HARARE – National Foods Limited is embroiled in an acrimonious labour dispute with 10 senior managers and 15 junior employees over retrenchment packages that could see the company losing millions of dollars. According to papers filed at the Labour Court by the employees, National Foods reportedly applied to the ministry of Labour for authority to retrench…
HARARE – A self-confessed Zanu PF supporter allegedly defecated at a community borehole after a series of political disputes with his neighbour who is a councillor in the opposition MDC. Zanu PF youth Spencer Zongoro is alleged to have defecated at the borehole to fix his staunch MDC-supporting neighbour Valeria Neruwana. Neruwana yesterday dragged Zongoro…
HARARE – A Zimbabwean Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (Zetdc) employee has been jailed for 18 months after he was convicted for stealing a transformer. ZETDC is a subsidiary firm of Zesa Holdings (Private) Limited, the country’s power firm. Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa initially sentenced Pearson Kadzviti to 24 months in prison, before suspending six…
HARARE – Crowborough residents have petitioned the ministry of Local Government and Harare City Council (HCC) over fraudulent allocation of housing stands. The housing scheme, which is run under the Harare Municipal Workers Union (HMWU), is being accused of double and even triple allocation of stands in the high density residential area. “After so in…
HARARE – Junior doctors working in Zimbabwe’s public health institutions are earning $283 per month, an income which is way below the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency’s poverty datum line of $511. The doctors, who spend at least five years in Medical School, also receive on-call and house-call allowances at $70,75 and $129 respectively per month….
HARARE – GOTV, a digital terrestrial television service launched amid fanfare in February last year by partners who include Multichoice Africa and Transmedia, was switched off at the end of January over shareholder differences. A Multichoice statement released yesterday reveals the existence of serious discord among shareholders, who also include DAE, which prompted Transmedia to…
HARARE – Gospel star Mathias Mhere will shoot some scenes of the Nguva Yenyasha DVD on his forthcoming tour of South Africa. Mhere will begin his maiden tour across the Limpopo in Johannesburg on Friday where he will share the stage with South African gospel musicians, including Winnie Mashaba. The Nguva Yenyasha DVD, that also…
HARARE – Afro-jazz artistes Prudence Katomeni-Mbofana and Rute Mbangwa will share the stage with explosive Bulawayo-based acappella group Nobuntu on Saturday in an International Women’s Day celebratory concert at the Book Café. Katomeni-Mbofana is an undoubted darling of the stage and screen in Zimbabwe, with a rich and long-running career in the arts since childhood….
HARARE – Bulawayo and Harare will resonate with the vibrant sounds, sights, and tastes of the French-speaking world during the Francophonie Week set to run from March 10 to 22. A glut of celebratory events will take place at Alliance Francaise, Prince Edward School, Jean de la Fontaine French School in Harare, Academy of music…
HARARE – Distressed hygiene and health products maker, Reckitt Benckiser Zimbabwe (RB), is auctioning its plant and equipment, signalling a total collapse of the company. The assets are set to go under the hammer mid-March. Hammer and Tongues (HT), the official auctioneers, said they expect the sale — including furniture and vehicles — to rake…
