Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) has urged teachers to embrace Government's new school curriculum review ahead of its launch next year.Speaking during an annual general meeting held in Harare recently, ZIMTA president Mr Richard Gundane said teachers were supposed to ensure the smooth implementation of the new curriculum.Mr Gundane said they were awaiting implementation of the new curric

A 30 YEAR OLD woman has appeared in court charged with assisting her husband rape a four year old relative.The woman stood guard as her Botswana based husband raped the child, the court heard.The matter was unearthed by the victim's grandmother after she noticed that the girl's genitals were bruised.The girl was also discharging yellow fluids. The victim opened up on the assault upon interrogation

POLICE in Masvingo have arrested five men caught digging up a grave in Chivi in search of a hidden treasure reportedly revealed to them in a dream by their late grandfather.They were apprehended in the Museva area by villagers.The five have been identified as Tazviona Hove (35), Edward Siziba (age not given) of Lerato Business Centre in Silobela, Innocent Mpofu (23) of Mafongosi village in Silobel

Three Mutare police officers have had their salaries garnished to pay a total of $900 damages after they broke into a cellphone technician’s house at night and beat him up for allegedly stealing some property.The payments from the officers will compensate the victim.Constables Christopher Kanyemba, Chenjerai Muzuva and Talent Mutede of Chikanga Police Station, broke the bedroom door and pounced

A Self Confessed HIV positive lady of the night teamed up with her friend and stripped two 15 year old boys who are her neighbors, before having sex with one of them.Beauty Madzinga (19)  and Patience Majoni (19) both of G5 Mushayavhudzi in Mvuma  were charged with indecent assault and having intercourse with a minor. It is alleged that, the two women called the two boys and told them th

A Gokwe woman had the shock of her life when she caught her step son red handed raping his step sister.The 24 year old man from Chief Chireya’s are in Gokwe pleaded not guilty to rape.In his defence, the accused claimed that he did not rape his sister, but was accused falsely by his step mother, who hates him. It is alleged that the accused sneaked into his 10 year old sisters blankets and rappe

A Kwekwe man fought and killed a 58 year old man who was having an illicit affair with his brother’s wife in an attempt to save his brothers marriage.It is alleged  that, Tinashe Munganda, confronted  Silas Chibi over the sexual relationship he was having with his brother’s wife. Munganda is said to have been angered by Chivi’s response and could not hold back his anger resulting i

NORTON- Residents in Norton were in for a shocker when a local preacher was nabbed for habitual stealingLeo Lali, a preacher from Katanga suburb in Norton was caught in the act of stealing when residents caught him in possession of a stolen dvd player.Zimmetro believes that Lali acted in fear of the crowd and offered to reveal more stolen goodsStolen goods worth thousands were recovered, including

Mat North schools have done it again, this time hitting the lowest results ever since independence. Schools in Lupane have the lowest results with non aiming above 16%.This comes at a time when the district has had an uproar with shona speaking teachers. The locals claim the low pass rates have been due to non ndebele speakers. These views have however been nullified as archaic and pepetrated by p

Silobela pupils have been left learning under trees after a hailstorm destroyed classroom blocks.The roof was torn apart by a hail storm at Leopardeess St James Primary at Silobela.208 books worth USD 700 were destroyed during the heavy rain.“the rain destroyed a lot of text books, Grade 1 were the most affected ” revealed a parent,  Muzi Maduma, to a local tabloid.Pupils were left withou

A NKAYI man beat up his mother with a wooden pick handle after she had an argument with his wife over food.Sotsha Tshuma(22) accused his mother, Siphetho Dube(66), of hiding food from his wife.It is alleged that Dube accused Tshuma’s wife of wasting mealie meal and stealing food from the kitchen, hiding it in her matrimonial cottage.“Tshuma assaulted his mother stating that she did not respect

PARLIAMENT has adopted a motion recommending the prosecution of individuals fingered in the looting of funds at the Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS).Bulawayo South MP Eddie Cross proposed the motion in which MPs said they were highly disturbed by disclosures in a forensic audit report that millions in subscribers' funds were used to pay senior managers at a time when the society was fai

PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance (PHD) founder Prophet Walter Magaya has been subpoenaed for an inquest following the death of 11 people in a stampede during his church's all night crusade at Mbizo Stadium in Kwekwe two years ago.The 11 people who were killed in the November 24, 2014 stampede were from Kwekwe, Redcliff and Gweru.The inquest was set to commence yesterday but was postponed to Febru

FIVE Johane Marange Apostolic Sect members who were arrested for digging up a grave in Chivi told police their forefather told them in a dream he was buried with great wealth.Villagers stumbled on the group, from Gweru, at around 6AM on Monday busy at the Madzivire Chieftainship graveyard.The villagers revealed to the Chronicle that they had seen human remains and bones in the apostolic sect membe

A CROSS BORDER trader has taken Tombs Motorways Bus Company to the civil court demanding R39,470 as compensation for her property that was lost when one of its buses was involved in an accident last year.Privilege Mashawi lost property in an accident involving the bus and a haulage truck on May 27, 2015, along the Zvishavane-Shurugwi highway, which killed three people.Mashawi blames the company an