President appoints 6-member Potraz board
Harare Bureau President Robert Mugabe has appointed a six-member board to run the affairs of the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz). The appointments were made in...
View ArticleMore diasporans flock home through Plumtree Border Post
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent THE Plumtree Border Post has recorded a sharp increase in the number of diasporans flocking to the country for the festive season. This has led to the...
View ArticleRural buses increase fares
Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter LONG-DISTANCE public transporters have increased fares by more than 100 percent, taking advantage of desperate festive season travellers. At Renkini and Entumbane...
View ArticleAnthrax menace: Villagers appeal for vaccines
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Correspondent VILLAGERS in Umzingwane District in Matabeleland South whose cattle are infected with the anthrax bacteria have appealed to the government to provide them with...
View ArticleKalawa: All eyes on AKA, Cassper
Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent THE stage is set for the Kalawa Homecoming Party at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo on Sunday and this year all eyes will be on two bitter rivals in Mzansi hip hop,...
View ArticleHealth inspectors intercept four tonnes of bad meat
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent MASVINGO City Council health inspectors on Tuesday intercepted about four tonnes of bad meat that was being delivered by Montana Carsewell Meats to retail shops in...
View ArticleSad Xmas for Iyasa . . . Dlamini burial today
Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent Iyasa’s late founding member Emmanuel “Manu” Dlamini will be buried today at his family’s homestead in Mhondoro under chief Chinengundu in Mashonaland West...
View ArticleMan robs mom for kids’ upkeep
Patient Sibanda Chronicle Reporter A BULAWAYO man told a court he stole his 73- year-old mother’s property worth about $250 to support his children. Dumezweni Luphahla, 33, of Pumula South appeared...
View ArticleChurch leader sued $82k for pedestrian knockdown
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A GWERU widow has filed a $82,000 lawsuit against the president of the Apostolic Faith Mission of Zimbabwe (AFM), Aspher Madziyire for reckless driving which...
View ArticleRape victim, 13, in court birth
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter A 13-YEAR-OLD girl whose grandfather allegedly habitually raped her for six months until she fell pregnant, went into labour outside a courtroom moments before she...
View ArticleFarmers panic as drought kills cattle
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent ABOUT five head of cattle are dying weekly in Bikita in Masvingo province due to drought. Farmers told The Chronicle the worst affected areas are under Chiefs...
View Article16k doses of anthrax vaccines for Umzingwane
Harare Bureau The Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development has mobilised 16,000 doses of anthrax vaccines for livestock in Umzingwane district of Matabeleland South. This...
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CMED fuel scam . . . Net closing in on high ranking officials
Joram Gumbo Felex Share Harare Bureau The net is closing in on high ranking officials involved in the siphoning of $3 million from CMED (Pvt) Ltd through a botched fuel deal with reports indicating...
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Serial fraudster back in court
Abraham Kesari Ndlovu Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter SERIAL fraudster, Abraham Kesari Ndlovu, who has been on the run since 2010 after defrauding people of more more than $300,000, appeared in...
View ArticlePolice embark on crime awareness campaign
Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter Police in Bulawayo have embarked on crime awareness campaigns targeting bars and shopping centres. Bulawayo Metropolitan Province police spokesperson, Inspector...
View ArticleCops shut down Oskido’s All White party
Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent KALAWA supremo Oscar “Oskido” Mdlongwa brought the house down at his annual All White Christmas Party at Club Eden on Friday night. Police had to shut down the...
View ArticleWar vet pays for calling minister a dog
Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent A GWANDA war veteran who called the Minister of Rural Development, Preservation of Culture and Heritage Cde Abedinico Ncube a dog, has been fined $50 or 30 days...
View ArticleTree falls, kills top cop
Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter THE Officer Commanding police in Harare province Senior Assistant Commissioner Shadreck Mubayiwa has died. He died in a freak accident while driving along Borrowdale Road...
View ArticleRapist, 22, offers granny, 82, sugar to buy silence
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter A 22-year-old man from Jambezi in Hwange district has been jailed for raping his 82-year-old grandmother and promising to give her a packet of sugar to buy her...
View ArticlePair acquitted of smuggling gold
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent TWO men who were arrested at Plumtree Border Post while driving a vehicle which was carrying gold have been acquitted after the court failed to find...
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