adminAbsence of company boards irks unions
Herald ReporterTRADE unions have castigated the absence of boards of directors at three companies under the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Infrastructural Development. This made collective
Miners say new fee structure uncompetitive
Herald Reporter
New mining fees gazetted last month will kill participation of indigenous people and make the country uncompetitive for investors, the Parliament Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy heard yesterday.
Poisonous mushroom claims 4 family members
Vimbai Sibanda Herald Reporter
FOUR members of the same family in Mabasa rural area, Zvishavane, died while two others are battling for their lives in hospital after eating poisonous mushroom over the weekend.
Three sisters — Chido (9), Sithembile (12), Memory Mabvumira (16) — and their grandmother Ambuya Maware (65) died soon after eating the mushroom on Saturday.
The mother of the deceased children, Rutendo Moyo and her five-year-old son Given Mabvumira were rushed to White Hospital where they are receiving treatment.
Acting Zvishavane police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Moreen Gumbo confirmed the incident.
She said Ambuya Maware picked the mushroom from a nearby bush on Saturday morning.
‘Some African leaders coward’
Sydney Kawadza Assistant News Editor
PRESIDENT Mugabe has branded some African leaders cowards who are prepared to sell out their countries for financial aid and material benefits.
In an interview broadcast by ZBC last night, the Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces said the leaders’ actions will trigger revolts if youths discover that they are being used to serve imperialists.
He said the current crop of leaders was quite different from revolutionaries who fought for Africa’s independence.
“Not only have they become cowards, but have become sellouts of our own people. Betraying, betraying the nations of Africa. That’s that AU
PM arrest: President speaks . . . urges police to be thorough
Sydney Kawadza Assistant News Editor
POLICE should thoroughly investigate allegations that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was involved in fraudulent activities when he bought a house set to be his official residence, President Mugabe has said.
In a wide-ranging interview with ZBC last night ahead of his 88th birthday today, the President said police should not rush their investigations.
“What we don’t want is people getting arrested on the basis of evidence which is not clear and on the basis of facts which have not been thoroughly investigated.
“The police must investigate these cases thoroughly so that by the time they get to the stage of building a case and taking it to the court, they are quite sure that they have a case
US$71m repatriated into Zim — Biti
Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
AT least US$71 million has so far been repatriated into the country in the past week to
Zimpapers Talk Radio station to hit airwaves
Herald Reporter
Zimpapers Talk Radio will be on air by the end of next month, group chief executive Mr Justin
Zim’s human development value improves
Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
ZIMBABWE’S economic recovery since dollarisation is bearing fruit as the country has been steadily climbing up the ladder on the Human Development Index. Its ranking increased by 7 percent
S. Korean firm acquires stake in Maranatha
Bright Madera Senior Business ReporterSOUTH Korean multinational steelmaker Posco said last week it had signed an initial agreement to acquire a stake in local ferrochrome-processing company Maranatha from Gurta of Switzerland and
US$100bn economy achievable, say CEOs
Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterTHE KM Financial Solutions CEO Africa Roundtable annual conference ended in Victoria Falls last Friday with delegates agreeing that a US$100 billion economy was achievable by 2040. However,