MSU students launch mining safety campaign
BY STEPHEN CHADENGA
THE faculty of Engineering and Geosciences at the Midlands State University (MSU) has launched a mining safety campaign, whose primary objective is to ensure zero harm at the workplace, particularly amongst artisanal and small-scale miners.
The MSU in a statement yesterday said that the project will run under the theme Safety Begins with Education.
“The campaign was born out of the realisation that there has been an unprecedented increase in the number of deaths and serious injuries in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector in recent times,” read the MSU statement.
Tatenda Maredza
SOCIAL media influencer and businessman Acie Lumumba might be willing to take back his words denigrating graduates from Zimbabwean universities, after all.
Lumumba, whose full name is William Gerald Lumumba Mutumanje, last week said Zimbabwean universities produce useless graduates who are not fit for purpose, but a South African university graduate has just proved more useless to Lumumba by allegedly conniving with a workmate to steal US$189,000 from Lumumba’s registered petroleum business.
31-year-old Tatenda Maredza, a University of Cape Town graduate, was arrested yesterday together with her workmate Malcolm Dondo (26) for stealing from their employer.
Tatenda attended high school at Queen Elizabeth High in Harare and proceed to the South African university in 2008, it has emerged.
Weak economy, edgy authorities make lives of journalists difficult in landlocked southern African country Jeffrey Moyo | 10.01.2021
HARARE, Zimbabwe
Poor wages, a devalued currency, and intimidation are haunting journalists in the southern African country of Zimbabwe.
With over a decade of experience as a freelance journalist under his belt, Thomas Madhuku, 35, has faced imprisonment and harassment from law enforcement agencies, and has faced numerous attacks while performing his duties.
Just last year, he was attacked at a press conference organized by student leaders over the abduction of Tawanda Muchehiwa, a Midlands State University journalism student.
“We were covering a press conference by ZINASU [Zimbabwe National Students Union] leaders who were demanding answers on the abduction of Muchehiwa. My phone was taken away by some militia with the assistance of the police,” he told Anadolu Agency.
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National hero SB Moyo burial set for Wednesday
Joseph Madzimure
Senior Reporter
Late national hero, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Lieutenant General Dr Sibusiso Busi Moyo (Retired), will be buried on Wednesday next week.
Dr Moyo succumbed to Covid-19-related complications this Wednesday at a Harare medical facility.
Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe confirmed the burial arrangements to The Herald last night.
“The burial of the late national hero (Dr Moyo) will be on Wednesday next week. We came up with the dates after consulting with the family members,” said Minister Kazembe.
He said the funeral will be held in observance of Covid-19 protocols.