adminEDITORIAL COMMENT: Government, civil servants must continue dialogue
It is not in dispute that the majority of civil servants are earning way below the Poverty Datum Line which is pegged at $538. We need to point out from the onset that the situation is the same in the private sector where in some cases workers are going for months without receiving a salary.
Police should declare assets
By Darlington Gama
Zimbabwe signed and ratified the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) as part of its commitment to effective prevention of corruption.
The country also signed the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption and Related Offences (AU anti-corruption convention). However, as a result of inadequate anti-corruption legal framework and a culture of corruption, efforts to deal with corruption achieve nothing in Zimbabwe.
Poets to mark special day
Entertainment Reporter
FOUNDER and creative director of Poetry Bulawayo, Mgcini Nyoni, said his organisation will next month run a workshop meant to sharpen poets’ skills.
Kawara to tour 23 towns
Entertainment Reporter
PROMINENT urban grooves artiste Alexio Kawara will soon embark on a national tour to promote his album which he released last October.
Thefts cripple Jozi gallery
Johannesburg — Artwork worth R500 000 has been stolen from the Johannesburg Art Gallery in the past year, according to a report released yesterday.
Demi says no to rehab
Demi Moore is “embarrassed” by her public breakdown.
Madonna plans 10 schools in Malawi
Madonna has announced plans to build 10 new schools in Malawi with a new partner after mismanagement forced the pop star to scrap her first project there last year.
MDC-T official in trouble over Posa
Chronicle Reporter
AN MDC-T official is in trouble with the law for allegedly illegally convening a meeting at his homestead in Filabusi, Matabeleland South, thereby contravening the Public Order and Security Act (Posa).
Woman jailed for murdering hubby
Midlands Bureau Chief
A Gweru woman who last year fatally struck her husband thrice with an axe for complaining that she had served him a cold meal was yesterday sentenced to 21 years in prison by High Court judge Justice Lawrence Kamocha.
The woman, Miriam Kudzai Loveness Tinarwo (29), of Mkoba Village 14, Gweru, had pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder, but Justice Kamocha sitting with assessors Messrs Jameson Lex Dhlula and Wellington Takawira Matemba convicted her after finding her guilty of murder.
Bungee jumping to resume after mishap
Victoria Falls Reporter
VICTORIA Falls Bungee Company, a subsidiary of Shearwater Adventures, which suspended bungee jumping after an Australian tourist’s bungee cord snapped on New Year’s Eve, will resume operations today as investigations into the incident have been completed.
Erin Langworthy miraculously survived the jump after a bungee cord broke resulting in her plunging into the mighty Zambezi River from a height of about 20 metres.