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'EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospect of opposition govt fades' - we only have ourselves to blame for this
"EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospects of opposition govt fades" screamed the headlines in Bulawayo24. Of course, every thinking Zimbabwean out there must be disappointed the EU has given up the fight end ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 895 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Govt guns for land barons
GOVERNMENT has finally decided to act on land barons and illegal settlements by crafting a cocktail of strategies that include reviewing legislation and setting up courts to specifically deal with the...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:59hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospects of opposition govt fades
A FEW years ago relations between Zimbabwe and the Western world were at the lowest ebb but now a new chapter has been opened, thanks to President Mnangagwa's policies espoused by re-engagement and en...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 4122 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt failing Zec
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has admitted failing to run elections properly, but has laid the blame on poor funding by the State.In its latest report on the March 26 by-elections, Z...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Tribalistic govt overlooks Prof Solwayo Ngwenya for Mpilo Hospital's top job
Professor Solwayo Ngwenya has reportedly been overlooked for the Mpilo Central Hospital substantive chief executive officer job with the former United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH) acting chief executive of...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 19:47hrs | 2695 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt rejigs US$3.5bn compensation to farmers
ZIMBABWE'S cash-strapped Treasury has proposed a staggered payout plan to settle the US$3.5 billion compensation to white ex-commercial farmers who lost vast tracts of land when the government embarke...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 18:00hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs offered US$40,000 loan facility by Mnangagwa's govt?
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa has defended an alleged US$40 000 purse dangled at sitting members of parliament (MPs) as loans by government ahead of next year's elections.Mliswa, who is on re...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:50hrs | 2507 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt likely to print money to fund deficit'
ONE of Zimbabwe's top financial institutions, FBC Holdings Limited (FBC) says the 2023 National Budget announced last week will likely be funded by money printing, amid dwindling revenue options for T...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Govt 'unleashes' JOC on CSOs
GOVERNMENT has tightened its noose on operations of civil society organisations (CSOs) that have been assisting communities with aid by reportedly subjecting them to strict monitoring by members of th...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt pays US$50,28m to service external debt
TREASURY paid out US$50,28 million between January and September this year towards servicing its active debt portfolio while token payments were also made for debt arrears owed to International Financ...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt splurges on COP27
ZIMBABWE sent a delegation of 264 people at a minimum cost of nearly US$1,6 million to the just-ended Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) hel...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt hard-pressed to appease restless public sector workers
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has proposed to increase the proportion of employment costs on state expenditure to 52.4% from 42.3% as the desperate government makes frantic efforts to appease the 300 ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:58hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt fails to make payments to white farmers
Zimbabwe is proposing changing the terms of a $3.5bn compensation deal signed with white former farmers two years ago, after twice missing agreed-to payments.The revised plan was part of finan...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:56hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt in $174 billion expenditure overrun
ZIMBABWE has reported a $174 billion expenditure overrun in the nine months of 2022 to September, latest figures show.Despite beating revenue collection targets for the nine months of 2022 by ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:54hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Govt to recruit 7 000 teachers
The GOVERNMENT will recruit an additional 7 000 teachers next year to enhance the delivery of quality education, with special focus on infant education.In the 2023 National Budget tabled in Pa...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:51hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Govt okays forex only school fees
THE Government will not stand in the way of schools that decide to charge fees exclusively in foreign currency as long as there is consensus among parents and guardians of learners, an official has sa...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 13:14hrs | 448 | by Staff Reporter
Govt pledges $2 billion for NRZ rehab
GOVERNMENT has pledged to fund rehabilitation of National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) infrastructure to the tune of $2 billion.Speaking during a tour of the NRZ workshop in Bulawayo yesterday, ...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:13hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt turns to Treasury bills, bonds
THE cash-strapped government is likely to print money to finance its $575,5 billion budget deficit, economic analysts warned yesterday after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced next year's $4,5 tr...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Mnangagwa vapostori fined US$18 each
THIRTY-FOUR Apostolic sect congregants who were on trial facing charges of staging an anti-government protest over the country's political and economic crises were yesterday fined $12 000 (about US$18...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
'Govt to regulate omakorokoza'
GOVERNMENT has decided to formalise artisanal mining to regulate its activities and plug leakages costing the country millions of dollars in revenue, Mines minister Winston Chitando has indicated....Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt bigwigs sing blues over bonuses
GOVERNMENT says civil servants from director level upwards will only be paid 2022 bonuses based on their performance appraisal outcomes.Civil servants below director level have been awarded 10...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:53hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt mulls allowing automatic cars for driving tests
GOVERNMENT is contemplating allowing the use of automatic cars for Vehicles Inspectorate Department (VID) road tests following an increase of the importation of used non manual Japanese vehicles....Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 1061 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to build new prisons
The GOVERNMENT is committed to upgrading prison facilities and building new prisons to improve living standards of inmates in line with global best practices in jails and correctional systems, Preside...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:35hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
Govt gets tough on illegal structures
HARARE City Council has distanced itself from an ongoing operation targeting illegal structures, and accused government of being "heartless."Government last week announced a 45-day crackdown a...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:33hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Govt circular irks teachers
GOVERNMENT has ordered schools to return funds they had received for the payment of school fees for teachers' children.In April this year government pledged to pay, through the schools, fees f...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt dumps Zimdollar
GOVERNMENT has announced that starting December 1, all commercial vehicles passing through Beitbridge Border Post will be required to pay border access fees in either US dollars or South African rand....Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:48hrs | 13686 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to resume school feeding
GOVERNMENT is set to resume the schools feeding programme whose aim is to nourish learners and reduce absenteeism due to hunger.Government initiated the schools feeding programme whereby schoo...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt draws down US$311m from IMF kitty
ZIMBABWE has drawn down US$311 million from the US$958 million it was allocated under extra Special Drawing Rights by the International Monetary Fund in August last year, an automatic allocation along...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Beware of the folly of Trojan rulers!
Government, folly of mankind?Barbara W Tuchman is a prolific writer on politics as read through history. I enjoy her take on her subject.But she is American, western, itself an importa...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 18:07hrs | 438 | by on Saturday
Mnangagwa's govt forced to rehire fired and retired nurses
GOVERNMENT extended its waiver on re-appointment of health workers who retired or were fired for various misdemeanors to March 31, 2023 from September 30 this year, documents in NewZimbabwe.com's poss...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:33hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt sweats over armed robberies
GOVERNMENT yesterday admitted that armed robberies are now a menace, saying there is need for re-training of police officers to deal with the scourge before it spirals out of control.Speaking ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 1808 | by Staff reporter
Govt defends Rautenbach's ethanol project
GOVERMENT has said it would defend business tycoon Billy Rauntenbach's ethanol project in Chisumbanje where Chipinge villagers have been objecting to the operations following a land dispute.Ra...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
PSMAS gets $4,25bn bailout
Another $4,25 billion has been provided by the Government to bail out Premier Service Medical Aid Society and get the country's largest society, and the one that is used by almost all State employees,...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Govt to spread bonus payment
GOVERNMENT says it cannot afford to pay civil servants bonuses at once, and will spread payment of the 13th cheque over two months.After telling public workers early last month that bonuses wo...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Govt declares Binga safe from floods
THE government has assured flood victims in Binga district, Matabeleland North province that they are safe following their relocation."There are houses in Sungwano which were being built since...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:29hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Govt anticipating mass deportation of Zimbabweans based in South Africa
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it was anticipating the mass deportation of Zimbabweans based in South Africa after the expiry of their permits.Addressing journalists during a post-Cabinet briefing,...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 1775 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF congress grounds govt business
THE Zanu-PF elective congress, which kicked off in Harare on Thursday and ends today, has virtually grounded government business as all Cabinet ministers, secretaries, heads of department and parastat...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 19:42hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Govt bars Chinese 'brick plant' deal
PLANS by a Chinese firm Ming Chang Sino-Africa Mining Investments to "ostensibly" set up a multi-million-dollar brick moulding plant in a Harare area known for a lucrative century-old gold treasure tr...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 20:37hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to decide district cropping patterns
GOVERNMENT says it will decide which crops farmers should plant in each district under the Presidential Inputs Scheme starting from this year.This was revealed by Agriculture minister Anxious ...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:26hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt tightens screws on procurement
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says government has tightened screws on procurement processes as it tries to plug holes that have seen suppliers and contractors inflate prices of goods sold to State depa...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:26hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
US govt issues alert for a possible terror attack in Sandton
The US Government has issued an alert for a possible terror attack in Sandton, Johannesburg this weekend.In a statement this afternoon, the US Embassy says it received information that terrori...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 21:00hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
AU lauds Zimbabwe govt on private universities
NEWLY-INAUGURATED Africa University (AU) vice-chancellor Peter Mageto has lauded government for allowing the establishment of private universities in the country saying it ensured that most Zimbabwean...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Top govt official in trouble over ‘questionable' wealth
THE Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has suspended senior official Marcos Nyaruwanga to pave way for investigations to ascertain his source of wealth as a public official, the Zimbabwe Ind...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 18:33hrs | 1695 | by Staff reporter
Mafume laughs off latest govt salary schedule
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has laughed off the latest government salary schedule, saying that he is now one of the country's lowest-paid workers.Mafume who labelled the allowances a "mockery" w...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 2884 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt hit with US$20bn bill over grabbed properties
EX-COMBATANTS from Zapu's military wing during the armed struggle are demanding US$20 billion as compensation for properties that were confiscated by the government at the height of Gukurahundi....Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:19hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe govt officials too corrupt
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says there is rampant abuse of public funds by government bureaucrats by flouting procurement procedures, crippling service delivery.Addressing delegates at the pr...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:43hrs | 1069 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt lacks spine
THE Zanu-PF government is at long last trying to get back to the basics on its initial promises at Independence in 1980, reintroducing a minimum wage.However, questions will continue to linger...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:41hrs | 147 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa's govt proposes US$150 minimum wage
GOVERNMENT yesterday proposed to push through a US$150 minimum wage or the equivalent in local currency at the prevailing bank rate across all sectors.Speaking during a post-Cabinet briefing, ...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Govt bigwigs cash in on staff transfers
Corrupt senior government officials are reportedly demanding as much as US$300 in kickbacks from civil servants who wish to be transferred from their stations, NewsDay has learnt.Female civil ...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt moves to seize Chihuri farm
GOVERNMENT is intensifying its vindictive approach to seizing farms belonging to its critics, most of whom were the late former president Robert Mugabe's loyalists in the twilight years of life and ru...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:34hrs | 5674 | by Staff reporter
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