adminMagistrate ordered to revisit judgment
Court Reporter
THE High Court has ordered a Bulawayo regional magistrate to revisit a 12-year-jail term she imposed on a juvenile who was 16 at the time of his conviction in June this year.
The boy from Plumtree had pleaded not guilty to rape, but was convicted by then Bulawayo regional magistrate Mrs Fadzai Mthombeni.
Zim lacks athletes successors
ZIMBABWE stands on the brink of being extinct from the major sporting events held across the globe due to a slim selection base of competitive athletes.
Mistake leads to Malema ‘conspiracy’
Johannesburg — A newsroom processing mistake, which led to the recycling of a month-old Sapa news report this week on expelled ANCYL leader Julius Malema, had his lieutenant in an angry froth yesterday.
Suspended ANC Youth League spokesperson Floyd Shivambu made accusations of a media plot against the former leader after a story on Malema addressing students in Limpopo was widely published this week.
Pump and Steel scores a double
PUMP and Steel Supplies scored a double recently by winning the 2012 Megafest Most Improved Organisation and its managing director, Mr Eugene Jackson coming up second runner-up in the Megafest businessman of the year category.
Energy saver bulbs distribution set to begin
Chronicle Reporter
ZESA will soon start distributing energy saving compact fluorescent bulbs in Bulawayo suburbs as part of efforts to save electricity.
The exercise, done free of charge, will start in Nkulumane, Nketa, Emganwini, Entumbane, Mpopoma, Njube and Emakhandeni suburbs.
‘Woman used skeleton for sex’
A Swedish woman was charged with possession of human skulls and bones, which the prosecution claimed she used for sexual purposes.
The 37 year-old woman kept at least six skulls, one spine and “a large number of other bones” in her Gothenburg apartment, according to the prosecution’s charge sheet.
Byo South Rotary Club donates to Mayembe school
Chronicle Reporter
THE Bulawayo South Rotary Club yesterday commissioned a borehole and handed over furniture worth $20 000 to Mayembe Adventist Primary School in Bulilima District.
The furniture included 92 double desks for 190 pupils at the school.
Vendor to serve six years
Court Reporter
A VENDOR who started breaking into business premises in 2006 and was arrested after breaking into 22 has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Charles Lunga (54), of 246 Emakhandeni, was two weeks ago convicted on his own pleas of guilty to 22 counts of unlawful entry and 22 counts of theft by Bulawayo provincial magistrate Mrs Learnmore Mapiye.
Shop assistant throws new born baby in Blair toilet
Chronicle Reporter
AN Inyathi woman in Bubi District has been arrested for allegedly attempting to kill her new born baby by throwing him into a Blair toilet.
Police confirmed the incident that occurred on Saturday at about 5pm in Magobolo Village Four under Chief Mtshane Khumalo.
‘Falsehood peddlers risk prosecution’
Harare Bureau
Zimbabweans who peddle falsehoods about the country now risk prosecution as Government invokes laws to enforce penalties.
Attorney General Mr Johannes Tomana yesterday said that laws to prosecute such individuals and organisations were available, but they had not been used.