adminHangman crisis: No one wants the job
Harare Bureau AT least 117 prisoners are on death row in Zimbabwe and no executions have been carried out for the past 12 years due to the unavailability of a…
Daring thief locked inside shop for 3 days
Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter THE Bulawayo Hindu community yesterday held a special prayer session for rains at the Hindu Community and Cultural Centre. Their nine prayer groups in the city came together…
Midlands depots run out of grain
Elizabeth Tsuro Midlands Correspondent THE Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs, Jason Machaya, has said some depots have run out of grain in the province leaving most families in a…
25 cents fight cop jailed 7 years
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A BULAWAYO-based police officer, who struck a colleague with a brick on the head and inflicted life threatening injuries over 25 cents change during a beer…
Woman learns of lover’s polgamy in court
Noleen Makhurane Court Reporter A BULAWAYO polygamist has been dragged to the maintenance court by his girlfriend who is demanding $200 in child support. Tonderai Mandava said he could not afford the…
Ministry investigates Fletcher High
Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has launched an investigation following complaints that Gweru’s Fletcher High school has allegedly been detaining pupils for non-payment of…
$150 bail for Xmas Day murder suspect
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A BULAWAYO man who allegedly fatally stabbed a rival suitor on Christmas Day during a fight over a girlfriend has been granted $150 bail pending trial. Lindani…
Tot rape herdboy gets 20 years
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A FIGTREE teenage herdboy who raped his employer’s one-year-old daughter has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. Moses Muleya, 19, of Manda village, was on Friday…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: UK’s stance on indigenisation welcome
WE welcome Britain’s endorsement of Zimbabwe’s refined indigenisation regulations and hope other European nations will follow suit and plough much needed investment into the country’s economy. The Indigenisation and Economic…
Small scale miners yearn for ferrochrome smelters
Lovemore Zigara THE government’s decision to lift a four-year ban on exporting raw chrome mid-last year gave hope to a sector that was on the verge of collapsing. It was sweet…