Lightning strike kills mum, two sons
Walter Mswazie, Masvingo Correspondent A MASVINGO woman and her two sons were burnt beyond recognition when a hut they were sheltering in was struck by lightning, police have confirmed. Ms Mercy...
View ArticleCops threaten arrests for illegal fireworks
Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Reporter POLICE have warned people against the illegal use of fire crackers on New Year’s Eve and afterwards saying those who break the law would be arrested. In a statement,...
View Article8 more Zimra bosses suspended
The Zimra headquarters Lloyd Gumbo, Harare Bureau EIGHT more Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) senior managers have been suspended after a forensic audit implicated them in shady dealings that are...
View ArticleBulawayo welcomes 30 New Year’s Day babies
Loice Mbano and Tryphine Ndlovu hold their babies who were born on New Year’s Day at Mpilo Hospital’s maternity ward in Bulawayo yesterday Thandeka Moyo/ Walter Mswazie, Chronicle Reporters A TOTAL of...
View ArticleZinara plans massive countrywide roads rehabilitation
Dexter Nduna Walter Nyamukondiwa, Harare Bureau The country’s roads are set for a major face-lift with feeder and rural roads being progressively tarred following a Government directive that a large...
View ArticleRobbers savage guard to steal laptop
Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter A SECURITY guard who was attacked by armed robbers after they handcuffed him, tied his legs and throttled him with a wire while he was on duty has died after...
View Article3 family members die in crash. . . Holiday trip to Vic Falls ends in tragedy
Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter THREE family members died while three others were injured yesterday when a vehicle they were travelling in burst a front tyre and...
View ArticleAFM pastor rapes 16-year-old congregant after church service
Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter AN Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church pastor based in Bulawayo’s Emakhandeni suburb has been arrested for allegedly raping a congregant (16) after a church service held...
View ArticleZanu-PF Mashonaland West recommends National Hero status for Peter Chanetsa
Cde Peter Chanetsa Felex Share, Harare Bureau The Zanu-PF Mashonaland West province has recommended that veteran politician and nationalist Cde Peter Chanetsa who died on Monday morning be declared a...
View ArticleFive passengers and driver injured as kombi catches fire
Firefighters extinguish the burning kombi along Khami Road in Bulawayo yesterday Thandeka Moyo, Chronicle Reporter A WOMAN sustained serious head injuries after she jumped through a window of a moving...
View ArticleBCC reveals plan to hand over schools to parents’ associations
Vusumuzi Dube, Municipal Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to hand over its 30 schools to parents in a bid to “cut costs”. According to the latest council report, the local...
View ArticleGovt plans to further amend labour laws
Felex Share, Harare Bureau Cabinet has approved the principles of the Bill seeking further amendments to the Labour Act to remove inconsistencies that have seen workers’ rights being violated by some...
View Article‘WAR VETS FUEL ZANU-PF STRIFE’– VP Mnangagwa slams rogue ex-freedom fighters
VP Mnangagwa From George Maponga in BIKITA Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa (top left) yesterday slammed a clique of war veterans for trying to “stoke unnecessary succession fires” within Zanu-PF...
View ArticlePasuwa names 23-man Zimbabwe Afcon squad
Tinotenda Kadewere is going to Gabon Stanford Chiwanga, Online Editor Callisto Pasuwa has whittled down his provisional squad to confirm the final 23 players who will represent Zimbabwe at the 2017...
View ArticleWater shedding fails, BCC scraps schedule
Vusumuzi Dube, Municipal Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has lifted water shedding after facing a number of operational challenges which saw the local authority saving little or no water at...
View ArticleManhunt for $1 800 ‘theft’ cop
Richard Muponde, Gwanda Correspondent POLICE in Matabeleland South have launched a manhunt for a police officer who allegedly stole and disappeared with over $1 800 from Beitbridge police headquarters...
View ArticleChief Justice Chidyausiku to open Legal Year for last time
Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku Fidelis Munyoro, Harare Bureau Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku is expected to open the 2017 Legal Year in a week’s time ahead of his retirement next month. He will...
View Article‘Zim will not fail’. . . Voluntary subscription foolproofs command agric, VP...
National Foods chief executive officer Mr Michael Lashbrook leads Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa on a tour of the company while the technical executive, maize milling, Mr William Kapfupi listens...
View ArticleCar Crash injures zanu-pf chairman: 5 in hospital after highway mishap
Richard Muponde, Gwanda Correspondent ZANU-PF’s Matabeleland South provincial chairman, Cde Rabelani Choeni and four other people have been hospitalised after they suffered serious injuries when a...
View ArticlePresident mourns national hero Chanetsa
Lloyd Gumbo, Harare Bureau President Mugabe yesterday mourned national hero Cde Peter Chanetsa whom he described as a person whose strong character saw Mashonaland West province successfully...
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