adminWorkers in a dilemma . . . as companies fail to pay salaries
By Prosper Ndlovu
HUNDREDS of workers from Bulawayo companies are facing
Workers in a dilemma . . . as companies fail to pay salaries
By Prosper Ndlovu HUNDREDS of workers from Bulawayo companies are facing a bleak Christmas and New Year’s holiday as their employers have failed to pay them their full salaries.Some of…
Injiva flock home for Christmas
By Mashudu Netsianda
BEITBRIDGE Border Post was between Friday and yesterday a hive of activity
President in DRC for Kabila inauguration
From Kennedy Mavhumashava
in Kinshasa, DRC
PRESIDENT Mugabe arrived here yesterday evening on a two-day visit
Squabbles rock Dynamos fans club
By Thandiwe Moyo
THE Bulawayo Chapter of the Dynamos Football Club Supporters Association is embroiled in leadership squabbles pitting two committees — an interim one led by Clifford Nyakutsikwa and the other by Nicholas Mapanzure.
Bosso to honour players
By Sikhumbuzo Moyo
HIGHLANDERS Football Club will tomorrow night honour their players at a function to be held at the club house, chairman Themba Ndlela has confirmed.
DIMAF is for Byo firms says Ncube
Court Reporter
THE Minister of Industry and Commerce, Professor Welshman Ncube, has insisted that the $40 million Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (DIMAF) is for Bulawayo industries.
Of late there has been confusion on the fund that is meant for the revival of ailing Bulawayo companies as to whether it was a national cake or specifically for Bulawayo, especially after the introduction of another loan scheme by CABS.
No more State-assisted funerals for accident victims
Harare Bureau
THE Government has withdrawn State-assisted funerals for accident victims, passing the responsibility to transport operators and those responsible for the accidents.
In the past, the Government used to provide assistance to families of people who perish in road accidents.
But Secretary for Transport, Communications and Infrastructure Development Mr Pattison Mbiriri, speaking ahead of the festive season that is usually characterised by bloody accidents, yesterday said Government was in the process of reversing State-assisted funerals for accident victims.
Mr Mbiriri said this to stakeholders in the transport sector, among them the Passenger Transport Organisation and commuter omnibus associations in Harare.
“The reality now is that it may not be possible for Government to carry the financial burden and the obligation would be on you (transport operators),” he said.
Residents blast BCC over water disconnections
Chronicle Reporter
BULAWAYO residents have attacked the city council for resorting to disconnecting water
to force residents to settle their bills, saying the exercise was tantamount to murder.
According to the latest council report, the local authority has embarked on a massive water disconnection exercise that may see thousands of Bulawayo residents spending Christmas without water, in a bid to recover $61 million that it is owed by residents.
The exercise that is probably the most widespread in history, is being carried out even over weekends.
In separate interviews, residents’ representatives admitted that people should clear their bills, but said council should get its “shambolic” billing system in order to encourage them to pay.
They called on Government to come up with a programme to help them deal with mounting bills.
Mtshabezi Dam pipeline project to be completed in May: Sipepa-Nkomo
Chronicle Reporter
THE Mtshabezi-Umzingwane dams pipeline project meant to boost Bulawayo water supplies would be complete by May next year, the Minister of Water Resources Development and Management, Mr Samuel Sipepa-Nkomo, said.