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US$1m stolen from Namibian bank was paid to Mugabe's pilot
A total of N$18,8 million (US$1m) stolen from SME Bank was transferred to and laundered by former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's pilot and confidant Robert Mhlanga.This is according to c...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 16:18hrs | 8413 | by Staff reporter
NSSA goes after Zimbabwe civil servants 'peanuts' US$ salaries
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has proposed deducting foreign currency contributions from Zimbabwe's civil servants, who are already facing severe financial strain due to low wages. ...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 11:22hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Farewell Chairman VK: Reflections of a dear friend
The late Vimbai Kamoyo (VK) was quite a character.They buried him last week in Chiunye village, Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central. Between him and I, the title of "Chairman" took tu...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 14:54hrs | 33 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Zimbabwe students protest steep fee hikes
THE Zimbabwe National Student Union (Zinasu) has protested the steep tuition fee hikes by universities and colleges saying it is an assault on the right to education. Universities in Zimbabwe have int...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$300 Covid allowance goes permanent as salary
Civil servants will now be receiving the old US$300 Covid-19 allowances as part of their permanent pensionable salary, with the first batches of workers, including uniformed forces and health workers,...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tertiary students moan fee hikes
University students across Zimbabwe have bemoaned the recent hike in tuition and accommodation fees, while some have taken the matter to the courts.Other students failed to access their result...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beer smuggling rife at BF
USING a rope measuring over 20 metres, a black satchel is hoisted to the top of Soweto in a matter of seconds at Barbourfields Stadium.When police details and marshals are not in sight, the ro...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pensioners protest over US$ allowances
PENSIONERS in Bulawayo yesterday protested at the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) offices demanding that their pensions be paid in United States dollars.NSSA authorities had to call ...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
US$50 salary increase offer peanuts, says Zimbabwe teachers
UNIONS representing teachers yesterday said a government US$50 salary offer was a slap in the face given the country's high cost of living.During a post-Cabinet media briefing on Tuesday, Info...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Parastatal bosses' wings must be clipped
RECENTLY Harare City Council reported that it is losing a lot of money in double salary payments — paying senior employees who are on suspension while at the same time paying those acting in their p...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Martin Stobart
ED shouldn't indoctrinate our children to idolize tyranny!
Children usually become like their parents. That is why there is the saying, 'an apple doesn't fall far from the tree'.The greatest ability children were given by the Creator, as...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 10:53hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Health workers trained using tax payers' money owe us,' says Chiwenga
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has said health workers trained locally using Zimbabwe's resources must ‘pay back' through working in public hospitals.Chiwenga added that in the future w...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Indeed life was hard under colonialism but there were plenty of opportunities
Over the weekend I drove my mother to her rural home in Rusape for an important family gathering.To be expected, as soon as we hit familiar territory, which held significant memories for her -...Published: 23 May 2023 at 14:01hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa in spotlight over the massive Nssa corruption
THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) has presented its forensic audit which unearths corruption and names individuals implicated in the pensions fund's latest scandals to the Office of the Pr...Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zim Independence Celebrations paraded amid unaddressed workers' grievances
HARARE - The president of NMWUZ - (the National Mine Workers' Union of Zimbabwe) has sent His Excellence President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa of the Seco...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 22:50hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Zimbabwe teachers earn ZW$39 636 (US$33)
THE impoverishment of professionals by the government has reached heart-rending levels, but those who dare complain are often victimised, leaving public sector workers feeling helpless in the face of ...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's minister forced to reverse his corrupt mansion deal
PUBLIC Service minister Paul Mavima could be forced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa or top officials to reverse his corrupt US$400 000 upmarket house purchase deal in Quinnington, Borrowdale, Harare, ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 15:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally caught up in a US$400 000 corrupt upmarket house deal
PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Paul Mavima is caught up in a US$400 000 corrupt upmarket house deal in Quinnington, Borrowdale, Harare, involving the National Social Security Autho...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 10:41hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl at Trevor Ncube's AMH?
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
This & that with Mal'phosa: What a disaster
Do rich people always have to brag every chance they get? For instance, he owns a construction company and bullies everyone to agree that he works hard. We know who works hard, and for peanuts. It's a...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 19:37hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
Mliswa says Ministers' US$20m controversial allowances not budget for
CONTROVERSY over the huge housing allowances for Zimbabwean ministers and deputy ministers has deepened amid revelations the money was not budgeted for in the first place.This is according to ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 09:06hrs | 1 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt bigwigs cash in on staff transfers
Corrupt senior government officials are reportedly demanding as much as US$300 in kickbacks from civil servants who wish to be transferred from their stations, NewsDay has learnt.Female civil ...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Students arrested over fees demonstration
SIX Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) students were on Monday arrested for allegedly demonstrating against a recent fees hike by the institution.The six students are; Kimberly Joni, Ernest Liyal...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 19:06hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Majority of Zimbabweans earning peanuts'
AT LEAST 62% of Zimbabwe workers are earning measly salaries, taking about US$60 per month as of April, a latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) 2022 second quarter labour force survey h...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robayi bash, injure UZ students during flash protest over fee hike
Police, popularly known as orobayi, Monday beat up and injured three female University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students who were part of a group of 14 learners arrested during a flash campus protest over a s...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs respectable leaders
IN response to Vote Zanu-PF, Mohadi tells chiefs: Is Zanu-PF second secretary Kembo Mohadi displaying his complete ignorance of the law or is he displaying complete contempt of the supreme law of the ...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 4 | by A Mbire
Propaganda, lies will not resurrect Zim economy
The country's economy is on its knees and probably needs biblical resurrection or else to simply certify it dead.The Zanu-PF government has lost its marble and it's millennium economic d...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 18:04hrs | 5 | by Leonard Koni
Gold coins: Broadening and cementing economic confusion
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe really loves to lie to the people and then start believing its own lies.This thing of gold coins to preserve value does not make any economic logic and I will say ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:24hrs | | by Brian Sedze
ZimStat director, enumerators clash over allowances
A WAR of words has erupted between the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZimStat) director-general Taguma Mahonde and enumerators who took part in the 2022 national housing and population census o...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF subverts traditional leaders
Zanu-PF has promised to give incentives to hundreds of traditional leaders in Masvingo province for them to mobilise people to vote for the party during the 2023 general election while also moving to ...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 10:04hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Patients stranded as murse strike bites
THE ongoing public health professionals' strike that has crippled major government hospitals is continuing unabated until the demands of the workers have been met, leaving many patients stranded....Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers, nurses down tools
TEACHERS and health professionals have vowed to go ahead with their planned industrial action today after snubbing a 100% salary hike offered by government in Zimbabwe.Salary talks between gov...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Are Ziimbabwe police now part of Zanu-PF structures?
THAT we are now deep into election season is more than evident and the ruling Zanu-PF party has, in earnest, hit the ground running to mobilise support for re-election, come 2023.And over the ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
The price of bread to humble Mnangagwa
Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation should should always play a track from Simon 'Chopper' Chimbetu's song Survival which is very informative and educative.This is a well choreographed track...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 11:56hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Price of bread to humble Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation should always play a track from Simon "Chopper" Chimbetu's album Survival - it is informative and educative.This is a well-choreographed song wh...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Mine union scoffs at 108% wage increase
The Zimbabwe Diamond, Allied and Mineral Workers Union Zdamwu) has described as peanuts the 108% salary increase approved by the National Employment Council, Associated Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe ...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Economic crisis: Hallmark of Mnangagwa's dismal failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa made a desperate appeal to Zanu-PF youths as he asked his supporters to unmask those "sabotaging the economy", saying the debilitating economic malaise was artificial and ...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:08hrs | 1 | by Taurai Mangudhla
Govt should restore teachers' dignity
AFRICAN leaders have never valued education. It is never their culture to learn and explore.The current leadership in Zimbabwe is a very good example. Our leadership does not even value qualit...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:07hrs | | by Village Teacher
Zimbabwe MP grieves over meagre salaries
LEGISLATORS are prone to corruption and capture by oligarchs because of the meagre salaries they earn, Norton legislator Themba Mliswa has said.The local lawmakers are among the least paid in ...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: United Freedom Party Workers' Day statement
As the world marks Workers Day, also known as May Day, the United Freedom Party (UFP) mourns the position of the Zimbabwean worker saying strongly that there is nothing to celebrate given the conditio...Published: 02 May 2022 at 20:19hrs | 5 | by United Freedom Party
ZINASU to shut down all Colleges and Universities on 9 May
The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) has issued a statement saying the organization will shutdown all colleges and universities on the 9th of May to protest the hiking of tuition fees. ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 17:33hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Should Zimbabweans be Commemorating Workers Day?
May day is a commemoration of the historic struggles and gains made by workers and the labour movement, but can Zimbabweans really take part in these historic celebrations as there is not much to appl...Published: 01 May 2022 at 20:55hrs | | by Prince Njagu
Boycotting teachers to be barred from census gig: ministry
The ministry of primary and secondary education says teachers who boycotted work in the first two weeks of the new school term citing "incapacitation" will be barred from conducting the national popul...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Where are the human rights defenders when our children are being denied the right to education?
Dear We the Murowa community sympathise with teachers and all the civil servants per se'. Its an undeniable fact that civil servan...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 08:35hrs | 2 | by Concerned Murowa Ward Community
Carl Joshua Ncube re-introducing busking in the city
AFTER collaborating with Carne Casa, celebrity chef and comedian Carl Joshua Ncube has already embarked on a drive to make the restaurant more appealing through various means of pushing the local tour...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ loses millions in property scandals
NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe is taking stock of its properties across the country amid revelations that it could have lost more than $30 million from paying utility bills for assets it sold over 20 y...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutoriro lands Concession man in jail
A Concession man who is in the habit of harassing and insulting vulgar words to his mother has been locked in prison.Tawanda Mereki was remanded in custody by Concession magistrate Audrey Muzh...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 19:16hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Govt dangles carrot to school heads
GOVERNMENT has pledged to increase salaries for heads ranging from 10% to 25% depending on the number of pupils per school, a development teachers unions described as a tool to clamp down on restive t...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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