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Victoria Falls Reporter
A two-member United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) inspectorate
Government to group SMEs into clusters
The Government will this year group small and medium enterprises (SMEs) into clusters to improve productivity and competition in the sector, a Cabinet Minister has said.Pensions commission to embark on restructuring exercise
Oliver Kazunga
Business Reporter
THE Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) is set to embark on a restructuring exercise aimed at ensuring that it becomes more responsive to market needs.
Germany offers planes to fly West African troops to Mali
BERLIN — Germany will supply two Transall military transport planes to fly West African troops to Mali’s capital Bamako, where they are due to join French and Malian forces fighting Islamist rebels, the German government said yesterday.
Pakistanis pile bodies outside govt offices in protest
PESHAWAR — Pashtun tribesmen from northwest Pakistan dumped 15 bloody bodies in front of government offices yesterday, protesting against what they said were extra-judicial killings by security forces in the latest challenge to the government’s authority.
The protest in the northwestern city of Peshawar follows a three-day sit-in by members of the Shi’ite community alongside the bodies of 96 people killed in a sectarian bomb attack in the southwestern
Chavez making progress: VP
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez is making progress as he recovers from cancer surgery in Cuba, his vice president said after returning from a trip to Havana to visit the Venezuelan leader.
Chavez, who has been battling complications since undergoing surgery more than a month ago, is “climbing the hill, he is advancing,” said Vice President Nicolas Maduro.
Labour Court should be restructured — Chidyausiku
Harare Bureau
THE Labour Court should be restructured to separate cases in terms of the degree of their gravity, Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku has said.
He called for the creation of separate Labour Courts modelled along other courts such as magistrates’ courts, dealing with less serious claims while the High Court deals with more serious ones.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Govt, Essar should have workers’ plight at heart
The rebirth of Ziscosteel as NewZim Steel continues to be a source of torment to the thousands of workers of the ailing giant steel company and their families. It appears efforts to breathe life into the once mighty Redcliff-based steelworks are fast turning into a big frustration joke. This is quite sad given that people’s lives are at stake.
Armyworm menace — Midlands chiefs want to conduct rituals
Midlands Bureau Chief
THE armyworm menace is worsening in all parts of the Midlands amid revelations that some chiefs in Shurugwi are now planning on conducting rituals to curb the problem.
Are technocrats panacea to good governance?
Lungile Tshuma
IT is a fact that the Inclusive Government will come to an end sooner or later.
Its performance has been under serious criticism with some people regarding it as the worst Government since independence.
People have complained about poor service delivery and continuous bickering that have characterised its existence.
On poor performing portfolios, the civil society, political analysts together with residents, were left pondering as to what can be done to come up with people who can meet their expectations.