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Gweru workers stop work to attend to court

Lovemore Zigara Midlands Correspondent Gweru Council workers temporarily withdrew their services yesterday to attend a court hearing following a decision by council to sue its entire workforce for...

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Armed robber cop appeal fails

Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter THE Bulawayo High Court yesterday dismissed an appeal against both conviction and sentence by a Beitbridge-based police officer who teamed up with two...

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Hwange to install solar street lights

Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter HWANGE Local Board is set to install 100 solar street lights next month which are expected to be functional by April. The town secretary, Ndumiso Mdlalose said they...

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Minister urges bonus patience

Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter THE government – hamstrung by declining revenues – is urging patience among public sector workers, insisting bonuses for 2015 will be paid this year without fail....

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Mavhaire ordered to pay $200 child support

Dzikamai Mavhaire Ivan Zhakata Court Reporter FORMER Energy and Power Development Minister Dzikamai Mavhaire was yesterday ordered to pay $200 monthly in maintenance for a child born out of wedlock....

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CIO in court over poaching

George Maponga in Masvingo A senior member of the Central Intelligence Organisation has appeared before a Masvingo magistrate’s court for poaching after he allegedly teamed up with three other men and...

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Zinara reinstates workers

Minister Joram Gumbo Freeman Razemba Senior Reporter— The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has reinstated 51 of the workers that it fired last year, following a recent government...

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Granddad, 87, alleges sexual dysfunction as rape defence

Walter Mswazie, Masvingo Correspondent AN 87-year-old man from Chiredzi allegedly raped his two nieces, aged six and seven-years-old, several times and threatened them with unspecified action in a bid...

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January disease thieves jailed

Adelaide Moyo, Chronicle Reporter TWO men who stole groceries and money from a school tuck-shop in Jotsholo and blamed their actions on the “January Disease” have each been jailed for 24 months. Lupane...

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Court bans grocery freeloader from shop

Sukulwenkosi Dube, Plumtree Correspondent A PLUMTREE magistrate has ordered a cross border transporter (umalayitsha) not to go to a shop owned by his neighbour following accusations that he was...

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From the decks to holy book: Black Cee

 Bruce Ndlovu, Showbiz Correspondent Two months after announcing his decision to quit music and exchange the DJ decks for the holy book, Djembe Monks member Sir Black Cee has finally broke his silence...

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Byo’s film industry positive over digitisation

Bongani Ndlovu, Showbiz Correspondent PLAYERS in Bulawayo’s film industry say they are optimistic over opportunities that would be brought by digitisation. They said their meeting with government...

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HIV infection man out on bail

Richard Muponde, Gwanda Correspondent AN HIV-positive Gwanda man who was jailed for eight years in August last year for deliberately infecting his wife with HIV has been granted $100 bail pending...

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Blood bank running out of group O stock

Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter THE National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has appealed for urgent donations of Blood group O as it is running out. The blood group is critical in emergencies. NBSZ...

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Mhere happy to work with producer Viya

Mathias Mhere Arts Reporter Gospel musician Mathias Mhere has applauded producer Munyaradzi Viya of Vialy Studio for bringing a new touch to his music. Viya produced Mhere’s new album “Double Double”...

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Kingstons kicked out over rent debt

Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter THE High Court has ordered Kingstons Holdings to immediately vacate its rented premises at Bulawayo Centre where it operated a bookshop over a $31, 000 rent...

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$500 fine for dad who ran over son

Funafuthi Patsi Sukulwenkosi Dube, Plumtreee Correspondent A 25-YEAR-OLD Mangwe man who fatally ran over his two-year-old son with his car by mistake has been fined $500 for culpable homicide....

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BCC sues CSC over $335,000 debt

Mashudu Netsianda Senior Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has approached the High Court seeking a default judgment against the Cold Storage Company (CSC) over a debt of more than $335,000 in...

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Serial stock thief caught red-handed

Richard Muponde Gwanda Correspondent A SERIAL stock thief has been arrested after he was allegedly caught red-handed driving away three cattle he had stolen from a grazing area in Guyu. Khulisa Ndlovu,...

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Testes twist love killer held

Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter A MAN fatally axed his wife’s alleged lover and left the woman for dead after assaulting them while chained to a pole naked. John Moyo, 34, from Pioneer Village under...

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