adminTeacher contests suspended sentence for stock thief
Midlands CorrespondentA 46-year-old high school teacher, Mr James Matemavi, from Redcliff, is contesting a wholly suspended three months sentence delivered to a local man who was facing charges of stealing and slaughtering his heifer.
Trial of district council executives postponed
Court ReporterTHE trial of former Tsholotsho Rural District Council executives and a Bulawayo businessman who are facing charges of fraud, which was scheduled to continue on Friday was postponed to 26 March.
131 nurses graduate at St Luke’s Hospital
Chronicle ReporterA TOTAL of 131 students graduated at St Luke’s Mission Hospital in Lupane after completing courses in nursing and midwifery.
Bogus car dealers swindle Zimbabweans
Harare BureauHUNDREDS of Zimbabweans buying second-hand vehicles from Japan through the Internet have been duped of more than $400 000 by bogus traders that disappear as soon as money is wired to them.
Suspensions cripple council operations
Midlands Bureau ChiefTHE town of Gokwe is in turmoil, the centre cannot hold as things fall apart at the cotton town’s power corridors.
Zanu-PF leadership slams residents’ association
Chronicle ReporterTHE Zanu-PF leadership in Bulawayo has castigated the Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) for using political parties to attain its objectives instead of focusing on civic issues.
EMA to descend on motorists over fuel containers
By Temba DubeTHE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) will soon start fining motorists found with fuel in plastic containers in their vehicles.
Lightning strikes again
By Leonard Ncube
TWO pupils died on the spot while eight others were admitted to hospital after being struck by lightning in Gwanda district, bringing to four the number of pupils who have died from lightning in eight days in Matabeleland South Province.
President raring to go
Harare Bureau
PRESIDENT Mugabe says he has the energy and vitality to lead the country contrary to assertions in some quarters that age has caught up with him.