adminSpear love killer jailed 16 years
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A FORT RIXON man who speared his neighbour’s herdboy to death after he found him romping with his wife in their matrimonial home has been…
Human skull found on street
Loveness Bepete Chronicle Reporter NJUBE residents yesterday woke up to find part of a human skull in one of the suburb’s streets whose origin remains a mystery. Residents suspect that…
‘Sex sanctions’ over adultery lawsuit
Mpumelelo Nyoni Chronicle Reporter A SCHOOL teacher ordered to pay his wife $3,000 in damages after cheating on her hit back by depriving her of sex, a court heard. Sithembiso…
Knife-wielding kombi driver rapes, robs woman
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A 21-year-old knife-wielding Nkulumane kombi driver ordered a woman from a car she was sitting in with a male friend and allegedly raped her before robbing…
Nust suicide attempt: Man taken back home
Mpumelelo Nyoni Chronicle Reporter A 19-YEAR-OLD man who tried to hang himself near the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo on Wednesday was on Thursday taken back home…
$3 billion power plant for Gwayi
THE government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with three Chinese power companies to build a 1,200MW thermal power plant in the Gwayi area of Matabeleland North at a cost…
Murder suspect accuses relatives of tampering with wife’s body
Walter Mswazie Masvingo correspondent A GOKOMERE man who is alleged to have murdered his wife following a dispute over isitshwala has told a court that he suspects that the body…
ICRC hands over new cells to Byo Central Police Station
Thubelihle Mabhena Chronicle Reporter BULAWAYO Central Police Station, the second largest in the country, has opened six new holding cells to ease overcrowding in a move meant to enhance suspects’…
Infant mortality short of desired MDGs target
Patrick Chitumba Senior Reporter THE country’s infant mortality rate of 57 deaths per 1,000 births remains short of the desired United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) target of 22 deaths…
Byo records highest HIV prevalence, new infections
Oswell Moyo Chronicle Reporter BULAWAYO province has recorded the highest HIV prevalence rate as well as the highest number of new infections, according to a National Aids Council (Nac) report.