Demystifying void job contracts
Taurai Musakaruka People Issues
A contract of employment is an agreement entered into between an employer and an employee at the time the employee is hired that outlines the exact nature of their business relationship, specifically what compensation the employee will receive
Women voters vital to win polls
Albert Nhamoyebonde
WOMEN play a vital role in winning elections due to their numbers and enthusiasm. Many politicians all over the world have realised the importance of the women voters. In the US, politicians go out of their way to promote those values that women
Party spokesman gatecrashes launch, steals car
Innocent Ruwende Senior Court Reporter
Alcohol flows freely when a new car is launched, but one Harare pedestrian
Mr Commissar, Sir!
Tony Namate is a brilliant cartoonist. While I do not subscribe to his political thinking I can’t begrudge him his talent. From the sketches to the humour, he is good at what he does.One of his cartoons I liked most depicted the late vice president Dr Simon Muzenda with his trademark jersey and jacket accosting a congress of baboons — an appropriate name I think for our noisy Lower House — soliciting for a parliamentary candidate. The dialogue box above one baboon, which was depicted scratching itself nonchalantly, was ‘‘I am sorry Mzee, but this year I am standing as an independent!’’
Dr Mzee had brought the joke on himself when he announced, in the run-up to the 2000 general elections, that even if
‘Tourism Indaba a resounding success’
By Robert Mukondiwa, in DURBAN, South Africa
Members of the Zimbabwean delegation to the Tourism Indaba here on Tuesday said the event was the most fruitful in modern times and were happy with the level of business deals they managed to negotiate.
Load-shedding to intensify
Chronicle Reporter
ZESA has released a tight winter load-shedding schedule that will see most areas in the country having extended power cuts
Nashua Zimbabwe sales improve
Business Reporter
ONE of the country’s largest suppliers of office document equipment, Nashua Zimbabwe, says sales are promising as the company has ventured into diverse markets including rural areas.
Zim athletics team in good show
Sports Reporter
THE Zimbabwe athletics contingent that was in Gaborone, Botswana, for the regional Cossasa games at the University of Botswana on Sunday said they were happy with their performance.
Business people invited to register for AGOA forum
Business Reporter
THE Comesa Business Council (CBC) has invited local business people to register for the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) business forum that will be held in the United States in June.
Chiefs fume over rituals at Njelele
Chronicle Reporter
MATABELELAND South chiefs are fuming over the recent visit to Njelele shrine by people believed to be war veterans who reportedly performed unsanctioned rituals, saying the development was undermining their authority and causing commotion in the province.





