adminMinister urges bonus patience
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter THE government – hamstrung by declining revenues – is urging patience among public sector workers, insisting bonuses for 2015 will be paid this year without fail. The…
Hwange to install solar street lights
Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter HWANGE Local Board is set to install 100 solar street lights next month which are expected to be functional by April. The town secretary, Ndumiso Mdlalose said they…
Armed robber cop appeal fails
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter THE Bulawayo High Court yesterday dismissed an appeal against both conviction and sentence by a Beitbridge-based police officer who teamed up with two accomplices and robbed…
Gweru workers stop work to attend to court
Lovemore Zigara Midlands Correspondent Gweru Council workers temporarily withdrew their services yesterday to attend a court hearing following a decision by council to sue its entire workforce for going on strike…
Transferred jingles headmaster suspended
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A Tahangana High School headmaster in Mangwe district who was recently transferred from another school in the same district for tormenting teachers, has been suspended for three…
Flooded Limpopo River traps soldier, fisherman
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau A MEMBER of the Zimbabwe National Army on border patrol was marooned in the Limpopo River for about 10 hours due to floods and had to be…
Rape accused claims love affair with married victim
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A MARRIED Pumula North woman left home at around midnight to help her mother who was under attack at a nearby house but ended up meeting a…
Teacher probed in pupil death
Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education in Matabeleland North is investigating the death of a pupil who collapsed hours after he was allegedly beaten up by…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Stop punishing pupils for non-payment of fees
Parents have an obligation to pay for the education of their children and as such every start of the school term, it is incumbent upon each and every parent to…
‘Modernising’ the opportunities for nuclear war
Lawrence Wittner A fight now underway over newly-designed US nuclear weapons highlights how far the Obama administration has strayed from its commitment to build a nuclear-free world. The fight, as a…