Source: Mashwede theft case taken to ConCourt –Newsday Zimbabwe ONE of Mashwede Holdings’ former employees charged with stealing US$6 900 from the company coffers has filed an application for referral of his case to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt). Nevanji Enerst Madanhire, who was convicted alongside Edson Mashamhanda, wants the ConCourt to determine whether his right […] …
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Monthly Archives: September 2022
‘Hangman’ Reza takes over Malunga prosecution as farm battle rages
Deputy prosecutor general arrives in Tsholotsho court escorted by police …
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Equatorial Guinea president to run again to extend 43-year rule
The rule of Teodoro Obiang, 80, has been marked by torture of political opponents, sham elections, and corruption …
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An old man, a mountain, a dance and the rain…Inside Njelele’s sacred rain-making ceremony
Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter IT was a rain shower that hit the parched ground in the Tsholotsho District that some will attribute to the beginning of the rainy season, but for others in the know, it was an assurance that the gods have heard their prayers. This was the culmination of a three-day interceding rainmaking ceremony […] …
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The hanging death penalty…Zimbabwe clocks 6 273 days without an execution
Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Reporter IT’S been 6 273 days since Zimbabwe hanged a condemned person by his neck until he died. For the gruesome murder of Themba Nkiwane, the High Court sentenced Never Masina Mandlenkosi to death in 2002 and he was executed on July 22, 2005. Since then no other prisoner has been executed. With […] …
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President Mnangagwa condemns xenophobia
Fungi Kwaramba in New York AFTER delivering his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) where he underscored the importance of global peace and multilateralism, President Mnangagwa had bilateral engagements with Iranian President Ahmed Raisi and then attended a conference on diamonds that was organised by Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi. President Mnangagwa is using […] …
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Sean Williams stands tall among T20 greats
Brandon Moyo, Sports Reporter Playing sport at the highest level is one thing and keeping at the same level for the longest of times is another thing. Many sports persons come and go, others become inconsistent and get dropped. Others succumb to the pressures that come with playing at the highest level, but that is not […] …
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COMMENT:Why not formally abolish the death penalty?
THERE is one vacancy in the civil service that we want to remain like that. For many, just the thought of the job and what it entails is spine chilling. It is unthinkable. If there was someone in that position now, we wonder what he or she told themselves what their job was. Perhaps […] …
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From gin to hymns…The story of Esigodini’s Why Not Hotel
Raymond Jaravaza, Showbiz Correspondent MARTHA Ndlovu’s feelings on the closure of the iconic Esigodini ‘Why Not Hotel’ are caught between a rock and hard place. She is caught between celebration and a feeling of despair. To Ndlovu, Why Not Hotel is a jewel of Esigodini – a place cemented in the minds and hearts of regular […] …
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What the Gems can do, we can also do: Older female athletes totally crushing it in Cowdray Park
Rejoyce Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter WARMLY welcoming Chronicle with song, ululation and a practised dance, the vibrant women showered us with love and huge smiles. One could feel the joy the women had in having one of the country’s biggest newspapers at their stoep. These are the women from Bulawayo’s Cowdray Park suburb in Esigodweni under the […] …
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