The Africa DownUnder Conference commenced this morning in Perth Australia. Paydirt has been hosting the Africa Down Under Conference for over 10 years now. African government ministers and various officials including those from Ghana, Ethiopia, DRC, Senegal, South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe are
Former ZANU PF Youth Chairperson, Godwin Gomwe, has been sentenced to 70 hours of community service for insulting and calling a Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent a “Gamatox”. Harare magistrate Takunda Mtetwa sentenced Gomwe, expelled Zanu PF Harare province Youth League chairman to 70 hours of
There was mayhem in Harare’s central business district (CBD) yesterday as an unidentified female vendor threatened to kill herself after municipality police confiscated her wares. The cat and mouse game between municipal police and vendors intensified after the then Minister of Local Government and Public Works,
HARARE- Progress within the highly 'lucrative but shaky' extractive sector is hampered by weak oversight institutions notwithstanding mining being a driver of economic growth, an official in the ministry of Finance has said. This was said by the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Finance and
Government will soon establish a robust surveillance system for TB and HIV in the formal and informal mining communities, the minister of health has said. This follows a rapid increase in HIV and TB related cased in the mining communities around the country. Artisanal mining which attracts
With Gweru City Council using $890,000 for salaries from the $1,2 million revenue generated each month, the local authority last Friday reportedly sent termination of employment letters to 100 employees. According to a weekly provincial independent newspaper, The Sun, it was not clear whether the affected
Not a great weekend at all for home teams, and the top teams really struggled. Arsenal kicked off first and walked away with 3 points, having had a goal scored for them by the opposition AGAIN (Taking a page outta UTD's play book)!!! For all the
Jose Mourinho blasted members of his team for what he described as “a failure of individual performance” after only the second home Premier League loss of his Chelsea career. Crystal Palace inflicted a 2-1 defeat on Mourinho in his 100th home league game in charge of
Thirty-three year-old Simon Ncube (not his real name) of Chinyenyetu village in Gokwe was diagnosed of epilepsy at the age of 11, a development he says rendered him a social outcast. By David Chidende “My life took a change for the worse when I was diagnosed with
Government on Friday made shocking remarks that it is not aware of the extent to which Tuberculosis in mining is a problem to the country. These shocking remarks surfaced at the second stakeholder meeting on TB in the mining sector in Harare on Friday. This comes at
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