adminEastern suburbs face water woes
Sifundiso Ndlovu Chronicle Reporter RESIDENTS in some of Bulawayo’s eastern suburbs have gone without water for the past five days amid revelations that the city’s water committee had failed to…
Food poisoning scare hits Nust
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Reporter ABOUT four cases of food poisoning have been recorded at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) where many students buy home-cooked food from vendors…
$700k theft maid pleads poverty
Court Reporter Harare Bureau A HARARE maid who stole US$700,000 in cash from her employer has told a court that she is unable to pay back the money. Euna Tsekwete,…
Adopted grandson abuses granny
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 72-YEAR-OLD Plumtree woman has dragged her adopted grandson to court seeking an eviction order citing his abusive tendencies. Senzeni Ndlovu was granted the order against…
Safe houses for Bubi, Marange
Daisy Jeremani Gender Editor A CONSORTIUM of anti-gender based violence groups has pooled resources together and is building two safe houses in Bubi in Matabeleland North and Marange in Manicaland…
More traffic cops up for bribery
Chronicle Reporter THREE Chikombedzi-based police officers appeared before Chiredzi regional magistrate Geraldina Mutsotso to answer charges of demanding a bribe and later confiscating a fish monger’s goods as punishment for…
Thief settles debt with loot
Victoria Falls Reporter AN “enterprising” thief broke into a neighbour’s home, stole an assortment of household property and loaded them onto a stolen ox-drawn cart which he pulled to his…
Armed robber gets 84 years
Midlands Correspondent A SERIAL armed robber-cum-carjacker from Shurugwi has learnt that crime does not pay when he was slapped with a cumulative 84-year jail sentence after he was convicted of…
Namibian woman nabbed for forgery
Plumtree Correspondent A NAMIBIAN woman has appeared in court for unlawfully extending her stay in the country by a month. Fransina Ndemu Hamgiga, 20, also forged a document issued to…
Man fined for severely whipping boy
Gwanda Correspondent A 47-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man was yesterday fined $200 for severely whipping his 14-year-old nephew for playing on sand that he had heaped at his homestead.