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Chronicle Reporter RATEPAYERS in rural local authorities should brace for increased tariffs starting from January next year with councils proposing to review licence fees and other service charges.
Cyanide holders face arrest
Chronicle Reporter POLICE in Tsholotsho have warned villagers in possession of cyanide believed to have been used in the killing of 109 elephants at the Hwange National Park that they…
Esigodini hospital crisis
Plumtree Correspondent ESIGODINI District Hospital is struggling to provide safe maternal services as it does not have adequate equipment. Speaking to journalists who were attending a UNFPA workshop on Thursday,…
Hwange Circuit to try 18 cases
Court Reporter THE third term of the Hwange High Court Circuit opens on Monday with 18 cases, including that of a self-proclaimed inyanga from Victoria Falls who administered enema known…
Renowned SDA musician dies
Chronicle Correspondent PROMINENT composer and chorister in the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Enock Mfana Ncube, known for penning a number of songs, has died.
‘Breathing’ bag sets tongues wagging
Masvingo Correspondent A “breathing” bag stashed with United States dollars has sent shivers down the spines of villagers at Mugadza under Chief Mugabe in Masvingo Province.
Motorist pays price for benevolence
Midlands Bureau A ZVISHAVANE motorist paid the price for trusting strangers when a man he recently picked up on the highway turned violent and assaulted him heavily with a log…
SA woman nabbed for attempting to smuggle illicit drug
Harare Bureau A South African woman was arrested at the Harare International Airport intending to smuggle ephedrine, a drug used for temporary relief of shortness of breath, chest tighteness and…
Govt to take steps on idle mining claims
Harare Bureau Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Development Fred Moyo yesterday said Government will soon move in to correct the current state of affairs that has seen most mining…
Cop kidnap kombi driver jailed
Leonard Ncube Court Reporter A KOMBI driver who kidnapped and brutally assaulted a female traffic cop was told by a magistrate that he had his four-year-old daughter to thank as…