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Deadlock over minimum wage
SALARY talks in the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) have reportedly stalled after parties failed to agree on a minimum wage, with workers threatening to pull out of the negotiations and declare a s...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:25hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
6 TV licences issued to independent players
Government will have issued six television licences to independent players by August to improve diversity in information dissemination as the new administration liberalises the airwaves, Information, ...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:03hrs | 416 | by Staff reportert
Zimbabwe to avail 19 campus radio licences
Government has gazetted a Frequency Allotment Plan and Regulations that enable the establishment of 19 on-campus radio stations to be operated by institutions of higher learning, Information, Publicit...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:01hrs | 129 | by Staff reportert
Zimbabwe remains on high alert for coronavirus
Zimbabwe remains on high alert, especially at ports of entry, for the deadly new coronavirus, amid reports that over 1 400 travellers have passed through the country's ports of entry that are screenin...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 05:59hrs | 98 | by Staff reportert
No rescue for marooned Binga families
FOUR days after the Binga flash floods, government is still battling to rescue the estimated 21 marooned and displaced families.Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told a post-Cabinet Press bri...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 08:07hrs | 1313 | by Eddie Cross
Mnangagwa's govt introduces roller meal coupons
Coupons will be issued within a week to targeted households to buy subsidised roller meal with the database of beneficiaries at an advanced stage, a Cabinet Minister has said. The coupon syste...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:48hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Breaking: Army fails to fly to flooded Binga
Villagers in parts of Binga affected by floods are still stranded on trees after the army failed to fly to area and rescue them due to bad weather. Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa, in a...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 18:39hrs | 4008 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe steps up grain imports
Maize imports have been stepped up to 110 000 tonnes per month to guarantee food security, especially at a time when the 2018-2019 drought - regarded by the United Nations as the worst in 40 years - i...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 05:46hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Hatred appointed as new Herald editor
The Zimbabwe Newspapers Group (Zimpapers) appointed a substantive editor of its flagship Herald newspaper on Friday – 12 months after Joram Nyathi left the position.Hatred Zenenga, who was e...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 17:32hrs | 1459 | by Staff reporter
6 TV channels on the way
Zimbabwe is set to have at least six independent television channels with their licensing expected to be completed by August, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangw...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 05:38hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube urged to live within its means
LABOUR and business leaders within the Tripartite Negotiation Forum (TNF) Wednesday called on government to desist from borrowing, overspending and subsidising any product with little regard to the di...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:01hrs | 312 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa urges government to be in touch with communities
INFORMATION, Publicity & Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsavangwa said Cabinet on Tuesday held is first Cabinet meeting for the year 2020 in the Cabinet room at Munhumutapa office...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:48hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa outlines 2020 plans
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said Government's focus this year will be on increasing productivity, growing the economy and employment creation, and directed leaders to spend more time with their comm...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:59hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
Over 500 monitored for Coronavirus in Zimbabwe
AT least 506 novel Coronavirus cases are under surveillance in Zimbabwe while a special unit is being set up at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals to serve as a national command centre for mitigation mea...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:57hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
Bishop tells Chamisa accept electoral defeat
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has been told to accept the results of the 2018 presidential elections even if his claims the poll was rigged in favour of President Emmerson Mnangagwa were true.The ...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 19:28hrs | 1624 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe commends courageous Sadc
THE Government has hailed the courageous stance taken by Sadc in taking the United States head on in the call for the immediate removal of illegal sanctions imposed against Zimbabwe by Washington and ...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:27hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe plane in second coming
Government business briefly ground to a halt yesterday after several top officials and Cabinet ministers escorted Acting President Constantino Chiwenga to receive for the second time the Boeing 777-20...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:50hrs | 528 | by Staff rpeorter
Govt rolls out community radio stations
Marginalised communities are set to have their voices heard on radio as the Government has embarked on a programme to set up community radio stations across the country. The programme, which i...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:36hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Who is Matemadanda to dare the Americans
Following the news that cde Matemadanda has issued a stern warning to America, many people held their mouths with two hands. Today we want to see who cde Matemadanda is. Comrade Victor Matemadanda is ...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 21:24hrs | 14961 | by Masimba Mavaza
Maize imports stepped up to beat shortages
Maize imports are being increased to beat shortages caused by drought, while large sums of money are being set aside to ensure the maize reaches the intended beneficiaries. According to the Re...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 09:56hrs | 1462 | by Staff Reporter
Black market driving Zimbabwe business
The black market for foreign currency is driving business in the country, with nearly all businesses and travellers in Zimbabwe obtaining their requirements from the illegal market, a survey by the An...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:59hrs | 3303 | by Staff reporter
Fuel supplies improve only in Harare: Survey
FUEL supplies have improved with shorter queues than seen recently at service stations that had received deliveries. A survey at some of the service stations along the Harare-Mutare Highway showed tha...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:01hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet approves presidential running mates amendment bill
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet yesterday approved the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2019 which removes the provision for presidential running mates - candidates for Vice-President - as well as...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:10hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe judges to work up to 70
Cabinet has approved that the Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice and judges of the Supreme and Constitutional Courts hold office until they reach the age of 70 and thereafter have their contracts ren...Published: 18 Dec 2019 at 08:49hrs | 3388 | by Staff Reporter
Women ready to deliver Zanu-PF victory
Zanu-PF Women's League stands ready to meaningfully contribute to a 'big margin victory' in the 2023 harmonised elections, the wing's secretary for administration Monica Mutsvangwa, said yesterday....Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:06hrs | 394 | by Staff reportr
6 new TV channels to go live in next three months
Zimbabwe will have six television channels in the next three months as the Second Republic moves to ensure diversity in the broadcasting industry, a Cabinet minister has said. Information, Pub...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 07:59hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Power cuts to intensify
Zesa Holdings warned yesterday that the country's debilitating power cuts are set to worsen due to reduced imports, dwindling local generation capacity and the current heavy rains. This comes ...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:44hrs | 2386 | by Staff reporter
'Eskom still supplying Zimbabwe with off-peak power'
South African power utility Eskom is still supplying Zimbabwe with 300MW of power outside peak hours under a US$2 million a month deal with Zesa, Cabinet was told yesterday. Eskom has surplus ...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:34hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to make own number plates
Following several months of vehicle number plate shortages, Government has tasked innovation hubs at universities to come up with a patent system for local production of plates with adequate security ...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:27hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi launches community bakeries
Vice President Kembo Mohadi yesterday rallied the nation to make use of available indigenous resources and knowledge to enhance community resilience and tackle challenges of price increases for basic ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:06hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Doctors defy Mnangagwa
STRIKING public hospital doctors have defied President Emmerson Mnangagwa's latest 48-hour moratorium which came after government reversed its earlier decision to fire them.Information ministe...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:32hrs | 6706 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 48-hour moratorium: Doctors trickle back to work
AT least 10 percent of junior doctors have reported for duty countrywide with Government ready to consider extenuating circumstances for doctors reporting to work after the moratorium extended by Pres...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:02hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Only 46 out of 448 doctors return back to work
Only 46 doctors have returned to work after the President Emmerson Mnagwagwa issued a 48-hour moratorium to them last Thursday.Government had fired 448 doctors. The Minister of Informa...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 15:25hrs | 2127 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Huawei launches ICT competition for Zimbabwe
Information Communication Technology (ICT) giant, Huawei Technologies Zimbabwe, yesterday launched the National ICT Competition 2019-2020 which will provide a platform for tertiary students to compete...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:16hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa charms Bulawayo artists
The National Arts, Culture and Heritage Policy which was launched in Bulawayo by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.President Emmerson Mnangagwa played into the hearts of local artists in Bulawa...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:04hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges to support arts
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has promised Government support and removal of bureaucratic bottlenecks and red tape that are stalking the arts industry.The move is meant to create a conducive operating e...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:54hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Caesar Zvayi leaves Zimpapers
Herald editor at large Caesar Zvayi has left the Zimbabwe Newspaper Group (Zimpapers), 11 months after he was removed as editor of The Herald.Zvayi confirmed his exit to Media ZimLive on Tuesd...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 22:05hrs | 3621 | by ZimLive
448 Zimbabwe doctors fired
At least 448 doctors out of the 598 appearing before disciplinary hearings for failure to report for duty at public hospitals have been fired, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 17:23hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1904 | 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 | 827 | 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 | 1213 | 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 | 318 | 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 | 1103 | 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 | 3004 | 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 | 1915 | 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 | 5689 | 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 | 3559 | 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 | 1512 | 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 | 423 | 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 | 812 | by Staff reporter
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