NRZ ditches injured casual workers

In what amounts to blatant exploitation, the National Railways of Zimbabwe is deploying casuals to war-torn Mozambique to repair the Maputo-Chicualacuala line and then dismissing them once they have been…

Companies keep their secrets too

A former director of a Bulawayo-based company who allegedly misappropriated more than $1 million and now runs his own business in the same city is apparently running around scot-free because…

Call to legalise gold panning

A local company has suggested that the government should introduce a two tier pricing system for gold with a higher price being paid to properly registered and lawfully operating small…

How is this for jargon?

Thank you for being a courageous defender of order, peace and security in the sea of disastrous interventions that provide directionless approaches to the affairs of State.- Bernard Chidzero after…

Election rigging at its worst

In 1928, Liberian President Charles King put himself up for re-election.  He was returned with an officially stated majority of 600 000 votes.  King’s opponent in the poll, Thomas Faulkner…

Letter from the Publisher

Embarking on any new venture is a gamble because you are venturing into the unknown. Worse still is starting a newspaper or newsletter because you do not know how readers…

What a waste!

The Central Mechanical and Equipment Department which is responsible for repairing all government vehicles except those of the army has $3 million worth of spares which do not fit any…

Civil servants cautioned

The public service must adapt and borrow heavily from the private sector techniques and innovativeness. The service we provide the public must be viewed as products or goods and services.…