adminNew pay dates for civil service
Harare Bureau
THE Government has changed salary and pension pay dates for all civil servants with effect from this month to enable it to mobilise more money to pay workers amid liquidity challenges on the market.
Dead man’s family demands 30 beasts as compensation
Midlands Correspondent
THE 29-year-old Mberengwa man who was allegedly murdered during a beer brawl about two weeks ago was finally laid to rest at the weekend after spending days dumped at the homestead of his suspected murderers’ relatives.
Three of SA accident victims identified as Zimbabweans
Beitbridge Reporter
SOUTH African police with the assistance of the Zimbabwe Consulate are in the process of identifying the bodies of the accident victims, among them Zimbabweans, who were killed when a minibus they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a haulage truck along the N1 North highway outside Makhado in Limpopo province.
Firms must have clean tax records for $40m fund
By Pamela Shumba
THE Government is considering applications for the Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (Dimaf) only from companies that have clean tax records, sound credit standings and business plans, an official said yesterday.
Biko: Black souls in white skins
Stephen Bantu Biko and his writings on Black Consciousness are a great inspiration to all progressive Africans within and outside the continent. In the next coming months we shall analyse the writings and political thoughts of these brilliant pan-Africanists. Steve Biko wrote various articles in a Newsletter under the topic “I write what I like” mostly on the philosophy
Of rhino horn, manhood, fingernails and toenails
In the village, the size of the snake is irrelevant to its capacity to kill but that fact is mostly ignored when one suddenly bumps into a snake. Again, in the village, the snake is so feared that it is never mentioned by its name at night; it is called a string, for, talk of the devil and he will appear. There is a subject that has been chewing chunks from this villager’s heart and
Stop repossessing stands: Chombo
By Leonard Ncube
THE Government yesterday ordered officials at the Hlalani Kuhle/Garikai Housing Project in Bulawayo’s Cowdray Park to stop repossessing housing stands and return those that have been taken away from original beneficiaries.
MDC-T councillors rebel
By Temba Dube
MDC-T councillors who were recently ousted from the Bulawayo City Council’s General Purposes (GP) Committee have reportedly started blocking the election of councillors that the party recommended to replace them.
Unemployment blamed on poor resource allocation
Harare Bureau
THE problem of youth unemployment in Africa is a manifestation of inequitable allocation of resources, President Mugabe has said.