adminByo men fume over census marriage claim
Daisy Jeremani Gender Editor BULAWAYO men have been outraged by the recently released 2012 population Census statistics which suggest they are more reluctant to marry their partners, compared to other…
Golden Grill shut down? Indigenisation board gets tough
Mernat Mafirakurewa/Sifundiso Ndlovu Chronicle Reporters FOREIGN companies operating in reserved sectors of the economy have been given seven days to comply with indigenisation laws or risk their operating licences being…
Mud prophet jailed for rape
Auxilia Katongomara Court Reporter A SELF proclaimed prophet who claimed God sent him to heal women with his penis has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for raping his…
Council sues defaulting ratepayers
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter VICTORIA Falls Municipality has taken legal action against defaulting ratepayers following a recent High Court ruling that councils cannot disconnect water supplies to residents without…
CIO operative dragged to court
Chronicle Reporter A CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation official based in Plumtree Town appeared in court yesterday charged with assault. Police officers escorted Kudakwashe Mutimusakwa, a Divisional Information Officer (DIO), from his…
Polluters comply with emissions reduction directive
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Reporter EIGHT Bulawayo companies fingered in the pollution of the city’s dams by discharging raw affluent have started implementing measures to reduce emissions in line with the…
Boko Haram issue should be dealt with internally
Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu THE Nigerian Moslemic, anti-western education organisation, Boko Haram, has brutally established a reign of terror in some parts of Africa’s most densely populated country in the last…
Chinese ‘bottom slapper’ acquitted
Midlands Reporter A CHINESE man has been cleared of indecent assault after allegedly slapping and grabbing a female workmate’s buttocks. Zhou Zhengling, 26, of Halifax Road in Gweru’s Heavy Industry…
Dagga dealer case referred to High Court
Auxilia Katongomara Court Reporter A DAGGA peddler with a previous conviction for unlawful cultivation of the drug has been hauled before the courts again for cultivating mbanje plants with a…
Career guidance suspended
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent THE Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare has with immediate effect stopped career guidance and counselling activities amid concerns that the curricular is not…