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Zimbabwe govt ducking responsibility by urging new graduates to start companies!
I remember soon after graduating from journalism school in 1998, I was so eager to be my own boss, such that I implored my parents to help establish a newspaper for me. I had always been passi...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:14hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans risk police, crocodiles in desperate bid to reach SA
A BUSHY pathway leads to the crossing points along the Limpopo River that are the most treacherous part of the journey for Zimbabweans seeking a better life in neighbouring South Africa.The ri...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 18:22hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters demand sex for jobs from desperate women
JOB-SEEKERS in Bulawayo beware of being duped by fraudsters, who are playing to your need for a job by demanding money (and sex from women) in return for employment.The conmen are reportedly u...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Manhunt for $15,000 Chicken Inn fraudster
BULAWAYO police have launched a manhunt for a man who defrauded desperate job-seekers of $15 000 after promising them jobs at Chicken Inn fast-food outlets.After swindling the victims of their...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Stephen Mpofu
Human trafficking ring exposed
Government has exposed a human trafficking ring of individuals domiciled in Canada and believed to be working with local fraudsters who are luring Zimbabweans to apply for non-existent jobs in North A...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for pro-skills education
The era of an education system which creates job-seekers who are literate, but unskilled should be replaced by one that responds to the needs of industry and adapt to the always changing world, Presid...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Job hunting with the help of technology: A Guide
Technological advances have impacted almost every segment of society. No surprise then that it's also made a significant difference when it comes to looking for employment. If you've recently reintrod...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 17:39hrs | 11 | by Staff Writer
South Africa moves to tighten job terms, expats fear expulsion
Foreign workers in South Africa with expertise deemed vital to the economy are worried that authorities will reduce the number of critical skills eligible for work permits, a move they say could force...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:53hrs | | by Reuters
Fake nurses dupe job-seekers
Two women have appeared in court for masquerading as nurses at Zvishavane District Hospital and duping desperate job seekers of over $1 000.Mercy Chikutuva (26) and Loyce Muswe (35) from Masvi...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cops told to respect civilians and suspects
ACTING Officer Commanding Police in Midlands Province Assistant Commissioner Charles Ndoro has warned police officers to be professional and humane when dealing with civilians and suspects.Add...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
24-hour police patrols introduced
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga said the recently launched Harare Province Patrol Unit was aimed at preventing and reducing crime in and around the city, and warned officers deployed to per...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
50 apply for hangman's post
OVER 50 Zimbabwean job-seekers have applied for the hangman's post which had remained vacant since 2005, a top official in the Justice ministry has said.Justice ministry secretary Virginia Mab...Published: 17 Oct 2017 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Abusing Grace Mugabe's name backfires for job-seeker
A 41-year-old Harare man yesterday appeared in court for allegedly drafting a letter purporting to be from the First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe, directing Energy and Power Development Deputy Minister Tsitsi...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
'CIO' dupes job-seekers
A suspected conman allegedly masqueraded as an employee of the President's Office assigned by the First Family to recruit people to work at a diamond mine in Angola.Phillip Zinyemba (47) a...Published: 10 Apr 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staf reporter
Silly season is upon us
The teachers must be wary that their cause is not hijacked for devious ends, unless that is the mandate they have given to the union leadersIS the silly season already in full swing again? Whe...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 05:38hrs | | by Joram Nyathi
Bond notes: When mere depositors debate
An interview Donald Trump is alleged to have had with People Magazine in 1998 quoted him as saying: "If I were to run [for US presidency], I'd run as a Republican. They're the dumbest group of voters ...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 15:49hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Four bogus policemen arrested
FOUR people who were masquerading as policemen were arrested after they allegedly duped several job-seekers into believing that they could facilitate their recruitment into the police force after char...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 06:53hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
A day in the life of a job-seeker
Yeudzirai's rotund face sparkles with anxiety as her hesitant thumb scrolls down a variety of jobs posted on CVpeople Africa website. Her beaming face briskly flashed into gloom upon realising t...Published: 11 May 2016 at 14:55hrs | | by Musavengana Hove
Job-seeker loses $308 to ex-policeman
A former police officer yesterday pleaded guilty to soliciting for $308 to facilitate the entry of a Harare man into the police force.Lionel Munyaradzi Sambo (28) appeared before Harare magist...Published: 08 Apr 2016 at 06:44hrs | | by Court Reporter
Zimbabwe trafficking victim attempts suicide in Kuwait
A ZIMBABWEAN woman who fell victim to a human trafficking scam in Kuwait is reportedly battling for her life in that country after attempting to commit suicide following repeated abuse at the hands of...Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 05:32hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Fastjet Zimbabwe to launch Bulawayo Vic Falls Harare flights
Fastjet Budget airline, will herald its entry into the domestic aviation market through flights on the two most lucrative routes, Victoria Falls and Bulawayo from Harare.The Source news a...Published: 29 May 2015 at 05:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Let's do away with tribalism
EDITOR,I came across an article in some private website entitled "Block Shona products from entering Bulawayo". The story was based on the words by on...Published: 31 Mar 2015 at 08:26hrs | | by Nqobile
Chicken Slice employs Shonas, ditches Ndebele job-seekers
BULAWAYO - A Bulawayo civic youth organisation, Bulawayo Unemployment Youth Agenda (BUYA) has vowed to engage fast food chain Chicken Slice over its employing of people who are exclusively from outsi...Published: 21 Mar 2015 at 17:17hrs | | by Musavengana Hove
Whatsapp hoax fools job-seekers
Scores of job-seekers turned out at different Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZCS) offices in response to a hoax advertisement on social networking platform whatsapp.It sounds like...Published: 15 Dec 2014 at 19:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZIM-ID: The beginning of the end of blank 'bearer's' cheques era in Zimbabwe!
A new era has dawned for all Zimbabweans who belong to any square inch of the beautiful land stretching from Zambezi to Limpopo in the horizons of its politics. The era is of a new democratic disp...Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by ZIM-ID
'Dirty dozen' rant: Zanu-PF's hypocrisy exposed
ZANU-PF's pre-congress electioneering, double-standards and hypocrisy were once again exposed after the party said it would probe 12 Zanu-PF MPs - dubbed "the dirty dozen" - for being used by the Unit...Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police officer jailed for raping job-seeker
A police officer who raped a job-seeker has been jailed for an effective 14 years, while his colleague who assisted him to commit the offence by gagging the victim was slapped with an effective 12-ye...Published: 14 Aug 2014 at 06:22hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
TB Joshua: How to celebrate my 50th birthday
Renowned Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua turns 50 on Wednesday June 12th 2013. In his characteristically unconventional style, he has called for the focus of the celebration to be redirected towards care ...Published: 12 Jun 2013 at 05:10hrs | | by Ihechukwu Njoku - freelance Nigerian Journalist
When Zuma rides roughshod Zimbabwe's sovereignty
Zanu-PF has just completed its review of the Copac constitutional draft. Already, this exercise has raised acute anxieties in the two MDC formations; something good political players must always do to...Published: 18 Aug 2012 at 12:14hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Tryson Chimbetu taking the Marxist Brothers to another level
Tryson Chimbetu recently told Prince Mushawevato of The Sunday Mail that despite reports of family squabbles his "focus is on making the Marxist Brothers brand strong on the market."...Published: 10 Jun 2012 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marange communities get boost
The state media reports that the Chiadzwa Community Development Trust (CCDT) has stepped up efforts to enhance the benefication process for the communities living in the Marange area with the locals c...Published: 06 May 2012 at 04:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
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