Tout killed over biscuits

Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent A CHIREDZI tout who caused the death of his friend while wrestling over a packet of biscuits, has been sentenced to three years. Takemore Mhende of…

Zim roads a death trap – Mpofu

Prosper Ndlovu Deputy News Editor ZIMBABWE’S roads are in a deplorable state and need urgent rehabilitation as they have become a “death trap”, a cabinet Minister said yesterday. Transport and…

Baby killer spared jail

Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent A 28-YEAR-OLD Masvingo woman will perform 350 hours of community service for throwing her new-born baby in Mucheke River. Memory Machingambi of Target Kopje suburb was…

False report lands man in trouble

Leonard Ncube Senior Court Reporter A 27-YEAR-OLD man from Nketa suburb has been charged with deliberately supplying police with false information after he got too drunk and forgot where he…

More Vapostori in court

Tendai Rupapa Harare Bureau FIVE more members of the Johanne Masowe eChishanu Apostolic sect accused of assaulting police, journalists and Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe officials in Budiriro last week…

Langa donates to hospital

Chronicle Reporter INSIZA North MP Cde Andrew Langa yesterday donated a bull, goods and groceries worth more than $4,000 to Filabusi District Hospital. The donation included 30 blankets, mealie-meal, cooking…

HIV+ man jailed 15 years for rape

Leonard Ncube Senior Court Reporter A 32-YEAR-OLD HIV positive man from Filabusi has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for impregnating a minor. Melusi Jele, from Avoca under Chief…

Bodies litter streets after Boko Haram massacre

Maiduguri — Bodies littered the streets after a suspected Boko Haram attack on four villages in north-east Nigeria, in the latest upsurge in violence claiming increasing numbers of civilian lives.…

Tutu leads Swaziland pro-democracy crusade

Johannesburg — South African Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu and a raft of human rights organisations have signed an open letter demanding reforms from Swaziland’s King Mswati III, denouncing arbitrary…

Leaders mark 70th anniversary of D-Day

World leaders and military veterans have gathered in France to mark the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings, one of the most decisive operations of World War Two. Dignitaries including…