Telecoms wizard disappears

Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Reporter POLICE yesterday launched a hunt for Bulawayo’s telecommunications wizard, Velaphi Hlabangani, 31, a day after he was fined $400 for operating an illegal telecommunication network system.…

Man escapes death after tampering with Zesa transformer

Plaxcedes Hove Court Reporter A BULAWAYO man is lucky to be alive after he sustained severe burns after tampering with a Zesa transformer. Casper Siziba, 28, appeared before Western Commonage…

Soldier jailed for killing uncle over witchcraft

Daniel Nemukuyu Harare Bureau A BULAWAYO-based soldier who fatally assaulted his uncle over witchcraft allegations, was yesterday jailed 15 years by the High Court. Washington Majuru, who is based at…

Crawl out of your holes

Perspective Stephen Mpofu Decked out in exquisite Zimbabwean colours and set up on the summit of Mount Inyangani to flaunt your beauty to the world, how else would you (yes,…

Origins of names Ilanda, Malindela

Opinion Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu An article on the history of Bulawayo published by this newspaper on May 31, 2014 generated so much interest that by 10PM on June 1, the…

Editorial Comment: Shamuyarira was a true nationalist

Zimbabwe was on Wednesday plunged into mourning again following the death of national hero Cde Nathan Shamuyarira. Cde Shamuyarira’s death comes hardly a month after the death of another national…

The Shamuyarira that I knew

Dr Charles MB Utete I FIRST came to know Dr Nathan Shamuyarira when I came to the then Salisbury as a secondary school student attending Tegwani School near Plumtree in…

Is there too much equality for women?

Vaidah Mashangwa ONE magazine alluded to the fact that indeed barricades have fallen for women and for the first time women have won their battle for gender equity and equality.…

Phasing out of kombis good news for females?

Bruce Ndlovu Gender Correspondent LAST week, the government, through the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, announced plans to phase out commuter omnibuses, commonly known as kombis. The move is…

Debt collectors detained

Plaxcedes Hove Court Reporter A 55-YEAR-OLD granny allegedly detained two women at her home after they demanded that she pays back a $1,982 loan advanced to her daughter that she…