adminPolice hunt for knobkerry ‘killers’
Patience Mutsiwi Midlands Reporter POLICE are hunting for three men accused of hitting a Lower Gweru man with knobkerries, before fatally axing him on the head. Vusa Ncube (33) died due to…
Govt to lobby councils to provide housing for teachers
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Correspondent THE Government is pushing for local authorities to avail housing stands for teachers as most of them live in squalid conditions that do not suit their professional…
Masvingo launches blitz on backyard industries
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent MASVINGO City Council has embarked on a blitz targeting backyard industries such as illegal garages, overnight car parking premises and tuck-shops. The campaign will see those found operating…
Schools to employ full time accountants
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter THE Government will soon employ full time accountants at public schools countrywide to curb mismanagement of funds. This comes at a time when school heads have complained…
Four months no pay woman beats up boss
Patience Mutsiwi Midlands Reporter A WOMAN from Lalapanzi has been sentenced to 20 months in prison after she teamed up with her husband to assault their manager who had not paid…
Contact opens $400,000 Bulawayo training centre
Farai Goto Chronicle Reporter CONTACT Family Counselling Centre has opened a state of the art training centre in Bulawayo worth $400,000 to cater for short courses in counselling. The centre was funded…
Victoria Falls budgets $6m for road projects
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter VICTORIA Falls Municipality has set aside about $6 million for the rehabilitation of roads and servicing of new streets in the resort town. Town Clerk Mr Christopher…
Blame game ensues as Lupane water crisis bites
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter SOME parts of Lupane Centre have gone without water since the beginning of this month due to broken down pumps. The Chronicle visited Lupane Centre recently and…
Watermelon compensation for ‘rape’ victim
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A MAN from Tsholotsho allegedly raped his neighbour’s daughter and later gave her a watermelon to buy her silence. Malvin Ncube, 19, from Gariya Line, allegedly pounced on…
Minister slams cellphone use at RG’s office
Whinsley Masara Chronicle Reporter HOME Affairs Deputy Minister Obedingwa Mguni has castigated the use of cell phones by officers in the Registrar General’s offices during working hours, saying this was resulting…