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2,4m Zimbabweans food insecure as drought, rising costs bite
The 150% fuel price hike that sparked mass public unrest across Zimbabwe last month sent the cost of living skyrocketing: the price of bread nearly doubled in a week.Worse is likely to come....Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:14hrs | 221 | by IRIN
'Lack of consensus fomented govt ructions, discord'
OF late, there have been contradictory statements coming out of the Information ministry and other government departments regarding various programmes and policy issues. NewsDay (ND) chief reporter Ev...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
How cryptocurrencies can rescue Zimbabwe
On September 17, 2018 media houses were abuzz with the news that the then newly appointed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube was considering cryptocurrencies as an option for Zimbabwe's economic turnaround...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:00hrs | 563 | by Masotsha Charles Matlobo
Govt begins receiving applications for voluntary retirement
Government has begun accepting applications for voluntary retirement from civil servants as authorities move to trim its workforce and reduce costs.Voluntary retirement was identified as one o...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:46hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Tribute to 'Save' the late Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai
Somewhere in the communal lands of Buhera Zimbabwe, there is the people's hero.Travelling in the rural areas holding and reading The Daily News tabloid newspaper was a crime, something v...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 21:02hrs | 1016 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF a sanctuary for thieves
If one is a convicted felony and wants to start on a new page then Zanu PF is the right place to go. Dexter Nduna's moment of revelation that he killed many people is enough to have him question...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:15hrs | 974 | by AT Kadada
National dialogue deadlock: Hope keeps eluding Zimbabwe
NATIONAL dialogue meant to unite Zimbabweans around a common vision has failed to gain traction as the leading political parties have taken deeply entrenched hardline positions, plunging the country d...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:22hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland North govt offices to move to Lupane
The Matabeleland North government offices are finally expected to move to the provincial capital of Lupane by August this year.The offices are currently located at Mhlahlandlela Complex in Bul...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 15:48hrs | 2170 | by Staff reporter
10 point plan to save Zimbabwe
Founder of the Coalition for Market and Liberal Solutions (COMALISO) Rejoice Ngwenya says Zimbabwe needs to adopt liberal economics for it to be extricated from its current problemsNgwen...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 12:35hrs | 4723 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Civil servants strikes, opposition's Trojan horse
Zimbabwe is fast becoming a "strike country" as various civil service arms try and outdo each other in registering their grievances against Government through withdrawal of labour and other forms of p...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:26hrs | 847 | by Nicole Hondo
Mnangagwa's Cabinet approves AIPPA repeal
The government has finally considered repealing the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA), with three separate bills on the cards as replacements.This was revealed by the...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 20:23hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Riot police sold a dummy
Residents in the western areas of the second city woke up yesterday to see a huge presence of riot police who were anticipating another round of protests.Apparently, the police were reacting t...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 10:51hrs | 4214 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean community that identifies with SA, Botswana
Arriving at Khalanyoni Business Centre in Plumtree, Mangwe district in Matabeleland South about 200 kilometres south of Bulawayo, one is greeted by a huge election billboard of a beaming President Emm...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 10:05hrs | 2729 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under fire over private jets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under fire for using expensive chartered flights at a time when the majority of Zimbabweans are wallowing in poverty.Mnagagwa on Friday flew to Ethiopia f...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:23hrs | 2917 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa digs in on Mnangagwa talks
Pressure mounted on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa last week to engage in dialogue to solve the country's worsening economic and political crisis.Chamisa ignored ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:21hrs | 1430 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's skulduggery will not blight Mnangagwa's reform agenda
The usual opposition cynics are employing all manner of tactics to blight the impact of reforms being implemented by President Mnangagwa.However, as is the case with any skulduggery antics, th...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:46hrs | 238 | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
Unrepentant Mnangagwa flies with expensive jet again
Mnangagwa has once again demonstrated his lack of care for the mounting economic woes in Zimbabwe.He once again flew in a hired Swiss Dreamliner which will cost the fiscus millions. When...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 12:04hrs | 13905 | by Bekithemba Mpofu
Mnangagwa approves task forces
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has approved the establishment of task forces to oversee the execution of certain priority development projects and programmes, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1539 | by Staff reporter
President ED Mnangagwa is not sincere about the dialogue
A serious dialogue starts in privacy and secrecy, citizens are in most cases alerted about the dialogue when it reaches an advanced state. Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga did the same, Kenyans were sh...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:01hrs | 774 | by Don Chigumba
Teachers' unions tell members to 'intensify' strike
The government on Thursday ratcheted up pressure on striking teachers, saying it will dock their salaries for hours not worked.The government move came on the same day that the two largest uni...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 10:56hrs | 2695 | by ZimLive
Puppets polluting Harare, Caracas
Before making his transition to our ancestors on November 15, 1998, the revolutionary Pan Africanist organiser Kwame Ture warned Africans everywhere with his rather unique blend of passion and caution...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | 374 | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
'We are to blame,' Chamisa admits
MDC–Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday tacitly confessed to causing the suffering of the people in the country at present, during a prayer meeting in Harare. Mr Chamisa was part of ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:34hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
'No Work, No pay' for striking Zimbabwe teachers
Government has warned teachers who have not been reporting for work that they will have their salaries deducted. The warning came after a realisation that there were some teachers who have not been re...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 19:50hrs | 8226 | by Staff reporter
Opposition, West respect Zimbabweans' vote
On 30 July 2018, Zimbabweans went to the polls looking for their best foot forward. While the other 22 Presidential aspirants laid bare their intentions during electioneering, the incumbent and ultima...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 10:11hrs | 3820 | by Mapozho Saruchera
More teachers join strike
More teachers yesterday joined the countrywide strike which started on Tuesday, despite reports of widespread intimidation by State security agents in some areas.The teachers have downed tools...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:48hrs | 2381 | by Staff reporter
Employers to meet Labour minister
EMPLOYERS Confederation of Zimbabwe (Emcoz) will this month hold a crucial meeting with Labour minister Sekai Nzenza over the state of the economy.The meeting comes at a time the economy is ex...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:45hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threw caution to the wind
President Emmerson Mnangagwa ignored advice from a South Africa-based local businessman that a wage hike was the best way to deal with public sector union grievances, and that a failure to award an in...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 15:41hrs | 6351 | by Staff reporter
80% teachers heed strike call?
TEACHERS' unions yesterday described their nationwide strike as a huge success, with at least 80% heeding the call for industrial action, although there were reports of State security agents moving ar...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:16hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Parents withdraw kids from schools
TEACHERS reported for duty yesterday in Bulawayo, Midlands and parts of Matabeleland North but education authorities decried the decision by some parents to withdraw their children from schools. ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:05hrs | 1212 | by Staff reporter
Youth League rallies behind Mnangagwa
The Zanu-PF Youth League yesterday reaffirmed its full support for President Mnangagwa's efforts at turning around the economy and urged the nation to be united, peaceful and focused. The leag...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 07:55hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Teachers push for strike
ALL but one teachers' union have declared that their members would today join a national strike called for by Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (Zimta) and the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PT...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:50hrs | 2439 | by Staff reporter
Criminals around Mnangagwa and Chamisa derailing Progressive politics
This documentary will enlighten those who may think decisions are done in standing committees or politburo, the debacle is wider and beyond your imagination. The good part about President Mnangagwa an...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 21:39hrs | 2687 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Teachers strike called off
The government committed itself to continue implementing non-monetary incentives to civil servants, with teachers now having called of the strike which was planned to begin tomorrow, the 5th of Februa...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 19:12hrs | 1491 | by Staff reporter
Strike divides civil servants
SERIOUS divisions have emerged within the rank and file of the civil service on whether or not to go on strike tomorrow with the majority of Government workers eager to give dialogue a chance while a ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:50hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa building Zimbabwe block by block
The fascination with negativity and self-hate is creating an artificial but widely accepted false narrative that everything in Zimbabwe is going backwards and that Zimbabwe is at its worst time....Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:47hrs | 697 | by Nick Mangwana
Apex Council backs off strike threat
Zimbabwe's main public sector workers' union, Apex Council, has backed off plans for a national strike, with chairperson Cecilia Alexander saying the divided civil servants had failed to reach a...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:53hrs | 2430 | by Staff reporter
Zimta officials 'forcing’ teachers to bunk classes
ZIMBABWE Teachers Union (Zimta) officials are allegedly forcing teachers in Binga and Tsholotsho to stop teaching and close the schools, a move alleged to be politically motivated.The official...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:50hrs | 1161 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers union leaders get death threats
PROGRESSIVE Teachers Union of Zimbabwe leaders have reportedly received death threats from anonymous people for pushing for a national strike over poor remuneration and working conditions.Desp...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:25hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants snub teachers' strike
Civil servants are divided on whether to embark on a full-blown strike after government yesterday insisted it would not increase its offer of 18% salary increment tabled two weeks ago.While Pr...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:12hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants shelve strike
Civil servants yesterday put their strike intentions on hold as it emerged that the $300 million offered by Government will see the workers getting an increment of between $107 and $122. The o...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 23:01hrs | 8217 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean police files implicate army in widespread abuses
Internal Zimbabwean police documents passed to the Guardian suggest the army has been responsible for murder, rape and armed robbery during the ongoing brutal crackdown in the southern African country...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 18:57hrs | 2126 | by The Guardian
Civil servants give Mnangagwa 48-ultimatum
Public sector unions on Monday gave the government a 48-hour ultimatum to make a new salary offer or face a strike after wage negotiations reached a deadlock, raising the prospect of more unrest follo...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:25hrs | 4195 | by Reuters
Civil servants salary negotiations ends prematurely
SALARY negotiations between civil servants and government yesterday ended prematurely after some workers' union representatives stormed out of the meeting, accusing their employer of not being committ...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:22hrs | 2571 | by Staff reporter
$60m housing deal for civil servants
Government will tomorrow unveil a $60 million housing facility for civil servants as part of non-monetary incentives to its workers. Tomorrow's event will see the Government signing a Memorand...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 07:47hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Can South Africa help Zimbabwe?
South Africa is our powerful neighbour and is one of the most powerful nations in Africa and can easily influence political changes for the better in Zimbabwe. So far they have not been able to work o...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 16:44hrs | 824 | by Clement Moyo
Civil servants' salary demands should be reasonable
Although civil servants play a critical role in the provision of essential services by Government ministries and departments and are entitled to the right to fight for the improvement of their salarie...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:44hrs | 3773 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Govt, civil servants' last dance
GOVERNMENT and its edgy workers are meeting for the third time today in a last-minute attempt to avoid a crippling nationwide industrial action as previous salary negotiations ended in a stalemate wit...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:03hrs | 1439 | by Staff reporter
Majority MDC supporters hope Mnangagwa intervention continues; fares dramatically slashed
An ecstatic Zimbabwean passenger Shylot Sibanda screams with joy as he boards a bus from downtown Harare to the township of Budiriro. The fare has been slashed to a third of what he paid last week....Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:58hrs | 1267 | by AFP
Coltart's plot on judiciary outed?
A plot by some shadowy non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to rope in Harare-based lawyers to attack the judiciary through a demonstration today has been exposed. The Herald understands that...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:32hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
'Float or demonetise bond notes,' says experts
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya is this week expected to present the monetary policy statement amid calls that he should address the deep-seated currency challenges which are aff...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:18hrs | 9916 | by Staff reporter
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