In a painful case of mistaken identity, a bereaved Gweru family buried a wrong body, only to be alerted to the mishap by the other grieving family which discovered the body swap during body viewing.
Gweru, one of Zimbabwe’s heavy industrial hubs continues with its tailspin after the Bata Shoe Company retrenched 106 workers this past week on Monday. Except for Bata, most of Gweru’s industrial area is now a ghost town with large companies like Zimasco, ZimAlloys and even the National Railways of Zimbabwe having closed shop in the last two decades.
GWERU - The Gweru City Council said on Monday it was courting potential private investors to partner in some of its business units to reduce its reliance on rates and other levies.
GWERU - Former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya is a free man after serving a 30 months jail term at Whawha Prison for criminal abuse of office.
The Gweru City Council is pushing for the arrest of acting town clerk Vakai Chikwekwe for allegedly “stealing” a service delivery vehicle when he was suspended without pay and benefits in February this year.
