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Govt axes WHO, Unicef from Zimbabwe Covid activities
GOVERNMENT has suspended the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) from participating in Covid-19 programmes, in an unprecedented move that may have farreachi...Published: 44 mins ago | 212 | by Staff reporter
Govt appoints new Zimsec board
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema has appointed announced a new 14-member Zimbabwe School Examinations Council board and retained Eddie Mwenje as chairperson.The new board ...Published: 52 mins ago | 47 | by Staff reporter
Govt told resolve teachers' grievances before schools open
THERE is an urgent need for government to improve the welfare of teachers before schools reopen, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Education has said.This is one of its reco...Published: 1 hr ago | 51 | by Staff reporter
Charamba rubbishes mandatory inoculation report
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has rubbished a report in today's local newspaper alleging that Zimbabwe could consider mandatory inoculation against COVID-19 following resistance from some ...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 07:17hrs | 1980 | by Staff reporter
Govt shifts blame over poor grade 7 results
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday blamed sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries and lack of staff supervision by headmasters for the poor pass rate recorded i...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1516 | by Staff reporter
Govt directive haunts prospective Form 1 boarders
GOVERNMENT'S recent directive ordering boarding schools to cut down on their enrolment to reduce congestion in light of the COVID-19 outbreak has backfired, with Form 1 pupils now struggling to secure...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Mtshabezi pipeline a major Govt intervention
GOVERNMENT under the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa has made great strides in addressing Bulawayo's prevailing water woes as evidenced by huge amounts of money being channelled towards var...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt told to 'Stop weaponising the law'
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has demanded an end to persecution of its members and blockade of its activities under the guise of enforcing COVID-19 safety regulations while Zanu-PF activities w...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:54hrs | 1481 | by Staff reporter
Govt official recruits 28 family members
A TOP official in the Health and Child Care ministry, Portia Manangazira appeared in court yesterday charged with criminal abuse of office after she illegally facilitated the recruitment and training ...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 3061 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt letting down youths'
GOVERNMENT has failed to formulate policies that address the high unemployment rate among the youth, while political inequalities in the country have barred young people from participating in democrat...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt says youths to get more support
The Government is cognisant of the ever-changing global trends and will take full advantage of every opportunity to provide young people with opportunities for growth and participation in the broader ...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa arrested again
TROUBLE-PRONE Norton legislator Temba Mliswa was Friday arrested again for allegedly violating Covid-19 regulations.The incident happened at the legislator's Spring Farm in Karoi where he had ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:38hrs | 6346 | by Staff reporter
5 journalists detained at Mliswa farm
FIVE journalists were Friday detained by police while covering a youth government agriculture initiative at Temba Mliswa's Spring farm in Karoi.Mliswa, who is Norton legislator, was hosting a ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:37hrs | 1711 | by Staff reporter
Govt bans land allocation in Midlands
GOVERNMENT has with immediate effect banned the allocation of residential stands in the Midlands province following revelations that 25 out of 100 dysfunctional settlements in the province were sittin...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt threatens more restrictions
GOVERNMENT yesterday warned citizens to brace for more movement restrictions in light of the highly fatal and fast-spreading South African variant of the COVID-19 virus, which now constitutes 61% of n...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2814 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt mourns Chief Maduna
Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has sent a condolence message to the family of Chief Maduna who passed on last Saturday due to diabetes saying the funeral will be State assisted....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:20hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku accuses Mnangagwa's govt of Mugabe era abuses
THE National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader, Lovemore Madhuku, has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation of perpetuating the human rights abuses that happened under the late fo...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Govt rescues duped UDCORP beneficiaries
THE government has pledged to assist Urban Development Corporation (Udcorp) beneficiaries that paid for residential stands four years ago in Chitungwiza that were not delivered.The stands in q...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:01hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers ridicule govt savings facility
THE Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has ridiculed the recently-launched Government Employees Mutual Savings (GEMS) fund which it says was another scheme meant to dupe the already suffer...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:56hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address the nation on Monday
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will tomorrow address the nation on the way forward as the two-week Covid-19 lockdown announced on 29 January expires. The address will be broadcast live on nation...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 21:36hrs | 2858 | by Staff reporter
Why govt was sued over access to Covid-19 information
At the beginning of the year, Zimbabwe faced an unprecedented surge in the number of Covid-19 cases, but there was always a lingering feeling that the government was not telling the full story. ...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:49hrs | 113 | by Nompilo Simanje
Do we still have a government?
ZIMBABWE'S Covid-19 lockdown elapses on 15 February, bringing the country to yet another moment of truth as difficult decisions must be made in answering the all-important question: What happens next?...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:44hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Govt, private sector venture to build 140 blocks of flats
AT least 140 blocks of flats will be built in a large housing programme in Prospect Harare with private sector partners doing the development on Government land.This follows the State's alloca...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:41hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Govt should treat every business as essential
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has said there is no business entity within the country which can be considered non-essential, arguing the economy operates as an ecosystem.The...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:27hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Govt orders cut in boarding schools intake
GOVERNMENT has ordered boarding schools across the country to cut down on their intake for this year to allow for social distancing among learners.The order will come as another knock to the h...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:13hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Road rehabilitation begins in Mashonaland
The key drivers of the National Development Strategy One are in motion, with the District Development Fund (DDF) embarking on an extensive road rehabilitation programme in various parts of the country...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 16:14hrs | 1263 | by Staff reporter
Govt revamps road network under NDS-1
Government has set the National Development Strategy-One ((NDS-1) in motion by rehabilitating the country's roads and aligning them to regional standards.The Zimbabwean government this Tuesday...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 16:14hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
SDCs blame govt for poor Grade Seven results
The National Association of Schools Development and Committees (NASDC) has blamed the government for the poor Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2020 Grade Seven results that saw the pass r...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:52hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Govt dismisses fake 2021 school term calendar
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has dismissed as fake a document that has been circulating on social media about the new 2021 school opening dates.The ministry's public relatio...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:30hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt to re-parcel unused and underutilized pieces of land
The Mnangagwa administration is set to re-parcel pieces of land which are unused, underutilized and owned by multiple landowners.This was revealed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman G...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:42hrs | 3012 | by Staff reporter
Govt to vaccinate 10 million Zimbabweans against Covid-19 virus for free, Mutsvangwa breathes fire
The minister of Information and Broadcasting services has rubbished the headlines by Newsday which suggests that the government does not know which vaccine to buy. In the article published by Newsday ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 11:10hrs | 2305 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's govt has not yet made a decision on the COVID-19 vaccine to buy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration yesterday said it had not yet made a decision on the COVID-19 vaccine to buy although it had mobilised a US$100 million war chest to fight the global pand...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners hail SA govt on inclusive COVID-19 vaccination
ZIMBABWEAN immigrants in South Africa have hailed the government in the neighbouring country for disclosing that its COVID-19 vaccination policy will not discriminate against foreigners.This w...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:54hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Pressure over Bulawayo water crisis shakes govt
GOVERNMENT has resumed work at the Bulawayo to Gwayi-Shangani Dam pipeline following pressure from Bulawayo residents, the Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) and the Bulawayo Water Action ...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:50hrs | 1049 | by Nelson Chamisa
Court orders Mnangagwa's govt ordered to disseminate 'adequate' COVID-19 info
THE High Court has ordered the government to widely disseminate comprehensive and adequate information on COVID-19 testing, isolation and treatment at public and private institutions.This foll...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:46hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Healthcare crisis in Zimbabwe as broke govt sends out begging bowl to raise Covid 19 funds
It is shocking that while countries like South Africa have already received their first batch of Covid-19 vaccine from India, the broke and out of sorts government of Zimbabwe is sending a begging bow...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 15:44hrs | 650 | by Israel Dube
Residents accuse govt over Harare mess
RESIDENTS yesterday accused the government of authoring the confusion currently devilling the Harare City Council (HICC) to push its own political agenda.Harare Residents Trust director Precio...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:55hrs | 1017 | by Staff reporter
Govt launches savings fund for civil servants
Government has launched a civil servants' savings facility known as the Government Employees Mutual Savings (GEMS) Fund, which will create a revolving facility for its workers.Speaking at the ...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 15:55hrs | 1149 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt to supervise funerals
The Government is set to supervise all funerals in communities to reduce the spread of Covid-19. This comes after the soaring number in Covid-19 cases, which has claimed more than 1 200 lives ...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:36hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
Nampak engages Govt over estates
Listed paper and packaging group, Nampak, says it is holding discussions with the Government over a possibility of getting back control of its estates, group managing director John Van Gend said in a ...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:36hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to roll out free vaccinations
AT least 60 percent of the country's population will be vaccinated for free with a national vaccine deployment framework now complete that will see frontline workers, the elderly and those with underl...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:35hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
US Embassy scolds Mnangagwa's govt over Mamombe, Chimbiri 'persecution'
THE United States Embassy in Harare has slammed the Zimbabwean government for continued ‘persecution' on MDC Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and party activist Cecilia Chimbiri, among other govern...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 08:04hrs | 4264 | by Staff reporter
Govt releases $535m for Gwayi-Shangani Dam
GOVERNMENT has released $535 million for the completion of Gwayi-Shangani Dam, part of the Zambezi Water Project, which is expected to alleviate water problems in Bulawayo and Matabeleland North provi...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:50hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt concealing COVID-19 statistics'
HEALTH professionals have accused government of allegedly concealing COVID-19 statistics in the country to give the impression that the virulent disease was under control at a time it has ballooned ou...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:37hrs | 2491 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt has failed to enact laws which enhance constitutionalism
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has failed to enact laws which enhance constitutionalism, but has brought back repressive laws, albeit with new names, legal think-tank Veritas has re...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:18hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Govt to act on Chitungwiza flooding, says July Moyo
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo, and National Housing minister Daniel Garwe on Saturday toured areas affected by floods in Chitungwiza after heavy rains pounded the area the day before.Gui...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | 1855 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt unveils forex income tax bands
The income tax bands for those earning in foreign currency and so required to pay income tax in that currency have been gazetted, with a tax free threshold of US$70 a month and the top 40 percent tax ...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:33hrs | 1995 | by Staff reporter
$4.8bn set aside to support households, says Govt
GOVERNMENT claims it has set aside $4,8 billion to support households affected by the heightened lockdown measures.The disclosure by the government follows a request by human rights lawyer Den...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:37hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Govt to resettle wetlands inhabitants
The Government will soon begin scouting for alternative land for people settled on wetlands and other undesignated areas to prevent possible disasters, especially in the wake of floods that affected C...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:46hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Biti tackles Mnangagwa's govt over Covid-19 funding
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti says government has not been transparent over its fiscal and financial issues on Covid-19-related matters, adding there has been a mixture of lack of accountability...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 17:23hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
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