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President Mugabe receives flowers as a token of appreciation from Makanaka Saki (left), Moreblessing Svinurai (centre) and Zvikomborero Ndhlovu after officiating at the Zimbabwe Republic Police 2016...
View ArticleArk, ZimHealth donates $30k to Mpilo
Chronicle Reporters MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo on Wednesday received a shot in the arm following the rehabilitation of its maternity wards and the donation of linen worth over $30 000. The...
View ArticleEx-prosecutor loses appeal against bribe conviction
Mashudu Netsianda THE High Court has dismissed an appeal against conviction and sentence by former senior Bulawayo regional prosecutor, Admire Chikwayi, who was jailed for soliciting a $300 bribe from...
View ArticleTeacher defrauds funeral assurance company
Fairness Moyana Hwange Court Correspondent A TEACHER at Hwange High school was lucky to escape jail after he changed the date of his uncle’s death and tried to claim $5 000 from a funeral assurance...
View ArticleZimpapers launches publications
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Correspondent ZIMPAPERS has launched two free suburban community newspapers that cover elite Harare suburbs as it strives to maintain its dominance in the country’s media...
View ArticleTruck drivers lobby for new legiSlation
Nqobile Tshili @nqotshili TRUCK drivers are lobbying the Government to enact a law that will compel their employers to allow them to travel with their spouses saying this will reduce chances of them...
View ArticleMan infects juvenile girlfriend with HIV
Thandeka Moyo @thamamoe A BULAWAYO man has been arraigned for deliberately infecting his 15-year-old girlfriend-cum-tenant with HIV. The man (32) who cannot be named to protect the minor, also...
View ArticleFour armed ‘poachers’nabbed
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent POLICE arrested four armed men, some putting on anti-tracking shoes, for allegedly hunting a rhino at Save Valley Conservancy in Chiredzi. Fianda Chitiga (35) of...
View ArticleBe positive, First Lady urges media
First lady Dr Grace Mugabe Elita Chikwati Harare Bureau The First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe has urged local media to portray a positive picture of the country in order to promote investment. She said this...
View ArticleVP Mnangagwa launches human anti-trafficking action plan
VP Mnangagwa Lloyd Gumbo Harare Bureau The Government has launched the National Plan of Action on Human Trafficking (NAPLAC) as it consolidates its fight against the scourge following reports that...
View ArticleWar vets secretary remanded in custody
Mr Douglas Mahiya Fungai Lupande Harare Bureau The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association secretary for information and publicity, Douglas Mahiya, yesterday appeared in court facing...
View ArticleStep-daughter rapist jailed 17 years
Tanaka Mrewa Court Reporter A MAN from Mpopoma suburb in Bulawayo has been sentenced to 17 years in jail for raping his stepdaughter. The stepfather (43) raped the girl (17) while her mother was away...
View ArticleNo jail for Ingutsheni staff who beat up mental patient
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter THE High Court has quashed a two-year jail term for three Ingutsheni Central Hospital workers who were convicted of assaulting a mental patient for refusing to...
View ArticlePresidential guard guilty of carjacking
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A MEMBER of the Presidential guard based in Harare teamed up with a friend to rob a Bulawayo motorist of his vehicle and valuables. Zvikomborero Sigudu (25) and Knowledge...
View ArticleDouble ‘murder’ vexes cops
Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief POLICE in Gweru are investigating the suspected murder of two people in separate incidents on Saturday night. Acting Midlands provincial police spokesperson,...
View ArticleLiberation war hero Dube dies
Chronicle Reporter LIBERATION war hero Cde Mkhululi Dube has died. He was 56. Cde Dube succumbed to kidney failure on Thursday in Nkayi and will be buried at the Bulawayo Provincial Heroes Acre...
View ArticleVic Falls bid to appoint town treasurer hits brick wall
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter THE Local Government Board has rejected a bid by the Victoria Falls council to appoint a town treasurer without advertising for the post. The municipality resolved...
View ArticlePolitburo to meet tomorrow
Cde Ignatius Chombo Tendai Mugabe Harare Bureau THE Zanu-PF Politburo meets in Harare tomorrow to discuss various issues affecting the party and general state of the economy. Government, through...
View ArticleMDC-T youths demand Gutu ouster over VPs
Obert Gutu Harare Bureau THE MDC-T youth league wants opposition party spokesperson Mr Obert Gutu ousted from his post for allegedly abdicating his responsibility when he announced that he would not...
View ArticleLands committee public hearings start
Kennedy Chokuda Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture and Irrigation Development yesterday started holding public hearings on the Land Commission...
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