HARARE – The Supreme Court has quashed a Labour Court ruling that a Zesa Holdings (Private) Limited (Zesa) human resources manager’s salary be slashed after employing a fake degree holder. The electricity firm appealed to the Supreme Court after the Labour Court ruled that the manager Deporis Masitera was not solely responsible for the employment…
HARARE – The High Court of Zimbabwe has passed a landmark ruling allowing the electronic service of court documents following a challenge by a local law firm. The ruling was handed down last week after Riana Moss from Scanlen and Holderness applied to the High Court to serve summons by way of e-mail to respondents…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s capital Harare is facing an unprecedented increase in urban population that will pose new challenges in terms of water, housing and infrastructure. In a stakeholders meeting held at Town House yesterday, councillor Christopher Mbanga said the only way to solve the problems facing the city was to address the burgeoning population. “We…
BULAWAYO – Youth empowerment groups in Bulawayo have roundly contested government’s decision to proscribe youths from getting loans from the National Youth Fund unless they undergo national youth service training first. Youth groups argue that conditional disbursement of loans will trivialise a national empowerment programme as potential beneficiaries view it as a Zanu PF party…
HARARE – A wildlife conservation organisation kicked out of Hwange National Park has alleged that government bigwigs were involved in the cyanide poisoning of wildlife. More than 100 elephants have died of cyanide poisoning at Hwange National Park in one of the worst poaching atrocities in Zimbabwe. John Rodrigues, the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF)…
JOHANNESBURG – The ANC yesterday condemned the brief detention of party stalwart Tokyo Sexwale in the United States. “This affront on the rights and dignity of comrade Tokyo Sexwale necessitates an unconditional apology to him and the people of South Africa from the US administration,” African National Congress spokesperson Jackson Mthembu said in a statement….
HARARE – The re-emergence of insurgencies by Renamo (Resistencia Nacional Mocambicana) in Mozambique threatens the economic interests of Zimbabwe and must be repelled with military might before further escalation occurs. Given its historical banditry exploits, Renamo has double the capacity of Al Shabbab and Boko Haram combined and its actions can be least be described…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF is looking to create another new civic rite of passage for all young Zimbabweans. Proponents for this national youth service argue that given the new challenges and divisions within and outside our own borders, Zimbabwe must rebuild a sense of common purpose through national service. That’s all fine…
HARARE – Last week, Tafadzwa Ngodzo, a student at Midlands State University, was convicted of indecent assault on fellow male classmate Shepherd Mwapona. Ngodzo was obsessed with Mwapona he raided his room one night and touched his privates. He would write love letters to Mwapona, one of them which read: “Dear my charming Shepherd Jojo……
EDITOR — I find the story of the staffers who were attacked by goblins at Irisvale resettlement area rather disappointing because it renders the work of Christ futile. The evidence of God’s power is made manifest when evil is defeated, not when people of God are oppressed by demons to the point of being raped….
