adminCongo, M23 rebels make peace but region still unstable
Congo and defeated M23 rebels were due to sign a peace deal yesterday aimed at ending the country’s most serious conflict in a decade, though other militias still roam and…
ANC outraged by article on Ramaphosa
Polokwane – The ANC said it was outraged, but not surprised, by a newspaper article at the weekend which claimed that the party’s deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa received a cold…
Three get life for Moscow airport bombing
Moscow – A Moscow region court yesterday sentenced three men to life in prison for their roles in a 2011 suicide bombing attack on a major Russian airport that killed…
Storms kills about 100 in Somalia’s Puntland, more missing
At least 100 people were killed over the weekend when a tropical cyclone hit Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region, President Abdirahman Mohamud Farole said yesterday, appealing for help from aid agencies.…
Rescuers struggle in devastated Philippines
Rescue workers faced blocked roads and damaged airports as they raced to deliver desperately needed tents, food and medicines to the typhoon-devastated eastern Philippines where thousands are believed dead. Three…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Nip knife crime in the bud
CASES of violent crime involving the use of specified weapons such as knives are on the rise in Matabeleland and reinforce the unfortunate stereotype that this region is a haven…
Mpilo gets renal machine donation
Chronicle Reporter MPILO Central Hospital of Bulawayo yesterday got a shot in the arm when it received a state-of-the-art machine from Total Zimbabwe worth about $35 000 to be used…
Harare delays demolitions of illegal structures
Harare Bureau THE Harare City Council has delayed by two months the demolition of illegal structures which was due to begin today. Council recently said it would demolish all the…
Zesa electrician electrocuted
Senior Reporter A 27-year-old Zesa Holdings electrician was electrocuted while attending to a faulty electricity cable in Colleen Bawn as he sat precariously on a transformer cage. Matabeleland South provincial…
Inyanga spared jail over enema death
Leonard Ncube Court Reporter A MAN died after a botched enema treatment by a traditional healer, a court heard yesterday. Everest Zulu, who had a history of mental illness, died…