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Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief THE Ministry of Health and Child Care is worried that 2,022 children in Midlands province who should be initiated on antiretroviral therapy (ART) are not on…
‘Illegal for cops to drive seized cars’
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Correspondent THE Government has said it is illegal for traffic police officers to confiscate keys and drive vehicles that they would have impounded at roadblocks. Deputy Minister of Home…
Prosecutor jailed for assault, kidnap, attempted murder
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau BEITBRIDGE area prosecutor, Muchiwande Forbes Sithole (35) has been jailed for an effective four years for assault, kidnap and attempted murder. Sithole of Flamboyant Street in the border…
Businessman dies
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Correspondent A Bulawayo businessman, Charles Katso, had died. He was 80. Katso who owned shops in Luveve suburb, died on Wednesday after succumbing to cardiac arrest following years of…
Bail 12 years after ‘crime’…Cop who shot kid dead appeals against conviction, sentence
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A POLICE detective, who shot dead a 12-year-old boy during a raid at a house in Gweru, 12 years ago, has been granted a $100 bail…
Holiday Inn donates to three children’s homes
Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle Reporter HOLIDAY Inn hotel has donated linen, bath mats and towels worth thousands of dollars to three children’s homes in Bulawayo as part of its social responsibility programme. It…
Girl (15) steals same phone twice
Tanaka Mrewa Court Reporter A 15-YEAR-OLD girl, who stole a cellphone from her neighbour and was caught, broke into the woman’s house and stole the phone for a second time. The girl,…
Brothers catch sister ‘rapist’ in the act
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 29-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man allegedly raped his 14-year-old church mate after he offered her a lift. The girl’s brothers, a court heard, caught Simba Nzonzo of ZBS area…
Family demands lobola for suicide woman
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A BULILIMA family has demanded lobola from the husband of their 47-year-old daughter who burnt herself to death in a hut last week. The family alleges Mr Benson…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Restriction of imported goods long overdue
As the economy continues to recover, there is a need for the government, in consultation with industry, to take stock and see areas to institute controls through various instruments available…