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The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), has moved a gear up towards establishing diamonds extraction operations in Chihota communal lands in Marondera District, with the firm having engaged a local research institute to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study on its behalf.
Civil servants’ pay demands should be reasonable
Although civil servants play a critical role in the provision of essential services by Government ministries and departments and are entitled to the right to fight for the improvement of their salaries and working conditions, some of their demands appear out of season with the reality on the ground.
Air Force of Zimbabwe backs economic reforms
Air Force of Zimbabwe Commander, Air Marshall Elson Moyo, has said the organisation will continue supporting Government’s quest to turn around the economy through ensuring peace and stability in the country.
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Zifa to benefit from Fifa’s Forward 2.0 project
Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Sports Reporter ZIFA and 210 other Fifa member associations is set to receive $6 million in the next four years as part of Fifa’s Forward 2.0 project…
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- January 29, 2019
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10 times maid stabber 3-year-run ends in suicide
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Court Reporter A MURDER suspect who absconded to South Africa after allegedly fatally stabbing the family maid 10 times for spurning his sexual advances, committed suicide in…
EMMANUEL BAKO OFF TO A FLYER
ZIMBABWE’S junior motocross champion rider Emmanuel Bako gave an early indication that he will be the one to beat this year when he won the 85cc (Junior) Class and claimed the first step on the podium during round one of the 2019 Gauteng Regional Championship in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday.
Compensating ex-Wenela workers: More than just money
“There is a train that comes from Namibia and Malawi, there is a train that comes from Zambia and Zimbabwe. There is a train that comes from Angola and Mozambique, from Lesotho, from Botswana, from Swaziland, from all the hinterland of Southern and Central Africa. This train carries young and old, African men who are conscripted to come and work on contract. In the golden mineral mines of Johannesburg and its surrounding metropolis, 16 hours or more a day for almost no pay. Deep, deep, deep down in the belly of the earth. When they are digging and drilling for that shiny mighty evasive stone.”
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BAC begin training
Descent Dube, Sports Reporter THE Bulawayo Athletics Club (BAC) cricket team have begun training with a number of new players that make up the 40-member squad. Club chairman Gary Nyumbu…
ZIFA raise fresh charges
ZIFA have said they will no longer comment on the issue related to suspended vice-president Gift Banda as the matter was now sub-judice after the association laid more charges on the Bulawayo businessman.
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Judge calls for revamping of judicial system
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief HIGH Court Judge, Justice Thompson Mabhikwa has called for the revamping and capacitation of the institutions in the justice delivery system to enable them to…