Storm over dead baboons
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter THE Hwange Local Board (HLB) has resorted to shooting baboons, an operation that is now being investigated by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to...
View ArticleNew HIV prevention method proves effective
Paidamoyo Chipunza, Harare Bureau A VAGINAL ring containing an antiretroviral (ARV) drug called dapivirine is safe for use and can prevent women from being infected with the HIV virus from an infected...
View ArticleMasvingo hospitality sector reaps Feb 21 celebrations rewards
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent HOTELS and other players in the hospitality sector in Masvingo are reaping the rewards of hosting this year’s edition of the 21st February Movement Celebrations as...
View Article‘10,000 Chinese in Zim’
Harare Bureau OVER 10,000 Chinese nationals are living and doing business in Zimbabwe, a development Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Huang Ping says will promote economic integration between the two...
View Article‘Thabitha fanning factionalism’
Patient Sibanda Chronicle Reporter MDC-T national executive member Thabitha Khumalo has been accused of fanning factionalism in the party after visiting Matabeleland North provincial structures last...
View Article50,000 for President’s bash
Chronicle Reporter THE Zanu-PF Youth League says it is preparing to host up to 50,000 people at President Robert Mugabe’s 92nd birthday celebrations in Masvingo on Saturday.Zanu-PF members in the...
View ArticleMobile scanners in use at Beitbridge border
Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has introduced mobile baggage scanners at Beitbridge to reduce incidents of smuggling and intrusive leakages.The hi-tech mobile...
View Article‘Haunted’ teen confesses to murder
Pic from en.wikipedia.org Richard Muponde Gwanda Correspondent COURT proceedings were yesterday halted after a teen arraigned for theft confessed to murder.The juvenile, 17, told prosecutors he was...
View ArticlePatchy rains to continue
Elita Chikwati Harare Bureau RAINS are expected to continue across the country although heavy falls will be localised, the Meteorological Services Department has said.MSD senior forecaster, Tich...
View ArticleGold panner slain in ‘tribal war’ at Shangani gold pits
(File pic of a gold panner) Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A GOLD panner died after he was crushed with a concrete block in a tribally-motivated fight for the control of gold pits in Shangani,...
View ArticleWindermere Bar, Nightspot reopenes
Showbiz Correspondent WINDERMERE Bar and Nightspot in Bulawayo has reopened its doors after it closed shop over 10 years ago. The new outlet will cater for the mature crowd which, according to...
View ArticleMan gets nine months jail for bribe attempt
Sukulwenkosi Dube, Plumtree Correspondent A MAN who tried to bribe a police officer at Plumtree Border Post will spend the next nine months in prison. Gatsha Masotsha, 44, of Hillside suburb in...
View ArticleWinky D, Judgement Yard to light up Gweru
Winky D Sukoluhle Ndlovu, Midlands Correspondent GWERU will this weekend awaken from its slumber as the man of the moment, Winky D of the Disappear fame, is set to ignite the city with a performance at...
View ArticleRed carpet for ZIMA set
Killer T Bongani Ndlovu, Showbiz Correspondent THE red carpet has been rolled out for the Zimbabwe Music Awards taking place at the Harare International Conference Centre tonight with radio personality...
View ArticleTwo kids die in hut blaze
Elizabeth Tsuro, Midlands Reporter TWO minor siblings from Mberengwa were burnt beyond recognition after a hut in which they were sleeping caught fire. Their teenage mother had left a candle burning...
View ArticleWoman embezzles $3,000 from Bulawayo burial society
Melody Baya, Court Reporter A WOMAN from Bulawayo has been arraigned for allegedly embezzling close to $3,000 from a burial society. Siphephelaphi Sebele, 40, of Cowdray park suburb, appeared before...
View ArticleMaid who killed granny over $5 spared jail
Elizabeth Tsuro, Midlands Reporter A MAID from Gweru was lucky to escape jail when she was sentenced to perform 420 hours of community service for fatally assaulting a 73-year-old granny in a dispute...
View ArticleWoman weeps over ‘measly’ maintenance
Patient Sibanda, Court Reporter A WOMAN who was seeking $240 maintenance for her twin children, wept in court when she was granted $120. Miss Beverly Ngwenya of Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo told...
View ArticleHead-on crash kills businessman
Walter Mswazie, Masvingo Correspondent A BUSINESSMAN from Chiredzi and a Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer died on the spot when their vehicles collided head-on at the 95km peg...
View ArticleTribal murder suspects freed
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter THE High Court yesterday acquitted three of five men who were allegedly linked to the death of a gold panner in Shangani. Admire Makoni, 23, of Chitungwiza,...
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