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Mnangagwa Cabinet reshuffle sparks uproar
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s cabinet reshuffle has caused consternation in government and Zanu-PF as officials believe it was motivated by the need to consolidate and retain power rather ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 1701 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa awards young farmers
President Mnangagwa has issued certificates and handed over prizes to excelling young farmers and agricultural experts contributing significantly towards the attainment of food and nutrition security ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 13:16hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
Treasury is broke: Minister
GOVERNMENT, which has been hyping about a huge surplus, is reportedly broke and has been forced to fire 286 doctors because it cannot afford to pay them what used to be their United States dollar sala...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:38hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
Judicial Service Commission stripped off powers to appoint Prosecutor-General
The Prosecutor-General should not be appointed by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) as doing so constitutes an anomaly whose effect is to undermine his or her independence, a Cabinet minister has ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:27hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Government offers doctors food for work
Minister of Health Dr Obadiah Moyo has revealed that government if offering to provide food and accommodation to junior doctors in exchange of their services. Speaking to the media on Tuesday ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:08hrs | 1086 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Government to meet doctors on 14 November
Government is set to meet the striking doctors of the 14th of November to discuss how to resolve the impasse that has seen the doctors not attending work for more than months. Doctors are dema...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 17:12hrs | 2970 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga in remarkable recovery, returning home soon
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, who was airlifted to China from South Africa in July amid poisoning fears, is preparing to return home after making a remarkable recovery at a top hospital in Beij...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:18hrs | 1892 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF to freeze prices and wages - too late, prices soared 350% vs 50%. You failed, step down
"During a post cabinet briefing held on Tuesday, Information Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa said government does not dispute the need to give a cost-of-living adjustment to workers but it was faced with ...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 07:03hrs | 5551 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe considers wage and price freeze as workers go on strike
Zimbabwe is considering freezing incomes and prices as it battles to contain runaway inflation which has eroded household incomes and left many employees unable to afford transport costs to get to wor...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 18:12hrs | 3535 | by Staff reporter
'Government understands civil servants plight'
GOVERNMENT does not dispute the need to pay civil servants a cost of living adjustment hence its decision to provide them with annual bonuses inclusive of their allowances, Information, Publicity and ...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:33hrs | 1431 | by Staff reporter
Govt understands civil servants plight, says Mutsvangwa
GOVERNMENT does not dispute the need to pay civil servants a cost of living adjustment hence its decision to provide them with annual bonuses inclusive of their allowances, Information, Publicity and ...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:30hrs | 382 | by Staff Reporter
'Zanu-PF, govt must pay ZBC for live broadcasts'
PARLIAMENT has recommended that the struggling State broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) must be supported through the fiscus and that it must be paid for outside coverage of national ...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:03hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, doctors head for another clash
DOCTORS have come out guns blazing after President Emmerson Mnangagwa accused them of being sponsored by foreign hands to destabilise his government through strikes.The striking doctors also f...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:07hrs | 4256 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fires 80+ striking doctors ….As they snub disciplinary hearings
The President Emmerson Mnangagwa government has reportedly fired more than 80 doctors who snubbed disciplinary hearings sitting at central hospitals in Harare and Bulawayo on Friday to try them over t...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 16:41hrs | 7530 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa facing massive pressure to reshuffle cabinet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing enormous pressure from senior Zanu PF officials and the military to reshuffle cabinet and fire some senior government officials for failing to stem the economic ...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:48hrs | 5304 | by Staff reporter
'Corporate sector must lead digital transformation'
GOVERNMENT has called on the corporate sector to lead the digital transformation drive so that it remains relevant and adapt to the ever-changing digital environment.Officially opening the Mar...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Herald's Tichaona Zindoga seeks protection from CIO Boss
Expelled Herald Deputy Editor Tichaona Zindoga sought the protection of the First lady Auxilia Mnangagwa and the Central intelligence Oganisation Boss Isaac Moyo after being fired by the Zimpapers Boa...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 05:44hrs | 5474 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cabinet mulls social contract to address price hikes
Cabinet yesterday said there is a need for a reduction in the cost of digital transactions and to come up with a social contract as part of efforts to address the continued escalation of prices of bas...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 06:01hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
Govt withholds striking doctors' salaries
The government says it will not pay salaries for striking doctors at public hospitals. The doctors downed tools 56 days ago citing poor salaries and conditions. In a post Cabinet briefing, Inf...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 18:33hrs | 4111 | by Ndou Paul
Herald fires acting editor Tichaona Zindoga after 8 months
The Zimbabwe Newspapers Group (Zimpapers) sacked acting Herald editor Tichaona Zindoga on Monday, 10 months after he stepped in to replace Joram Nyathi, the paper's shortest serving editor who lasted ...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 11:12hrs | 2968 | by ZimLive
Govt yet to formally communicate on DIDG contract cancellation
GOVERNMENT has not yet formally communicated to the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) concerning the termination of the US$400 million deal meant to revive the National Railways of Zimb...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:57hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Military operation to remove ZANU PF launched
Ideal Zimbabwe President Tinashe Jonas has unveiled what he termed a military operation that will remove ZANU PF. Jonas posted a video which shows him wearing army regalia urging Zimbabweans t...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 10:45hrs | 25718 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Doctors told to resume work & dialogue
Government remains open to dialogue with striking doctors to find a lasting solution, but those discussions should be carried out while health workers are at work, Health and Child Care Minister Obadi...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet approves infrastructrure master plan
Cabinet yesterday approved an integrated National Infrastructure Development Master Plan that will ensure development of the country's infrastructure and utilities will be done in a co-ordinated manne...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:21hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors told, 'No work, no dialogue'
Government remains open to dialogue with striking doctors to find a lasting solution, but those discussions should be carried out while health workers are at work, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Ob...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:02hrs | 894 | 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: 13 Oct 2019 at 23:03hrs | 516 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Minister fingered in machete wars
STATE Security minister Owen Ncube has been implicated in the often violent Mazowe illegal mining activities that have seen youth gangs popularly known as MaShurugwi, engaged in machete wars over gold...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:53hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions on Zimbabwe affect women, children'
The Zanu-PF Women's League yesterday held an anti-sanctions build-up meeting at the party headquarters in preparation for the anti-sanctions day scheduled for the 25th of this month. Addressin...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:29hrs | 107 | 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 06:54hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF behind machete-wielding panners'
The opposition MDC has alleged that warring machete-wielding artisanal miners in Mashonaland Central province are under Zanu-PF control.MDC's provincial chairperson George Gwarada challenged a...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe calls out lying America
Zimbabwe has called out the United States of America for trying "to hide behind the finger" by describing its sanctions regime as merely restrictive measures. Justice, Legal and Parliamentary ...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 06:57hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to open ZMF conference
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to deliver a keynote address at the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) annual general meeting scheduled for November 5 to 6 at the Gweru Convention Centre in Gwe...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 19:52hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
2022 Census preps begin
Government has begun preparations for the 2022 Population and Housing Census which is held in terms of the Census and Statistics Act, which requires that it be held every 10 years. Cabinet yesterday a...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Power supply to improve long-term
Government is working on various policies to ensure sustainable electricity supply in the long-term after securing a deal from Mozambique's Hydroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) of Mozambique for the s...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga agonises over Mugabe burial
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, who was airlifted to China from South Africa in July amid poisoning fears - is now firmly on the recovery path - and wanted to attend former president Robert Mugab...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:54hrs | 8561 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa genuine on reforms, says Mutsvangwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is a genuine and committed reformer keen on seeing Zimbabweans fully enjoying freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution. This was said by Information, Publicity and Broadcast...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:17hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'nformation ministry requires $691m
The Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Ministry requires $691,3 million for the 2020 fiscal year to fulfil its national mandate that includes ensuring the local and international public ...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:01hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi is educated, but is neither wise nor clever
SOMETIME in September last year, I was part of a group of journalists from across the media divide that were invited to a welcome dinner for Kenneth Wetzel, who had just arrived to assume the post of ...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 16:24hrs | 1339 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Judge President raps State over Magombeyi detention
Judge president Justice George Chiweshe yesterday dismissed the State's urgent chamber application to stop Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) leader Peter Magombeyi from leaving the country...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 07:15hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
Govt pokes holes in Magombeyi abduction claims
GOVERNMENT on Wednesday moved to poke holes in Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) acting president Peter Magombeyi's claims of abduction by alleged State security agents.Magombeyi wa...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1143 | by newzimbabwe
Dr Magombeyi not held against his will?
THE Government yesterday said Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) leader Dr Peter Magombeyi is not being held against his will and has not been blocked from seeking treatment outside the cou...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 07:02hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Bid to abduct Magombeyi foiled?
Police on Tuesday foiled an attempt to snatch Dr Peter Magombeyi, who is in the news following his recent alleged abduction ordeal, Government has said. The incident occurred at a private hospital in ...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 06:53hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Judge gives police hour to free 'abduction' doctor
A doctor desperate to leave the country for medical treatment after his recent abduction is now free to go after a High Court judge dismissed an effort by police to stop him, a lawyer said Wednesday....Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 20:51hrs | 3737 | by Farai Mutsaka I Associated Press
Magombeyi free to travel, Govt
Government has delayed the departure of Dr Peter Magombeyi to South Africa as a way of guaranteeing his safety while police also obtain vital information required for investigations, a senior official...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 20:24hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter
City women face sex abuse in Zupco buses
When Zimbabwe's government started running a bus system earlier this year with fares on average one-third lower than those of private bus companies, Thandekile Gama was excited.The 33-year-old...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:03hrs | 7957 | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
Information Ministry mourns Mugabe, Mugoba
The Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services has consoled the Mugabe and Mugoba families following the deaths of national heroes, former President Robert Mugabe and Major General T...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 19:58hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe burial mystery deepens
FORMER President Robert Mugabe's burial has reportedly been postponed indefinitely as haggling over his burial place rages on, amid fresh developments that chiefs from his Gushungo clan want him burie...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:43hrs | 10150 | by Staff reporter
'G40 using Mugabe burial as bargaining weapon to get amnesty from Mnangagwa'
Controversy continues to be associated with the late former president Robert Mugabe in his death, as was the case in his life – with his family and the government still poles apart yesterday wi...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:32hrs | 1421 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe body arrives today
President Mnangagwa yesterday met the Mugabe family members at his Munhumutapa offices where they expressed appreciation on the Government support rendered to former President Robert Mugabe during his...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:07hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe loses US$98 billion due to sanctions'
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Dr Sibusiso Moyo, yesterday presented a paper to Cabinet, indicating Zimbabwe lost about US$98 billion due to the illegal sanctions imposed on the cou...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:01hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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