adminEDITORIAL COMMENT: Nip knife crime in the bud
CASES of violent crime involving the use of specified weapons such as knives are on the rise in Matabeleland and reinforce the unfortunate stereotype that this region is a haven…
Mpilo gets renal machine donation
Chronicle Reporter MPILO Central Hospital of Bulawayo yesterday got a shot in the arm when it received a state-of-the-art machine from Total Zimbabwe worth about $35 000 to be used…
Harare delays demolitions of illegal structures
Harare Bureau THE Harare City Council has delayed by two months the demolition of illegal structures which was due to begin today. Council recently said it would demolish all the…
Zesa electrician electrocuted
Senior Reporter A 27-year-old Zesa Holdings electrician was electrocuted while attending to a faulty electricity cable in Colleen Bawn as he sat precariously on a transformer cage. Matabeleland South provincial…
Inyanga spared jail over enema death
Leonard Ncube Court Reporter A MAN died after a botched enema treatment by a traditional healer, a court heard yesterday. Everest Zulu, who had a history of mental illness, died…
Over 7 000 contract STIs in Midland
Midlands Correspondent OVER 7 000 sexually transmitted infection cases were reported in the Midlands province between July and September this year. Statistics released by the National Aids Council last week…
Change waste disposal ‘tendencies’: Mayor
Chronicle Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council has launched a clean-up campaign which will see the distribution of hundreds of litter bins across the city. Bulawayo Mayor Clr Martin Moyo says…
Woman stabbed three times for ‘gossip’
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A WOMAN was stabbed three times in a frenzied knife attack by her neighbour – for allegedly calling her a habitual flirt. Evidence Nyathi was…
Council adopts budget
Prosper Ndlovu Senior Reporter BULAWAYO city councillors yesterday adopted the proposed $156 million budget for 2014 that is anchored on domestic financing aimed at consolidating improved service delivery and attracting…
Mat North knife crime out of hand: Judge
Leonard Ncube in Hwange A BULAWAYO judge yesterday said he was “alarmed” by knife crime in Matabeleland North as he opened the Hwange High Court Circuit. Justice Martin Makonese…