adminFired Gaths Mine worker wins case
Labour Reporter
THE Labour Court has ordered Gaths Mine Mashava (SMM) Holdings to reinstate an assistant plant operator fired for allegedly
4 High Court clerks suspended
Court Reporter
FOUR High Court clerks have been suspended for three months without pay for allegedly drafting court applications and other
Old Mutual loses case against worker
Labour Reporter
THE Labour Court has ordered Old Mutual to reinstate a purchasing and stationery controller fired for allegedly stealing bond
High Court throws out bail application
Herald Reporter
CHRISTOPHER DICKSON, who is facing allegations of forging educational qualifications to secure business from a firm he
Hotel told to reinstate waiter
Labour Reporter
A WAITER who was fired from his job for inciting fellow workers to go on strike has won his case for reinstatement without loss of
Interfin ordered to release US$1,5m shares to businessman
Daniel Nemukuyu Herald Reporter
THE High Court has ordered Interfin Securities Private Limited to immediately release to a Harare businessman six million AICO
Fire guts Gono’s warehouse
Herald Reporters
FIRE gutted a warehouse at Reserve of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono’s poultry plot in Borrowdale, Harare, yesterday,
Subsidised grain: The poor priced out
Herald Reporters
SOME famine-hit households cannot afford to buy maize from Grain Marketing Board depots at the subsidised price of US$16 per 50kg bag.
Those with cattle and goats are now selling these to buy grain.
In the June Agriculture and Food Security brief, Agritex states that the pricing system and transport costs would “ultimately have an effect on households’ access to grain, thereby affecting the food security situation in the next few months”.
The Agritex report comes after submissions by GMB that it had since finished moving grain to deficit areas in February yet most distressed families were still facing starvation.
Libyan revolt no threat to Zim – army chief
Bulawayo Bureau
AFRICAN leaders should stand united to guard against rebellious forces that wish to cause unrest and destabilise the continent, Zimbabwe National Army Commander Lieutenant-General Philip Valerio Sibanda, has said.
In an interview after a passout parade at Imbizo Barracks on the outskirts of Bulawayo yesterday, Lt-Gen Sibanda said the rebellion in North Africa, particularly Libya, was not a threat to Zimbabwe.
However, Lt-Gen Sibanda said Zimbabwe, just like the whole of Africa, was secure from unrest as long as the continent remains united.
He said the sporadic fighting in Libya, where rebels have killed hundreds of people, including defenceless civilians, would
Teachers fleeced?
Felex Share Herald Reporter
TEACHERS are angry with their union leaders whom they accuse of abusing subscription fees. There are three major teachers’ unions in Zimbabwe that raise US$640 000 monthly from subscription fees.
Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association collects U$440 000 per month, while the Teachers Union of Zimbabwe and Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe pocket US$80 000 and US$120 000 respectively.
When teachers’ salaries were increased by 50 percent recently, their monthly subscriptions went up by between 60 and 100 per-cent.
Each Zimta member pays US$10 per month, while TUZ – which has close to 10 000 members – collects US$8