adminByo 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.
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.
Pump and Steel — growing from strength to strength
IN pursuit of its continuous organisational development, Pump and Steel Supplies are eyeing a world-class recognition in steel solutions.
The vision of Pump and Steel Supplies is to be a world-class, ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System accredited organisation by end of next year.
‘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.
‘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.
‘Tsvangirai true sales rep of imperialism’
Tinovonga Vunganai
WE are at a critical juncture of our history.
One of us has been fed with lies and taught to be the Judas Iscariot of Zimbabwe.
India hangs lone surviving Mumbai attacker
INDIA executed Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone survivor of a fighter squad that killed 166 people in a rampage through the financial capital Mumbai in 2008, hanging him just days before the fourth anniversary of the attack.
Diplomatic push for Gaza truce continues
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is seeking a truce between Israel and Hamas as diplomatic efforts are taking place in Cairo, Ramallah and Jerusalem, amid continued violence in Gaza.