Columnist / Pamela shumba
Horrific accident involving 3 haulage trucks on Victoria Falls Highway
THREE people died and one of them was burnt beyond recognition in a horrific accident involving three haulage trucks at the 82km peg along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road in Insuza.The accide...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Dabengwa chickens out of 2018 elections
ZAPU president Mr Dumiso Dabengwa has chickened out of the 2018 elections as he fears the prospects of dismally losing again.Mr Dabengwa's announcement that he will not participate in the pres...Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 06:45hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
'Ministries can apply for posts freeze exemption'
MINISTRIES that wish to be exempted from the freezing of employment and promotions effected by the Public Service Commission (PSC) will have to present their cases before the committee on wage bil...Published: 27 Aug 2016 at 07:59hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Education sector not affected by job freeze
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, which is grappling with an acute shortage of teachers, will not be affected by the freezing of recruitment of employees and promotions effected by the ...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Police question Zapu youth leader
ZAPU regional spokesperson and youth leader Mr Iphithule Maphosa was yesterday picked up for questioning in connection with the defacing of road signs along Robert Mugabe Way in Bulawayo.Resid...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:54hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
June O- and A-Level results out
THE June Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) O-Level and A-Level results are out and will be ready for collection today.The candidature for the A-level examinations has decreased by ...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 06:20hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Tshinga Dube donates 30 tonnes of food to Ingutsheni
MAKOKOBA MP Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube has donated 30 tonnes of maize and game meat to Ingutsheni Central Hospital following reports that the health institution was struggling to feed patients and h...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 07:08hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Schools ordered to cancel Form 1 entrance tests
SECONDARY schools have been ordered to cancel entrance tests for the 2017 Form One pupils and wait for the Grade Seven public examination results to start enrolments.The directive comes at a t...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 07:05hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Mphoko donates to Nkayi hospital
VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday donated a washing machine worth $13 000 to Nkayi District Hospital in Matabeleland North province. He also donated 10 glucometer machines that are used to m...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 08:10hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Mayhem as mental hospital runs out of sedative drugs
Ingutsheni Central Hospital in Bulawayo has run out of sedative drugs, which are important in suppressing violent behaviour in psychiatric patients. Staff at the hospital said last week, two nurses we...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 07:31hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Headless body at accident scene along Plumtree Road
A MAN from Bulawayo died after his skull was crushed by a vehicle along Plumtree Road near the ZB Bank in the Belmont industrial area. The unidentified man's skull was crushed on impact during...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 07:37hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Mlala hits out at Tshinga Dube
WAR veterans Council of Elders member George Mlala yesterday refuted reports that he was part of a group attempting a hostile takeover of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association....Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 08:29hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Mphoko visits Tafi Moyo family
VICE President Phelekcrela Mphoko yesterday visited the late Tafi Moyixs family on behalf of President Mugabe following the unveiling of a tombstone for the businessman and long serving Highlanders pa...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 08:18hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Mugabe's death prayers slammed
VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday said those praying for President Mugabe's death were wasting their time as the President is a God-given leader who will step down or die only at God's will....Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Corruption, land disputes raised at public hearing
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture and Irrigation Development was in Bulawayo on Thursday for a public hearing on the Land Commission Bill, with corruption and land disputes b...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 11:29hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Nkayi family smiles at digitalisation
THE Government has built a $13 000 homestead for a Nkayi family that was relocated to pave way for the construction of the Cross Zenka transmission site in Nkayi District as part of the digitalisation...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 07:03hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Zimra plots raids
MOTORISTS who fraudulently imported vehicles into the country have two months to regularise the imports or risk losing their cars.On September 30, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) will s...Published: 27 Jul 2016 at 08:04hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Chiefs go three months without pay
CHIEFS have appealed to the Government to urgently avail their allowances as they last received payments three months ago. Chief Vezi Maduna of Matabeleland South appealed to Vice President Ph...Published: 25 Jul 2016 at 07:07hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Mphoko blasts rogue war vets
VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko has described war veterans who released a communique castigating President Mugabe as rebels who do not understand the role of ex-combatants.Last week, some wa...Published: 25 Jul 2016 at 07:01hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Mphoko calls on business community to assist rural folk
VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko has challenged the business community to support community development projects, especially in rural areas to uplift the living standards of ordinary people.M...Published: 22 Jul 2016 at 09:13hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Heads to roll at BCC
ANOMALIES have been detected at the Bulawayo City Council following a probe by auditors sent by the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing.The auditors completed the a...Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 06:52hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Killer soldier's $300 fine angers victim's family
AN elderly couple from Bulawayo has lodged a complaint with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) over a "lenient verdict" against an unlicensed soldier who killed their nephew in a hit and run acc...Published: 18 Jul 2016 at 06:45hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Lecturers get 2015 bonuses, rest of civil service paid June salaries
LECTURERS and staff at grant-aided institutions will get their 2015 bonuses tomorrow while the rest of the civil servants smiled all the way to the bank after the Government paid their June salaries y...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 07:17hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
ZRP claims brutality video was doctored
POLICE are investigating allegations of brutality involving some of their officers after a video circulating on social media, showing rioters being beaten. National police spokesperson Senior Assistan...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Pamela Shumba
Civil servants await July pay dates announcement
THE government will on Friday announce the civil servants' pay dates for this month, while that for June for the rest of its workers has been brought forward by a day. This was revealed at a national ...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 07:03hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Mphoko warns residents of unruly elements
VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday donated 6,000 day-old broiler chicks to residents in Nkulumane constituency as part of the poultry project he unveiled last month. The project, whic...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 06:58hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Govt reassures civil servants
Government is committed to fulfilling its obligations to its employees and its doors remain open for further engagement with civil servants, the Acting Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social We...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Pamela Shumba
'Hospital fees illegal,' says Dr Parirenyatwa
HEALTH and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa has condemned public health institutions for charging the elderly, children under five and pregnant women hospital fees, saying it is illegal....Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 07:05hrs | 2 | by Pamela Shumba
Injured Greyhound passengers leave hospital
AT least 32 passengers who were injured in the Greyhound bus accident in South Africa in the early hours of Wednesday have been discharged, while three are still in hospital, an official said yesterda...Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 06:54hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Zimbabwe bus torched, passengers robbed in SA mob attack
A MOB allegedly burnt an Eagle Liner bus transporting 21 Zimbabweans from Bulawayo to Johannesburg in South Africa yesterday and robbed them of their valuables.The unruly crowd was allegedly p...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 06:59hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya and Pamela Shumba
Civil servants agree to new pay dates meeting
A MEETING to discuss civil servants' pay dates will be held in Harare today.The Apex Council boycotted an indaba called by Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira o...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 06:58hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Civil servants snub pay indaba
THE Apex Council yesterday boycotted a meeting called by the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, to discuss the change of pay dates for civil servants. The umbrella body for civil s...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 09:24hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Medical aid societies risk lawsuits
MEDICAL aid societies risk litigation from patients if doctors stop accepting health insurance cards and demand cash upfront with effect from July 1. It is estimated that about 1,2 million Zimbabweans...Published: 18 Jun 2016 at 10:42hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Lecturers' salaries date moved, bonuses postponed
STATE university lecturers have not yet received their May salaries while the payment of their 2015 bonuses has been postponed indefinitely. In a letter addressed to the Ministry of Higher and...Published: 17 Jun 2016 at 19:19hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
'Don't penalise motorists for different tyre brands'
Traffic police officers have no right to penalise motorists for having different tyre brands on their cars, national police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba has said....Published: 07 Jun 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Zimbabwe police penalising motorists for different tyre brands
TRAFFIC police officers have no right to penalise motorists for having different tyre brands on their cars, national police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba has said. ...Published: 06 Jun 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Cops ask for help to find missing persons
POLICE in Bulawayo are appealing for information on the whereabouts of four missing people. Bulawayo provincial spokesperson, Inspector Precious Simango said Oscar Bango, 50, Brighton Moyo, 30...Published: 06 Jun 2016 at 06:33hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Air Zimbabwe passengers stranded
AN Air Zimbabwe plane has been grounded since Wednesday due to a mechanical fault, leaving passengers intending to travel between Harare and Bulawayo stranded.Some passengers missed important ...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 07:11hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
One dies, three injured as car rams Zupco bus
ONE person died while three others were seriously injured when a vehicle they were travelling in rammed a Zupco bus and was trapped underneath it near Thembiso Children's Home in Bulawayo. Bulawayo ch...Published: 30 May 2016 at 06:41hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Ministry identifies 83 sites for schools
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has identified 83 sites countrywide where schools will be built in different provinces as part of the government's efforts to build 100 more schools thi...Published: 30 May 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
I wasn't poisoned, claims Moyo
THE Minister of State for Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Nomthandazo Eunice Moyo yesterday refuted reports that she ate poisoned food at the weekend.Online media on Sunday reported that Moyo fell...Published: 24 May 2016 at 06:43hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Ministry allays fears on medical aid
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has allayed fears that doctors will demand cash upfront from patients on medical aid saying the government will make sure that medical aid societies pay service p...Published: 24 May 2016 at 06:40hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Bonus, salary dates moved to 3 June, April salaries to be paid in May
THE government has moved the 2015 bonus payments to employees of state universities from this month to June 3, 2016. In a letter to the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science a...Published: 21 May 2016 at 22:17hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Five officials caught in teacher hire scam
THE Public Service Commission (PSC) has suspended four human resources officers and dismissed one after they allegedly forged signatures of senior government officials to illegally hire teachers. ...Published: 21 May 2016 at 21:53hrs | 1 | by Pamela Shumba
Kuwait offers 100 scholarships
THE government of Kuwait is prepared to offer scholarships to up to 100 Zimbabwean students each year to study sciences at both state and private universities.Presenting a report in the Nation...Published: 19 May 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Parliament's Matebeleland hearings flop
PUBLIC hearings on two proposed laws that were supposed to be conducted in Gwanda on Tuesday were suspended after people failed to turn up while in Bulawayo there was a low turn-out.The Parlia...Published: 19 May 2016 at 06:29hrs | | by Pamela Shumba/ Richard Muponde
Diplomats allowances slashed
THE Civil Service Commission (CSC) has with effect from this month slashed all diplomats' allowances due to the prevailing economic challenges.Presenting a report on the visit to Kuwait last m...Published: 17 May 2016 at 07:20hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Zimbabwe ambassador to Kuwait owed $127,000 in salary arrears
MEMBERS of Parliament have recommended the closure of some embassies due to the cash crisis that has seen some diplomats and embassy staff failing to get their salaries.Presenting a report in ...Published: 17 May 2016 at 07:19hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Bond notes bring bliss to Chinamasa
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa has said he used to have sleepless nights over the economy but now can sleep soundly with the impending introduction of bond notes. ...Published: 13 May 2016 at 06:50hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
'Decentralise issuance of passports'
MATABELELAND North provincial registrar Willard Sayenda yesterday said there is a need to expedite the provision of infrastructure in Lupane to decentralise the issuance of passports. Sayenda ...Published: 12 May 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
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