ZRP service charter launched in Lupane
Whinsley Masara Chronicle Correspondent MEMBERS of the public are the best police officers, a senior police officer has said while launching the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s Clients Service Charter in...
View ArticleOver 3,000 pupils register under stem
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Correspondent OVER 3,000 pupils have registered under the government’s Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (Stem) programme with 1,425 drawn from the southern provinces....
View ArticleNSSA loses 14k contributors through retrenchments
Chronicle Reporter THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) lost 14,000 contributors through retrenchments and company closures last year and is owed $266 million by various employees as of...
View Article36 deported from SA for demanding overtime
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau SOUTH Africa’s Home Affairs department has deported 36 Zimbabweans who had been stuck at a police station after being fired by their employer for demanding overtime...
View ArticleZec changes voting system
Harare Bureau THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has introduced marker pens with ineradicable ink to mark voters during elections, replacing the finger-dipping method as part of a new voting...
View ArticleMnangagwa calls for intensive irrigation
Felex Share in Zhombe— ZIMBABWE will stop importing grain in the next two years if communities fully utilise water bodies surrounding them and maximise the use of agricultural equipment being sourced...
View ArticlePresident Mugabe donates maize to hunger-stricken villagers
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has donated 60 tonnes of maize to about 4,000 families in Bikita to alleviate hunger due to the drought. Bikita South MP, Jeppy Jaboon, who...
View ArticleMan offers entire $50 salary as child upkeep
Patient Sibanda Court Reporter A BULAWAYO cashier yesterday stunned a court when he offered his whole salary for the upkeep of his minor child as he has other means to make money. Sindiso Dlomo of...
View ArticleCorpses found floating in Zambezi River
Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter Decomposing bodies of two men have been found floating in the Zambezi river. A villager discovered the bodies while fishing in the Jambezi area. The Officer...
View ArticleCops get 40 cars for border patrols
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent POLICE have secured 40 vehicles to intensify patrols along the country’s borders to curb crossborder crime. The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Cde Obedingwa...
View ArticlePrison guard jailed for ordering ‘wife’s lover’ to hang self
Richard Muponde Gwanda Correspondent A FORMER prison officer from Gwanda has been jailed for 18 months for ordering a man he suspected to be cheating with his wife to hang himself from the roof trusses...
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777 homeless after floods
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau A TOTAL of 777 people have been left homeless after flash floods hit Beitbridge town on Friday night. A majority of the flood victims slept on rooftops after the flash...
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‘No loadshedding this year’
Minister Samuel Undenge Harare Bureau ZIMBABWEANS will continue to enjoy uninterrupted electricity supply as government’s efforts to ensure constant power supply start paying dividends, Energy and...
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Bail application for Kombayi deferred
Hamutendi Kombayi Elizabeth Tsuro Midlands Reporter A RULING on a bail application by suspended Gweru Mayor, Councillor Hamutendi Kombayi, his deputy Clr Artwell Matyorauta and Town Clerk Daniel...
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Teachers to have regulatory council
Minister Lazarus Dokora Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle Reporter TEACHERS will soon fall under a regulatory council that will have powers to deregister members found guilty of breaching certain...
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NetOne boss Kangai suspended
Reward Kangai Lloyd Gumbo Harare Bureau NETONE chief executive officer Reward Kangai has been sent on three months’ forced leave to pave way for a forensic audit at the parastatal, amid indications...
View ArticleUncle, nephew jailed 20 years each for rape
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A MAN and his nephew from Bulawayo were yesterday each sentenced to 20 years in jail for taking turns to rape a 30-year-old woman. The woman, who had travelled from...
View ArticleZim hailed for scrapping criminal defamation law
Harare Bureau The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has commended the government for scrapping criminal defamation law from its statutes on the grounds that it violated guarantees of...
View ArticleLanguage barrier halts Ethiopians’ trial
Midlands Bureau Chief KWEKWE magistrate Taurai Manwere has further remanded 23 illegal Ethiopian immigrants to Friday while the State hunts for a Swahili interpreter. The trial of the illegal...
View ArticleGweru mayor, town clerk granted bail
Elizabeth Tsuro Midlands Reporter GWERU mayor, Hamutendi Kombayi, his deputy Artwell Matyorauta and Town Clerk Daniel Matawu have been granted bail on charges of criminal abuse of office and theft....
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