Parliament’s isiNdebele ‘ban’ rouses MPs’ fury
Angeline Masuku Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Correspondent— Members of Parliament from Matabeleland have protested the “ban” of isiNdebele in Parliament saying it is unacceptable for Ministers to claim...
View ArticleFirst Lady consoles Moyo family over Zanele death
Zvamaida Murwira First Lady Cde Grace Mugabe (right) with Professor Jonathan Moyo and his wife Beatrice at their home in Harare yesterday Harare Bureau— First Lady Cde Grace Mugabe yesterday visited...
View ArticlePOWER CUTS RESPITE…Chinese financiers to avail $1,1bn for Hwange expansion
Lloyd Gumbo in VICTORIA FALLS— Chinese financial institutions will release $1,1 billion early next month for the expansion of Hwange Thermal Power Station, the first tranche from the mega deals signed...
View ArticleHarvest House Reverend found hanged
Pastor Tuturu Munyaradzi Musiiwa and Elizabeth Tsuro, Midlands Reporters— A HARVEST House International Church Reverend, Tani Tuturu, has been found hanged in his office at the church’s rented premises...
View ArticleNon-performing parastatals to be shut down, Chinamasa
Minister Patrick Chinamasa Lloyd Gumbo recently in Victoria Falls— THE Government will get rid of or institute radical reforms in parastatals and State enterprises that continue to be a drain on the...
View ArticleZANELE ‘HAD NO HEART’
Mduduzi Mathuthu and Pamela Shumba— PROFESSOR Jonathan Moyo’s daughter, Zanele, was buried without a heart, The Chronicle can reveal. Just days after Zanele was laid to rest in Harare, the Higher and...
View ArticleSchool head found hanging after audit
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent— A 61-year-old Bikita school headmaster was found on Monday hanging from a tree in an apparent suicide, three days after government auditors discovered that $6,000...
View ArticleGirl, 13, ‘sold’ for $100…Mum pleads poverty, marries off teen daughter
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent— A MANGWE woman gave away her daughter, 13, to a fellow farm worker in exchange for $100 bride price in a bid to free herself from looking after the minor. The...
View ArticleMissing pupil found in icu
Albright Munkuli Patient Sibanda Chronicle Reporter— A SEVENTEEN-year-old boy who was reported missing in July has been found at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after spending more than a month in...
View ArticleHigh Court orders reckless driver to pay $24,000
Mashudu Netsianda , Senior Court Reporter A RECKLESS Bulawayo motorist has been ordered to pay a family more than $24,000 in compensation for causing injuries and damaging their vehicle. Bulawayo High...
View ArticleProsecutor General Tomana bows to ConCourt
Prosecutor General Johannes Tomana Daniel Nemukuyu, Harare Bureau Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana has complied with a Constitutional Court judgment to issue out certificates allowing the private...
View ArticleEgodini shutdown…Commuters bear brunt of cops-kombis’ standoff
Commuters foot their way into town after being dropped off along Khami Road by kombi crews fearful of the heavy police presence in the Bulawayo CBD yesterday Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter Bulawayo...
View ArticleNo conflict with Kenya: President
President Mugabe Mduduzi Mathuthu, Editor PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s Office has accused a top American newspaper of attempting to “contrive conflict” between Zimbabwe and Kenya by publishing made-up...
View Article83-year-old ties knot, wants babies
Judah Mpofu and his wife Thembelihle Moyo on their wedding day Thandeka Moyo Chronicle Reporter AN 83-year-old man from Bulawayo has defied odds and become one of Zimbabwe’s oldest grooms by wedding...
View ArticleMliswa begs for Zanu-PF mercy
Political maverick trashes People First project Pulls race card in bid to return to ruling party Temba Mliswa Tichaona Zindoga Harare Bureau MAVERICK politician and former Hurungwe West Member of the...
View ArticleCrash kills 3, 2-yr-old orphaned . . . Mum,18, sneaks out to party with...
The wreackage of the Honda Fit which crashed in Victoria Falls on Friday night Adelaide Moyo Chronicle Reporter A TEENAGER from Victoria Falls sneaked out of home for a beer drink leaving her...
View ArticleArmy deployed to National Parks in wake of elephant deaths
Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri Lloyd Gumbo Harare Bureau THE government has adopted a two-pronged approach in fighting elephant poaching that includes roping in the Zimbabwe Defence Forces to...
View ArticleNRZ boss Mabena fired
Alvord Mabena Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter THE chairman of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board of directors, Engineer Alvord Mabena, has been fired with immediate effect. Mabena has been the...
View Article14 hours in labour woman dies
Nurses turn blind eye as woman battles to give birth Manama Hospital under probe after mum, baby die Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent MATABELELAND South provincial medical director, Dr Brian Abel...
View ArticleSoldier blows off own head with AK-47
Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter A Bulawayo-based soldier blew up his head with an AK-47 rifle while on duty on Saturday night in a suspected case of suicide following alleged problems at home. Corporal...
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