adminVic Falls council workers strike
Victoria Falls Reporter
VICTORIA Falls Municipality workers went on strike yesterday demanding to be paid their salaries dating back to July.
The strike paralysed operations in the resort town.
Masvingo Poly students forced sit for exams at night
Masvingo Correspondent
MASVINGO Polytechnic College principal Mr Clover Nyamukapa has come under fire for allegedly forcing students to sit for Computer examinations at midnight citing shortage of computers.
Juvenile’s case takes yet another twist
Court Reporter
THE case of the juvenile which was referred back to the regional courts has taken yet another twist this time with the Department of Social Welfare saying they cannot take him to a children’s institution.
Mukusi Products employees stranded
Chronicle Reporter
BULAWAYO firm, Mukusi Products, which has been locked in a salary dispute with its workers since 2009, has reportedly closed shop leaving more than 100 of them stranded.
Gweru runs dry
Midlands Correspondent
GWERU has been without water since the beginning of the week with council yesterday announcing that supplies will only be restored at the weekend.
Suspected fish poacher drowns
Masvingo Correspondent
A 43-year-old suspected fish poacher from Chiredzi allegedly drowned in a dam and his body was discovered four days later, police confirmed yesterday.
MDC-T imposes candidates
Harare Bureau
MDC-T has imposed sitting legislators on its members by resolving that they will not be contested in primaries to choose candidates for harmonised polls expected next year.
Only MPs that fail to garner a two-thirds confirmation by the party’s leadership in their constituencies would be subjected to primary elections.
Enforce laws to prosecute falsehood peddlers
SINCE Zimbabwe embarked on the fast track land reform programme in 1999 and the birth of the Movement for Democratic Change and other opposition forces at the turn of the millennium, political and civil society activists have been getting away with murder by soiling the country’s image through peddling falsehoods.
Tsholotsho community benefits from DDF projects
Lungile Tshuma
FOR about 10 years, Mrs Nesisa Jwabu (45) of Zamagwadi area in Tsholotsho walked for about 10 km daily to Gwayi River to fetch water and back home.
Trio gets 10 years for culpable homicide
Court Reporter
THREE men from Beitbridge District who 10 years ago fatally assaulted another villager whom they suspected of belonging to a rival political party were yesterday each sentenced to 10 years in prison.