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Zanu-PF councillors reinstated into civil service
GOVERNMENT has reinstated Zanu-PF councillors who resigned from the civil service to contest in the 2023 general elections in violation of its directive that bars civil servants from serving in local ...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:36hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'hijacks' govt recruitment
Zanu-PF has reportedly hijacked the recruitment of government workers as it ostensibly intensifies its third term campaign bid for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, NewsDay has established.The rul...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:58hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's third-term bid gathers pace
THE dolling out of top-of-the-range all-terrain vehicles to 100 chiefs from across the country by the government has raised eyebrows amid revelations that the traditional leaders are being rewarded fo...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 09:08hrs | 2538 | by Staff reporter
fastjet positions Victoria Falls as regional tourism hub
Value carrier fastjet Zimbabwe says it will introduce daily flights between Victoria Falls and Mbombela (Nelspruit) Kruger and Mpumalanga International Airport this year as it positions the resort tow...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 12:30hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt targets recruiting 5 000 teachers this year
The Government has so far employed 1 800 teachers with the recruitment of 5 000 more educators underway.Apart from that, Government is also in the process of building 2 800 schools to further ...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 03:05hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Teachers stage sit in as schools open for 2024, demand US$1,200 salary
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has asserted that its members nationwide participated in a sit-in on the first day of the 2024 school calendar to protest against inadequate sa...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 06:00hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lay down new cholera rules for schools
Schools must observe laid-down cholera protocols to ensure safe opening this Tuesday, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has directed.Speaking during a clean-up campaign at Warren...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:41hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe electricity production forecast to jump 17%
ZIMBABWE anticipates a 17,4 percent surge in electricity production this year, as the country seeks to reduce expensive imports and load shedding that negatively affected businesses and households in ...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:25hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
$10 trillion kitty to complete high-impact projects in Zimbabwe
SEVEN high-impact projects - spanning energy, information and communication technology, transport, water and sanitation, agriculture, health, education and housing, among other sectors - are expected ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:48hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt urged to dollarise pensions
THE Zimbabwe National Union of School Heads (Zinush) has pleaded for the dollarisation of pensions as inflation continues to eat away the life savings of educators, condemning many to poverty after ye...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:32hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to recruit 5 000 teachers
At least 5 000 teachers will be recruited next year, with Government expanding its teaching force as it seeks to continue reducing teacher to pupil ratio from 1:45 towards the target of 1:35.P...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:24hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa questions silence 2 years after death of Munatsi in mysterious fire
Former Member of Parliament (MP) Temba Mliswa has raised concerns about the continued silence of State Security agencies regarding the death of Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) Chief ...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 05:00hrs | 1184 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa swears in Paradza, Mavima
President Mnangagwa presided over the swearing in of Environment, Climate and Wildlife Deputy Minister John Paradza and Public Service Commission (PSC) commissioner Mr Larry Mavima this morning at Sta...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 19:56hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt reviewing employees' working conditions
The Public Service Commission (PSC) is reviewing working conditions for government employees to stop the brain drain affecting Zimbabwe, newly appointed commissioner Larry Mavima said yesterday....Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 19:52hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe college lecturers threaten strike over low pay
The College Lecturers Association of Zimbabwe (COLAZ) has officially informed its employer, the Tertiary Education Service Council (TESC), that their members cannot report to work due to a drastic red...Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 21:00hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has 20 000 teaching vacancies
The government has announced its intention to address the acute shortage of nearly 20,000 teachers through an extensive training program.Amon Murwira, the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Educa...Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 18:42hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son calls for urgent finance mobilisation
David Kudakwashe Mnangagwa, the newly-appointed Deputy Finance Minister, has emphasized the urgent need to explore innovative ways of mobilizing public and private resources to support sustainable eco...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:27hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
66 teachers resigned to contest in elections
Zimbabwe discharged at least 66 teachers from Zimbabwe's public service after they broke their employment code by participating as candidates in the harmonized elections held last month.Public...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 10:38hrs | 2644 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwe teachers wage talk hearing stalls
The case in which teachers' unions are suing the government for excluding them from wage negotiations was postponed on Thursday due to technical issues with the virtual hearing setup at the Harare Hig...Published: 23 Sep 2023 at 19:48hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set to announce major shakeup of government bureaucracy
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to implement a major shake-up of the bureaucracy in the coming weeks with several high-profile departures and appointments.Misheck Sibanda, the chief secret...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 19:44hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
An account of Zimbabwe's elections of August 2023
I HAVE been present at Zimbabwean elections since 1980. The independence elections of that year followed intense negotiations first in Lusaka, Zambia, and then in London over the latter part of ...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 16:24hrs | 636 | by Stephen Chan
Why Zimbabweans will vote for Zanu-PF, according to Dr Obert Mpofu
ZIMBABWE is a few weeks away from the much-awaited harmonised elections.Zanu-PF is poised for a resounding victory.Thanks to the milestone-unleashing pedigree of Cde Dr Emmerson Dambud...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 08:51hrs | 16 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
PSC rolls out biometric system
THE Public Service Commission (PSC) is working on rolling out a biometric system to all civil service offices as part of digital efforts to implement performance-based remuneration for Government work...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants abuse car import facility
THE Government has expressed concern over the continued abuse of the duty-free car import facility for civil servants amid revelations that more than 14 000 vehicles have been unprocedurally imported ...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:15hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe partners AU countries to shut safe havens for illicit financial flows
ZIMBABWE has reportedly made tremendous progress in combating corruption, having recorded numerous cases of forfeiture of assets derived from illicit financial flows.Over the last five years, ...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster in trouble over Zanu-PF candidature
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) is pushing for the dismissal of Mvurwi Secondary School headmaster over alleged partisan conduct after he was nominated to represent Zanu-PF in the upcoming el...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:48hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
83 000 households receive free poultry, goats
ABOUT 83 000 households countrywide have received at least 800 000 indigenous chicks and goats being distributed free of charge under the Presidential Poultry and Goat Pass-On Schemes, geared towards ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Govt salary offer ‘too little', say teachers
UNIONS representing teachers have accused government of negotiating in bad faith as they dismissed the latest salary offer as too little. Public Service minister Paul Mavima announced at the weekend t...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 20:59hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South residents miss out on govt jobs due to internet challenges
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has raised concern that a few people in Matebeleland South are utilising its online portal for government jobs.The concern was contained in a report tabled ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 19:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants get nod to contest
The Public Service Commission has directed all civil servants intending to contest the 2023 polls to resign and leave their Government jobs but will allow them to return by setting aside a provision f...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the brink
ZIMBABWE is on the brink of recording its largest-ever tobacco haul, as deliveries at auction floors had reached 251 million kilogrammes by last week, which is 10 million kg shy of the record realised...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets civil servants leaders
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has pledged to address the plight of civil servants as the Second Republic remains firmly committed towards improving their welfare and working conditions.This was revealed...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police want to beef numbers for polls
THE Home Affairs ministry has approached treasury for funding to oil its operations ahead of the August 23 elections including recruiting more police officers, Parliament heard.Officials in th...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:39hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'Zimbabwe shaping own destiny'
ZIMBABWE has adopted Africa's aspirations of self-determination through the "Nyika inovakwa nekutongwa ne vene vayo" philosophy and is open to foreigners coming in as partners to assist in the country...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Power outages dent RioZim production
GOLD production at Cam & Motor Mine — one of RioZim Limited's flagship operations — increased 92% in the first quarter of this year on the back of the Biological Oxidation (BIOX) plant that ca...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane organises cultural, arts fest
UMZINGWANE district in Matebeleland South province has set Africa Day (May 25) as the day for its annual cultural and arts festival.Africa Day is the annual commemoration of the founding of th...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over school fees hike
SCHOOLS open today for the second term with parents and guardians raising concerns over sharp increases in fees amid economic turmoil.The unaffordable fees demanded by schools follow revelatio...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:05hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over school fees hike
SCHOOLS open today for the second term with parents and guardians raising concerns over sharp increases in fees amid economic turmoil.The unaffordable fees demanded by schools follow revelatio...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:13hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
King Mswati III calls for removal of Zimbabwe sanctions
VISITING Eswatini leader, King Mswati III, yesterday commended Zimbabwe for the various developmental projects it has embarked upon despite the negative effects of illegal Western sanctions it has bee...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Schools connive with police to leak exams
EXAMINATION leaks happen at schools where officials work in cahoots with police, a senior Government official has said.The Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Edgar Moyo told s...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 12:28hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Dog eat dog in Zanu-PF primaries
It will be a dog eat dog scenario in Zanu-PF primary elections initially set for Saturday (March 18) but have been postponed to a later date, with big wigs and some completely new faces set to clash i...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 08:32hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's airports to be assessed by international aviation team
An assessment team from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is in the country to monitor compliance with global standards and health awareness at Zimbabwe's airports.ICAO's ma...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WHO pledges to help Zimbabwe beat health brain drain
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is exploring a two-pronged intervention strategy aimed at assisting Zimbabwe beat a biting health sector brain drain following high-level representations from Gover...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Patient kills inmate at Ingutsheni Central Hospital
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a case of murder by a pschiatric patient which happened at Ingutsheni psychiatric hospital yesterday In a tweet, the police confirmed the case. "A ...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 16:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
2 more airlines to ply Zimbabwe route
THE Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has granted Foreign Operator Permits (FOP) to Royal Eswatini National Airways Corporation (RENAC) and Zambia Airways to operate passenger and cargo serv...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers demand US$1 200 pay
TEACHERS have called on government to urgently review their salaries to US$1 260 to cushion them against the high cost of living.For the better part of 2020 to date, government and teachers ha...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:06hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's Govt holding back salary talks'
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has accused government of making false promises to avoid finalising salary talks with civil servants.Yesterday, PTUZ wrote to Public Service m...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe desperately needs leadership renewal
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as you are quite aware, the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) symbolises the antiquity of State-owned public institutions. It is ground...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:43hrs | 11 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Mnangagwa food security claims raise dust
POLITICAL analysts have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of misleading the world at the Feed Africa Summit in Dakar, Senegal, early this week where he said Zimbabwe was food secure.They sa...Published: 28 Jan 2023 at 00:09hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Nust medicine enrolment increases
Destiny Mlilo started his life-long ambition of being a medical doctor on Tuesday as part of 60 first-year School of Medicine students at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bu...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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