JOHANNESBURG – A five-month platinum strike in South Africa is “officially over”, says the leader of the union behind the strike. Joseph Mathunjwa, the president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), said it had accepted a wage deal. He said the AMCU’s striking members would return to work on Wednesday. The stoppage…
HARARE – Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi, who stands accused of banditry, inciting the overthrow of a constitutionally-elected government, insurgency, terrorism and sabotage, has been remanded in custody to July 7 after the courts referred his bail application to the High Court. This comes as a fellow State editor has added his voice in this…
PRETORIA – President Jacob Zuma will finish his five year term in office despite concerns about his state of health, the Sunday Times reported. “There is no indication to us that we should worry about the health of the president,” ANC spokesman Zizi Kodwa was quoted as saying by the paper. “The president is well…
HARARE – The Anglican Church is struggling to pay off $100 000 in water and electricity bills accrued by ex-communicated bishop Nolbert Kunonga. The dethroned Anglican Church leader, who during his reign ran down church properties, left behind a huge bill that parishioners are struggling to settle. Last Sunday, parishioners at the Anglican Cathedral were…
HARARE – Funeral parlours yesterday reiterated that they were not polluting water sources with embalming fluids or formaldehydes. Chomi Makina, president of the Funeral Services Association (Fusa), was giving oral evidence before the Environment, Water, Tourism and Hospitality Industry on behalf of Nyaradzo Group, Moonlight Profit and Associates and Doves Funeral Services on how the…
HARARE – Drug abuse is a sign of a troubled and a hopeless life. As reported elsewhere in this paper, the police, by their own admission, are grappling with ever increasing cases of abuse, chiefly among them, in Harare which has maintained a disturbing surge. Zimbabwe, and indeed security agencies, need to develop new strategies…
LONDON – The right to education is a universal entitlement which is recognised in international human rights law. It is a human right that includes the right to free, compulsory primary education for all and an obligation for secondary education accessible to all. Reports at the weekend that up to 300 000 children are being…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s economy is in a precarious state, with usable international reserves covering less than two weeks of imports, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. In its article 1V consultation with Zimbabwe report released yesterday, the institution said the country’s current account deficit widened to 28,7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has floated a tender for the development and installation of a mining cadastre information system to help ascertain the players in the sector and assist in the administration of mining activities. The cadastre system is an electronic register of all miners. It will record the geographical location, ownership and time validity of…
HARARE – State-owned wireless network operator NetOne says it urgently needs a strategic partner to inject fresh capital. Its chief executive, Reward Kangai, told Parliament’s Information Communication Technology portfolio committee yesterday that the institution needs the capital to keep afloat in the face of increasing competition. He said limited funding resulted in NetOne — the…
