Community gangs up to arrest 36-year-old paedophile
court Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter RESIDENTS of Empumalanga suburb in Hwange teamed up and effected a citizens arrest on an alleged married paedophile for having a love affair with a...
View Article‘Mafias’ in govt: Army general says corruption a major security threat
Major General Douglas Nyikayaramba stresses a point to the Parliamentary committee on Defence and Security yesterday. Looking on are Ministry of Defence Permanent Secretary Mr Martin Rushwaya and Air...
View Article36 exam candidates stranded after college owner disappears with exam fees
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter THIRTY-SIX students who had registered for Ordinary Level examinations at a private college in Hwange are stranded after the school’s owner allegedly disappeared...
View Article20 years jail for bishop
Andrew Mkandla Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter A SELF-proclaimed bishop from Bulawayo who, with his brother who is still at large, raped and impregnated a 17-year-old congregant at their church has been...
View ArticleNew housing scheme targets civil servants
Cde Kasukuwere Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter THE Government has started working on a massive low and medium income housing scheme that will benefit thousands of civil servants. At a meeting between...
View Article‘Thieving’ maids steal boss’ $28 000
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent TWO domestic workers allegedly stole $28 000 from their employer’s house in Bulawayo’s Hillside suburb and only $700 has been recovered. The theft was...
View ArticleZimbabwean journalist jailed 10 years in UK for sham marriages scam
Clemence Marijeni Chronicle Reporter UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean journalist and former Chronicle Sports Editor Clemence Marijeni (pictured) and 10 other accomplices have been jailed a total of 52...
View ArticleAnarchy in parliament: Scuffle in august House as MDC-T MPs resist...
MDC-T legislators protest in Parliament yesterday Zvamaida Murwira, Harare Bureau A SCUFFLE erupted yesterday in the National Assembly between MDC-T legislators and the Zimbabwe Republic Police after...
View ArticleAlvord Mabena caught in niece sexual assault storm
Alvord Mabena Temba Dube, Deputy News Editor FORMER National Railways of Zimbabwe general manager and board chairperson, Mr Alvord Mabena (66), has been reported to the police for allegedly sexually...
View Article3 critical after Hwange truck crash
The wreckage of the haulage truck which crashed near Hwange yesterday Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter THREE people are battling for life after a truck they were travelling in veered off the road...
View Article‘Arrest corrupt people’: President declares zero tolerance to dishonesty
President Mugabe From Tendai Mugabe in Dande THE Government does not protect corrupt people and the law should take its course on all reported cases of graft, President Mugabe said yesterday. The Head...
View ArticleViolence at Parly public hearing
A scuffle ensues during a hearing of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs at Iminyela Hall in Bulawayo yesterday Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter VIOLENCE...
View Article$28 000 theft: Maids in court
Eunice Mabhena and Florence Phiri Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter ONE of two maids from Bulawayo who allegedly stole $28 000 from their employer used the money to buy her husband a car as a Christmas...
View ArticleZimra boss 13yrs on job with fake qualifications
Lloyd Gumbo, Harare Bureau THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority’s (Zimra) Director of Loss Control Mr Charlton Chihuri only has four Ordinary Level subjects but has been working at the revenue authority for...
View ArticleBRIBE COPS CAGED. . . Police officers caught offside on camera
Constables Fume Chibvuri and Aaron Zivuku Sukulwenkosi Dube, Plumtree Correspondent TWO Plumtree police officers who were recorded on camera by a cross border transporter demanding and receiving a...
View ArticleWoman tells of 6-hour captive rape horror
Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter A WOMAN from Tsholotshon has told a magistrate how she was allegedly forcibly taken out of her home at knifepoint by a man from her neighbourhood who whipped her all the...
View Article48-hour water shedding starts today
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council will today start a 48-hour water shedding programme following a decline in water levels at the city’s major supply dams. In a statement...
View Article$1m fraud storm for Zimra chief
Mr Gershem Pasi Zvamaida Murwira, Harare Bureau SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Revenue Authority Commissioner General Mr Gershem Pasi fraudulently awarded himself $1 million in benefits that were not in his...
View ArticleAmakorokoza beat up cop in gold claim war
Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter AMAKOROKOZA in Insiza allegedly thoroughly bashed a senior police officer stationed in Masvingo for muscling in on a gold claim that does not belong to him. The...
View ArticleFurther custody for crippled man ‘unable to function in prison’
Sukulwenkosi Dube- Matutu, Plumtree Correspondent A physically challenged man (36) who is being held at Plumtree Prison for allegedly raping his two step daughters aged eight and 10 has complained of...
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