adminSA report staff layoffs
One in five SA businesses have laid off staff due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the results of a new Statistics SA business impact survey.
International Mother Earth Day: Lessons from Covid-19
INTERNATIONAL environmental lobby Group IM Sweden has said the outbreak of Covid-19 has brought to the fore, the vulnerability of global interdependence and has called for solidarity, equality and broader participation in the fight against the climate crisis.
Many teachers ‘out of date’
MANY well-qualified teachers were out of date because they were still using patterns of thought of a previous generation, Professor R. G. Macmillan, Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Natal, told the Rhodesia Teachers’ Association annual conference here today.
Informal traders appeal for bailout
Some Chitungwiza residents who rely on informal trading, are appealing to Government and well-wishers for an economic bailout after their business were affected by the lockdown.
When price flirted with the IPL
Perhaps you can picture the scene — an aging, flat-footed Zimbabwean spinner is taking his annual holidays with the family in Durban.
TAZI rescues Nyangani twins’ family
The Twins Association of Zimbabwe (TAZI) has come to the rescue of the family of eight-year-old twin boys who died last week after spending the night stranded on Mt Nyangani.
Miners strike wage deal
Anglo American Platinum Impala Platinum and Sibanye announced a three-year wage deal with the National Union of Mineworkers, the Association of Metalworkers and Construction Union and Uasa.
Pay us: Mutare pleads
The City of Mutare has pleaded with residents and ratepayers to pay their bills, inspite of the Covid-19 lockdown, to enable it to provide critical services such as refuse collection, and provision of clean water.
Russian firm to build fertiliser plant
Russian fertiliser manufacturing giant, Ekorost (PVT) Limited, through local firm Keshidale Investments, plans to set up an organic fertiliser manufacturing plant in Zimbabwe’s Manicaland Province, preferably Mutare.
Oil prices slump
Global markets including the JSE slipped lower on Monday on the back of a slump in crude oil prices to multi-year lows.