adminCouncil suspends looting whistleblower
Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief GWERU City Council has suspended its employee, Cornelius Selipiwe who is also a residents association chairperson over a petition urging the Minister of Local Government, Public…
Transfer fight teacher sent to Labour Court
Mashudu NetsiandaSenior Court Reporter THE Bulawayo High Court has referred a Kwekwe primary school teacher who is challenging her transfer to a rural school in the Midlands Province to the…
Baby strangler caged 10 years
Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief A 30-YEAR-OLD Chirumhanzu woman convicted of murder with actual intent after strangling her two year-old son from a previous marriage to please her new husband and…
The Chronicle leads in traffic safety coverage
Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter THE Chronicle has won the prestigious Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) annual media award for the best print media house for the second consecutive year. The…
Chiefs demand slice of Chiredzi sugar estates
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent CHIEFS in Masvingo have urged the government to allocate them sugarcane farms in Chiredzi as part of efforts to improve their welfare. Speaking during a Zimbabwe…
Man up for niece rape, STI infection
Patience Mutsiwi Midlands Reporter A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Lalapanzi has appeared in court for allegedly raping and infecting his 12-year-old niece with genital warts, a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI). The man,…
Gang rape after church teen was in love with ‘attackers’
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter TWO teenagers from Binga who were facing charges of raping a 16-year-old girl have been found guilty of a lesser charge of having sex with…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: It’s important for men to also know HIV status
Zimbabwe has made great strides in the fight against HIV/Aids and credit goes to its many intervention programmes. The country is among the first on the African continent to introduce…
Measly health care funding hits expectant mothers hard
Thandeka Moyo A heavily pregnant Ntombi Mthembo waddles along a footpath in Lower Gweru’s Makhulambila Village under Chief Sogwala on her way to the local clinic. She hopes to make…
China’s road to the Middle East rattles Israelis
Vijay Prashad China’s President Xi Jinping has been on a tour of the Middle East, straddling the politics of the region – a stop in Saudi Arabia was balanced by…