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...
View ArticleGovt 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...
View ArticleLand 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...
View ArticleMujuru 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...
View Article12-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...
View Article23 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...
View ArticleMan 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...
View Article10 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...
View Article14 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...
View ArticleMan 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...
View ArticleRural 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...
View ArticleHIV 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...
View ArticleRaped 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...
View ArticleLobengula 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...
View ArticleZanu-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...
View ArticleUnlicensed 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,...
View ArticleCondolences 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...
View ArticleMines 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...
View ArticleMoffat 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...
View ArticleCall 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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