Plans to modernise Makokoba approved

Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter THE government has approved plans by the Bulawayo City Council to modernise Makokoba, Iminyela and Mabuthweni suburbs in a bid to alleviate accommodation woes in the city....

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First Lady rallies move to Midlands

Nduduzo Tshuma Political Editor THE Midlands province is geared for First Lady Cde Grace Mugabe’s rally at Mataga Growth point today, acting Zanu-PF provincial chairperson, Cde Kizito Chivamba, said...

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I have no time for relationships: Bled

Bongani Ndlovu, Showbiz Correspondent Afro Jazz musician Blessing “Bled” Chimanga says he has no time for a relationship as he is married to music which has taken over every aspect of his life. At just...

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Tuku celebrates 40 years in music

Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi Superstar, Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi is celebrating his 40 years in the music industry with a show at Pakare Paye Arts Centre in Norton on December 5. The concert dubbed...

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