adminTB Joshua building collapses, kills 40
LAGOS — The number of people killed in the collapse of a guest house under construction at the Lagos headquarters of one of Nigeria’s best-known Christian evangelical pastors rose to…
Shebaab bombers held, Uganda attacks foiled
KAMPALA — Ugandan police said yesterday that suspected Islamist al-Shebaab insurgents arrested in weekend raids had planned to carry out bomb attacks, as the US embassy said the immediate threat…
Too risky to arrest Lesotho coup leader — report
MASERU — Lesotho’s renegade army chief Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli has resurfaced in the country’s capital despite facing treason charges. However, he has not been detained as police say it…
British PM vows justice after ‘act of pure evil’
LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron said this weekend that the apparent beheading of British aid worker David Haines by Islamic State militants was an “act of pure evil”…
Mphoko canvasses support
Nduduzo Tshuma Senior Political Reporter THE race for the second vice-president’s post is hotting up with one of the aspirants Cde Phelekezela Mphoko on Saturday rallying party supporters to back…
Call on chiefs to champion Zim-Asset initiatives
Nduduzo Tshuma Senior Political Reporter The Senior Minister of State in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Cde Simon Khaya Moyo, has called on traditional leaders to work with…
Chiwenga speaks on Zanu-PF power struggles
From Lovemore Chikova in Victoria Falls SENIOR Zanu-PF officials fighting for top posts at the party’s elective National People’s Congress in December, must stop dragging everyone into their smear campaigns,…
Widower razes lover’s home, hangs self
Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent A 54-year-old Gwanda man ran amok, torched his lover’s homestead and hung himself, angry that she had left him sleeping in the kitchen hut. Tsemi Natala,…
Ministers billed for Chronicle breakfast indaba
Nduduzo Tshuma Senior Political Reporter THE Chronicle on Wednesday hosts a major breakfast meeting where two government ministers will outline potential benefits to the southern region from deals brokered with…
Editorial Comment: Name, shame diamonds scam culprits
If it’s true that some miners at Chiadzwa are declaring poor quality diamonds for public auctions and sneaking out high quality gems into the underworld for personal profit, then we…