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Huge perks for PSMI boss
THE managing director of Premier Service Medical Investments (PSMI) Dr Tafadzwa Gutu is living large with a lucrative contract that sees him pocket US$23 000 a month in salary and allowances.W...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:26hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's doctors, nurses turn mercenary
SOME public health workers, who include doctors and nurses, have reportedly devised a well-knit scam to milk cash from desperate patients to supplement their meagre salaries.Those involved all...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:38hrs | 5237 | by Staff reporter
Government not a paragon of good corporate governance - Majongwe
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe Secretary General Raymond Majongwe has castigated government for interference in the Premier Services Medical A...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 19:11hrs | 473 | by George Swarei
Chin'ono's public violence incitement trial commences on October 21
THE trial date for journalist Hopewell Chin'ono, who is facing charges of inciting public violence, has been set for October 21.This was after Chin'ono's lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa opposed further...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:05hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean doctor at centre of Grace Mugabe farm 'gift' charged with medical misconduct; risks being struck off by tribunal
A doctor at the centre of a 2016 farm seizure row in Zimbabwe is appearing before the UK Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) over allegations of mistreating patients.The tribunal, un...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:50hrs | 2767 | by Staff reporter
Fears expressed over Zimbabwe Extension Permit cancellation
Zimbabwean expatriates are scrambling to apply for a visa to continue living in South Africa after their Zimbabwe Extension Permits (ZEP) expired in December.If they are unsuccessful, in some ...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 09:02hrs | 2932 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga encourages the health sector to collaborate in procurement of meds
VICE-President and Minister of Health and Child Care Retired General Dr Costantino Chiwenga has challenged players in the health sector to collaborate in the procurement of medical consumables and equ...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 06:55hrs | 488 | by Staff Reporter
Patients stranded as murse strike bites
THE ongoing public health professionals' strike that has crippled major government hospitals is continuing unabated until the demands of the workers have been met, leaving many patients stranded....Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:56hrs | 1150 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, civil servants fight over Psmas
CIVIL servants representative group Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) is headed for another showdown with Vice President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga over the l...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:20hrs | 1264 | by Staff reporter
Strike paralyses major hospitals
WORKERS from other sectors have started joining a tools down job action by health personnel and teachers who are demanding United States dollar salaries.The strike entered its third day yester...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
PSMAS top-up demands rile members
PREMIER Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) members have raised concern over their service providers' failure to meet their needs while demanding top-ups on contributions.The service provider ...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Inflation is now eating into our salaries
WE are all aware that the cost of living is rising and that people are struggling financially. Not everyone is able to define the word inflation properly but they understand that rising prices are no ...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 682 | by Emmanuel Zvada
Free Zupco transport for traditional leaders
TRADITIONAL leaders will no longer have to pay transport fares on all Zupco buses across the country, Vice-President Dr Constantino Chiwenga told mourners at the homestead of the late Chief Nhlamba in...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:53hrs | 133 | 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 | 360 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 2023 re-election bid causes jitters
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is pulling all stops to win a second full term in next year's elections amid fears that some of his initiatives will leave the economy in ruin.Mnangagwa's governme...Published: 30 May 2022 at 07:00hrs | 1157 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar medical aid cards rejected
Thousands of patients have been left stranded after private health institutions started rejecting medical policies paid in local currency.Private medical practitioners rejecting medical aid fa...Published: 22 May 2022 at 19:22hrs | 1557 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dangles trinkets to chiefs
LOCAL Government deputy minister Mariam Chombo has disclosed that government is planning to splash on traditional leaders to cushion them against economic turbulences.Chombo, who said she was ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:17hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Forex, fuel and airtime for chiefs
GOVERNMENT has announced a package for chiefs that will see them getting foreign currency allowances, medical aid, monthly fuel coupons and air time for ease of communication.Their cars will a...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga announces PSMAS bailout
Struggling medical insurance company Premier Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) will receive a government bailout to clear its debts and improve its balance sheet, vice president Constantino Chiwenga said on...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:18hrs | 4378 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe MPs get a salary of US$180' Temba Mliswa reveals
Norton Member Temba Mliswa says many Members of Parliament are impoverished because they are paid slightly above US$180 for the hard work they do in formulating laws and policies in parliament. ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 11:42hrs | 5373 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zupco taken to task over transport challenges
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has directed the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works, and public transporter Zupco to put in place an efficient transport system that will improve the ease of movement fo...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:54hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political parties attend Workers Day commemorations
Zimbabwean workers yesterday joined the rest of the world in commemorating Workers' Day, with the Government calling for unity while expressing its commitment to improving the welfare of workers throu...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:53hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Improve workers' welfare, Mnangagwa says
Employees' wages, salaries and welfare should be improved in line with the growing economy, while Government is doing all in its power to protect workers' rights and cushion them from challenges arisi...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:08hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Health financing tops doctors' indaba
PRIVATE medical practitioners drawn from across the country will this weekend meet in Mutare for their annual conference to discuss health financing, and the possibility of a fifth wave of the COVID-1...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:20hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants allege PSMAS takeover plot
CIVIL servants have accused the Public Service Commission (PSC) of plotting to take over Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS).The Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Service Trade Unions (...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:37hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Nothing to celebrate, 42 years on
AS Zimbabwe celebrates forty-two years of independence today, it is a tale of unrelenting suffering for the majority of the nation's liberation heroes and heroines except for the privileged few who we...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:29hrs | 83 | by Jacob K Mutisi
Forty-two years on - Veterans of the liberation struggle have nothing to cheer
As Zimbabwe celebrates forty-two years of independence on Monday the 18th of April 2022 it is a tale of unrelenting suffering for the majority of the nation's liberation heroes and heroines except for...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 19:48hrs | 256 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Govt under fire over medical aid
The government says it disbursed $6.3 billion to the Premier Medical Services Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) last year on behalf of civil servants amid complaints that the money cannot sustain the medica...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:16hrs | 313 | 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 | 765 | by Staff reporter
Work on Bulawayo, Hwange Thermal plants to start
INDIA remains committed to furthering the warm relations it enjoys with Zimbabwe as evidenced by the extension of a US$468 million loan facility for power projects in the country, a diplomat has said....Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:30hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
War vets denounce Zanu-PF abuse
WAR veterans have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of insincerity, lying and abusing former freedom fighters by falsely promising them money if they campaign for Zanu-PF ahead of the ...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:33hrs | 2186 | by Staff reporter
Tabitha Khumalo decries cancer treatment costs
FORMER Bulawayo East legislator Thabitha Khumalo has bemoaned the huge cost of cancer treatment in Zimbabwe, saying vulnerable people struggled to meet the costs.Khumalo, who suffers from brea...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:08hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
ZIMTA files urgent chamber application challenging teacher suspensions
Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA) has filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court seeking to render suspension of teachers from duty null and void as the victims were not heard neithe...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 13:22hrs | 710 | by Lloyd Mangoh and Virginia Zifesho
Thabitha Khumalo to block Khupe admission into CCC
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) interim national chairperson Thabitha Khumalo has vowed to block the impending admission leader Nelson Chamisa's co-vice president in the MDC, Thokozani Khupe, into...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 06:39hrs | 3896 | by Staff reporter
Govt sends SOS to private doctors
Medical players in private practice have been urged to create partnerships and synergies with the government to save the country's deteriorating healthcare system.Speaking at a Medical and Den...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:29hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
So, Zimbabwe govt promises, again, to reopen ZISCOSTEEL hahahaha!
Most times, it is extremely difficult to tell whether the Zimbabwe government sees us as pure idiots - or, it is they who are the fools!Surely, how can anyone explain the elusive logic behind ...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:29hrs | 612 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo City Council lines up major audits
THE Bulawayo City Council will embark on 20 major internal audits for the year meant to further improve their systems and operations, it has been learnt.Some of the systems that have been line...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 16:17hrs | 224 | by Staff Reporter
Private doctors, medical aid societies square off
PRIVATE medical doctors have threatened to turn away patients on medical aid until they have been paid for their services.Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe Association presi...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Corporate 24 commits to Bosso
ONE of the country's leading healthcare brands, Corporate 24, has committed itself to partnering Highlanders Football Club to provide medical cover for its players.This was revealed by Highlan...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Ex-PSMAS boss, Cuthbert Dube critically sick
THE High Court has suspended the hearing of a case in which former Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) group chief executive officer, Cuthbert Dube, is accused of swindling the company of mill...Published: 15 Dec 2021 at 06:44hrs | 5206 | by Staff reporter
It's the economy, stupid!
WORKING for government remains one of the surest ways for a stable income, job security and above all, a ticket to further studies for many across the globe.However, with each passing day, the...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
COVID-19 overstreches medical aid industry
THE health insurance industry has been overstretched by the COVID-19 pandemic, with statistics indicating that 69% of healthcare funders have experienced a surge in cases of respiratory illnesses attr...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sticks to 7,8% growth, defies crisis
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday stuck with the 7,8% growth projection announced by the Ministry of Finance in July, as he opened the fourth session of the ninth parliament, defying recent infla...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Tax and Statistics: Tax benefits to forming a Sole Proprietorship
During the peak of the global pandemic in April 2020, former U.S. President Trump with the assistance of the Department of Treasury and the ...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 13:02hrs | 27 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa commissions Chinhoyi Court Complex
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa recently commissioned the Chinhoyi High Court after the project had been stalled for many years, underlining the Second Republic's commitment to improve access to justice.O...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF scoops 2 ZITF awards
THE ruling Zanu-PF party on Friday won a gold medal for having the second best stand at this year's Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo dominated by government departments and other S...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt urges patience over salary hikes
CIVIL servants must be patient with the Government which is committed to improving their conditions of service in line with the prevailing economic environment, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfa...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ANC crumbles under Cyril Ramaphosa
UNDER President Cyril Ramaphosa, the ANC seems to be falling apart. The once-glorious movement seems to be a former shadow of its past. These sentiments are shared by, among others, the staff ...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 07:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has betrayed us'
DISGRUNTLED liberation war veterans have drawn daggers against President Emerson Mnangagwa accusing him of betraying them.The easily irritable former freedom fighters say by failing to give th...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's retailers deserve a wage subsidy'
WHILE government was bullish in the midterm fiscal policy and revised upwards gross domestic product (GDP) growth projections for 2021 from 7,4% initially projected in November last year to 7,8%, grow...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
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