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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 | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube belt tightening measures come into effect next week
GOVERNMENT is expected to scale up its cost cutting measures with a five percent salary cut for Ministers as well as biometric registration of all civil servants coming into effect next week. ...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 16:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
End close for ghost workers
GOVERNMENT is expected to scale up its cost-cutting measures with a five percent salary cut for ministers as well as biometric registration of all civil servants coming into effect next week.F...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 22:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Apparently budget presentation was relatively good, but lacks clarity
From Hand to mouth As a development practitioner, my strong analysis is as follows, it appears the current budget presentation is a reflection of hand to mo...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 10:18hrs | 2 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mthuli Ncube's budget: The good, bad and ugly
In September, while meeting fund managers in New York, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said what the economy needed was a "big bang", a shock to the system. A week later, he brought that big bang; on th...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 06:08hrs | 4 | by NewZWire
Civil service bonuses by year-end
CIVIL servants will be paid their bonuses before the end of the year, the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube, said yesterday. This is a departure from previou...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biometric register for Zimbabwe civil servants in 2019
GOVERNMENT is going to put in place a time-lined raft of measures which include developing a biometric register of all civil servants on Government payroll as it moves to tighten screws in its quest t...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 15:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa trimming civil service
At least $39 million has been availed by Government as severance packages for civil servants as the State moves to trim its workforce and reduce staff costs.About $12 million will go towards r...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mr President here are the key drivers of the economy
You don't have to wait for appointment for you to bring development to your country. Whatever you have on your hands it is good to share so that our country will be in a better position to develop. Fo...Published: 03 Jan 2018 at 16:45hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
MDC-T dream of a $100 billion economy
Daily News staff writer Blessings Mashaya speaks to the opposition MDC shadow Finance minister Tapiwa Mashakada. Below are excerpts of the interview.Q: Do you think Finance minister Patrick Ch...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 14:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil service cuts by 2018
GOVERNMENT will cut the civil service wage bill from 90 percent to 55 percent by 2018, a Cabinet Minister has said.Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa said staff ra...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 22:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe's SONA address - Fulltext
STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, COMRADE RG MUGABE, TUESDAY 6TH DECEMBER 2016.Madame Presi...Published: 07 Dec 2016 at 04:54hrs | 20 | by Roberg G Mugabe
Government embark on health sector head count
Government health workers who are on leave have been recalled for a head count in their stations.The six week counting phase by the Health Services Board began last week and has raised specula...Published: 26 Oct 2016 at 07:13hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Government has no retrenchment plan - Labour minister
Government has backtracked again on the divisive move to layoff thousands of civil servants.Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa came under attack from the Cabinet when he announced massive job ...Published: 25 Oct 2016 at 14:50hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Civil servants want bonus issue to be put it on paper
Civil servants have demanded formal communication from the Government assuring them that they will receive their traditional annual bonuses and that their salaries will not be slashed. Thi...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government starts laying off workers
Government has begun restructuring the civil service on a large scale, with several ministries directed to shed thousands of posts immediately. A manpower survey is also underway to determine the skil...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 09:21hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
'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 | 1 | by Pamela Shumba
Govt scraps 8 000 posts
THE Government has abolished more than 8 000 posts in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development as the Public Service Commission (PSC) implements recommendations of the...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt freezes hiring, promotions
THE Government has with immediate effect frozen the recruitment of employees and promotions in the civil service, as part of its staff rationalisation exercise in line with recommendations of the Civi...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
RBZ fed up with ghost workers
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mangudya has expressed his frustration at government ghost workers who are siphoning salaries monthly.The civil service gobbles roughly 85 percent of...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 14:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ boss wants salary reforms
Government should rationalise its wage bill and increase revenue inflows if cash circulation is to improve in the immediate term, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr John Mangudya has said. T...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 13:10hrs | | by Livingstone Marufu
Govt urged to abolish 21,000 posts
THE Auditor-General's Office has recommended that Government abolishes about 21,000 vacant posts in line ministries and the Office of the President and Cabinet, a development that will result in about...Published: 27 Jun 2016 at 06:52hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Government loses millions to AWOL educators
The Auditor-General's Office has unearthed massive absenteeism at schools after auditors found over 160 headmasters, deputy headmasters and teachers absent from their workplaces without leave. ...Published: 25 Jun 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
100 civil service posts scrapped
The Civil Service Commission has abolished 100 posts in the Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development Ministry as part of Government's staff rationalisation. This affects redundant community d...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 12:12hrs | | by Tinashe Farawo
Civil service audit implementable welcome
Reports from some public media that government has started to hunt for some ghost workers within the civil service could not have come at a better time considering the fact that the government has bee...Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 11:47hrs | | by John Mukumbo
Civil servants to sign for payslip
CIVIL servants are now required to sign up collection forms upon receiving pay slips as the Government moves to clean up the civil service of ghost workers. The move is part of the impleme...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ghost civil servants flushed out
CIVIL servants are now required to sign up collection forms upon receiving pay slips as Government moves to clean up the public service of ghost workers.The move is part of the implementat...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:24hrs | 1 | by Lincoln Towindo
Mugabe slashes army retirement age
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's administration could be preparing for a major security sector shake-up after gazetting new defence regulations that set fresh retirement ages for personnel serving in the uni...Published: 27 May 2016 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt loses millions to graft - audit
Government is suffering financial losses running into millions of dollars annually owing to rampant corruption in its systems, a 2015 Civil Service audit report has revealed.This comes amid re...Published: 12 May 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Zimbabwe foreign debt payments on track
ZIMBABWE is on track towards clearing close to $2 billion debt to international finance bodies, which would facilitate access to fresh lines of credit to grow her economy, Finance Ministry Secretary W...Published: 11 May 2016 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Prosper Ndlovu
'No civil servant shall be laid off'
PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira yesterday assured workers that no employees will be laid off as the government rationalises the country's public service establishme...Published: 03 May 2016 at 09:28hrs | | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
13 000 missing from Govt payroll
At least 13 000 people have been rendering service to Government but have not been captured on its pay system, creating an obligation of more than $84 million per year in salary arrears to the already...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 05:30hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Mugabe not happy with the number of civil servants
President Robert Mugabe is reportedly not happy with the number of civil servants.This was said by the Civil Service Commission chairman, Mariyawanda Nzuwah when he was addressing a parliament...Published: 15 Mar 2016 at 10:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Petra High School fires 12 teachers
PETRA High School in Bulawayo has terminated employment contracts for 12 Government-registered teachers, replacing them with "volunteers", Sunday News reported.The 12 teachers had their contra...Published: 06 Mar 2016 at 07:09hrs | | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Private school likely to increase fees
PRIVATE schools could be forced to increase fees after the government recalled thousands of teachers deployed at the institutions, arguing that they are commercial enterprises and as such must meet th...Published: 11 Feb 2016 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Auxilia Katongomara
Audit shuts door on thousands of contract teachers
Thousands of teachers whose contracts were not renewed will only be considered for employment if vacancies arise after the rationalisation of the teaching establishment being done by Government, Publi...Published: 16 Jan 2016 at 07:57hrs | | by Felex Share
2016 Economic Growth possible
Zimbabwe is able to resuscitate its economy in the coming year. It is worrisome that analysts were denouncing the 2.7 percent economic growth that came out in the budget strategy paper that was prepar...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 11:12hrs | 1 | by Chido Chikuni
Major overhaul for Zimbabwe civil service
Cabinet has approved the civil service audit, heralding a new chapter in the public sector through the implementation of measures such as reduction of student teachers and trainees' allowances, termin...Published: 23 Nov 2015 at 05:09hrs | | by Felex Share
Job cuts loom in civil service
Government will have to implement a raft of measures, including rationalisation and abolition of posts, to cut the wage bill which gobbles more than 80% of revenue as it seeks to save nearly $400 ...Published: 13 Nov 2015 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants abuse overtime allowances and leave days
Government civil service audit has revealed widespread abuse of overtime allowances and leave days, salary fraud, idle manpower, role duplication and uncoordinated staff recruitment.The Audit ...Published: 12 Nov 2015 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
No ghost workers in civil service, says Minister
Public Service Labour and Social Welfare deputy minister Tapiwa Matangaidze has claimed there are no ghost workers in the civil service despite numerous reports that thousands of mostly Zanu PF yo...Published: 30 Oct 2015 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants spared job cuts
The government has no plans to retrench its employees but intends to reduce the civil service wage bill through growing the economy, Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa assured...Published: 03 Oct 2015 at 09:38hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Civil service shake up begins
Government is merging some departments with duplicate functions, redeploying numerous workforce and cutting transport allowances for hundreds of others as it begins implementing recommendati...Published: 21 Sep 2015 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt scrap transport allowances for civil servants
Government has begun implementing recommendations of the Civil service audit by merging some departments with duplicate functions, redeploying numerous workers and cutting transport allowances for hun...Published: 20 Sep 2015 at 12:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimta gives 48-hour ultimatum
TEACHERS yesterday demanded that the government pay, within 48 hours, salaries of their colleagues who were struck off the payroll following a recent civil service audit.Two months ago, the go...Published: 09 Sep 2015 at 06:46hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Teachers flee auditors
Some Government schools with unqualified teachers closed early in March 2015 to avoid being exposed by auditors who were conducting a physical head-count of all civil servants.Both heads and t...Published: 08 Sep 2015 at 16:42hrs | | by Debra Matabvu
Zimbabwe falls apart as centre collapses
Zimbabwe is entering what the wily former manager of Manchester United Football Club, Alex Ferguson, used to refer to as "squeaky-bum time" when the going got really tough on the pitch - all thanks to...Published: 16 Apr 2015 at 16:15hrs | 1 | by Eric Chiriga
Government Civil service audit hypocritical
Government must expend its energies on cutting down the President Robert Mugabe's foreign travels expenses as a matter of urgency before they put focus on civil servants, MDC has said.The oppo...Published: 08 Apr 2015 at 13:37hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
'No retrenchment for civil servants,' says Chinamasa
Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa said on Tuesday the Government does not plan to retrench any member of the civil service to balance its budget which is skewed towards emplo...Published: 29 Jan 2014 at 15:50hrs | | by New Ziana
Public Service Commission audit verification begins
The Public Service Commission has started the verification exercise to address presumed irregularities cited in the Payroll and Skills audit report released last year.In a statement yesterday,...Published: 28 Oct 2011 at 04:55hrs | | by -
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