adminWorkplace safety worsens
Labour Reporter
ZIMBABWE recorded 47 work-related deaths and 2 395 serious injuries between January and August this year. The figures could
Zaka boy (17) slips, crashes to death
George Maponga Masvingo Bureau
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy plunged to his death in Zaka when he dived at a squirrel that had appeared on a big rock, but slipped and
Diamond firm surrenders 51pc stake
Takunda Maodza in VUMBA
MUROWA Diamonds has agreed to surrender 51 percent stake in line with Government’s Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment regulations.
This comes as delegates to the inaugural Zanu-PF Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Conference here yesterday made it clear that it was time for economic emancipation through ownership of the country’s mineral resources.
Zanu-PF secretary for Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Cde Saviour Kasukuwere, confirmed that Murowa Diamonds complied with the empowerment regulations on Thursday.
Zimdollar: Compensation benchmark in pipeline
Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
GOVERNMENT will impose a benchmark when compensating people whose savings were eroded after dollarisation as it emerged wholesome restitution, including those who “burnt” money, would cost Treasury US$54 billion.
Finance Minister Tendai Biti said the cut-off plan was meant to ensure pensioners and genuine depositors were compensated.
He said at the official exchange rate, US$54 billion required to collapse all the Zimdollar accounts would “choke” the country.
Minister Biti was speaking in the House of Assembly on Wednesday while responding to a question from Uzumba legislator Cde Simbaneuta Mudarikwa (Zanu-PF) who wanted to know if the 2012 national budget would have provisions for Zimdollar account holders.
Strike paralyses Harare
Felex Share Herald Reporter
HARARE City Council workers went on strike yesterday demanding improved salaries and better working conditions, paralysing service delivery in nearly all critical departments.
The workers are planning a massive demonstration at Town House on Monday morning.
They are also demanding an end to “secretive” payrolls and incentives to senior managers they claim were bleeding council resources at the expense of their welfare and service delivery.
The strike comes after the workers got an arbitral award of a 16 percent salary increment effective January this year.
However, council unilaterally decided to give each worker a top-up of US$20.
The least-paid council worker in grade 16 now earns US$150 after the US$20 adjustment.
This grade includes cleaners and all general staff.
Experiencing the Lord’s power at Mutemwa
This week’s guest writer is Munyaradzi Chamalimba.
As students are preparing for their exams which start this month, they have different ways of preparing. These range from
One-year-old boy dug out of Blair toilet
Chinhoyi Bureau
A ONE-YEAR-OLD Chegutu baby boy was dug out of a Blair toilet alive after being thrown into the pit by his 10-year-old cousin.
Fatal crashes blamed on inexperienced drivers
From Arnold Mutemi in Pretoria, South Africa
The increase in the number of inexperienced drivers buying mostly secondhand cars imported from Japan has seen a surge in
Men: Ruled right to the grave
Ghetto Blast Rosenthal Mutakati
AFTER dancing the night away at an imposing monthend gig last Friday, I was shocked to see a colleague looking for used
‘Used car import ban spawns revenue loss’
by Isdore Guvamombe
The decision suspend the ban on aged car imports has been welcomed by many Zimbabweans. Meanwhile debate still