adminVP Mujuru to oversee party provincial elections
ZANU-PF on Thursday set up an ad hoc committee led by Vice President Joice Mujuru to oversee party provincial elections in the seven provinces where these are due to ensure…
$1-in-pocket Gweru man angers mugger, beaten
Midlands Correspondent FATE dealt a Gweru petrol attendant a bitter blow after he was headbutted and seriously injured by a mugger who was apparently infuriated after discovering that his victim…
Men skin stolen cattle in bedroom
Senior Court Reporter FOUR cattle rustlers who were found by detectives skinning stolen beasts in their bedroom at a house in Bulawayo’s Queens Park East suburb were yesterday each slapped…
Census results out by month end
Senior Reporter THE 2012 final population census results will be released by the end of this month, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) general manager, Mr Mutasa Dzinotizei, said yesterday.…
Poachers kill 11 rhinos
Victoria Falls Reporter AT least 11 rhinos have been killed by poachers in Zimbabwe this year, officials have said. Of that number, two had been dehorned in the hope that…
Mavhaire tours small thermal stations
Chronicle Reporters WORK on establishing five new small power stations is underway while Government is pushing for the embracement of new technology to boost power production in small thermal stations,…
We’ve all felt like hitting someone: magistrate
Court Reporter ALL married women have felt like beating another woman for flirting with their husbands at some stage, a magistrate said yesterday as she sentenced a teacher who attacked…
‘Barren’ wife basher spared jail
Court Reporter A COACH for a Division Two Football Club in Hwange drunkenly attacked his wife after accusing her of failing to bear him children, a court heard yesterday. Hwange…
Zinwa cuts Gwanda water supply
Beitbridge Bureau A SERIOUS water crisis has hit Gwanda Town, the provincial capital of Matabeleland South, after the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) cut supplies over a $5 million debt…
Zim HIV prevalence rate rises to 15pc
Chronicle Correspondent ZIMBABWE’S HIV prevalence rate has risen to 15 percent, a 0,74 percent increase from 14,26 percent recorded last year, statistics from National Aids Council (NAC) show. The statistics…