admin16 years for brutal murder
Court ReporterA young man who brutally murdered an elderly man who had allegedly stolen his $20 was yesterday sentenced to 16 years in jail.
Thandazani Mpofu (20), who worked and stayed at Plot Number 5, Wild East, Kezi, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Moga Rori (59), but was convicted of murder with actual intent by acting Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Meshack Cheda sitting with Mrs Isabelle Mashengele and Mr Patrick Hikwa as assessors.
Law not stronger than its enforcers
We must think again whenever we celebrate the virtues of democracy, libertarianism and even human rights. Many of our political activists seem to believe that democratic values are tenacious, so easy to borrow that we simply need a viscous relationship with democracy preachers from the West, and there
Declare April Zim history month
IN February 1899, British novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem entitled “The White Man’s Burden: The United States and The Philippine Islands” in which he urged the US to take up the “burden” of empire, as had Britain and other European nations when colonising Africa.
Few take up wheat farming
By Venencia Badza THIS year winter wheat production is likely to be lower than the past two seasons due to a host of problems faced by farmers including access to finance and power cuts, an official has said.
Publicity association needs funding
Business ReporterThe Bulawayo Publicity Association needs about $50 000 to fund its activities, the director Mrs Valerie Bell, has said.
Bulawayo left out of pool association
By Mduduzi MoyoBULAWAYO Pool Association’s participation at this year’s Carling Black Label Black Ball Challenge tournament hangs in the balance after the association was left out by the National Pool Association.
Railstars ready to defend title
Sports ReporterZIMBABWE’S netball champions Railstars are confident of defending their Super League title when they start their campaign at the weekend.
Railstars will play host to Zesa Harare at Raylton Sports Club on Saturday.
France wants UN push on Mali
PARIS — France is pushing for the UN Security Council to issue a statement on Mali to show its support of the 15-state West African bloc Ecowas’s efforts to find a solution to the escalating crisis.Gweru man killed in suspected ritual murder
Midlands ReporterA Lower Gweru man was found lying dead in a pool of blood with a deep cut on his ear and a slit throat in what his family is suspecting to be a ritual murder.
The police confirmed the death and identified the deceased as Artson Dube of Sinangeni Village under Chief Bunina.
Acting Midlands police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko said Dube’s body was spotted by a fellow villager at about 6am on Friday about 200 metres from Lower Gweru Road.
Interact club donates to Mpilo Hospital
Chronicle ReporterTHE Interact Club of Northlea High School donated groceries, books and second hand clothes to Mpilo Central Hospital children’s ward on Monday.
Members of the club visited the hospital in the morning and first picked up litter from the institution’s grounds before presenting their donation.
The groceries comprised soap, petroleum jelly and sanitary wear all valued at $700.