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Chronicle Reporter TREASURY should allocate more funding to local authorities in next year’s budget to enable councils to fund capital projects so that the revenue they collect from ratepayers could…
6 000 households receive Presidential inputs
Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent MORE than 6 000 households have received seed maize in Matabeleland South Province under the Presidential Inputs Scheme for the 2013-14 farming season, the provincial Grain…
Betty Makaya bounces back
Lungelo Ndhlovu Entertainment Correspondent SOUTH Africa-based songstress Betty Makaya will this Friday stage a show at Kombani Lodge in Plumtree. The show, dubbed “The Return of Betty Makaya”, will see…
Touts arrested for threatening cops
Court Reporter A GROUP of eight touts has been arrested for allegedly fighting three policemen who had arrested their colleague at the Basch Street Terminus, popularly known as Egodini.
Residents call for complete write off of bills
Pamela Shumba Chronicle Reporter RESIDENTS in Bulawayo have called for the complete writing off of bills by TelOne and Zesa, saying they are still overburdened with huge debts that they…
No takers for Dete stands
Prosper Ndlovu Senior Reporter LACK of vibrant economic activity at Dete Business Centre has become a cause for concern with scores of residents in the area preferring to live in…
Injiva in court for fraud
Court Reporter AN injiva has appeared in court for allegedly swindling a Bulawayo man of $5 000 purporting that he would buy him a car. The court was told that…
Witness collapses in court while giving evidence
Court Reporter AN elderly Bulawayo woman collapsed in court on Monday while giving evidence in a case in which her husband is accused of raping their 14-year old granddaughter.
Guard fined for pointing firearm at police officer
Court Reporter A security guard from Inyathi in Bubi District has been fined $200 for pointing a firearm at a police officer in a “fight” over the right of way…
Headman jailed for contempt of court
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent A 67-YEAR-OLD headman from Gutu in Masvingo has been jailed for two months for defying his chief’s court order to stop illegally resettling villagers in Chatsworth.