HARARE – Junior ranks among Zimbabwe’s 230 000-strong civil servants have always been on the receiving end of raw deals. Although they earn little, collectively, they are a powerhouse when their earnings are added up. They are the least paid in the region, earning an average $300. Their bosses, the permanent secretaries, who keep government machinery…
BULAWAYO – Clad in full Zanu PF party regalia, Thembani Nkomo makes his way to the party’s headquarters for a programme he believes might assist him in getting a job. Arriving, he meets up with hoards of other youths from different working class suburbs. A clutch of the expectant group comes from as far away…
HARARE – Courage, faith and enthusiasm for life are what they have in common. They had the courage to get tested and had faith in herbal medicines. And their boundless enthusiasm for life has paid dividends. Lucia Dzuda-Kuleya, 39, Edna Shava, 40, Maria Augusto, 47, and Aletta Muteura, 56, have been using herbal medicines since…
HARARE – The potholes on Melbourne Road in Southerton, an industrial district of Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, are bone-jarring. A van outside the J. Lyons factory, a surviving outpost of a once-grand British company, is being loaded with jars of processed food. Otherwise the street is quiet. The offices next door have whitewashed windows; the gates…
MASVINGO – With their parents’ belongings scattered by the roadside, children of school going-age play cheerfully in the mud as if everything is normal. Barefooted and dry-lipped, they hop in a pool of stagnant water and plaster their faces with mud, oblivious of the dangers of water-borne diseases. These are children of villagers who were…
HARARE – From as early as she can remember, Mariah Myambo (not her real name), 16, had dreams to pursue her education, attain a degree, get a decent job and be happily married to someone she loved. But the death of her parents in 2011 threw her life off balance. She was emotionally adrift in…
HARARE – Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Gideon Gono has said his ex-adviser Munyaradzi Kereke is basing corruption charges against him on false allegations driven by malice and a desire to settle personal grudges. Kereke filed a Constitutional Court application, seeking to push the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate Gono on graft…
HARARE – Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono has said his ex-adviser Munyaradzi Kereke is basing corruption claims against him on false allegations driven by malice and a desire to settle personal grudges. Kereke filed a Constitutional Court application, seeking to push the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate Gono on graft…
HARARE – The recent reinstatement of Harare city’s town clerk, Tendai Mahachi by Local Government, Public Works minister Ignatius Chombo has been met with anger and disappointment from social and political commentators who believe it smacks of a cover-up. Mahachi was last week suspended for three months to pave way for investigations into the council’s…
HARARE – A Practical Guide to Labour Law in Zimbabwe, By Caleb H Mucheche, Harare, African Legal Resources Dominion (ALRD), 2013. The name Caleb Mucheche is perhaps not new to those who have attended court in Zimbabwe, usually as an attorney representing one or the other person in a labour case. However, there is another…
