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President challenges cops . . . Sharpen skills to outwit modern criminal...

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...

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Ark, 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...

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Ex-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...

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Teacher 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...

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Zimpapers 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...

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Truck 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...

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Man 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...

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Four 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...

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Be 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...

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VP 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...

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War 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...

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Step-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...

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No 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...

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Presidential 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...

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Double ‘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,...

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Liberation 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...

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Vic 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...

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Politburo 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...

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MDC-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...

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Lands 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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