adminstarafrica shelves retrenchment plans
Sugar processor starafrica corporation has shelved plans to retrench workers citing inadequate funds to carry out the exercise. The company wrote notices of retrenchment late last year to the National Employment…
Wrongfully jailed man to get $6,25m
New York. — New York City has agreed to pay $6,25 million to a black man wrongfully imprisoned for nearly 25 years for a murder he didn’t commit. The settlement, reached…
Bootlegger nabbed over toxic liquor deaths
NEW DELHI. — Indian police have arrested a bootlegger accused of supplying the toxic liquor that killed 100 people from a slum in the financial capital Mumbai, a senior officer…
GMB receives 11 500 tonnes of maize
Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter Farmers have delivered 11 582 tonnes of maize to the Grain Marketing Board amid reports that private buyers are hoarding the commodity in anticipation of a…
Teacher sexually abuses 9 pupils
Court Reporter A student teacher at Wise Owl Primary School in Marondera was recently arrested for fondling nine female pupils during a music lesson. Tinotenda Mawoyo (24), who is studying at…
Sometimes divorce is inevitable: Pope
VATICAN CITY. — Pope Francis, the leader of a Catholic Church that has always preached the indissolubility of marriage acknowledged yesterday that sometimes it is impossible for spouses to stay…
Duped pastor withdraws case after exposure threats
Senior Court Reporter A Revival International Ministries pastor has been “forced” to withdraw theft charges involving $20 000 against the church’s general hand after threats by the church worker to…
Masvingo play returns home
Entertainment Reporter After successful shows locally and internationally over the last two years, popular play, “The Gods You’ve Built” returns to its “home” at the Youth Cultural Arts Festival (YOCAF)…
Sovereign Wealth Funds under the spotlight
Business Reporter Africa has long been criticised as not having used its natural resources wealth well enough to ensure sustainable and positive change in its economies. Sovereign Wealth Funds are seen…
Black Opal finalist to assist girl child
Tafadzwa Zimoyo and Wellington Kudiwa One of the finalists in the Black Opal Face of Zimbabwe 2015, Mercy Kamanura, has embarked on a project that will see the girl child…