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Chronicle ReporterLIVESTOCK thieves and wild animals are wreaking havoc in Matabeleland South, with goat breeders reportedly losing most of their animals before they get to the market.
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- March 18, 2012
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25-year-old runs over neighbour in brawl
Lesley Chikudo, [email protected] A 25-year-old man from Bulawayo who allegedly ran over his neighbour with a car and assaulted him several times over a misunderstanding, was yesterday released on bail…
Do more for the people, Matabeleland leadership challenged
By Prosper Ndlovu
THE Matabeleland political leadership should do more for the people who elected themto power to avoid disappointments during elections, Mines and Mining Development Minister Dr Obert Mpofu said yesterday.
Addressing hundreds of villagers at his homestead in Nyamandlovu, Umguza District, where he donated learning equipment worth thousands of dollars to 78 primary and secondary schools in the district, Dr Mpofu challenged the leadership of the region to develop their constituencies in order to retain the voters’ favour.He said most leaders in the region had betrayed the confidence bestowed on them by the electorate by failing to facilitate development on issues that affect their communities.
Mpopoma murder: relatives demand 45 cattle, $3000
By Thandeka Moyo THE relatives of the woman from Bulawayo’s Mpopoma suburb who was hacked to death
Business urged to unite over $40m fund
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$10 000 stolen property recovered
Chronicle ReporterPOLICE in Bulawayo have recovered stolen property worth more than $10 000 following the arrest of a 32-year-old man believed to be a serial housebreaker.
Admire Mkeonyane, who is being charged with eight counts of theft, is from Bulawayo’s Lobenvale suburb and was arrested after a tip-off from members of the public.
Man survives high speed hippo chase
Midlands Correspondent
A 36-year-old man from Ruzayi Village under Headman Nembudziya in Gokwe North is lucky to be aliveafter he managed to survive a speed chase from a charging hippopotamus.
He saved himself by climbing a tree.
In an interview, the victim, Mr Charles Muzenda, said he later spent the better part of the fateful day, Wednesday last week, still clinging to a tree after the charging mammal struggled to fell the tree he was on.
Chigwedere accused of ‘bribery’
Harare Bureau
MASHONALAND East Governor Aeneas Chigwedere “bribed” former Acting Chief Svosve with a beast and a goat to facilitate his nomination as headman Mubaiwa, the High Court heard yesterday.
Concluding his cross-examination of 93-year-old Mr Zindoga Chibonore who was acting chief when Cde Chigwedere was nominated, Harare lawyer Mr Maxwell Mavhunga said the elderly traditional leader had received an inducement.
NRZ to move six million tonnes of traffic
Midlands Bureau ChiefTHE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) will this year move six million tonnes of traffic of confirmed business from its customers and is geared to undertake more business in the country, the parastatal’s public relations manager, Mr Fanuel Masikati, has said.
Health inspectors condemn Bulawayo premises
Chronicle ReporterTHE Bulawayo City Council has expressed concern over deteriorating standards of cleanliness at food outlets in the city.
In an ongoing blitz, the city’s health inspectorate has also descended on business and residential premises in a bid to force them to conform to by-laws, ordering the closure of some premises.
Council ordered the closure of an Express Inn outlet and threatened to ban Nondweni Dairies from supplying the city.