Varying contracts of employment

At the workplace Wenceslaus Murape
Many workers and employers are not aware that contents of a contract of employment cannot be varied by one of the parties without the consent of the other. Workers have been found wanting when it comes to signing new contracts that may have

UNWTO General Assembly: Now is the time to prepare

ON 26 August next year, Zimbabwe puts itself and its northern neighbour, Zambia, under the world spotlight when they co-host the prestigious United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Assembly in Victoria Falls. That Zimbabwe will play host to the official opening ceremony means we need to flawlessly display the highest level of organisational dexterity

US’ slide from democracy to corporatocracy

Garikai Chengu
No government can be perfect, because all governments are composed of humans, especially those humans most attracted by power and profit. Which begs the question, does power attract morally corrupt people or does power morally corrupt

Surtax on twin cab vehicles scrapped

Beitbridge Bureau
GOVERNMENT on Tuesday scrap-ped surtax on all imported double cab motor vehicles. The 25 percent surtax was removed a month after its introduction on January 1 this year. It was re-introduced under Statutory Instrument 156 of 2011. Surtax is a

100 students leave for SA

Herald Reporter
A group of 100 students left for South African universities yesterday under the Presidential Scholarship Scheme. The students, drawn from disadvantaged families, but academically gifted, were seen off by director of the programme and Manicaland

Mutare mayor’s probe team begins work

Herald Reporter
A five-member team set by Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo to probe Mutare mayor Councillor Brian James on allegations of misconduct has commenced work. The team, which is being led by Masvingo

Govt happy with tobacco auction floors’ preps

Agriculture Reporter
Government is satisfied with the state of preparedness of auction floors ahead of the start of the 2012 tobacco-selling season on Wednesday next week. Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development, Mr Seiso Moyo yesterday said

PAP to become legislative body

Herald Reporter
THE Pan African Parliament is on the verge of being transformed into a legislative body once African Ministers of Justice and Attorney Generals scrutinise the proposal. In an interview on Tuesday, PAP Fourth Vice President Cde Joram Gumbo, said the

Identification of SA accident victims begins

Beitbridge Bureau
Police in South Africa have started the identification of 10 victims of a fatal road accident which occurred when an Iveco minibus collided with a truck along the N1 Highway near Makhadho town on Tuesday morning. Zimbabwe’s consular general to

Botswana army chief commends Zim indigenisation policy

Peter Matambanadzo in MARANGE
Botswana Defence Forces Commander Lieutenant General Tebogo Carter Masire has

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