HARARE – The salaries gap in Zimbabwe continues to widen with executives now earning at least $15 000 per month while “shop floor workers” take home way less than $500. Human resources experts say the disparities in earnings is mainly influenced by skill, with skilled workers individually negotiating salaries with employers while the unskilled or…
HARARE – Hundreds of people drawn from different Christian denominations yesterday descended on Chitungwiza’s “house of death” for a cleansing ceremony, blaming traditional healers for the death of five people in a suspected bomb blast. Church leaders described traditional healers, popularly known as n’angas or sangomas, as agents of the devil. One of the dead…
HARARE – Chitungwiza Municipality has ignored recommendations by a committee set by government to investigate former deputy mayor Fredrick Mabamba on allegations of corruptly acquiring over 1 000 commercial and residential stands in the sprawling town. According to the July 2012 report done by Manicaland provincial administrator Fungai Mbetsa, Mabamba through his United We Stand…
HARARE – As parties gear for polls and primary elections, they should do so bearing in mind that some amongst them are a brood of vipers, spitting venom and fighting hard to reverse whatever the party seeks to achieve. For me WikiLeaks is the greatest reminder that political parties in this small but wonderful country…
HARARE – The ongoing probe into alleged diamond money looting in Manicaland has rattled Zanu PF with the party now barring members from seeking donations ahead of President Robert Mugabe’s birthday. Manicaland provincial chairperson Mike Madiro along with four other Zanu PF provincial officials are embroiled in a $750 000 diamond fraud case after they…
ADDIS ABABA – Zimbabwe’s civil society groups have asked African leaders to step up pressure on Harare to stage free and fair polls. In a petition presented to the 20th ordinary session of the assembly of heads of State and government of the African Union (AU) here, a coalition of over 300 Zimbabwean civil society…
HARARE – Rising jazz artiste Josh Meck used his first show of the year at the Book Café on Thursday night to honour exiled Chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo. The former Africa revenge bassist, whose guest musicians on the night included Stunner, Ba Shupi, Madiz, Diana Samkange, Tendai Manatsa and Selmour Mtukudzi, played a couple…
HARARE – It is 15:44 on Monday, January 21. My phone rings and I realise it is a colleague calling but would never have prepared myself for what I was to see in the next three hours. At first my informant tells me at least seven people have died in an explosion in Chitungwiza. I…
HARARE – His name is Speakmore Mandere, a young traditional healer whose death has left tongues wagging. At the youthful age of 24, he had established himself as a “great” sangoma who attracted the who’s who. From politicians to business executives and members of State security agents, he had an A list of clients, which…
JOHANNESBURG – The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has defended the disposal of military helicopter airframes and spares to Zimbabwe amid threats of legal action to stop the move. The Mail&Guardian newspaper (M&G) reported that fears had surfaced that retired military helicopters from the SANDF would be used to prop up President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu…
