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...
View ArticleArmed 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...
View ArticleHwange 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...
View ArticleMinister 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....
View ArticleMavhaire 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....
View ArticleCIO 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...
View ArticleZinara 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...
View ArticleGranddad, 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...
View ArticleJanuary 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...
View ArticleCourt 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...
View ArticleFrom 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...
View ArticleByo’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...
View ArticleHIV 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...
View ArticleBlood 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...
View ArticleMhere 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”...
View ArticleKingstons 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...
View Article$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....
View ArticleBCC 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...
View ArticleSerial 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,...
View ArticleTestes 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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