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Robin Vela slaps Finance ministry director with US$2 million lawsuit
FORMER NSSA board chairperson Robin Vela is demanding US$2 million from a Finance ministry director, Memory Mukondomi, who this week implicated him in the ongoing Priscah Mupfumira corruption case....Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:55hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Blacklist for tender cheats
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is looking at blacklisting tender cheats despite improvements in the processes that have seen all suppliers having to be vetted before they are allowed t...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:10hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
'Mine workers overtaxed'
MINE workers' unions have bemoaned overtaxing of employees in the sector saying this leaves them with little disposable income, making it difficult to survive during the current economic hardships....Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:43hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Cash-rich ex-Zanu-PF councillor funds chaos to stop district elections
FORMER Zanu-PF Chinhoyi Ward 7 councillor, Charles Mutisi has been accused of financing hoodlums to destabilise the smooth conduct of party internal elections to choose a new district leadership....Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:20hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Bankers plan to establish a new financial behemoth
ON 3 September 2021, The NewsHawks exclusively published a story that government, bankers and investors, including local business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei, are working on a plan to create the bigges...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:45hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
CBZ swoops on FML shares as new financial group emerges
CBZ Holdings, currently trading under cautionary, has secured a 31.22% stake in First Mutual Holdings Limited (FML), paving the way for the creation of a US$2.5 billion financial behemoth to rival Old...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:38hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Another key State witness exonerates Prisca Mupfumira
A STATE witness in case former minister Prisca Mupfumira is accused of abusing office has made a u-turn on her testimony regarding her conduct in the process that led to the US$3,5 million deal betwee...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:53hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira did not influence me, says witness
A WITNESS in the matter of former Public Service minister Priscah Mupfumira, who is accused of criminal abuse of office after allegedly flouting tender procedures, has made a U-turn on her earlier tes...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:23hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira trial: Witness backtracks
A State witness yesterday backtracked during cross-examination in the trial of former Cabinet Minister Prisca Mupfumira on charges that she improperly pressed for a quick deal without going through te...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:19hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Witness nails Mupfumira
A State witness in the corruption trial of former Cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira yesterday nailed her by chronicling how she put officers under immense pressure to expedite the signing of a housing...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:31hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Over 300 pension funds idle
ABOUT 324 pension funds registered in Zimbabwe have hit hard times, a senior official with the Insurance and Pensions Commission of Zimbabwe (Ipec) said, as the regulator announced plans to shut down ...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:52hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Bring sanity to the three tier pricing system
"Vabereki" are crying in the village. Most had their payments for maize delivered to GMB paid through banks. The exchange rate for goods and services paid for using mobil money transfer and swipe is p...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 05:40hrs | 338 | by Tondo
Government that brags about paying its pensioners $45 per month needs to go!
I know that when one is a good for nothing loser - whose life is characterized by roguish and disgraceful behavior - finding anything positive to boast about becomes ever more impossible, and, is forc...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 20:48hrs | 1086 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Paltry salaries aching Zimbabwe workers'
Zimbabwe leads on mental health cases among workers, with the majority suffering depression due to paltry salaries that cannot sustain them in an inflationary environment, research has established....Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:54hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
4 specialist hospitals boost
GOVERNMENT is in the process of establishing specialist medical schools at four State universities, with the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) already recruiting critical staff to t...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
New magistrate for Mupfumira trial
A NEW magistrate will take over the matter in which former Cabinet Minister Prisca Mupfumira is jointly charged with ex-Public Commission permanent secretary Ngoni Masoka on corruption related allegat...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
EcoSure extends cover to millions, boosts national insurance penetration
HARARE - EcoSure, the micro-insurance product from Econet Life, has played a significant role in raising the country's insurance penetration by over 200%, from as low as 5% to over 16%.The inn...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 09:08hrs | 804 | by Agencies
Ex-Wenela registration begins
The GOVERNMENT will tomorrow begin a mobile testing and registration exercise for thousands of Zimbabweans who worked in South African gold mines under the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association (Wen...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:36hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi dragged to court
A FORMER ZESA employee has dragged Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi to court after he was blocked from filing a US$550 000 lawsuit against the power utility.Ken Francis Manyellah intended to s...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 20:51hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Inclusivity vital for pension policy formulation
VENDORS Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (Viset) takes note of the disclosure of diminished contributions by the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) deputy director Tambudzai Jo...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 157 | by Viset Information
Angry ex-Zipra fighters warn govt
Disgruntled Zipra war veterans say they will now take matters into their own hands because President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is dithering about returning their properties seized during the Guk...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:55hrs | 2585 | by Staff reporter
Biti claims that proposed bank mergers illegal
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti, who is also a former chairperson of the National Assembly's Public Accounts Committee, said the proposed mergers of financial institutions involving government ent...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:34hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's anti-graft crusade a facade'
WHEN he took over power in a November 2017 coup, President Emmerson Mnangagwa won the hearts of many sceptics after he pledged to deal with corruption, a vice widely believed to be stalling developmen...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:24hrs | 982 | by Staff reporter
NSSA, banks in talks over charges
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) says it has lined up a cocktail of incentives to improve pensioners' incomes, including removing bank charges.Nssa deputy director for social secu...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Explosive dossier exposes Chiadzwa gems tax sleaze
A whistleblower has submitted an explosive dossier to the Zimbabwe revenue Authority (Zimra) providing insight into how diamond mining firms in the Chiadzwa diamond fields in Manicaland, evaded tax ob...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
NSSA says it's done with pensioners allowances
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) denies that it still owes pensioners grocery vouchers allowances backdated to June.NSSA deputy director for Marketing and Communications Tendai Mu...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 12:08hrs | 1549 | by Stephen Jakes
Supreme Court reverses US$22 million award to Adam Molai's HCZ
The Supreme Court has reversed a High Court judgment forcing the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) to pay US$22 million to Housing Corporation of Zimbabwe (HCZ) for breach of contract....Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 20:56hrs | 1290 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls merger of six banks into three entities
A PROPOSAL to merge six financial institutions into three big ones is being considered by the Zimbabwean government, in a different consolidation process from the CBZ Holdings, ZB Financial Holdings, ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:53hrs | 2765 | by Staff reporter
Police reject demo application
THE Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association were yesterday denied police clearance to demonstrate against under-fire Warriors coach, Zdravko Logarusic, who now appears on his way out. ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:18hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
ZACC in another catch and release storm
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) was Monday caught up in yet another catch and release storm after its investigators pounced on Minister of State for Masvingo Province Ezra Chadzamira in...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 18:26hrs | 1751 | by Staff reporter
Nust makes top appointment
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has appointed experienced medical doctor, Professor Elopy Sibanda as the institution's executive dean in the Faculty of Medicine. Prof ...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 3662 | by Staff reporter
Deportees continue escaping from quarantine centres
PARLIAMENTARIANS from Matabeleland South Province have raised a concern over deportees that are escaping from quarantine and isolation facilities.In July and August 233 deportees escaped from ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 17:58hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
NSSA closes accounts for widows
THE National Social and Security Authority (Nssa) has closed accounts for widows and widowers, triggering an outcry.In an interview yesterday, Masvingo Pensioners Forum co-ordinator Charles Go...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:54hrs | 1386 | by Staff reporter
General Valerio Sibanda's car in accident
NATIONAL Social Security Authority (NSSA) employee, Desmond Sinoia (51), yesterday admitted to reckless driving and ramming into a vehicle belonging to Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Philip...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1671 | by Staff reporter
Collateral-free loans for pensioners
PENSIONERS are set to benefit from collateral-free loans through a new facility that has been developed by the National Social Security Authority (NSSA).This is the latest in a number of initi...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:19hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
New details on Intermarket bank heist
There is growing unease at ZB Financial Holdings Limited (ZBFHL) after recent revelations Transnational Holdings Limited (THL) the second-largest shareholder is pushing for a separation following the ...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:17hrs | 1058 | by Staff reporter
Meeting set up to review Govt salaries
GOVERNMENT employees and pensioners received a cumulative $80 billion as salaries and other benefits in the first-half of the year as more benefits and adjustments are set to be effected before the en...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:41hrs | 994 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni Medical Centre now admitting patients
EKUSILENI Medical Centre has opened its doors to the public with two Covid-19 patients having been admitted on Tuesday.In an interview, the acting chief executive officer of Ekusileni Hospital...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 18:00hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni Medical Centre opening to be decided today
THE decision on the opening of Ekusileni Medical Centre will be made today when an inspection team from the Health Professions Authority (HPA) presents a report on its findings following an assessment...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 07:28hrs | 672 | by Staff Reporter
146 deportees escape from quarantine, isolation facilities in Matebeleland South
A TOTAL of 146 deportees from South Africa and Botswana escaped from quarantine and isolation facilities in Matebeleland South Province during the past week. 139 escaped soon after being placed under ...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:26hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Government re-opening quarantine centres
THE Government is gradually re-opening quarantine and isolation centres to accommodate deportees and Zimbabwean returnees coming in through Beitbridge and Plumtree border posts.The centres are...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 16:26hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's multimillion land deal is null and void
THE High Court has nullified a multi-million-dollar transaction in which the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) purchased 526 hectares of land in Chegutu from businessman Phillip Chiyangwa usin...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 18:42hrs | 1891 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Wenela workers warned against fake agents
Bogus and criminal elements posing as Government officials are understood to be accosting ex-Wenela mine workers and demanding payment to facilitate registration for gratuities due to them.Ex-...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 06:23hrs | 580 | by Staff Reporter
Clinics for pensioners rolled out
Health facilities dedicated to the elderly are being rolled out in the public system nationwide, with the first fixed clinic in the new chain being opened by NSSA in Harare on Friday.Speaking ...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:00hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Graft-accused Biti not off the hook
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is still investigating MDC-A vice president Mr Tendai Biti over allegations he instructed the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) to deposit over U...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:51hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Govt to review pensioners' payouts upwards to US$60
PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Paul Mavima yesterday revealed that pensioners' payouts would be reviewed upward to US$60 per month by December this year from the current US$25....Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:21hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
Mentally ill man acquitted for killing sister, nephew
A MENTALLY ill Zvishavane man, who killed his sister and her five-year-old son last year in a dispute over his National Social Security Authority (NSSA) documents, was acquitted last Friday after the ...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:27hrs | 823 | by Staff report
Another warrant of arrest for Mupfumira
FORMER Cabinet Minister Prisca Mupfumira was on Wednesday issued with another warrant of arrest after she failed to avail herself for trial in a matter in which she is jointly charged with ex-National...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:40hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Pittance payouts leave pensioners in dire straits
MR Gina Mudzviti (59) of Ultra High Suburb in Gwanda got injured in 2010 while he was working as a gang leader at a local mining company.He has made endless visits to hospital seeking medical ...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:21hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Concern over Thorngrove, Ekusileni opening
OVER a year after Government declared the start of rehabilitation works to turn Bulawayo's Ekusileni and Thorngrove hospitals into Covid-19 isolation centres, the two institutions have failed to offic...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:28hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
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