August 2019

© THE International Trade Union Confederation-Africa and the European Union (EU) have mauled President Emmerson Mnangagwa again demanding an end to government crackdown on dissenting voices including harassment of trade union leaders in the country. [GoogleAd] In a damning letter to Mnangagwa dated August 20, ITUC-Africa general secretary Kwasi Adu-Amankwah expressed concern over developments in…

© ECONET Wireless, the leading telecoms and technology company in Zimbabwe, is once again showcasing a wide array of innovative and technology driven applications at their Zimbabwe Agriculture Show (ZAS) stand which ends today. The company’s exhibition this year features activations and demonstrations from Econet products, which include BidBuddie, Econet showcases at agric show BuddieBeatz,…

© SMALL to medium enterprises (SME) exhibiting at this year’s Harare Agriculture Show have bemoaned the instability in pricing of commodities saying it was a draw back to their businesses’ growth. The show has been rebranded from Harare Agricultural Show to Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS) as organisers bid to improve the exhibition’s national outlook. [GoogleAd]…

  © GOVERNMENT has offered civil servants a 76 percent salary increase with effect from this month to cushion them from the prevailing hyper- inflationary environment that has eroded wages leaving work- ers struggling to survive. Civil servants have for a long time been demanding to be paid salaries commensurate with the obtaining cost of…

© AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) repre- sentatives including Obert Masaraure and prominent human rights lawyer Douglas Coltart were yesterday arrested by riot police during the “pay day funeral” protest held outside the Finance and Economic Development ministry’s offices in Harare. The pay day funerals organised by Artuz are being held to mourn…

© SINGER Ashley “Shashl” Moyo’s former boyfriend Godfrey Utsiwegota was yesterday fined $600 for assaulting the songstress.Harare provincial magistrate Learnmore Mapiye slapped Utsiwegota with a two-month jail term with the option of a $600 fine. Mapiye also sentenced Utsiwegota with a three-month sentence wholly suspended for five years on condition that he does not within…

© A HARARE man has sued his female neighbour for $360 000 after she bit off his right index finger at the height of an altercation. Taurai Sangombe filed summons against Irene Mugwadi saying he could no longer fend for his family after the injury since he does manual jobs. They both live in Warren…

© MDC national organising secretary Amos Chibaya appeared in court yesterday charged with failing to comply with a prohibition notice issued by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) banning last Friday’s demonstrations in Harare. He will spend the weekend in jail pending his bail application ruling which has been set for Monday. [GoogleAd] Chibaya is being…

© PROGRESSIVE Agriculture and Allied industries Workers Union of Zimbabwe (Paawuz) is happy that since the coming in of the new dispensation led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa the union has managed to recover more than $300 000 owed to its members by commercial farmers. [GoogleAd] The union represents over 30 000 farm workers across the…

© ZIMBABWE Gender Commis- sion (ZGC) has launched an investigation on Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walter Magaya over damning sexual harassment claims, the Daily News can report. The self-styled prophet has been facing several accusa- tions of sexual abuse, including a claim that he impregnated a 17-year-old girl with many of them…