Protect local car industry

Reports that the local car industry faces virtual shutdown due to depressed demand and stiff competition from cheap imports made disturbing reading. Statistics released at the weekend indicate that Zimbabweans imported cars worth more than $200 million in the first five months of this year and the continued influx of second-hand cars might force the only two vehicle assembly companies in the country — Willowvale Mazda Motor Industry (WMMI) and Quest — to close down by mid next year.

Macheso remembers Muzukuru

Entertainment Reporter

ALICK “Extra Basso” Macheso on Friday night took the crowd down memory lane as he remembered the late Andy “Muzukuru” Brown at his show held at the Amphitheatre.

‘Do away with stereotyping at workplace’

Patrick Chitumba

Human resources managers must create platforms for employees to respect each other’s differences and do away with stereotyping others at the workplace, the founder president of the Institute of People Management of Namibia, Mr Tim Ekandjo has said.

Tennis players’ trip to Burundi trip off

Sports Reporter
GC Tennis Centre players will no longer compete at the International Tennis Federation Junior Circuits in Burundi and Rwanda next month as they have opted to participate at a similar tournament in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Treat workers as kings: Prof Mutambara

Victoria Falls Reporter
COMPANIES should treat their employees as kings ahead of customers, Deputy Prime Minister Professor Arthur Mutambara said.

Woman gives birth after ‘14 months’

Chronicle Reporter

A BULAWAYO woman claims that she gave birth to a baby after being pregnant for 14 months.

Civil servants to go on full-scale strike

Harare Bureau

CIVIL servants have resolved to embark on a full-scale strike and will meet in Harare today to map out the modalities.

Mzingwane win Copa Coca-Cola final

From Ellina Mhlanga in Victoria Falls
INNOCENT Chifamba’s first-half strike was enough to help Mzingwane High from Matabeleland South edge Pamushana of Masvingo in a closely contested Boys Under-16 Copa Coca-Cola soccer final at Chinotimba Stadium in Victoria Falls yesterday.

Zvishavane Town Council, employees at loggerheads

Midlands Correspondent

Zvishavane Town Council is embroiled in a labour dispute with workers engaged on temporary basis in 2009 to provide the local authority with menial labour during a cholera outbreak.

CDF looters face jail

Harare Bureau

Legislators who looted Constituency Development Funds face jail terms of up to five years if a Bill being concluded by the Government to punish the offenders sails through.

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