adminInsuza man’s confession stuns court
Court Reporter
A man employed as cattle tender in the Insuza area of Matabeleland North Province shocked a packed courtroom yesterday when he claimed that he raped a 12-year-old girl because he was craving for a woman.
The man aged 27, told regional magistrate Mrs Fadzai Mthombeni that he had initially tried to rape the girl on 7 November this year, but she pushed him away.
Church of England says no to women bishops
THE Church of England has voted against allowing women to become bishops, guaranteeing more internal strife over an issue that has for years divided the church for the world’s 80 million Anglicans.
The ordination of women bishops in the Church of England was narrowly rejected on Tuesday by its ruling General Synod.
Does new constitution have workers’ input?
UNFORTUNATELY I have not had the opportunity to study the Draft Constitution compiled by Copac to acquaint myself with how this new document expected to be our supreme law addresses…
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.
Magistrate 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.