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Panic as Trevor Ncube's media empire faces collapse
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), one of Zimbabwe's largest independent media houses owned by media mogul Trevor Ncube, is teetering on the brink of collapse, insiders revealed. The company has failed to up...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 12:00hrs | 2333 | by George Tshuma
Mnangagwa's govt faces lawsuit over delayed salaries
Government workers, including teachers, have turned to lawyers in an attempt to understand why they have not received the local currency component of their November pay and bonus, almost two weeks aft...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 07:23hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
Salary dispute threatens schools opening
OPENING of schools for the second term next week is in jeopardy after teachers warned of disruptions if their salary dispute with government remains unresolved.Teachers are demanding a minimum...Published: 01 May 2023 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Scott Vincent: the Zimbabwean golfer who won the golden ticket
Even in Scott Vincent's wildest dreams, it's unlikely that he would have been able to imagine how much his life would change over the space of a year. He's seen such a dramatic shift in personal circu...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 17:25hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Donkey-drawn carts ply Zimbabwe's abandoned remote routes?
From the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway in Zimbabwe at a spot popularly known as Turn-P, the road passing through Neshuro Township has been degraded, disused, and derelict for over two decades, with buse...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
75% of Zimbabwe teachers experiencing mental health challenges
The findings further show that all teachers have mentally resigned their jobs although they physically remain at their workplaces.AT least 75% of Zimbabwean teachers are suffering from stress-...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers to embark on a go-slow
TEACHERS say they will embark on a go-slow when schools open today as opposed to a full-blown strike, citing victimisation by State security agents.Schools open today for the final term of the...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Huge perks for PSMI boss
THE managing director of Premier Service Medical Investments (PSMI) Dr Tafadzwa Gutu is living large with a lucrative contract that sees him pocket US$23 000 a month in salary and allowances.W...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
UZ employees down tools
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) employees downed tools yesterday citing incapacitation.This follows a declaration of incapacitation by teachers since schools opened on February 7 as they demanded ...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean firefighters join nurses in leaving the country for better pay abroad
Samuel Chikengezha, a 35-year-old fireman, sits on a sofa in his modest home, staring at the television set while he stresses over how he'll make ends meet this month.He has not yet paid schoo...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 14:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers threaten strike over poor working conditions
TEACHERS unions have warned that they will not report for duty when schools open for the first term unless the government improves their conditions of service.Teachers are demanding, among oth...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers seek legal recourse over withheld salaries
TEACHERs unions yesterday vowed to take legal action against government for withholding salaries of their members who were not reporting for work because of "incapacitation".Some teachers clai...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tiri pama one: Now it's the people of Mashonaland demanding a cake for all
You can't help but wish Joshua Nkomo was alive. This is exactly what he prophesized. Josh said in his own words: "This tribalism will not take you anywhere Robert. This pasi newe, pasi naye cannot be ...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 20:27hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Pay day in 1973, indlovu iwile
THIS week the writer reels back to 1973 to give you an in-depth picture of the setup Ekasi on a pay day when all employees had received their monthly pay. This would be around the 25th day of the mont...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 6 | by Clifford Kalibo
CBZ Bank introduces payday loans
CBZ Bank has introduced an instant loan facility called Payday loan. The facility is open to CBZ clients and is disbursed within 24 hours. CBZ Bank introduced the product after realisation that client...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers, government in showdown
A SHOWDOWN looms today between government and teachers after the latter vowed that they would not report for duty without an adjustment to their salaries. Government has, on the other hand, th...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:05hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans mend shabby dollar notes amid economic crisis
Albert Marombe takes a grimy, tattered US$1 note and delicately, expertly glues it back into one piece, holding it up for inspection."I don't care how torn it is. All I want to see is the seri...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 06:20hrs | | by AP
Teachers, govt clash over schools opening
The standoff between the government and teachers yesterday reached tipping point with all teachers' unions declaring total job action while government sought to placate the angry educators and at the ...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rural teachers to wear black every pay day to mourn death of 'our salaries'
FIREBRAND teachers group, Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Unions of Zimbabwe ARTUZ, famed for embarking on a 275km march to press for improved wages, on Tuesday said they were now turning to wearing black...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:36hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Stanbic Bank pays workers advance wage to avert strike
STANBIC Bank Limited, a subsidiary of the South African based Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, advanced its employees ZWL$1 000 in allowances to avert a strike last week as the economic situatio...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean born Peter Moyo gets R22.5-million payday
Old Mutual Chief Executive Peter Moyo earned a total of R35.5m in 2018, a period that saw the group complete its managed separation and list its African and emerging markets arm on the JSE.Moy...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 22:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean born Mupita gets R22.5-million payday
MTN Group has released its Integrated Report for the year ended 31 December 2018, detailing how much its executives get paid, Zim Tec...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 Important steps to take when starting your own gym
When you reach your own optimum level of fitness, it's only natural to want to share you working out expertise with others. You have two options when following this calling in life: you could become a...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 14:28hrs | 19 | by Sports Reporter
Life aint rosy in Jozi - even with a degree
Go to school, stay out of trouble, get a university degree and all your problems are over, right? Melissa Ndlovu's story is an eye-opener.You are unemployed and desperately need a job ngoba ti...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 10:07hrs | 1 | by Melissa Ndlovu in Diaspora
Chamisa has the numbers: Moyo has sound social and economic policies = a landslide winning equation in 2018 elections!
At the eleventh hour before the 2018 general elections we need to think practically and regroup ever to win the coming elections. Something bigger and greater than thunder must happen with expediency ...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 20:00hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe banks running out of cash?
Central bank governor John Mangudya presents the Monetary Policy Statement at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe yesterdayReserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says withdrawals are n...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 10:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, back from the brink
Three weeks ago a young elephant wound her trunk around my arm and began – politely, elegantly, insistently – to pull my hand into her mouth and suck the salt sweat off my fingers. It was the happ...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Katherine Rundell
Is lobola outdated?
Tendai is deep in love with Bongi and happily embedded in a long-term relationship. He has a superb job in the marketing department of a radio station in Bulawayo and drives a neat car and dresses wel...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 07:29hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Zanu-PF coercing of teachers, students to attend Bob@93 sports
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe President Takavafira Zhou has lambasted the ruling Zanu PF for allegedly coercing teachers and students in Bulawayo to attend the President Robert Mugabe Bob@93 ...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 07:11hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Civil servants responsible for cash crisis - RBZ
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has blamed civil servants salaries for continued cash crisis which has forced several banks to reduce daily withdrawal limits to as low as $20.RBZ boss John Mangud...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 04:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The Herald takes a stab at the Daily News after the flopped mass stayaway
On Wednesday, the excitable Daily News, which has been overzealously praying for political violence to precipitate some kind of Arab Spring, ran an Armageddon-like apocalyptic lead story headlined "An...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 10:32hrs | | by Features Writer
Civil servants pay dates out, teachers paid in August
Government has released proposed pay dates for restless civil servants stretching from next Monday to August 16.According to the proposal, the Zimbabwe National Army and the Air force would be...Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 14:57hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Munyaradzi Kereke private prosecutor awaits his payday
A Harare magistrate who presided over the case of convicted rapist Munyaradzi Kereke is on Tuesday expected to rule on how much the private prosecution should get as legal costs.The private pr...Published: 15 Jul 2016 at 06:32hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Mugabe's vultures descend on London
Mugabe's Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa has admitted that Zimbabwe is broke. 'Right now we have nothing', he said on a visit to France to beg for money. Asked in an interview with Radio France Int...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 16:47hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil
RBZ want Zimbabweans to withdraw money in SA rand
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe have urged depositors to start withdrawing money from their banks in the South African rand as it is readily available compared to ...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:19hrs | 1 | by Gabriel Masvora and Vusumuzi Dube
Brian Soko - The man, the hitmaker, the musical genius
He is taking the music industry by storm and already has a Grammy to his name. Until a year ago, Brian Soko wasn't used to being recognised by the wider public nor was he familiar to a lo...Published: 24 Mar 2016 at 07:37hrs | | by Tidi Kwidini
Confusion over doctors', nurses' strike
Conflicting reports surrounded day one of the planned health workers' strike yesterday, following their rejection of government's offer of a $1 per day transport allowance to see them through to the p...Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 15:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO pay day moved
President Robert Mugabe's trusted spooks in the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) have not been spared the current economic problems – with their pay day being moved by almost two weeks. Sourc...Published: 26 Sep 2015 at 16:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's richest 50 - list
A local firm X Research and Intelligence has released a list of Zimbabwe's Top 50 richest personalities. On top of the pile is telecommunications guru Mr Strive Masiyiwa, followed by business magnate...Published: 24 May 2015 at 19:48hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe adds to the ranks of super-rich
FOR a country that has been bludgeoned by economic sanctions from North America and the European bloc for the past 15 years, it seems there is a disproportionate rise in the nouaveau riche (newly rich...Published: 24 May 2015 at 10:39hrs | | by Darlington Musarurwa
Financial abuse in marriage
ACCORDING to surveys, in a group of five people, two of them have experienced domestic violence and have also suffered financial abuse.Last week I took time out to discuss issues concerning mo...Published: 09 Nov 2014 at 12:59hrs | | by Aunty Winnie Charity
Zim govt heading for a shutdown
GOVERNMENT may be heading for a shutdown after it announced that it cannot guarantee pay dates for the civil service as the cash crunch bites deeper and with no solution in sight.Deputy Minist...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Civil servants payday, Chinamasa paints a gloomy picture
FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday painted a gloomy picture over the future welfare of civil servants when he admitted in Parliament that government was failing to maintain consistent pay da...Published: 29 May 2014 at 17:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vets won't be paid this month
Former freedom fighters who receive their monthly payments on the last Friday of every month will now be paid on the 5th of next month amid rising fears that the Public Service Commission could fa...Published: 20 May 2014 at 17:24hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Civil servants demand written commitment on salary hikes
APEX Council chairperson Richard Gundani has challenged government to confirm its pledge to review civil servants' salaries in writing to the National Joint Negotiation Council (NJNC) instead of verba...Published: 17 Mar 2014 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF's bag of lies running empty
IF ZANU PF was a car on the road and blatant lies were the fuel, the gauge would be flashing orange by now, if not red, a clear sign that there is not long to go before the tank runs empty.A...Published: 11 Jan 2014 at 21:01hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
ZANU PF's bag of lies
If ZANU PF was a car on the road and blatant lies were the fuel, the gauge would be flashing orange by now, if not red; a clear sign that there is not long to go before the tank runs empty. Suppos...Published: 05 Jan 2014 at 11:02hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Kaindu to join FC Platinum?
HIGHLANDERS coach Kelvin Kaindu is reported to have signed a pre-contract with fellow Premiership giants FC Platinum to join the Zvishavane side next season, despite a cocktail of denials from all pa...Published: 10 Jul 2013 at 07:03hrs | | by Sports reporter
How Mine dismiss Monoz
How Mine 2 - 1 MonomotapaHOW Mine edged a disjointed Monomotapa in a lukewarm Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match played before a disappointing crowd at Luveve Stadium yesterday.T...Published: 08 Apr 2013 at 03:07hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Why I will vote for MDC
We must unashamedly let Zanu-PF know that they have failed us and do not deserve to preside over our great nation I dislike it when I see elderly women struggling to make ends meet and having ...Published: 04 Apr 2013 at 12:47hrs | | by Vince Musewe
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