Zesa imports 11 000 faulty meters
Harare Bureau More than 11 000 prepaid meters imported by Zesa were faulty as it emerged that the power utility failed to send inspectors to certify the gadgets during the manufacturing stage before...
View ArticleWomen break into house, stay for 6 months
The gweru house that the women broke into Grace Nyoni, Midlands Reporter TWO daring Gweru women broke into a locked house and lived in it for six months without the knowledge of the owner who was away...
View ArticleMob kills ‘dog thief’. . . 2 arrests, manhunt after fatal assault on neighbour
The late Mthokozisi Ndlovu Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter POLICE have arrested two men while two others are on the run for allegedly beating their neighbour to death, accusing him of stealing a...
View ArticleMidget poses as goblin as fake prophets con man of $7000
Codelia Mondela, Court Reporter THREE fake prophets from Bulawayo allegedly defrauded a man of more than $7 000 after they hired a midget to pretend to be a tikoloshe and demanded 20 head of cattle...
View ArticleScramble to meet President Mnangagwa at World Economic Forum
President Emmerson Mnangagwa talks to his deputies General Constantino Chiwenga (Rtd) and Cde Kembo Mohadi before his departure for Davos, Switzerland. Picture by John Manzongo John Manzongo, Harare...
View ArticleShock as headmaster collapses, dies
Police take away the body of the late Bernard Maphosa in Gwanda yesterday Mthabisi Tshuma, Gwanda Reporter BUSINESS came to a standstill yesterday at the Gwanda Government complex when a school head...
View ArticleBUS WAR KIDNAP DRAMA. . . Pepper spray, beatings as fight for passengers...
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter A BUS crew from Bulawayo has been arrested after it allegedly kidnapped and beat up a rival company’s team before damaging the bus in a fight over passengers....
View ArticleUPDATED: Bulawayo City Council in presidential portrait boob!
Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Correspondent THE new political dispensation seems to have bypassed Bulawayo City Council, with a Government minister yesterday ordering the removal of a portrait of former...
View ArticleGovt top brass ordered to declare assets
Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed public office holders including ministers, top civil...
View ArticleMinister orders fuel price cuts after duty reduction
Cde Simon Khaya Moyo Harare Bureau GOVERNMENT yesterday ordered fuel price cuts with immediate effect a day after the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning reduced excise duty on diesel, petrol and...
View ArticleEurope warms up to Zim. . . Regional bloc hails new government’s economic...
President Mnangagwa Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter THE European Union (EU) has indicated that it is ready to engage Zimbabwe following the transition that saw a new administration led by...
View Article29 Mat North schools record zero percent pass rate for Grade Seven exams
Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle Reporter TWENTY-NINE primary schools in Matabeleland North province recorded zero percent pass rate in the 2017 Grade Seven public examinations, a slight improvement...
View ArticlePassports delays: Treasury intervenes
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent TREASURY has intervened in a bid to end delays in issuing passports by agreeing to import materials needed by the Registrar General’s Office. The Minister of...
View ArticlePresident Mnangagwa says no immunity for former First Lady
Grace Mugabe Takunda Maodza, Harare Bureau PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday opened up on former President Robert Mugabe’s retirement package and the immunity status of the ex-First Lady in an interview in...
View ArticleSHOTS FIRED. . . Drama as cops nab robbers targeting money changers
Illegal forex dealers popularly known as osiphatheleni throng the Bulawayo Central Police Station yesterday to see the armed robbers who targeted some of them. Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent...
View ArticlePresident meets heads of finance institutions in Davos
Mr George Charamba From Happiness Zengeni in DAVOS, Switzerland President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday held high level meetings with top officials from the world’s top multilateral financial...
View ArticleOsiphatheleni robbers kept in jail
Mgcini Ndlovu Nyaradzo Bakari, Chronicle Reporter THREE suspected armed robbers alleged to be behind a series of robberies targeting illegal forex dealers in Bulawayo appeared in court yesterday, with...
View ArticleCholera: Govt to monitor funerals
Dr David Parirenyatwa Thandeka Moyo, Health Reporter HEALTH and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa has said people should notify health officials of any public gatherings including funerals so...
View ArticleBREAKING: BCC introduces water shedding
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent THE Bulawayo City Council has introduced an overnight water shedding programme for some western suburbs following an electric fault affecting pumps at...
View ArticleEx-soldier dupes Govt complex employees for years
Edwin Magodha Freedom Mupanedemo, Midlands Bureau An ex-soldier who left the Air Force of Zimbabwe in 2010, was yesterday busted after masquerading as a serving security officer for more than five...
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