Excess Govt workers face sack

Gabriel Masvora Government will shed excess civil servants under an ongoing rationalisation programme while recruitment and salaries will remain frozen until at least 2019. Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa, in a…

Great partnership spices up the game

“WHICH have been the best attacking partnerships in the local football scene?”

The second Bosso splIt causes

Continued from last week, this is the late 1960s to late 1970s history of Bosso The second split was in 1976 when some players did not agree with the administrationa��s…

TIMB effectiveness questioned

Livingstone Marufu The effectiveness of the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) in discharging its mandate of superintending the sector is increasingly being questioned, particularly in light of massive disgruntlements among…

Anti-microbial Resistance: Why we should care about correct use

Dr Pamela Woods The term “anti-microbial resistance” or “AMR’ is in the news worldwide these days.

Zimbabwe People First in quandary in Byo

Dumisani Sibanda THE Joice Mujuru-led Zimbabwe People First has been rocked by internal leadership fights in Bulawayo with Ms Esnathi Bulayani and Mr Tapiwa Moyo reportedly tussling for the control…

Katsukunya: Centenarian who had seen it all

Tinashe Kusema “Even death has a heart!” This extract, from the novel The Book Thief, is one of the very first things that rushed to mind when news broke that…

Nust lecturers spit fire

Dumisani Sibanda LECTURERS at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo have rejected a proposal to cut their salaries for servicing part-time and parallel programmes as a…

New lease of life for temporary teachers

THE Government will re-engage specialist temporary teachers but only upon submission of proof that such teachers are studying towards a teacher-related qualification, a Cabinet Minister has said.