Civil servants start receiving allowances
Civil servants started receiving their cushioning allowances last week, with Government reiterating its undertaking to adjust salaries on April 1 as it moves to protect the public-sector workers against recent price hikes.
Locals catch on flair for travel
Efforts by tourism players to entice locals to various tourist resorts seem to have paid off as witnessed at the recently ended Victoria Falls Carnival.
DeMbare in Simba boost
DYNAMOS’ preparations for the 2019 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League received a massive boost last Friday when one of their key players Simba Chinani finally committed another season with rebuilding DeMbare.
Gvt seeks industry input into local content policy
GOVERNMENT will collect proposals from 300 firms to gather input into regulations that will govern local content thresholds for various sectors of the economy starting this year.
Stanbic fires up Hwange
STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe played a key role in facilitating the beginning of works at the Hwange Thermal Power Station expansion project after releasing US$55 million, which unlocked almost US$200 million from China Eximbank.
Govt resumes apprenticeship training
About 1 000 young people will this year enrol for apprenticeship training at various State institutions as Government resumes the programme abandoned in 2015 to pave way for (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) STEM Advanced Level scholarships, it has emerged.
Teachers give talks a chance
GOVERNMENT will tomorrow hold a crunch meeting with the statutory body representing its employees to discuss salaries and working conditions, amid positive signs teachers await the indaba to map the way forward regarding teaching action when schools open on Tuesday.
MUKANYA BLASTS MARRIOT
LEGENDARY Chimurenga music exponent Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo, concluded his “Peace Tour” with a show in Chitungwiza last Friday but there seems to be no peace to talk about at his beloved club Dynamos where spears have been sharpened for yet another fresh boardroom battle.
HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN …All three kick start preseason early …CAPS United snap Phineas Bamusi
ONE would have to rummage through post-independence football archives, with no joy, to find the last time Zimbabwe’s Big Three Dynamos, Highlanders and Caps United all failed to make it into the top four in a top flight season. That was before the end of the 2018 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League.
‘Unity crucial for prosperity’
The Unity Accord, which brought together Zanu and Zapu under banner of Zanu-PF in 1987, should be guarded jealously as it forms sustainable pillars for the country’s peace and development, Zanu-PF spokesperson Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo said yesterday.










