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Poisoned family buried

Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent FIVE people, four children and an elderly woman who died in Mwenezi after eating food suspected to have been laced with poison have been buried with government...

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Govt imports 100,000t maize

Harare Bureau THE government has imported over 100,000 tonnes of maize worth $12.7 million since last October under the drought relief programme aimed at assisting vulnerable families with food. Some...

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Land commission bill gazetted… Lays foundation for periodic audits countrywide

Harare Bureau— THE government has gazetted the Land Commission Bill effectively laying the foundation for the Land Commission to carry out periodic land audits countrywide. The Land Commission Bill is...

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Mujuru faces Bulawayo political test

Nduduzo Tshuma Political Editor THE beleaguered Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) leader, Joice Mujuru, faces her first real political test when she addresses a rally in Bulawayo on Saturday, her first...

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12-yr-old girl killed in cart accident

Sukulwenkosi Dube, Plumtree Correspondent A 12-YEAR-OLD girl died after she was thrown out of a donkey-drawn scotch cart which then landed on her head, killing her instantly. Sanele Moyo was travelling...

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23 escape death

Tanaka Mrewa Chronicle Reporter TWENTY-THREE people escaped death yesterday afternoon when a Honda Fit and Toyota Hiace kombi collided at the intersection of Nketa Drive and Hyde Park road in...

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Man to fork out $1,000 for Illegal kudu kill

Richard Muponde Gwanda Correspondent GWANDA magistrate in charge, Sheila Nazombe has ordered a 65-year-old Tuli villager to compensate the Gwanda Campfire $1,000 for illegally killing a kudu while...

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10 lions go for Tsholotsho livestock

Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter VILLAGERS in Tsholotsho North are appealing to the government to immediately intervene following the sighting of about 10 lions in their area. The lions are wreaking...

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14 stolen cattle recovered in Binga

Eglon Nkala, Chronicle Reporter POLICE have recovered 14 head of cattle worth $4,900 in Binga suspected to have been stolen from a grazing area in Siachilaba leading to the arrest of a man, 35, caught...

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Man dies from drinking beer

Salani Ncube, Chronicle Reporter A FAMILY from Jambezi on Sunday postponed the burial of a man who had died mysteriously after complaining of stomach pains as allegations spread that he was poisoned...

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Rural schools defy Dokora directive

Minister Lazarus Dokora Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent SCHOOLS in Mangwe District have defied a government directive not to engage debt collectors to force parents to pay school fees for...

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HIV stigma a reality for prisoners

Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter STIGMA and discrimination of people living with HIV is rife within the country’s prisons, a survey has revealed. According to the Stigma Index Research Findings...

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Raped teen’s mum drops charges

Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A BULAWAYO woman yesterday withdrew rape charges against a kombi driver who raped her daughter saying the man had apologised to the family. Brian Gumede, 26, allegedly...

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Lobengula spear ‘thief’ nabbed

Nqobile Tshili: Chronicle Correspondent POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a man who allegedly broke into the Old Bulawayo Museum and stole King Lobengula’s gold coated spear among other artefacts that...

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Zanu-PF MPs start party’s lessons

Nqobile Tshili: Chronicle Correspondent ZANU-PF Members of Parliament yesterday started lessons on the party’s ideology premised on the Chitepo Ideological College that was operational during the...

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Unlicensed driver crashes into police station

Tanaka Mrewa Court Reporter AN UNLICENSED driver from Bulawayo’s Mpopoma suburb who had been arrested and taken to the Western Commonage police station for pirating without an operator’s licence,...

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Condolences for Nkomo’s mother pour in

The late Macitshi Whinsley Masara: Chronicle Reporter CONDOLENCE messages are pouring in to the family of the late Vice President John Landa Nkomo following the death of his mother Macitshi Dube Nkomo...

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Mines minister defends Perm Sec

Minister Walter Chidhakwa Zvamaida Murwira: Harare Bureau MINES and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa yesterday defended his ministry’s permanent secretary, Professor Francis Gudyanga, for...

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Moffat grandson refuses to vacate farm

Bruce Moffat Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter A BULAWAYO woman has taken Shangani commercial farmer, Bruce Moffat to court seeking an order directing his eviction from the disputed Oaklands...

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Call to refine Local Govt proposed Bill

Some of the Nkulumane residents express their anger as they walk out during a hearing by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Government, Public Works and National Housing at Nkulumane Hall...

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