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Workplace death scare

Makhosi Sibanda

THE country in 2012 recorded 5 141 serious occupational injuries which resulted in 103 fatalities, the worst figure since 2008.

According to latest statistics from the National Social Security Authority (NSSA), as compared with all the years since dollarisation, 2012 injury statistics are the worst.

“In 2011, 4 158 workers were seriously injured with 75 fatalities, in 2010, 4 410 workers were seriously injured resulting in 90 deaths while in 2009 there were    3 122 serious occupational injuries with 64 fatalities,” said NSSA director of occupational safety and health, Mr Rodgers Dhliwayo.

He said causes of occupational injuries could be classified into two categories, the root and immediate causes.

Tuskers out for win

Ricky Zililo

MATABELELAND Tuskers will be out to end their Pro-50 One-Day competition group games on a high note when they take on MidWest Rhinos today in Kwekwe today.

Devise ways of lessening drought effects on livestock

 

Saul Gwabuba Ndlovu

Current media reports say that Matabeleland South Province had, by about the middle of December 2012, lost hundreds of cattle through drought.

Kaindu gets further cap from Caf, Cosafa

Lovemore Dube

HIGHLANDERS FC coach Kelvin Kaindu could not attend his team’s end of year awards ceremony and the Castle Lager Premiership banquet last year as he was part of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) and Cosafa technical team at last month’s regional boys and girls’ soccer tournament in Zambia.

Car crushes boy (3) to death

Masvingo Correspondent

In a chilling incident, a three-year-old boy from Masvingo’s Rujeko suburb was crushed to death by an on-coming vehicle in full view of his father, as they alighted from a commuter omnibus.

Armyworm invades Midlands

Kamangeni Phiri

SOME parts of Midlands have been invaded by the dreaded armyworm, which destroys crops and pastures, the Provincial Agritex Officer, Mr Peter Chamisa has said.

Omalayitsha jailed for child smuggling

Beitbridge Reporter

TWO unregistered cross-border drivers, commonly known as omalayitsha, were yesterday slapped with sentences ranging between four and seven months for attempting to smuggle eight undocumented people, four of them children, into South Africa through Beitbridge Border Post.

Go back to the studio, fans urge Macheso

Saturday Leisure Reporter

BULAWAYO sungura music lovers say Alick Macheso should go back to the studio early after his latest project failed to appeal to fans.

Macheso’s latest album Kwatab

Rasta family drags school to court

 

 

Leonard Ncube

A Rastafarian family in Bulawayo has dragged a school to court after authorities sent away its child for being a Rastafarian and wearing dreadlocks.

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