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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 | 1933 | 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 | 863 | by Staff reporter
Zimstat boss grabs agency vehicles, awards self undue allowances
Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) director general Taguta Mahonde has stirred controversy after allegedly thanking himself with some hefty benefits sources say are outside his conditions o...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 06:33hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo seal 8 agreements
Underpinned by ambitions to engage and re-engage the international community in pursuit of socio-economic development, President Mnangagwa, is in Equatorial Guinea for high-level discussions covering ...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:00hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Zinara blasts councils over shoddy jobs
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has condemned local authorities over poor quality workmanship on some road rehabilitation projects across the country, and red-flagged overcommitting...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt withdraws Xmas goodies for bigwigs
BIGWIGS in government will this year not be pampered with Christmas goodies, such as end of year hampers as the Finance ministry seeks to curb excessive spending.In the past, civil service bur...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt clamps down on foreign travel, hampers
THE practice of Government headquarters staff buying themselves hampers and vouchers has been blocked and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has insisted that any Government travel must ...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Govt delays payment to contractors
The delays in paying contractors is a result of the due diligence which the government has to carry out after some of them were charging extortionate prices, a cabinet Minister has said. Minis...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
RBZ in dramatic U-turn on Fidelity privatisation
IN a dramatic policy U-turn, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has indefinitely suspended its plans to partially privatise Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) nearly two years after announcing inten...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 909 | 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
MPs say forced to stay in grubby Harare lodges
LEGISLATORS have been forced to put up in sub-standard lodges in Harare, footing their own bills, as the treasury has not paid hotel bills since July 2022, NewZimbabwe.com can reveal.One of th...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
Parliament's US$1,6m laptops tender probe postponed
ABSENTEE parliamentarians, a decision by the finance ministry to send junior officials in place of Permanent Secretary George Guvamatanga, and failure to attend by some bidders all contributed to the ...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 18:22hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Mining companies in Zimbabwe to pay royalties in the form of minerals
MINING companies in Zimbabwe will now pay royalties to the government in the form of minerals as a percentage of the mined resources effective October 1, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said....Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 11:02hrs | 918 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt doles out US$6m in Harare rubbish saga
A company awarded the controversial 30-year Pomona waste management deal in Harare may have pocketed at least US$6 million since March from government as the City of Harare has refused to pay a single...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 11:26hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs close to blows over probe into computer scandal
CHAOS rocked a session of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) Tuesday after members came close fist-fights during a heated oral evidence hearing into the controversial tender involvin...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 2918 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parliament cancels controversial laptops tender
Parliament last week officially cancelled the tender for the supply of laptops and desktop computers it had awarded to two companies after the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development flagged the ...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:48hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Cartels bay for Mthuli Ncube's blood
PREDATORY cartels of "tenderpreneurs" preying on Zimbabwe's lax procurement systems, prejudicing government of millions of United States dollars, are baying for the blood of Finance minister Mthuli Nc...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:26hrs | 7991 | by Staff reporter
Heads must roll over US$1,6m Parly laptops scandal, says Mliswa
THE African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) has called for action against corruption saying the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) should probe the administration of parliament after ...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 3097 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar shortage bites
THE government will today give an update on contracts it suspended last month pending a pricing review as pressure mounts for it to honour its obligations.Last month, as part of measures to sa...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 2862 | by Staff reporter
IMF rules out loans for Zimbabwe
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team led by Dhaneshwar Ghura conducted a staff visit in Harare during September 12–19, 2022, to discuss recent economic developments and the economic outlo...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 18:46hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar to further strengthen?
The Zimbabwe dollar is likely to strengthen as extra strands in the policies to decrease the amount of local currency in bank accounts, while increasing the amount of foreign currency in official mark...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
Treasury blows whistle on plot to loot public funds
ZIMBABWE'S Treasury has exposed a calculated plot to loot public funds through an inflated tender awarded by Parliament to two companies which are charging astronomical prices for the supply of laptop...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:57hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe company wins tender to supply 173 laptops at US$9 200 each
Two local companies have been awarded tenders to supply parliament with laptops and desktops with one of them contracted to supply 173 laptops at US$9 200 each.In a recent correspondence to th...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 19:13hrs | 1573 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt bars State agencies from charging fees in US dollars
Zimbabwe banned government ministries and local authorities from charging fees and levies in foreign currency, the Ministry of Finance said."Treasury notes with concern that some government ag...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 15:20hrs | 997 | by Staff reporter
Govt clamps down on advance payments
Treasury is working on stringent measures to regulate advance payments for contractors, after some failed to deliver on their contractual obligations and others indulged in financial speculation on th...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:30hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube turns screws on errant Govt departments
ALL ministries, Government departments and agencies have been given up to September 2 to submit due diligence reports on all contracts that were submitted as of July 31 but whose payments were suspend...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Guvamatanga dodges Parliament again
FINANCE and Economic Development ministry secretary George Guvamatanga yesterday failed to appear before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to explain government's US$9,6 billion over-expend...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 1535 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says ministries driving black market
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has for the first time admitted that there has been massive pilferage and corruption in government departments which is driving the black market and prices of goods and se...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1546 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should act on 'devious saboteurs' in government
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa would like to make us believe that there are some "devious saboteurs" out there who are busy making sure that everything goes wrong in the Zimbabwean economy, conspicuousl...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar makes paper gains
The economy has largely stabilised, especially from late last month, as a result of aggressive measures by Government to rein in market indiscipline, and market watchers are confident the latest inter...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells profiteers to play fair,
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday reiterated the need to adopt fair business practices and urged economic stakeholders to rally behind the country's transformation agenda and leave a legacy of positive im...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:23hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Payment for goods priced in black-market rates suspended?
All payments have been suspended for goods supplied to Government ministries, departments and agencies and possibly priced using black market exchange rates with procuring units now compelled to do du...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Parly grills govt over US$9.6bn unauthorised expenditure
PARLIAMENT last week grilled ministry of Finance officials for failing to furnish the Auditor-General's office and the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) with adequate information justifyin...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:49hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Baba Harare vs Jacaranda
The Jacaranda tree is known to represent The tree represents wisdom, rebirth, wealth and good luck as such when most artists see the Jacaranda Music brand they think wealth and all good things....Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 10:23hrs | 2092 | by John Mbizvo
Civil servants reject 100% salary increment
CIVIL Servants under the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions banner, formerly Apex, have rejected government's recent cost of living adjustment (CLA), calling it "a non-event"....Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 19:21hrs | 2003 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's forex earnings to reach US$12 billion this year
ZIMBABWE registered US$4,9 billion of foreign currency inflows during the first five months of this year, and is on course to surpass the 2021 record of US$9,7 billion, a senior official has said....Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube, John Mangudya must resign'
OPPOSITION political parties have demanded that Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya resign, accusing them of crafting anti-poor policies that are wo...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:49hrs | 3188 | by Staff reporter
Biti tells Guvamatanga to 'shut up'
FORMER finance minister, Tendai Biti, has told off current treasury permanent secretary, George Guvamatanga, after he claimed civil servants are better paid now that they were during the government of...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:32hrs | 4010 | by Staff reporter
Guvamatanga challenges claim Biti paid civil servants US$540 during GNU
FINANCE Ministry's permanent secretary, George Guvamatanga on Monday said current salaries being earned by the country's civil servants are much higher than the US$540 awarded at the peak of the dolla...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:28hrs | 1339 | by Staff reporter
Zimra launches facility to curb graft
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has launched an electronic single window expected to curb corruption at the country's borders as well as improve the ease of doing business while reducing conges...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
The death of the Zimdollar shows the King has no clothes
The death of the Zimbabwe dollar is proof that with all our education, there is something terribly rotten in Simbao (ancient name for Zimbabwe).I want to make an apology to Sister Fay Chun...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:16hrs | 1191 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zimbabwe abandons debt relief initiative
The Zimbabwe government has abandoned its plan to access a debt relief facility under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative, meant to resolve its unsustainable debt, Business Times repo...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 09:29hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
European Investment Bank warms up to Zimbabwe
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has availed about €40m to Zimbabwe banks within a year, which will go towards bailing out the country's SMEs and mid-cap companies, in a vote of confidence in the ...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 09:04hrs | 3149 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt throws industry under the bus
THE decision by the government to open up importation of basic commodities by citizens together with a six month suspension of duty on various products will have a damaging impact on the revival of th...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:27hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Guvamatanga faces contempt of Parliament
FINANCE ministry secretary George Guvamatanga could be charged with contempt of Parliament after he failed to appear before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defense and Home Affairs on several...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Govt moves to compensate depositors
MILLIONS of taxpayers' money will be channelled into reimbursing depositors whose United States dollar bank balances were wiped out in 2019 when the Zimbabwe dollar was reintroduced.Finance mi...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:46hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Prices in Zimbabwe run riot!
THE economic malaise has deepened in recent weeks as the cost of living is spiralling out of control with prices soaring by about 30% during the first week of April. This has plunged households into e...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | 1020 | by Staff reporter
Is he the young man?
I have lost touch with my Zipra brother Melusi Nkomo. The last time I heard about him, he was doing some lofty business at the International Graduate Centre in Geneva, Switzerland."Robert Muga...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:29hrs | 878 | by Kenneth Mafuka
Tagwirei eyes government fuel monopoly
Rapacious oligarch Kudakwashe Tagwirei would supply all government departments with fuel when he completes the capture of Petrotrade and Genesis, the two government-owned petroleum companies, ZimLive ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 15:54hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa contracts gimmick dismissed
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's efforts to tie his Cabinet ministers to performance contracts is an exercise in futility as long as the Treasury does not provide adequate funding for operations, commen...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 16:33hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
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