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Mnangagwa's second republic of corruption and controversy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's second republic, which he proclaimed when he came into office in November 2017 following a coup that ended long-time ruler Robert Mugabe's nearly four-decade rule, has b...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 20:59hrs | 965 | by Gary Gerald Mtombeni
Bleak outlook for Zimbabwe's consumers
Inter Horizon (IH) Securities, a prominent financial services firm, has released a sobering report on Zimbabwe's consumer spending patterns for 2024. The analysis paints a bleak picture, attributing t...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:58hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's public service workers to pay pension in foreign currency
The Treasury has announced that all public service workers earning in foreign currency must now make their pension contributions in the same currency, starting this year, as per the directive from the...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 09:31hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt workers starving
FUNERAL policies and medical aid contributions are gobbling up a huge chunk of civil servants earnings, leaving most of them with little for food, rent, school fees and transport, NewsDay has been inf...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 05:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Heavy tax chews up Zimbabwe civil servants' US$300 salary
CIVIL servants have bitterly protested over the government's heavy taxation of their United States dollar salary component, which is leaving them with little US$ disposable income. The government rece...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's civil servants' US$300 addition 'unfairly' deducted
Public sector workers affiliated with the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) have expressed dissatisfaction with the government's decision to implement substantial deduction...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
US$300 Covid allowance goes permanent as salary
Civil servants will now be receiving the old US$300 Covid-19 allowances as part of their permanent pensionable salary, with the first batches of workers, including uniformed forces and health workers,...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's taxes kick in
Zimbabweans will begin a new year tomorrow faced with a basket of new taxes, levies and fees that will push up the cost of living for many that are already struggling to make ends meet.Finance...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 13:00hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's civil servants get backdated US$ pay rise
GOVERNMENT has effected a US$50 increase in civil servants salaries, while the local currency portion will be pegged at the equivalent of US$150 at the prevailing interbank rate.The increase w...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:12hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Public wage bill balloons 3 times ahead of key Zimbabwe elections
ELECTION-related spending by the Zimbabwean government is going through the roof as President Emmerson Mnangagwa goes for broke, spending public funds like confetti at a wedding to retain his position...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:30hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Tourism Authority bosses suspended after allowance probe
AN investigation initiated by Tourism minister Mangaliso Ndlovu in January has led to the suspension of Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief operating officer Givemore Chidzidzi (pictured), executiv...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:27hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Union leader booted out over Zanu-PF links
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has suspended one of its members in Masvingo over suspected links to Zanu-PF shadowy groups.Artuz Masvingo provincial spokesperson Kuda...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
USD pay increase for civil servants
The Government will "imminently" effect a new remuneration package that includes an increment in the United States dollar component for public sector workers to cushion them from the rising cost of li...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teacher found hanged after collecting pay
Two unions have blamed derisory salaries after a deputy head hanged herself at a primary school in Mwenezi, Masvingo.She has been named as Miriam Mzenda, nee Manyarara.The Progressive ...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 18:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tainted and haunted by unfulfilled 2018 promises
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa is seeking re-election on August 23 this year, his campaign is being overshadowed by unfulfilled promises from the previous poll, The NewsHawks has learnt.Zi...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 16:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga punishing Zimbabwe's health workers?
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has been accused by some disgruntled nurses of blocking salary and allowance increments in the health sector as punishment for past strikes and demonstrations....Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 19:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe chiefs, headmen get a windfall
CHIEFS and village heads are set to receive a one-off Covid-19 allowance backdated to May 2022 which is essentially yet another vote-buying exercise by the Zanu-PF government to win the support of 26 ...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 20:11hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs and village heads to get US$550 each
CHIEFS and village heads are set to receive lump sum payments of at least US$550 each as part of Covid-19 allowances backdated to May 2022.There are about 26 000 village heads countrywide, who...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 09:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers earn ZW$39 636 (US$33)
THE impoverishment of professionals by the government has reached heart-rending levels, but those who dare complain are often victimised, leaving public sector workers feeling helpless in the face of ...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:34hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers reject 100% salary hike
TEACHERS yesterday rejected government's 100% salary increase, saying they remain incapacitated, while accusing their employer of dishonesty after reportedly dodging wage talks under the National Join...Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 07:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt awards civil servants 100% salary increase
GOVERNMENT has reviewed upwards salaries of civil servants, members of parliament, independent commissions, grant-aided institutions and pensioners by 100%.The increase is with effect from Feb...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 19:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt workers reject US$50 increment
GOVERNMENT workers reportedly rejected a US$50 salary increment offered by their employer during the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) negotiations held last week Friday.Government had...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt tables paltry offer for civil servants
THE National Joint Negotiation Council (NJNC) meeting held yesterday failed to yield positive results for civil servants after the Zimbabwe Congress of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) rejected the...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC workers seek audience with Mnangagwa
The ZBC is paying its employees salaries below the minimum set by the National Economic Council – and now workers are demanding a meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The state broadcas...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 exams start
GRADE seven Zimsec examinations started smoothly yesterday without any hiccups being reported.A survey by The Herald around Harare established that teachers ignored calls for industrial action...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants threaten September 26 wage strike
Federations representing civil servants in Zimbabwe have threatened to call for a strike starting Monday next week if government does not fulfil its promises to review wages.The Amalgamated Ru...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
USD pay rise for Zimbabwe civil servants
GOVERNMENT has offered a 25 percent salary increment to civil servants in United States dollar terms which will result in State employees getting US$200 effectively this month.The workers have...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Public procurement loopholes enable looting of Covid-19 goods
THE absence of statutes aimed at managing the procurement of goods and services and their issuance in times of emergency in Zimbabwe led to the country not getting value for the funds it invested towa...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 20:02hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Bus operators pledge to end crisis
PUBLIC transport players have committed to revamp the sector with modern and customer-friendly buses to help manage the country's unrelenting transport crisis.Addressing delegates during a pas...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
NetOne fails to fix abuse of US$1m Covid-19 fund
MOBILE network operator NetOne has failed to properly account for a US$1 million fund the organisation was mandated with distributing to vulnerable citizens whose livelihoods were adversely affected b...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 15:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pampers junior cops
GOVERNMENT has resuscitated long-abandoned allowances for police officers, resulting in junior cops now earning more than their superiors, a development which has caused disgruntlement in the law enfo...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's broke govt rules out US dollar salaries
GOVERNMENT has cast doubt over the possibility of paying civil servants in US dollars as inflation continues to ravage salaries amid growing tensions and fears of unrest, The NewsHawks can report....Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops threaten protest vote
GROWING discontent over measly salaries paid to government workers has forced police officers, one of the least paid sectors in the civil service to threaten bhora musango, a protest vote for the oppo...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Why should the president be treated as more special than the rest of Zimbabweans?
In my childhood, as with most of that age, I was fond of asking probing questions - which, I am quite sure, could reach thoroughly irritating levels.Having spent the first seven years of my li...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 16:20hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZBC suspends corruption whistleblower
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) workers committee secretary general was promptly suspended last Friday, a day after circulating to all staff members an explosive memorandum to the Board al...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 19:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe COVID-19 funds disbursement murky'
PARLIAMENT'S Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has demanded that government should account for the missing millions of dollars meant for COVID-19 beneficiaries.Last year, Auditor-General Mildred...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Massive looting of Covid-19 relief funds exposed
A parliamentary report has exposed massive graft, looting and diversion of material and financial resources worth several millions of dollars earmarked for the Covid-19 fight.The Brian Dube ch...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:17hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
'Teachers' salary can only buy 20 loaves of bread'
AS bread prices continue to soar, public sector employees are now comparing and contrasting their low wages to how many loaves they can actually purchase.A loaf of bread in the country now cos...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 09:01hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Private hospital doctors strike
PATIENTS admitted to Premier Service Claybank Hospital in Gweru have gone for two days without getting medical care as more than 200 nurses, doctors, and health support staff at the upmarket health ca...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimdollar dead by next month'
TWO of Zimbabwe's most respected economics professors have warned government to bite the bullet and redollarise because the Zimdollar "would be dead soon".Professors Gift Mugano and Anthony Ha...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt recruits extra 10 000 teachers
More than half of the extra 10 000 teachers needed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education have now been recruited over the last couple of months. The Public Service Commission has ...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MPs demand action on stolen COVID-19 funds
THE Public Accounts Committee (Pac) has called on the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and police to investigate the abuse of US$89 million COVID-19 relief funds by government officials....Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts over transport crisis
ZIMBABWE's transport crisis yesterday attracted global attention with the Amnesty International (AI) berating the Zanu-PF government for refusing to rescind the Zupco monopoly.This came as Zup...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Official dollarisation unlikely, says OM
DIVERSIFIED financial services group Old Mutual Investment believes an official dollarisation of the local economy is "unlikely in the near term" despite current factors pointing towards that directio...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZBC employees should learn that a dog used to hunt down other animals is always given leftovers!
I never revel in others people's misery and suffering - since, due to the same compassion that drives me to fearlessly stand up, and speak out for oppressed and unjustly-treated Zimbabweans - I simila...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 16:54hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZBC CEO bans employees from using WhatsApp groups
WORKERS at the loss-making state broadcaster, ZBC, are up in arms against Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Adelaide Chikunguru over many grievances, which include salary increment and Covid-19 allowance ...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspected ghost workers siphon ZW$2.5bn from govt
THE government could be financing ghost workers prejudicing the state as the authorities have failed to account for payments amounting to ZW$2.5 billion, it has emerged.A red flag has been rai...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:30hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Govt, teachers in fresh showdown
GOVERNMENT is headed for another showdown with teachers after failing to honour its pledge to pay tuition fees for their children, with less than three weeks before schools close for the first term....Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt, workers sign salary deal
SERVICE Commissions secretary Jonathan Wutawunashe on Monday said workers unions had signed for the salary deal tabled by government last month to improve workers conditions of service.In a st...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants revert to normal working hours
The entire civil service is reverting to normal working hours starting at 7:45am to 4:45pm following agreements between the employees and their employer on the improved conditions of services....Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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