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Bongani Ndlovu Chronicle Correspondent VETERAN water activist Arnold Payne has died. He was 74. Payne who in 1992, pushed a wheelbarrow carrying 210 litres of water from the Zambezi River to Bulawayo and…
Zanu-PF faction fights ‘hurt economy’: Msipa
Kamangeni Phiri Midlands Bureau Chief THE intra-party fighting and factionalism bedevilling the ruling Zanu-PF ahead of the party’s elective Congress is retrogressive and anti-developmental, former Midlands Governor Cephas Msipa has said. Cde…
African diplomats in China praise President
Lloyd Gumbo in BEIJING, China PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday met African diplomats based here, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and Speaker of the National People’s Congress, Zhang Dejiang in separate meetings,…
Telecoms tariffs outdated: Potraz
Harare Bureau RATES being quoted by telecommunication companies no longer reflect the cost of providing the services given changes that have taken place since inception of the tariffs, the industry’s…
Local authorities barred from selling land
Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent THE Government has issued a directive to stop local authorities from selling land and using the money to pay workers’ salaries. The directive came after a realisation that…
Kombi conductor jailed for raping two minors
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A BULAWAYO commuter omnibus conductor was yesterday sentenced to an effective eight years in jail for raping two minors aged four and six. Brendon Zolani…
Zim woman dies in Botswana cells
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A ZIMBABWEAN woman died after being denied medical assistance while detained at a police station in Botswana. Nonhlanhla Ndebele, 21, was arrested on Wednesday last week for illegal…
Cop grain ‘thief’ trial stalled
Midlands Reporter A SENIOR police officer stationed in Zvishavane who allegedly stole 59 bags of maize from the police mess in Gweru and exchanged some of them with livestock was…
BCC drags Zim Saints to court
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter SUSPENDED Division One outfit, Zimbabwe Saints Football Club, has been dragged to court by the Bulawayo City Council for failing to pay more than $45,000 in…
Couple fined for illegal burial of six-week-old baby
Tawanda Mangoma A CHIREDZI couple has been fined $20 each for burying their six-week-old baby in a bush without a burial order. Richard Nyamhanga, 36, and Margaret Munono, 31, who reside…