Ethiopian Airlines, the largest aviation group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, has been chosen as the official carrier for the 2019 World Press Freedom Day Global Conference to be held in Addis Ababa from May 1-3, 2019. The conference is jointly organised by Unesco, the African Union and the government of…
The Gweru Labour Court has found a Chinese-owned cement company, Livetouch Investments (PVT) LTD guilty of unfair labour practices and ordered the Redcliff-based company to pay an aggrieved worker his dues by May 31. The matter was heard before High Court judge Justice Emilia Muchawa on Wednesday. [GoogleAd] The case pits Lazarus Maposa who…
A 20-year-old Chipinge man has been arrested for attempted murder after stabbing a man who had tried to restrain him from beating up his uncle. [GoogleAd] Tafadzwa Mutengo, 20, stabbed Tichaona Masango, 22, in the ribs after he tried to stop him from assaulting his uncle Crispen Masango in a beer brawl on March 23…
As Cyclone Idai slowly revealed the victims of its deadly march, search-and-rescue sniffer dogs have started scouring remote patches and gutted villages, going door-to-door in the storm-crushed Ngangu area in Chipinge so far leading to the recovery of 16 bodies. [GoogleAd] The dogs are racing to reach the injured, the dead and those in need…
BULAWAYO’s Egodini Mall developer — Terracotta Private Limited — has triggered a storm after reportedly shutting down ablution facilities without notifying vendors operating within the site vicinity. Residents yesterday raised fears of a possible spread of diseases following this development. [GoogleAd] Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) blasted the authorities for closing down toilets and water…
GOKWE North Rural District Council (RDC) chairperson has appealed to government to repair roads in the district, arguing that it is affecting daily activities. The RDC chairperson Stewart Mbulawa told the Daily News that the district did not have any tarred roads while the gravel ones were in bad shape. [GoogleAd] This comes as the…
THE Harare City Council (HCC) is failing to pay its employees with residential stands in lieu of outstanding salaries as had been promised in 2016. According to housing committee minutes, 4 150 employees had opted to take up serviced residential stands as payment for the money HCC owes them. [GoogleAd] Council currently owes its employees…
A HARARE magistrate has relaxed bail conditions for former Information and Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira who is facing criminal abuse of office charges. Mandiwanzira’s charges relate to his engagement of a South African company, Megawatt, to do consultancy work for NetOne and appointing his allegedly unqualified personal assistant to the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority…
CIVIL Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) chief executive officer David Chawota has been denied bail. Chawota is accused of criminal abuse of office after he fraudulently awarded a €27 900 000 contract to a Spanish company, Indra Sistemas (Indra), which did not meet minimum mandatory requirements in a previous bid. [GoogleAd] Chawota reportedly engaged the…
THE three-day Fourth Biennial Conference of the Zimbabwe University Libraries Consortium (ZULC) ends in Harare today. ZULC consists of 18 university libraries and 21 affiliate college libraries. The conference opened in Harare on Wednesday running under the theme ‘‘Staying in the game: Redefining academic library service to meet 21st century user needs’’. [GoogleAd] It provided…
