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Michell Zvanyanya, Chronicle Reporter A non-governmental organisation has launched a programme to reduce the number of undocumented children below the age of five years in Binga district, Matabeleland North. BASILIZWI Trust has launched a Citizens Campaign for Birth Identity Documents (CICABID) project to help undocumented children in the area. The project has resulted in more than […]
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Victor Maphosa, Harare Bureau POLICE yesterday recovered 210 anti-riot and 46 council police helmets which were hidden in a basement of Robinson House at the corner of Kwame Nkrumah Avenue and Angwa Street in Harare on Saturday. Also recovered were stones, bricks and sticks, believed to be implements for street violence. It was not immediately clear […]
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Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter A BULAWAYO teacher who allegedly raped a Form Two pupil after sneaking into her blankets while she was asleep, has appeared in court. Nelton Kapeta (38) of Nkulumane suburb and employed at Mabhukudwane Primary School appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Mr Joseph Mabeza facing rape charges. Kapeta, who is out of […]
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Walter Mswazie in MASVINGO A Masvingo-based policeman is battling for life at a local hospital after he was accidentally shot in the lower abdomen by a colleague. The police officers had allegedly recovered the firearm from a suspect on Tuesday and they intended to verify its licensing. Sources close to the case said yesterday that the […]
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Courtney Matende, Midlands Reporter GWERU City Council has cordoned off part of Randolph residential area to ward off artisanal miners who have descended on the area to mine gold resulting in massive digging of roads and residential stands. In an interview after a fact finding mission with fellow councillors and council management on Friday, Mayor Councillor […]
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Walter Mswazie in MASVINGO Police in Masvingo have arrested a 37- year old man along with his wife and sister who were caught redhanded transporting 10 kg of mbanje in a VW Golf vehicle on Wednesday morning. According to the police, the contraband has a street value of about $2 570. Masvingo police spokesperson Chief […]
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Tawanda Mangoma in Chiredzi The country’s largest sugar producer, Tongaat Huletts Zimbabwe has threatened not to process sugar cane supplied by private sugar growers who engage in unorthodox labour practices among them employing children at their farms. The development comes as issues of child labour are reportedly rising in Chiredzi where children from surrounding communities are […]
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Blessings Chidakwa\Victor Maphosa, Harare Bureau The Government has assigned five more contractors to undertake road works on the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway and also released $150 million for the project. Work is expected to start soon. The five companies contracted are Tensor Systems, Masimba Construction, Fossil Contractors, Exodus Company and Bitumen World and have been allocated 20km stretches […]
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Fidelis Munyoro, Harare Bureau The Labour Court has declared the 40-day long industrial action by doctors unlawful and ordered them to return to work within 48 hours. This comes as parties to the Health Service Bipartite negotiating panel agreed to a 60 percent increment on health sector specific allowances last week, but the doctors’ representatives […]
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Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Reporter WITHDRAWAL of individual free funds remains permissible in hard currency and the funds can be retained in Nostro Foreign Currency Accounts (FCA) indefinitely as rules have not changed, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has said. RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya issued a statement yesterday in response to growing uncertainty in […]
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Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter FIRST Lady Amai Auxilia Mnangagwa yesterday appealed to the corporate and financial sector to fund youths projects. Addressing delegates to the 3rd edition of Africa Youth in Tourism conference at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre in Bulawayo, the First Lady said some of the youths’ brillliant initiatives suffer still birth due […]
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Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent A TOTAL of 1 280 people in Matabeleland South Province are expected to benefit from the Public Works Programme which started recently under the Drought Relief Mitigation programme. In an interview during a tour of some of the projects under the programme in Ward 20 in Gwanda recently, Matabeleland South Provincial […]
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Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter LUPANE Town Secretary, Mr Chalton Moyo, who has a pending case of criminal abuse of office, has approached the High Court challenging his suspension by the local authority. Mr Moyo was last year arrested for criminal abuse of duty as a public officer together with two other senior employees at […]
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Yoliswa Dube-Moyo ON a Saturday evening 125 years ago, The Chronicle appeared on the dusty streets of Bulawayo for the first time. In keeping with general newspaper style, the front page was made up entirely of advertisements and there were four pages of eight columns each. The price of this publication was sixpence and the […]
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