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Zimbabwe cops threaten protest vote
GROWING discontent over measly salaries paid to government workers has forced police officers, one of the least paid sectors in the civil service to threaten bhora musango, a protest vote for the oppo...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 3740 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants declare 2-day strike
PUBLIC service workers yesterday said they would strike tomorrow and on Thursday to press for United States dollar-denominated salaries.Their representatives yesterday told NewsDay that there ...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 5133 | by Staff reporter
Israeli billionaire targets Zimbabwe real estate, mining
ISRAELI billionaire and Shabtai Group of Companies president, Mr Gilad Shabtai, is in the country and has already met President Mnangagwa to discuss and explore the various investment opportunities av...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Teachers' strike inevitable
UNIONS representing teachers have said a strike action was inevitable because their July salaries reflecting a 100% adjustment have long been eroded by inflation currently at 191%."Teachers re...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1049 | 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
Sanctions on Zimbabwe: A form of economic invasion
In the context of domestic politics and international relations, national economic security refers to a country's capacity to implement its preferred policies to build the national economy in the mann...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:02hrs | 252 | by Dr Norbert Hosho
Civil servants fret over stagnant salaries
CIVIL servants have expressed dismay over government's failure to increase their salaries to cushion them against inflation and the country's weekly price rampage.Since Monday this week, gover...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:34hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo praises Obert Mpofu...slams Coltart
Professor Jonathan Moyo has praised ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu for getting Zimbabwe approved in the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPSC). Moyo made the remarks in...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 13:31hrs | 8117 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Top govt official in messy land fight
A COMMISSIONER at the Public Service Commission (PSC) Tsitsi Choruma is at the centre of a farm invasion storm that has rocked the Lands ministry in the Mazowe area after being allocated part of the l...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 19:14hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa condemns superiority complexes
AS the continent celebrates Africa Day today, President Mnangagwa has condemned injustices, superiority complexes, and xenophobic elements dogging the world.In a pre-recorded speech to mark Af...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
3 000 health workers get Covid-19 pay
THE Government has paid 3 632 health workers who contracted the deadly Covid-19 their health insurance allowance payout.According to the Health Services Board, treasury has availed $350 millio...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:38hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Government salary deductions rile civil servants
CIVIL servants are up in arms with their employer over 2.5% deductions from their salaries every month towards a loan scheme allegedly meant to benefit them.Attempts to opt out of the "forced"...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:30hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Full-blown Zimbabwe teachers strike looms
GOVERNMENT has courted the ire of teachers after it reportedly deducted huge amounts from salaries of educators who went on strike when schools reopened last year.NewsDay understands that some...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1279 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt recruits extra 10 000 teachers
More than half of the extra 10 000 teachers needed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education have now been recruited over the last couple of months. The Public Service Commission has ...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Armed security thwarted protests?
HEAVILY armed security detachments yesterday thwarted a nationwide shutdown called by university students, teachers and nurses.Government deployed armed security forces in the capital and othe...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:47hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Nurse aid certificate the new gold for Zimbabweans
FOR 35-year-old Lorraine Siziba, attaining a nurse aid's certificate is nudging her closer to achieving her goals.Siziba has never been formally employed since completing a Bachelor's degree f...Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:13hrs | 4863 | by Staff reporter
'PSC demands videos of teachers in class'
THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) yesterday claimed that the Public Service Commission (PSC) was forcing school heads to record videos of teachers who report for work.Sc...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:02hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes major appointment in Public Service Commission
The Chief Secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet Dr. Misheck Sibanda has informed the nation that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appoint Rosemary Mukogo as a Commissioner of the Public...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 12:02hrs | 3380 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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
Teacher witch-hunt continue
GOVERNMENT has embarked on a witch-hunt, scrapping the recruitment of teachers as enumerators for the national census exercise as punishment for participating in a strike action when schools opened fo...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:27hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Lux exposed - The disturbing picture behind the masks of the man heading Operation Dudula
Nhlanhla "Lux" Mohlauhi (also Dlamini) has been churning up anti-foreigner sentiment and bursting into people's homes like a vigilante, instilling fear and panic in refugee and immigrant communities....Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 10:41hrs | 8446 | by Staff reporter
Ghost Workers: A Testament of Government's Failure in Rationalising the Wage Bill: Zimcodd
The findings of the Auditor-General on the Appropriation Accounts, Finance and Revenue Statements and Funds Accounts for the financial year ending December 31, 2020, stated that approximately $2.5 bil...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 19:37hrs | 156 | by Stephen Jakes
Govt probes 22 000 absconding teachers
MORE than 22 000 teachers and headmasters are being investigated for failing to report for work while 1 220 have been suspended since schools opened in February, unions have said.Since the reo...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Census scandal rocks Zimstart
THE Zimbabwe Statistical Agency (Zimstart) has been rocked by a fresh scandal after it emerged at the weekend several teachers who had been hired and trained as enumerators for the forthcoming nationa...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1733 | by Staff reporter
Gweru CBD shops turn into flea markets
THE face of the Gweru City's Central Business District has changed significantly in the past three years as it now has new shopping and office blocks.Ongoing changes have also seen renovations...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
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
Zanu-PF 'hijacks' 2022 census
Zanu-PF youths have allegedly been hired as enumerators for the forthcoming national census, raising fears that the party may tamper with census figures ahead of the delimitation exercise as the count...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:48hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Top civil servants sign performance contracts
THE Public Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday railroaded senior civil servants including directors at government ministries into signing performance contracts, warning that non-performers would face...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:20hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Artuz to launch anti-corruption clean-up campaign
THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) is planning to launch an anti-corruption clean-up campaign tomorrow, which will coincide with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's monthly national c...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:48hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Veteran Masvingo Teachers' College lecturer calls it a day
‘When I have done the work you gave me Lord, give me that crown' is undoubtedly a befitting statement for Tamuka Nyakunhuwa Shumba who recently retired after over three decades at Masvingo Teachers'...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:20hrs | 887 | by Staff reporter
Parly backs 'striking' teachers
PARLIAMENTARIANS yesterday asked the government to urgently address the plight of teachers after the Public Service Commission suspended thousands of teachers and embarked on recruitment exercis...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
NJNC misrepresenting civil servants, claims Teachers unions
Teachers unions have distanced themselves from a salary deal that was agreed and signed between the government and the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) on Monday.This comes after it e...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warned that threats won't work
AFTER years of haggling between teachers and the government, the authorities are issuing fresh threats of dismissed if educators continue with their ongoing industrial action. Farirai Musekiwa (59) sa...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 19:30hrs | 1298 | by Staff reporter
Government investigates absentee teachers
GOVERNMENT is investigating cases of teachers who did not report for duty to determine whether their reasons are genuine or not, after the deadline for them to return to their stations lapsed on Tuesd...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe replacing absentee teachers
THE Public Service Commission (PSC) said it was going ahead with plans to replace teachers who defied its ultimatum to report for work yesterday without the option of re-engagement in future.T...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:47hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Teachers flock back to work?
A MAJORITY of teachers in public schools have reported for duty in line with the Public Service Commission (PSC) directive for them to go back to class or risk losing their jobs for good.Gover...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Govt, civil servants on collision course over mandatory vaccination
THE government is on a collision course with human rights groups and its workers after saying its unvaccinated workers would not receive salaries.Last week, Public Service Commission (PSC) sec...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Major strides in road rehabilitation
Rehabilitation of roads under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) is set to gain momentum as an additional $6 billion from last year, which will add to this year's budget, will be re...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:48hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt claims to have addressed teachers' grievances
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it had addressed teachers' salary grievances, adding that civil servants should be grateful to President Emmerson Mnangagwa for improving their welfare in terms of salary adj...Published: 18 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 918 | by Staff reporter
Govt to replace striking teachers with college graduates
GOVERNMENT yesterday threatened to expel all striking teachers and school heads who fail to report for duty by Tuesday next week and replace them with college graduates and unemployed trained educator...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Pupils idle as teachers stage sit-ins
PUPILS at public schools across Bulawayo are idle as some teachers are going to class but not teaching in defiance of a Government directive for them to resume duty.Since schools opened last w...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Stakeholders welcome reopening of borders
STAKEHOLDERS at the country's ports of entry have said they are adequately prepared to handle an anticipated surge in vehicular and human traffic following the reopening of borders to the vaccinated p...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Awol teachers considered resigned, says PSC
Teachers who do not report for duty by Tuesday next week or those attending but not doing their work will be deemed to have resigned and are supposed to vacate institutional accommodation immediately,...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Striking teachers' resilience shocks Mnangagwa's government
CABINET was on Tuesday shocked by striking teachers' disregard for its threats to suspend them and their decision to continue on industrial action since schools opened on February 7.Speaking t...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | 3806 | by Staff reporter
Teachers file court challenge after minister announces mass suspensions
Human rights lawyers have filed an urgent court application to stop the government from suspending thousands of teachers striking over poor pay.The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum initiated th...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 16:43hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa contracts gimmick dismissed
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's efforts to tie his Cabinet ministers to performance contracts is an exercise in futility as long as the Treasury does not provide adequate funding for operations, commen...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 16:33hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Throwing childish tantrums certainly not the best way for Zimbabwe govt to resolve impasse with teachers!
I am quite sure we have all either come across this, or actually been the culprits.Let us say, there is a couple, with their small child in tow, doing some shopping in a large supermarket....Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 11:37hrs | 636 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Madhuku says suspension of striking teachers illegal
OPPOSITION politician and top Harare lawyer, Professor Lovemore Madhuku, has dismissed as illegal, the decision by government to suspend striking teachers.Primary and Secondary Education Minis...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:48hrs | 3288 | by Staff reporter
Striking teachers suspended without pay
All teachers who did not report for duty when schools opened have been suspended with immediate effect for three months without pay, the Government said yesterday.Reports indicated last night ...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
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