adminRobbers waylay, rob pupils
Chronicle Reporter
ROBBERS are reportedly targeting schoolchildren in Bulawayo’s Cowdray Park suburb who they ambush on their way to and from school.
Three families arrested for unlawful power connection
Midlands Bureau Chief
POLICE in Gweru recently arrested three families for allegedly reconnecting power unlawfully from the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company lines after they had been disconnected for non-payment of electricity bills.
Preps for population census on course
Harare Bureau
PREPARATIONS for the national population census slated for August are at an advanced stage with field mapping expected to be complete in March.
Zimbawe sits on eight million litres of ethanol
Harare Bureau
THE country is sitting on eight million litres of ethanol amid reports that fuel companies are taking their time to regularise processes that would allow them to start blending petrol with ethanol, a move that would save the country millions of dollars.
Brothers injured in land dispute with neighbour
Chronicle Reporter
TWO men from Lusulu in Binga District are battling for life in hospital after they were severely injured by another villager who struck them with a hoe in a land wrangle.
Detective’s trial postponed again
Court Reporter
THE continuation of the trial of a detective attached to the Vehicle Theft Squad and an accomplice based in South Africa facing robbery and kidnap charges, which was scheduled for Tuesday, was once again postponed to 30 January.
Detective’s trial postponed again
Court Reporter
THE continuation of the trial of a detective attached to the Vehicle Theft Squad and an accomplice based in South Africa facing robbery and kidnap charges, which was scheduled for Tuesday, was once again postponed to 30 January.
Iran warns region against stance on Hormuz
ANKARA —Iran’s foreign minister warned Arab neighbours yesterday not to put themselves in a “dangerous position” by aligning themselves too closely with the United States in the escalating dispute over Tehran’s nuclear activity.
Pakistan leader defends himself on contempt charges
Pakistan’s embattled prime minister yesterday defended himself against contempt charges before the Supreme Court, refusing to back down in a case that could see him disqualified from office if convicted.
It is only the second time that Pakistan’s highest court has initiated contempt proceedings against a sitting prime minister, plunging the weak government deeper into a crisis that could force early elections within months.
5 killed in southeast Africa floods
MAPUTO — Flooding in southeast Africa this week has killed at least five people, forced thousands to evacuate homes in Mozambique and led to an airlift of about 20 foreign tourists at South Africa’s flagship Kruger National Park, officials said yesterday.