Gweru reinstates fired workers
Friday, 11 May 2012 09:19
GWERU — Council has bowed down to pressure and reinstated the eight workers it fired last year for allegedly taking part in an illegal demonstration.
Could this be Mugabe’s waterloo?
Friday, 11 May 2012 09:18
Njabulo Ncube, Assistant Editor
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has all but admitted ZANU-PF is riddled with factionalism from the grassroots to the top echelons of the party, seriously threatening his re-election bid in polls he wants held this year without fail.
Can chiefs be non-partisan?
Wednesday, 09 May 2012 20:31
Tinashe Madava, Staff Reporter
TRADITIONAL chiefs in Zimbabwe continue hogging the limelight on the political scene. Most of them have been accused of partisanship in favour of ZANU-PF, raising questions on whether it is possible for chiefs to be non-partisan.
PM ‘sleeps with the enemy’
Wednesday, 09 May 2012 20:30
Clemence Manyukwe, Political Editor
BRITISH poet and playwright, William Shakespeare is often cited as the originator of the phrase “Love is blind”.
Kasukuwere’s hot air
Wednesday, 09 May 2012 20:29
Vote Muza
Recently, the Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, Saviour Kasukuwere, published a notice in various newspapers whose contents have been received with contrasting sentiments of excitement for others, and trepidation and disgust by others.
Zim constitution approaches end-game
Wednesday, 09 May 2012 20:27
Ray Ndlovu, Senior Staff Reporter
ZIMBABWE’S main political parties are preparing to square-off in what is fast developing into a nail-biting finale as the political parties scramble to have their views adopted in the draft constitution.
Teachers angry with govt
Wednesday, 09 May 2012 20:25
Tinashe Madava, Staff Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) strongly believes the coalition government is not sincere in its dealings with the country’s civil servants.
‘Empowerment law scares investors’
Wednesday, 09 May 2012 20:24
Staff Reporter
THE Australian ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mathew Neuhaus has expressed misgivings with Zimba-bwe’s empowerment laws saying they are retrogressive and only serve to scare away would-be investors, costing the country the much needed income and employment creation opportunities.
Farmers urged to guard against frost
Wednesday, 09 May 2012 19:45
Tabitha Mutenga,Farming Reporter
daytime temperatures are expected to drop as the cold season intensifies due to the northward movement of the sun and the dominance of cool easterly airflow during the winter season.
Shortages to stimulate maize prices: ADB
Wednesday, 09 May 2012 19:44
Paul Nyakazeya
ZIMBABWE'S maize harvest could drop by 26 percent to one million tonnes after an estimated 45 percent of the crop this season was written off due to drought, the African Develo-pment Bank (ADB) said in its April monthly economic review for Zimbabwe.
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