adminCivil servants demand answers on their salaries
Pamela Shumba
Chronicle Reporter
CIVIL servants have summoned Minister of Public Service Lucia Matibenga to explain why the Government is silent on their salaries and to state the reasons why they did not get the inflation-related increment promised by Treasury.
The Apex Council and civil servants’ representatives held a meeting in Harare yesterday to map the
Beitbridge handles half a million travellers over festive season
Beitbridge Reporter
BEITBRIDGE Border Post recorded a sharp increase in the number of travellers who passed through during the festive season with statistics indicating that 524 511 people passed through the port of entry between 14 December last year and 7 January this year compared to 392 660 during the same period the previous year.
The assistant regional immigration manager in charge of Beitbridge Border Post, Mr Charles Gwede, said they handled 229 023 travellers on the exit side, an 11 percent increase compared to the last festive season when 202 348 people left the country. On the arrivals side, 295 488 travellers entered the country, a 35 percent surge compared to the last festive season when immigration officials handled 190 312 travellers.
Mr Gwede said the highest number of travellers on the entry side was recorded on 23 December when 42 435 people entered the country through the country’s busiest port of entry. On the departure side, the highest number was recorded on 3 January when 22 625 people left the country.
Rhumba group get new kit
Gwanda Correspondent
INSIZA Express, a Matabeleland South rhumba group, has received instruments worth $5 000 from the Culture Fund of Zimbabwe Trust.
Biti in bid to lure European investors
Finance Minister Tendai Biti will tomorrow address the business community in London in an effort to lure investment from the United Kingdom and Europe.
Theatre on Sundays becomes weekly event
Entertainment Reporter
THEATRE on Sundays, an initiative that enables young artistes to showcase their works every Sunday at Amakhosi Cultural Centre in Bulawayo
Walvis Bay dry port plans hit financial snag
Business Reporter
Triangle Football Club upbeat
Walter Mswazie
NEWLY promoted Premier Soccer League (PSL) side, Triangle Football Club are hopeful that they will make an impact in the top-flight league in their debutant season.Drought mitigation scheme reaches Lupane
Nokuthaba Mathema
MATABELELAND North Governor Thokozile Mathuthu has distributed grain under the Presidential drought mitigation scheme to scores of beneficiaries in Lupane District.‘Captain Oxo’ to stay at FC Platinum
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
FORMER Highlanders goalkeeping great Peter “Captain Oxo” Nkomo is likely to keep his post at the ambitious FC Platinum Football Club after new boss Tennant Chilumba indicated that he would give priority to those that have been working with the team before.Cop knocked down at roadblock
Masvingo Correspondent
A police officer stationed at Mwenezi Police Station was fatally knocked down by a bus belonging to Mega-Link Bus Company while manning a roadblock at the 77km peg along Masvingo-Beitbridge Road.