Prophet mania grips Zim: 85% of population seek their services
Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter ABOUT 85 percent of Zimbabweans consult prophets, faith and traditional healers for medical ailments, a development that has jolted the Government to enforce regulations...
View ArticleUncle ‘drugs, rapes’ niece
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter A BULAWAYO man habitually drugged his 17-year-old niece and raped her, a court heard. Luckson Mangwiro (41) of Queens Park West suburb appeared before Bulawayo...
View ArticleTsvangirai sacrifices Thabitha to win back Khupe’s heart
Ms Thabitha Khumalo Nduduzo Tshuma, Political Editor MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is reportedly prepared to sacrifice Bulawayo East legislator Ms Thabitha Khumalo over the recent assault of his...
View Article2017 COLDEST DAYS AHEAD: Met Dept warns of extreme weather
Abigail Mawonde, Harare Bureau The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) yesterday warned the country will experience the coldest weather so far this year with temperatures expected to fall to...
View ArticleNation bids farewell to trustworthy, morally upright cadre
Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko pays his last respects during the funeral of national heroine Cde Shuvai Ben Mahofa in Harare yesterday Felex Share, Harare Bureau The late Masvingo Provincial Affairs...
View ArticleARVs shortage in hospitals
Paidamoyo Chipunza, Harare Bureau The country has been hit by a shortage of antiretroviral drugs in public health institutions raising fears of drug interruptions among people taking the life-saving...
View ArticleFemale relatives rape men: Zim vulnerability survey reveals closely guarded...
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent TWENTY percent of males who were sexually abused in the country’s rural provinces were violated by female relatives, according to a survey. The Zimbabwe...
View ArticleSuicidal mum poisons 2 kids, axes granny after row with boss
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent A WOMAN from Gwanda poisoned her two children aged six and two years, axed her employer’s mother and committed suicide following an altercation with her...
View ArticleZim pastor, wife shot dead in SA
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter A ZIMBABWEAN pastor and his wife were shot and killed by two armed robbers in South Africa while their two daughters, one of them aged three years, watched...
View ArticleFOUR SISTERS BEHEADED. . . Assailants burn victims, take heads away
Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Reporter A GOKWE family lost all four daughters, three of them minors, after they were allegedly beheaded and their bodies burnt beyond recognition in a hut. The incident...
View ArticleBulawayo teacher raises alarm over growing sugar mummies trend
Thandeka Moyo, Health Reporter THERE is a developing trend of Bulawayo school boys depending on sugar mummies for their upkeep in exchange for sex, exposing the minors to HIV and other sexually...
View ArticlePetrol bomb in four sisters murder
Snr Asst Comm Charity Charamba Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Reporter POLICE have launched an investigation into the killing of four sisters in Gokwe whom they suspect were burnt using either petrol or...
View ArticleLate VP Muzenda’s widow dies at 88
The late Cde Maud Muzenda George Maponga / Nyemudzai Kakore, Harare Bureau THE late Vice President Simon Muzenda’s widow, Maud, has died. She was 88. Cde Muzenda died at Avenues Clinic in Harare...
View ArticleSHOCKING VIOLENCE IN CHURCH. . . 50 congregants fist-fight in support of...
Mr Njabulo Ngwenya Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter A FIST-FIGHT erupted during a church service at the Twelve Apostolic Church of Christ in Bulawayo’s Emakhandeni suburb yesterday with more than 50...
View ArticlePresident mourns Amai Muzenda
President Mugabe Harare Bureau PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday described Vice President Dr Simon Muzenda’s widow, Maud, as “an epitome of African motherhood” and branded national hero Cde George Rutanhire...
View ArticleThe Chronicle retains pole position in southern region
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter THE Chronicle continues to lead in terms of readership in the southern region of the country. The paper maintained top position as the most read newspaper in the...
View ArticleMan kills mother over $500. . . Girl (4) watches fatal knobkerrie assault
Thandeka Moyo, Chronicle Reporter A 42-year-old Tsholotsho man allegedly bashed his mother (62) with a knobkerrie to death in the presence of his daughter (4) when the woman had told him that she had...
View ArticleBREAKING: Minister ordered to reinstate former deputy mayor Gift Banda
Saviour Kasukuwere The High Court has today ordered Local government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere to immediately reinstate former Bulawayo deputy mayor Gift Banda. Banda was fired from council for...
View ArticleLost in forest boy starves, freezes to death
Whinsley Masara, Chronicle Reporter A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy from Tsholotsho was found dead in a bush after he got lost on his way home and succumbed to hunger and the cold that was experienced throughout...
View ArticleHigh Court orders reinstatement of Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Gift Banda
Gift Banda Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter THE High Court yesterday ordered Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere to reinstate former Bulawayo deputy...
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