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Mashudu Netsianda Senior Reporter THE British parliament is today expected to debate new immigration regulations requiring non-European citizens, including Zimbabweans, to earn more than £35,000 for them to continue living in…
Congregant killed by lightning bolt
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent A WOMAN from Chivi died after being struck by a bolt of lightning while coming from a church service, police confirmed. Marvelous Makusha, 23, of Miti Village under…
Boarding schools allowed to exclude pupils over unpaid fees
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Correspondent THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has given boarding schools the greenlight to send away pupils whose fees would not have been paid in full at…
Girl’s sex experiment exposes ‘rapist’ uncle
Melody Baya Court Reporter AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD girl revealed that she had allegedly been raped by her uncle after she was caught performing a sex act on her aunt’s three-year-old son. The girl,…
He forced cousin, 9, to clean murder weapon
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A 17-YEAR-OLD boy from Pumula South suburb in Bulawayo has been convicted of murder with actual intent for fatally stabbing his aunt seven times with a kitchen…
No birth certificate joy for kids born outside Zim
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Correspondent THE Registrar General’s office will not relax conditions needed to acquire birth certificates for children born outside the country to curb the smuggling of children. This was said…
18-year-old spared jail for impregnating minor girlfriend
Melody Baya Court Reporter AN 18-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo is set to perform 820 hours of community service for impregnating his 15-year-old girlfriend. Mthokozisi Hlabangani of Mpopoma suburb appeared before Provincial Magistrate…
Prof Moyo sues Hwange Colliery
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter THE Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, Professor Jonathan Moyo, has dragged the Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) Local Board to court…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Road carnage cause for concern
ON Thursday last week, 32 people died in a horrific accident which occurred when a Pfochez Yutong bus burst a tyre and side-swiped a Mercedes Benz Sprinter near Kwekwe. The…
Is USA using AGOA to manipulate Africa?
Prosper Ndlovu “CHICKEN imports end AGOA impasse”, screamed a headline from one of South Africa’s newspapers last week in a widely publicised national news story. Cheap United States chicken imports…