EMA wants homicide charge for fire-raisers

Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Reporter THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has called for stiffer penalties against violators of environmental laws saying suspended sentences given to them were not deterrent enough.

Tsholotsho resident magistrate dies

Victoria Falls Reporter TSHOLOTSHO resident magistrate Carrington Karidzangundi has died. He was 40.

Plumtree car import scam busted

Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A SENIOR Zimbabwe Revenue Authority  officer stationed at Plumtree Border Post has been arrested for her alleged involvement in a vehicle importation scam.

‘Africa Revenge reunion not likely’

Bongani Ndlovu  Showbiz Correspondent AFRICA Revenge will only get back together when both founding members are in music fulltime, co-founder Willis Wataffi has said. The co-founder of the Wanga hit…

Carnival spirit missing

Melissa Mpofu Showbiz Editor SIX days into the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) organised Harare International Carnival (HIC), people in the host city are still asking when the carnival will begin.

Miss Zimbabwe pageant dates set

Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent SOUTH African-based Zimbabwean designer Spero Villioti has been chosen to make the dress that  the  winner of the Miss Zimbabwe pageant will wear at the Miss…

Chopper crashes, farmer buries wreck

Patrick Chitumba/Sifundiso Ndlovu  Chronicle Reporters ZIMBABWE’S security agencies were facing uncomfortable questions yesterday as it was revealed that a helicopter crash near West Nicholson went undetected for TWO WEEKS.

Hospitals ‘inflate blood prices’

HOSPITALS are putting a high mark up on blood that they purchase from the National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ), putting it beyond the reach of the majority who want to…

MPs swop allowances for cars

Lloyd Gumbo Harare Bureau MEMBERS of Parliament who receive vehicles under the Parliamentary Loan Scheme will forgo their sitting allowances for the next four years as the benefits will   be…

30,000 mums claim maintenance

Tafadzwa Ndlovu Harare Bureau NEARLY 30,000 women last year applied for maintenance at courts countrywide, a significant increase from the 14,000 who sued their husbands for child support in 2012.