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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Business ReporterZIMBABWEAN women in formal employment are facing discrimination at work as they are getting paid considerably lower salaries than their male counterparts with the same qualifications, studies have shown. According to a recent salary survey conducted by CV People Africa in partnership with
Stakeholders’ conference a success, say parties
Farirai Machivenyika Herald Reporter
COPAC’S Second All Stakeholders’ Conference was a success and offered Zimbabweans the opportunity to freely express their views on the draft Constitution, political parties and analysts have said.The conference, held at the Harare International Conference Centre on Monday and Tuesday,
NSSA loses land worth US$11m
The National Social Security Authority has lost land worth US$11,2 million that it had acquired from four local authorities after failing to develop it within the agreed time frame. NSSA failed to develop some of the land that it had acquired for housing stands due to the hyperinflationaryNational kickboxing champs on cards
Ellina Mhlanga Sports ReporterZIMBABWE Kickboxing Association president, Tony Kamangira said they are looking forward to a tough competition when they host the national championships on November 3 in the capital. The championships will be held at Girls High School and five provinces — Harare, Midlands, Manicaland,
Exports keep Olivine Industries afloat
OLIVINE Industries has turned to exporting most of its products because this has proved to be more lucrative than supplying the local market. Managing director Mr Jonas Mushangari told New Ziana that the local market was flooded with cheap imports, while export markets offered competitive pricesDeMbare ready: Pasuwa
Augustine Hwata Sports ReporterFOR some 90 minutes things will come to a brief standstill as the nation pays attention to the Battle of Zimbabwe Part Two at Rufaro on Sunday.
It is easily the biggest game in the domestic league this season and befittingly the match is pitting Zimbabwe’s two oldest and most successful
Revolution and democracy: An inseparable pact
Atheism is the best excuse to sin without thinking of the consequences, just like democracy has become the best cover to veil treacherous puppetry to Western imperialism, or revolutionarism has become the most trusted rhetoric to sustain monopoly of political power.
In Zimbabwe we have politically degenerated to levels where those who preach democracy have become inveterate opponents of the country’s revolution, deriding the country’s liberation legacy and even demeaning the generality of post-independence gains and we have seen people advocating for the isolation of the country purely on the basis that they hold a view that Zimbabwe’s revolution is a threat to their concept of
Microsoft to unveil Windows 8
MICROSOFT will today unveil its new eagerly awaited operating system, Windows 8. The impending launch has already generated a lot of excitement and expectations across the globe. The latest offering is expected to underline Window’s status as the most popular desktop operating system.
Windows 8 is being touted as Microsoft’s best product ever in more than 30 years of making operating systems.
The Windows 8 launch will be in New York and will coincide with the launch of the highly anticipated tablet, the Surface RT, which is Microsoft’s first foray into personal computing.
Another Bulawayo firm shuts down
Prosper Ndlovu
BULAWAYO’s giant clothing firm Belmor Manufacturers has closed shop leaving about 300 workers stranded.
The company joins more than 85 firms that have also shut down in the city in less than a decade.
Management at Ready Wholesalers, who own Belmor Manufacturers, have since told workers to stop coming to work, saying the company was no longer viable.
A Chronicle news crew visited the company premises in Belmont yesterday morning where the visibly disappointed workers gathered to collect payslips for their outstanding salaries.
A sombre atmosphere gripped the place as workers sat helplessly on the pavement while others stood outside the gate.
A handful of others who are part of the workers’ committee sat on the chairs at the reception waiting to meet the company management.
Hospital staff allegedly flout tender procedures
Gwanda Correspondent
THREE workers from Gwanda Provincial Hospital who are also members of the Procurement and Tender Committee, are facing charges of flouting State Procurement Board tender procedures in the purchase of medical equipment and drugs.