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Open letter to Emmerson Mnangagwa
14 October 2019Petition to The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare.Cc: Ministry of Health, Matebeleland North Province.Cc: CEO Tsholotsho HospitalCc: St Lukes Hospital....Published: 9 hrs ago | 43 | by Mqondisi Moyo
MPs fret over lack of gender parity
ZIMBABWE'S number of serving female ambassadors now stands at 32%, an issue which Parliament says should be rectified in order to satisfy the constitutional requirements of 50/50 gender representation...Published: 19 hrs ago | | by Staff reporter
Sanctions not responsible for our suffering in Zimbabwe
For the past 20 years, we the people of Zimbabwe have endured untold economic and political suffering — unprecedented ever since we attained independence from British colonial rule in 1980 — chara...Published: 19 hrs ago | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mohadi slams tribal student nurses recruitment
VICE-President Kembo Mohadi yesterday said the recent questionable recruitment of student nurses in Bulawayo and other nursing schools in the country's southern region was against Government's policy ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 9 | by Staff reporter
Judge calls for married people database
In a development likely to inspire changes in the proposed Marriages Bill that seeks to have unregistered customary law unions itemised, a High Court judge has called for a countrywide database of mar...Published: 19 hrs ago | 3 | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwean Cyber Crime Bill, a good way forward
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his cabinet passed the long awaited Cyber Crime, Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill in what they say is an effort to "protect the country's cyber space...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 00:03hrs | 4 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Doctors' right to strike not absolute
THE right to strike distinguishes employment hum slavery. This is one of the reasons there was instantaneous revulsion when one very powerful country mendaciously claimed that Zimbabwe is using child ...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 09:04hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Teachers to go on strike Monday a week into Zimsec exams
RURAL teachers under the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) will next week Monday dump invigilation of final Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) examinations and all of the...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:55hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Kombis the new Zupco
Government has opened the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise to commuter omnibus operators in a move likely to increase convenience for urban commuters. Officials from Zupco a...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 11:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland Collective speaks on tribal recruitment of student nurses in Matabeleland.
Matabeleland Collective strongly condemns the unfair, tribal motivated recruitment of student nurses at Brunapeg, Mangwe, Gwanda, only one student at St Lukes, over 95 % of student nurses at Mpilo Sch...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 13:52hrs | | by Matabeleland Collective
Doctors should not be used to settle political scores
FOR the past 36 days, doctors in Zimbabwe have been on a crippling strike. This follows an impasse between the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) and Health Services Board (HSB).The ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 12:33hrs | | by Chenai Mutasa
Harare water crisis case dismissed
HIGH Court judge Justice Owen Tagu has dismissed as not urgent, a chamber application that was filed by Community Water Alliance Trust (CWAT) seeking an order to compel President Emmerson Mnangagwa an...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Activating GirlForce to dismantle insurmountable odds
She was only 14 years old, so young and full of life. She also had big dreams, just like any other young girl. And being at school was one sure way to achieve those dreams. But one day while she was i...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:43hrs | | by Theresa F. Nyava
Zimbabwe health crisis deepens
OPERATIONS at Parirenyatwa and Harare Central hospitals yesterday ground to a halt after nurses joined the strike by doctors, with most wards at Zimbabwe's two largest referral hospitals closed, incre...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe, region
Sanctions have led to the drying up of traditional sources of external finance from the International Financial Institutions (IFIs), with the country receiving no support from the African Development ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe settles United Nations dues
THE United Nations (UN) is in the red and risks failing to pay its workers next month as a significant number of members have not paid their annual subscriptions.Zimbabwe is among 129 of...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean executive quits SA company
Adcorp Holdings Ltd, the South Africa-based workforce management solutions group, announced that Innocent Dutiro has resigned as the CEO of Adcorp, effective 8 October 2019.The announcement fo...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 19:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
SADC/AU get this through your heads - sanctions not responsible for our suffering in Zimbabwe
For the past twenty years, we the people of Zimbabwe have endured untold economic and political suffering - unprecedented ever since we attained independence from British colonial rule in 1980 - chara...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 14:16hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chief Ndiweni pledges to campaign for Mnangagwa's reforms
Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has urged the government to explain clearly to the citizens the kind of reforms that they are pursuing so that the people may support them. Ndiweni...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 12:55hrs | 6788 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Are austerity measures only meant for the poor?
The government of Zimbabwe imposed austerity measures on the citizenry of Zimbabwe a year ago and since their inception they have caused untold suffering to the people of Zimbabwe and have send many i...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 09:06hrs | | by Terrence Wuragu
Who is stoking the fires of stratospheric pricing of goods and services?
The high prices 'veld fire' needs more drastic measures to douse the flames that are threatening to consume the commoners. In this time of great 'financial drought' how many can afford to buy ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 09:05hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Nkosinathi Ncube's good job - OneMoney grows 97%
NETONE'S mobile money transfer service, OneMoney has grown by 97 percent in the three months ending September 30, 2019, driven by unique offerings including OnePay, a bulk payment facility, an officia...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hackers wipe clean $26,000 from Cabs account
A MAKOKOBA resident was on Monday defrauded of $26 612,97 by suspected cyber criminals after they allegedly hacked his bank account by sending text messages instructing him to punch a code which gave ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Silobela villagers face health time bomb
Gweru residents are dumping garbage in Gweru River, threatening livelihoods of communities downstream in Silobela and Lower Gweru who depend on the water source.A survey carried out by Souther...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli tables ambitious revenue collection figures
TREASURY has tabled an ambitious $14 billion revenue collection target by year 2019, despite only collecting a paltry 35% of that figure in the first half of the year.Revenue collections for t...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt completes snooping laws
CABINET yesterday approved the Cyber Crime, Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill that will see stiff penalties being levied on citizens allegedly generating and transmitting subversive material mea...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 12:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's ZECO Holdings after-tax loss widens by 52%
Bulawayo-based engineering firm Zeco Holdings Limited remains in the red after its loss-after-tax widened by 52% to $886 605 in the six months to June 30, 2019, despite undertaking cost-containment me...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Newcastle disease outbreak hits Bulilima district
A NEWCASTLE disease outbreak has hit Bulilima district, Matabeleland South province, leaving villagers counting heavy losses of their chickens.The epicentre of the disease was reported to be v...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Business decries fuel price hikes
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has expressed concern over continuous fuel price increases saying the trend was negatively impacting on production due to rising cost of goods and serv...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyber Crime Bill gets the nod
Cabinet yesterday approved the Cyber Crime, Security and Data Protection Bill which seeks to combat cyber crimes and enhance security in the wake of rampant abuse of the platform. The Bill, wh...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt speaks on abduction reports
Government has not received any letters from a British-based organisation, International Centre for Trade Union Rights (ICTUR), over alleged failure to investigate recent claims of abductions, Secreta...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's Budget plans revealed
The 2020 National Budget will focus on job creation, productivity and economic growth and plugging revenue leakages, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has said. He outli...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to export electricity by 2024
Government is working on a programme to develop energy from mineral resources with a target of becoming a major exporter of electricity by 2024.This was said by the Acting Minister of Informat...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 19:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council to recover debts through Zesa
Harare City Council plans to use ZESA Holdings' billing system to recover about $1 billion the local authority is owed by ratepayers.If the plan is approved, council will gradually recov...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 19:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt set to review pension payouts
GOVERNMENT is working frantically towards an upward review of pension payouts as part of safety nets to cushion against price increases. Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Dr S...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa says, 'Corruption has no colour'
IF corruption is to be defeated, better legislation and stronger accountability mechanisms need to be put in place.This is the word from businessman and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa who gave...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 22:30hrs | 4034 | by Staff reporter
Magombeyi 'abduction' - trouble looms for Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's failure to investigate and bring to account, people linked to the abductions of two unionists, Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) leader Peter Magombeyi, trade...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 11:37hrs | 11860 | by newzimbabwe
RBZ's desperate measures will only worsen the situation
LESS than a week after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) unilaterally banned all mobile money cash-in, cash-out and cash-back transactions – before quickly backtracking, the central bank has once a...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 11:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T MP lauds Mnangagwa's tough talk on rapists
PROPORTIONAL Representative legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC-T) has welcomed plans by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to impose stiffer penalties on rapists as part of efforts...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Telecoms sector posts revenue growth
Zimbabwe's telecommunications sector registered growth in revenues for the quarter ending June 30, 2019, mainly on the back of upward tariff reviews as economic headwinds persisted. The sector...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC goes after loot stashed in SADC
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has intensified its efforts to recover ill-gotten wealth from the country being stashed in foreign lands by engaging with SADC members in the fight again...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T MP lauds Mnangagwa's tough talk on rapists
PROPORTIONAL Representative legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC-T) has welcomed plans by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to impose stiffer penalties on rapists as part of efforts...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe ill treating its citizens'
The government of the United States was blunt, candid and unwavering about the status of bilateral relations with Zimbabwe on October 2, United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs,...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 17:15hrs | | by Pearl Matibe
Cracks emerge in the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has allegedly been rocked by divisions with some commissioners said to be unhappy over the government's lack of commitment in addressing past hu...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fifa declines to endorse Chiyangwa, Sibanda bans
WORLD football governing body, Fifa has urged Zifa to reconsider the life bans imposed on former president, Phillip Chiyangwa and former Vice-President, Omega Sibanda.Fifa revealed they had re...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors ordered back to work
DOCTORS in public health institutions have been awarded a 60 percent increment as Government yesterday issued a directive that they abandon their industrial action and return to duty by tomorrow....Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt rescues Kwekwe, Kadoma town councils
Government continues to avail resources for the rehabilitation of water and sewer infrastructure in local authorities around the country, with the latest being $9.7 million dollars availed to Kwekwe a...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Busting the myth of an 'upper middle income' Utopia in Zimbabwe
Ever since the November 2017 military coup, in which then iron-fisted late Zimbabwe leader Robert Gabriel Mugabe was toppled, his predecessor Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has ridden on the mantra of ta...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 19:16hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kill the beast in US
South African opposition leader Mr Julius Malema wrote (yes, wrote) a chapter of Zimbabwe's founding father and iconic revolutionary, the late former President Robert Mugabe, the whole or part of whic...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:51hrs | | by Stephen Mpofu
Powerless Zesa blacklists debtors
ZESA Holdings has embarked on a nationwide blitz on defaulters and is blacklisting them so that they cannot open new accounts using different addresses. In an interview, ZESA spokesperson Mr F...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
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