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Zanu-PF factional battles filter through Nssa
Zanu-PF factional battles continue to filter through and find expression in government and state institutions, with the US$1.2 billion National Social Security Service (Nssa) pension fund being one of...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:33hrs | 1074 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga stops NSSA boss appointment
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga has moved in to stop the National Social Security Authority (Nssa's) rotational policy of filling the vacant post of general manager by blocking the recent appoin...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:22hrs | 1476 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt claims to have delivered 600 000 jobs
NEARLY 600 000 new formal jobs have been created in various sectors from 2018 to date, an indication that the formal economy is growing in tandem with increased economic activity, latest figures from ...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:39hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
NSSA 'reversal of Rotation of Acting Appointment in the position General Manager'
National Social Security Company (NSSA) Board Chairman, Dr Percy Toriro has announced that the company will not be changing its acting General Manager as they had previously announced.On the 3...Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 17:12hrs | 957 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
NSSA shouldn't act as if they derive some depraved pleasure from elderly's suffering
Whenever I witness the sad plight of the elderly in Zimbabwe, the adage, ‘there's no rest for the weary' always comes to mind.Having gone to the local Kwekwe branch of the state-owned POSB (...Published: 29 Dec 2022 at 20:23hrs | 791 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chaos engulfs Zupco
The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco), a state-owned public transportation provider, is in the centre of an alleged corruption and mismanagement storm, involving top management and private ope...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:16hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
NSSA a curse upon pensioners and vehicle for fleecing Zimbabweans!
As Zimbabwe continues to spiral out of control in an economic vortex - sinking deeper into an abyss - numerous employees are getting laid off from companies without any terminal benefits, becoming mor...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 16:07hrs | 1224 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's housing backlog shoots to 2 million
ZIMBABWE'S housing backlog in urban areas has shot up to two million from around 1,5 million reported in February, NewsDay has learnt.Revealing the figure on Monday in Harare, National Housing...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Social media campaigner targets corruption and theft at NSSA
A social media campaign to amplify citizens' voices against the unending vice of corruption and embezzlement of funds at the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has kicked off amid calls for sta...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 05:04hrs | 968 | by Staff reporter
Govt bars Chinese 'brick plant' deal
PLANS by a Chinese firm Ming Chang Sino-Africa Mining Investments to "ostensibly" set up a multi-million-dollar brick moulding plant in a Harare area known for a lucrative century-old gold treasure tr...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 20:37hrs | 1653 | by Staff reporter
Minister lashes out at investors abusing workers
MINES and Mining Development minister Winston Chitando has criticised investors in the extractive industry who are flagrantly violating human and labour rights.Chitando encouraged underpaid an...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:18hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Fraud-accused socialite cleared to contest Zanu-PF elections
Zanu-PF has given the nod to socialite Mike Chimombe's candidature to stand in the weekend elections for the ruling party's Central Committee (CC).The polls are being fiercely contested amid a...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 2247 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo industries revival hinges on secure water sources'
BULAWAYO residents have advocated for the allocation of more resources towards the speedy completion of the Lake Gwayi-Shangani project, setting up a special fund for the revival of Bulawayo industrie...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
ZB directors mull liquidation and surrendering licence
With three months left before year-end, it is now crunch time for ZB Financial Holdings (ZBFH), which is currently under increased pressure to recapitalise its building society within the grace period...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 08:58hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Former NSSA boss sues RnB superstar Joe Thomas for US$368,000 after artist snubs mega birthday bash
FORMER National Social Security Authority (NSSA) chairman, Robin Vela is suing American RnB artiste Joe Thomas for US$1,5 million after the Grammy award winner failed to pitch up for a performance at ...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:44hrs | 3443 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt stripping assets, claims MPs
LEGISLATORS have accused the Executive of systematically stripping the country of its valuable assets and selling them through opaque deals, which observers say smells of deep-rooted corruption and pl...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
High density areas to allow double storeys
THE Government will have a policy in place at the end of this year that allows development of double storey housing in the high density residential areas as part of efforts to narrow demand for low co...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:30hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Zacc fails to recover stolen US$7 billion
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-corruption fight has been exposed as nothing but hot air following revelations that less than US$2 million out of identified US$7 billion ill-gotten wealth stashed ...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:18hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on alert for measles outbreak
Cabinet received an update on the Country‘s Response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and a report on the procurement and roll-out of vaccines, as presented by the Chairman of the National Covid-19 Inter-M...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
NSSA awards pensioners 50pc increment
Pension payouts will be reviewed by up to 50 percent this month and be progressively adjusted in subsequent months subject to "affordability and sustainability" to cushion pensioners from price increa...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:41hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs snub desperate Wenela miners
FORMER Zimbabwean mine workers who toiled under the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association (WNLA), also known as "Wenela", have accused the country's lawmakers of ignoring their plight and refusing t...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:03hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
NSSA probe widens
CORRUPTION investigations at the National Social Security Authority (Nssa), which saw general manager Arthur Manase being suspended early last month, have widened to include companies and individuals ...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:47hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pensioners scoff at US$15 NSSA grocery vouchers
Pensioners have scoffed at the $10 000 (US$15) once-off grocery voucher offered by National Social Security Authority (NSSA), describing it as a mockery to a lifetime of service and dedicated co...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:36hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira faces fresh trial
FORMER Public Service minister Priscah Mupfumira and her then permanent secretary Ngoni Masoka's abuse of office trial will restart on September 15.Mupfumira and Masoka, represented by Admire ...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF vote-buying tactic exposed
Zanu-PF has unwittingly confessed its vote-buying gimmick in previous elections, saying the party often spearheaded land invasions and would, in return, ride on the votes of beneficiaries by offering ...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 15:25hrs | 1421 | by Staff reporter
7-day ultimatum for businesses operating illegally
More than 70 percent of businesses in Harare are operating in defiance of regulations or by-laws and Government will descend on them if they fail to regularise their operations within seven days....Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:33hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Groceries, cushioning allowances for pensioners
Pensioners under the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) are set to receive a $10 000 grocery stipend and cushioning allowances this month to shield them from the rising cost-of-living.I...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:25hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admits failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted failing to bring sanity in parastatals that are crumbling due to gross mismanagement and corruption under his watch.In his weekly column published in ...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 7416 | by Staff reporter
Lift sanctions on Zimbabwe, says AU
African Union chairperson and Senegalese President Macky Sall has added his voice in calling for the lifting of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western capitals more than 20 years ago, saying...Published: 30 May 2022 at 06:57hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Probe into NSSA rot begins
Investigations have been instituted into the operations of the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) after many allegations have been filed with Government of corporate rot and malfeasance and com...Published: 30 May 2022 at 06:56hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Zacc investigates Nssa corruption
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) this week invaded and camped at the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) offices in Harare to investigate complaints of alleged malpractices, corrup...Published: 22 May 2022 at 11:19hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
Top medical firm in labour, tax evasion storm
ONE of Zimbabwe's oldest and major private medical services provider, Baines Imaging Group is embroiled in a nasty fight with serving and former employees, who are accusing the institution of external...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:21hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade fizzles out deplorably
HIGH-PROFILE corruption cases from as far back as 2017 are yet to be finalised, almost five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to decisively tackle graft.The development also de...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:08hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR salutes all workers for resilience
ON this International Workers Day, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has saluted all workers in Zimbabwe for their immense contributions to the country and their resilience in the face of the e...Published: 01 May 2022 at 20:48hrs | 138 | by Stephen Jakes
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 | 72 | by Staff reporter
Court concedes to Mupfumira's request
A HARARE magistrate yesterday acceded to former Cabinet minister Priscah Mupfumira's request to stop her trial until an earlier ruling dismissing her application for discharge is reviewed.Mupf...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:04hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Nssa to increase pension pay-outs
NATIONAL Social Security Agency (Nssa) has promised to increase pension pay-outs starting from next month and it will be backdated to this month.In an interview with Daily News on Sunday yeste...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:57hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister Mupfumira seeks High Court review
FORMER Public Service minister Priscah Mupfumira has asked the High Court to suspend her trial pending a review of magistrate Ngoni Nduna's decision to put her on trial.Mupfumira is accused of...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
2022 population census kicks off
THE 2022 population and housing census, which is conducted after every 10 years by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat), begins today.Yesterday marches were held in all major citi...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:31hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's biography donated to schools
THE National Social Security Authority has handed over copies of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's biography titled, "A Life of Sacrifice" to some Schools in Masvingo.This was done as part of eff...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 19:41hrs | 315 | 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 | 774 | by Staff reporter
Mining union to engage authorities over triple taxing of workers
THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Mineral Workers Union (Zdamwu) has lamented that mineworkers are heavily taxed due to the payroll system that most companies are using.In a statement, Zda...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 11:30hrs | 266 | by Stephen Jakes
Mupfumira put to her defence
HARARE magistrate Ngoni Nduna yesterday ruled that former Public Service minister Priscah Mupfumira should be put to her defence in a case where she faces a charge of criminal abuse of office....Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Prisca Mupfumira cleared but . . .
HARARE regional magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna today cleared former Cabinet Minister Prisca Mupfumira of allegations of subverting National Social Security Authority (NSSA) tender processes and pressuring ...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Is he the young man?
I have lost touch with my Zipra brother Melusi Nkomo. The last time I heard about him, he was doing some lofty business at the International Graduate Centre in Geneva, Switzerland."Robert Muga...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:29hrs | 875 | by Kenneth Mafuka
#HowFar campaign ruffles plenty feathers
THE Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has bemoaned the intolerance against its #HowFar campaign, an initiative to hold the government to account on public finance management....Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 07:18hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
NSSA faces US$7,4m lawsuit
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA is facing a US$7,4 million lawsuit by technology vendor over unpaid license fees, it has emerged.Twenty Third Century Systems (TTCS) accuses NSSA&n...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:37hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Prisca Mupfumira judgment day set
HARARE regional magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna will early next month rule on whether former Cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira and ex-NSSA manager Barnabas Matongera need to be put to their defence to expla...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 09:10hrs | 720 | by Staff Reporter
Workers demand USD salaries
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Florence Taruvinga has said the economy can afford US dollars salaries and workers should be paid salaries that match the poverty datum line (PDL) as...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 21:31hrs | 1434 | by Staff reporter
'Salaries must revert to 2018 levels'
WITH the onset of the new year, there has been an increase in the demand by workers to be paid their salaries in hard currency. This has been prompted by the rapid fall in value of the Zimbabwe dollar...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 21:31hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
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