adminPupils ‘rapist’ in court
Court Reporter
A Pumula South man who was on Monday assaulted by schoolchildren after being caught red handed raping a 12-year-old girl has appeared in court.
Beggar jailed four years for attempted murder
Court Reporter
A beggar in Bulawayo has been sentenced to five years in prison for beating up a would-be “Good Samaritan” and leaving him for the dead.
Grenade explodes outside Istanbul police station
A suicide bomber threw a grenade into a police station in a suburb of Turkey’s largest city Istanbul and then blew himself up, killing one police officer and wounding at least seven other people, officials say.
A leftist armed group group claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attack in a statement published on a website close to the group, a senior security official said.
The Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C), which has carried out at least one suicide attack in Istanbul before, said in the statement that one of its members had carried out the attack in the suburb of Sultangazi.
Thousands of Iraqi protesters say no to Maliki
FALLUJA (Iraq) — Chanting “No” to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims protested after Friday prayers in huge rallies against the Shi’ite premier that are raising the spectre of renewed sectarian unrest.
Nigeria anti-graft lawmaker charged with $3 million bribe
ABUJA— A lawmaker who led a corruption probe into Nigeria’s fuel subsidy last year was charged yesterday with accepting a $3 million bribe from a billionaire oil tycoon to remove his company from the list of fraudsters.
Communities risk water shortage due to loss of wetlands
Chronicle Reporter
COMMUNITIES risk facing severe water shortages because of loss of wetlands due to the
Work on capital projects at standstill
Prosper Ndlovu
Chronicle Reporter
Work on capital projects across the country has come to a standstill as Treasury is yet to release funding, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday.
In an interview, Public Works Minister Gabbuza Joel Gabuza said contractors were still waiting for payment of millions of dollars in outstanding bills accrued last year.
Zinara struggles as motorists renew vehicle licences
HUNDREDS of motorists yesterday flooded Zimpost offices in Bulawayo to renew their vehicle licences amid reports that the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration is struggling to cope with the pressure of issuing new vehicle licences amid revelations that their system was down.
Licences expired at midnight on Thursday, 31 January.
As early as 7am, long winding queues were observed at Zimpost offices in the city centre, Belmont and Famona.
In separate interviews, motorists said they came as early as 5am in order to be served first.
Satanism scare in Gweru
Freedom Mupanedemo and Fadzai Masvada
MOURNERS at a funeral wake of a 15-year-old-boy in Gweru were left speechless when a team of pastors stormed the house and started praying over the body in a bid to resurrect him.
The incident occurred in Southview suburb on Monday at the funeral wake of Tatenda Dick, an Ordinary Level pupil at Chaplin High School, who had died the previous day from a terminal illness.
Sundowns thrash CAPS United
Harare Bureau
CAPS United .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . (0) 1
Mamelodi Sundowns . . . . . . . … (2) 4
CAPS United still have a long way to go before they can assemble a competitive squad for the league campaign this season after they were exposed for their current lack of depth by South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns in a practice match at Gwanzura yesterday.