NATIONAL HERO ex Midlands Governor and Zanu-PF Cephas Msipa (85), to be buried at Gweru Provincial Heroes Acre

    FORMER Midlands Governor and Zanu-PF Politburo member Cde Cephas Msipa (85), who was declared a National Hero following his death in a Harare hospital on Monday, will be buried next to his wife at Gweru Provincial Heroes Acre on Saturday. According to his son and family spokesperson Mr Douglas Msipa, the family was acting in line with the late freedom fighter’s wishes. Cde Msipa’s wife, Cde Charlotte Msipa, a liberation war heroine, was…

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MOB JUSTICE : 6 family members chased serial rapist suspect into Insiza District police base and stab him to death.

MOB JUSTICE : 6 family members chased serial rapist  suspect into Insiza District police base and stab  him to death.

      SIX family members from Insiza District yesterday chased a suspected serial rapist into a police base where they allegedly stabbed him to death. The man allegedly raped and stabbed a woman from the family last week, leaving her hospitalised. Villagers told The Chronicle that Misheck Khanye (24) of Village 9, Allendale in Fort Rixon, had allegedly raped at least six women in the village and was a known thug but police never…

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Chief Inspector (50)/ Officer-in-Charge of the Police Protection Unit at Westgate, shoots himself in the head in his office

Chief Inspector (50)/ Officer-in-Charge of the Police Protection Unit at Westgate, shoots himself in the head in his office

    A SENIOR police officer in Bulawayo yesterday allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself in the head in his office at Westgate Police Station. Chief Inspector Edgar Dube (50), the Officer-in-Charge of the Police Protection Unit at Westgate, used a service pistol to shoot himself at around 7AM. There was no suicide note but a Bible, opened to Romans Chapter Two, was found beside his body in his blood spattered office. The first verse…

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Zimbabwe will never have free, fair and credible elections on the basis of its weak and feeble Constitution.

Zimbabwe will never have free, fair and credible elections on the basis of its weak and feeble Constitution.

hank you, UK Ambassador Catriona Laing for your concern for the welfare of the people of Zimbabwe and, more significantly, for your contribution in the search for the way out of this hell-on-earth Mugabe has landed us into. “It always seems impossible until it’s done,” said Nelson Mandela,” started Ambassador Laing. See UK will not bailout Mugabe, Zimeye Opinion column. “He wasn’t, but he could have been talking about the road to reform and recovery…

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Sauerstown ‘prophet’ sentenced to death by hanging, his accomplice got life in prison for murdering cop

  ONE of the two self-proclaimed prophets who ganged up and strangled their client, a police officer, in a bushy area where they had taken him to “cleanse him of evil spirits” was yesterday sentenced to death by hanging while the other was jailed for life. Patrick Matikiti (26) of Sauerstown and Assurance Moyo (23) of Lobengula West killed Nhlalo Ndlovu, who was an assistant inspector, before robbing him of a car, $200, a laptop…

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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) warns of worsening cash shortages coupled with depreciation of SA rand and GB pound

As jittery ordinary Zimbabweans wait with bated breath for the introduction of bond notes next month, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has warned of worsening cash shortages ahead, in a further dose of bad news for the country’s dying economy. This comes as the current severe cash shortages have seen desperate depositors swamping banks as they bid to withdraw their little savings ahead of the imminent introduction of the much-distrusted bond notes. Addressing delegates…

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Hon. Tongai Matutu , Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defects to Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T)

  Peoples Democratic Party led by Tendai Biti continue to suffer setbacks as senior members are defecting. “Today at 12 noon Hon. Tongai Matutu will rejoin the MDCT from the PDP. We welcome him with open hands,” MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora wrote on his twitter account.He said more are joining the big tent. On Monday Paul Madzore dumped Biti for Morgan Tsvangirai. His then deputy Samual Sipepa-Nkomo defected to Joyce Mujuru’s ZimPF last week. by Alice…

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Government launches fencing of Gweru – Bulawayo 162 km highway in a bid to reduce road accidents caused by stray livestock.

Government launches  fencing of Gweru – Bulawayo 162 km highway  in a bid to reduce road accidents  caused by stray livestock.

    Government yesterday launched the fencing of the 162 kilometre highway between Gweru and Bulawayo in a bid to reduce road accidents being caused by stray livestock.The project which was funded by the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe to the tune of $400 000 is expected to be completed by November 30. Addressing delegates at the launch of the project in Gweru and Bulawayo yesterday, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural…

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Zimbabwe breaks 1960s temperature records: Harare Airport, 35 degrees Celsius, Victoria Falls 41, Hwange 39 , Chivhu 36 , Marondera 34

Zimbabwe breaks 1960s temperature records: Harare Airport, 35 degrees Celsius, Victoria Falls 41, Hwange 39  , Chivhu 36  , Marondera 34

  Zimbabwe experienced extremely high temperatures yesterday, with some areas breaking records that were set as far back as the 1960s. Some showers are expected in southern parts of the country today. Meteorological Services Department senior forecaster Tich Zinyemba yesterday confirmed that most a that most areas experienced extremely high temperatures ranging from 35 degrees Celsius to 42 degrees Celsius as forecast last week, although he could not readily provide comparative figures from previous years….

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BULAWAYO COUNCIL urges residents to use borehole water only for garderning as as it has no up to date water quality results.

BULAWAYO COUNCIL urges residents to use borehole water only for garderning as as it has no up to date water quality results.

Thousands of Bulawayo residents risk contracting water borne disease by drinking borehole water in the city. The local authority says it cannot guarantee its suitability for human consumption as it has no up to date water quality results. Council is due to introduce a 24 hour water cuts regime in November. “The biggest challenge we have is that our teams have not done tests on borehole water in a while to determine whether the water…

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