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Govt, workers face off over US$ salaries
ZIMBABWE'S public sector unions yesterday demanded that government pays their wages in United States dollars and threatened to go on strike, adding to the problems facing President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:27hrs | 1066 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF is debris, embrace Nelson Chamisa' advised Moyo - two faced buzzard, celebrated MDC GNU blunders
When Mai Mujuru was booted out of Zanu-PF in 2014 within months she was criticizing Zanu-PF and her former mentor, Robert Mugabe, for mismanagement, corruption, vote rigging, murderous oppression, etc...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 20:29hrs | 4214 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe Driving School Owners urges government to re-open VID depots
The Vice President of Zimbabwe Driving School Owners Association ( ZDSOA) Edwin Ndlovu has called for the government of Zimbabwe to direct VID depots across the country to commence testing aspir...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 11:43hrs | 1421 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Winky D turns down Twabam's US$35 000
ZIMDANCEHALL icon Winky D's manager Jonathan Banda has cleared the air on why they turned down Passion Java's US$35 000 offer for an undisclosed project. Banda said they could not take up the deal bec...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:28hrs | 4370 | by Staff reporter
NGOs reject constitutional amendments
RESIDENTS and civil organisations have rejected President Emmerson Mnangagwa's proposed constitutional amendments, saying they posed a threat to civil and political rights and sought to revive the leg...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:20hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa moves in to deal with his successor'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ZANU PF party is pushing for the amendment of the constitution to deal with the succession plan that is provided by the constitution, Constitutional law expert Professor...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 12:16hrs | 17359 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Law changes to give Mnangagwa edge on succession
A PROPOSED new law which seeks to empower President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to handpick his deputies could see him deciding who takes over after him both as Zanu-PF's and the country's new leader....Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 17:02hrs | 2185 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is seeking to consolidate power through amendment'
PARLIAMENT last week embarked on nation-wide public hearings into Constitution Amendment (No 2) Bill to gather views of the people on the proposal to tinker with a number of provisions in the supreme ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 16:59hrs | 1540 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-China to meet on debt relief
ZIMBABWE and China will soon begin talks to implement a directive by President Xi Jinping for Beijing to cancel financial obligations owed to African countries.It is anticipated that the debt ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:08hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pacifies civil servants' restlessness
In an effort to pacify growing restlessness within its civil service, Government has reviewed salaries for public sector workers and has awarded them a flat, non-taxable Covid-19 allowance of US$75 pe...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 21:27hrs | 4714 | by Staff reporter
Payment of civil service Covid-19 allowances and salary review
Pursuant to Government's commitment to continuously review and improve the remuneration framework for Civil Servants, taking into account the transitory economic challenges being currently experienced...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 15:35hrs | 10688 | by Staff Reporter
No takers for Gweru mayoral mansion
BIDDERS who last year expressed interest in renting the Gweru mayoral mansion are yet to respond to requirements laid down by council more than seven months after they applied, council spokesperson Vi...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:05hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Amendment Bill hearings begin
People in Lupane in Matabeleland North and Mt Darwin in Mashonaland Central who attended the public hearings on the Constitutional Amendment Bill gave a range of views from enthusiastic support or eve...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:35hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
'2 000 Zesa transformers stolen in 2 years'
OVER 2 000 Zesa transformers were stolen over the past two years throughout the country, with thieves in Maphisa alone also vandalising 100km of cables, Energy and Power Development minister Fortune C...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:48hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe black market rates run amok
BLACK market rates have surged in recent weeks resulting in concurrent hikes in the prices of basic commodities and a clamour from workers to have wages increased.Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, t...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 20:39hrs | 8197 | by Xinhua
Salary hike for civil servants
GOVERNMENT and civil servants' representatives are scheduled to meet this week to negotiate fresh salary adjustments and improved working conditions, amid eroding disposable income.The new fig...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1574 | by Staff reporter
Key economic lessons for Zimbabwe from South Africa
Zimbabwe and South Africa share a long history of trade, socio-economic, political and cultural ties that span for decades. The two countries are separated by a 225km border that runs along the Limpop...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:42hrs | 670 | by Smetch Sibanda
Zimbabwe, Belarus buses deal clarified
AN official representative of Belarusian manufacturing plants Mr Vadim Zhuk has set the record straight with regards to the cooperation of the Zimbabwe and Belarus for the production and assembly of p...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:20hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
'South African companies that employ foreigners must not open'
South African opposition party The African Transformation Movement (ATM) says South Africa must impose a strict economic sector regime that will see certain industries being reserved for South African...Published: 25 May 2020 at 11:55hrs | 6029 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe diasporans eligible for land allocation back home
ZANU PF United Kingdom and Europe chair, Marshall Gore has encouraged the Diaspora Community at large to apply for land back home during the build-up to the second phase of the equitable land redistri...Published: 23 May 2020 at 19:39hrs | 3063 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa urges peace in time of coronavirus
President Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabweans to remain peaceful during this time of Covid-19 and avoid endangering the lives of other citizens through illegal demonstrations to score cheap political mile...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa castigates illegal demos
President Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabweans to remain peaceful during this time of Covid-19 and avoid endangering the lives of other citizens through illegal demonstrations to score cheap political scor...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:04hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe camps in early talks to end brawl
IT HAS emerged that warring MDC factions are engaging in tentative talks, in a bid to end their damaging power feud, the Daily News on Sunday revealed.This comes as concerned insiders have als...Published: 17 May 2020 at 19:57hrs | 10164 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Makandiwa warned Zimbabwe about Chinese doctors?
A prophecy given in 2016 by Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has resurfaced on the internet a few days after the People's Republic of China sent a brigade of medical surgeons to come and assist Zimbabwe com...Published: 15 May 2020 at 15:04hrs | 6226 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dembare moots salary cuts
DYNAMOS are contemplating cutting players' salaries in an effort to remain afloat if the local soccer season does not start in the "next few months" following a delay caused by the coronavirus pandemi...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:34hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda on the spot over constitution
Parliament has been petitioned to reject government's fresh bid to amend the constitution following the gazetting of Constitutional Amendment Bill No 2 that seeks 27 changes to the country's supreme l...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:34hrs | 890 | by Staff reporter
Crunch time for Mnangagwa's jittery govt
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is expected to ease further the Covid-19 lockdown measures as from Monday next week, senior government officials have revealed.However, most of th...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 11:46hrs | 4604 | by Staff reporter
Student bodies say e-learning is unaffordable and elitist
The adoption of e-learning as an innovative means to continue teaching and learning during the national lockdowns affecting many African countries has been rejected by a number of student organisation...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 11:07hrs | 873 | by universityworldnews.com
COVID-19 lockdown: Coercing the poor, coddling the rich?
From the perspective of reducing the negative public health effects of the coronavirus, national lockdowns will almost certainly - if adhered to - reduce the number of coronavirus transmissions while ...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 22:21hrs | 919 | by Seán Muller
MDC Alliance Proposals for life and livelihoods during and after lockdown
As the People's party, the MDC Alliance strongly applauds the Zimbabwean people for their discipline and determination to fight adversity with a spirit of never say die.Indeed, it seems as if ...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 12:56hrs | 1234 | by Sesel Zvidzai
George Charamba and Jonathan Moyo in Twitter exchange
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba and former Zanu-PF spin doctor Jonathan Moyo were on Thursday engaged on a Twitter exchange ov...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 20:02hrs | 7333 | by Moyo Roy
Zinasu rejects e-learning proposals
The Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has rejected proposals by most institutions of higher learning courses to roll out e-learning programmes during the COVID-19 lockdown claiming it would di...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 08:05hrs | 1386 | by Staff reporter
More added to Zimbabwe's essential services list
GOVERNMENT yesterday expanded the list of essential service providers to include manufacturers and distributors of medical supplies to combat COVID-19 and but other medical emergencies.The Hea...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1936 | by Staff reporter
Incompetent leadership costing Zimbabwe a lot displayed during Covid 19 outbreak
The Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has lamented that poor and incompetatnt leadership in Zimbabwe is costing the nations lives and poses a threat to humanity during the Covid-19 worldwide o...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 14:40hrs | 924 | by Stephen Jakes
Is Mthuli Ncube IMF's man in Harare?
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its 2019 Article IV report on Zimbabwe at the end of March 2020. Without delving into policy details, which I leave to experts to unpack, one can observe...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:40hrs | 2497 | by Dr Tim Rainhard
South Africa to scrap school holidays to salvage 2020 academic year
School holidays may be scrapped in order to recover lost time as Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga contemplates the best way to salvage the 2020 academic year.This is one of the proposa...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 20:08hrs | 3297 | by Staff reporter
IMF Report on Zimbabwe: Fairy-tale of good cop versus bad cop
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its 2019 Article IV report on Zimbabwe at the end of March 2020. Without delving into policy details, which...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 14:55hrs | 1255 | by Dr Tim Rainhard
UZ seeks to scrap programmes such as Sociology, lecturers, admin clash
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe(UZ) lecturers are up in arms with the institution's administration for allegedly seeking to scrap several programmes and replacing them unilaterally without consulting the acade...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 13:10hrs | 4632 | by Staff reporter
African Union tells EU, USA to remove Zimbabwe sanctions with immediate effect
The African Union Heads of States and Government shave sent a strong message calling for the immediate lifting of all economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe to allow the country them to deal with dead...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 18:35hrs | 2442 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lewis Matutu's letter to Zimbabwean youths
Former Deputy Secretary of Youth Affairs in the ZANU PF Youth League Lewis has written to the Zimbabwean youths urging them not to lose hope during this period of the Coronavirus pandemic. Mat...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 10:11hrs | 2524 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BCC to intensify water shedding
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is proposing to increase the weekly water shedding exercise from four to five days as the city's water situation turns desperate. Bulawayo has been experiencing water c...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:26hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
3 teachers suspended for sexual relations with pupils
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has suspended three Mkoba 3 High School male teachers over allegations of having sexual relations with several pupils, some of them in Form One....Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 16:51hrs | 2968 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health workers demand $10 000 a month
Frontline health workers are appealing for a $10 000 risk allowance per month, as they battle Covid-19, which has affected five people in Zimbabwe so far. The proposal is for the allowance to ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:31hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Government awaits technical report on Gwanda solar project
THE Government is awaiting a technical report from Zesa Holdings to make a decision on the way forward with regards to the commencement of work at the proposed 100-megawatt Gwanda Solar Farm project i...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:30hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa divides MDC as a plot against Mwonzora thickens
MDC has generated into a monstrous party led by vampires who are killers and ruthless in their ways. Biti is flashing his python colours towards the presidency. Biti Sikhala are both ambitious and ver...Published: 22 Mar 2020 at 09:45hrs | 7156 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa given ultimatum to fire Mthuli Ncube
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube within seven days or face crippling protests by members of t...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 21:18hrs | 7069 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda Holdings scoffs at state capture claims
SAKUNDA Holdings yesterday denied capturing government, insisting the Command Agriculture deal was approved by Cabinet and that the company was allocated US$1,010 billion by the Reserve Bank of Zimbab...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:21hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi - Zimra in out of court settlement
Flamboyant businessman Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure's case where he faces over $3,8 million in unpaid taxes, will not be heard amid reports that the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority is only interested in gett...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:51hrs | 911 | by Staff reporter
South Africa to strengthen border security
South Africa has passed a Border Management Authority (BMA) Bill, which is expected to improve security at all the country's entry points.This most likely means the number of people who illega...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1443 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: The eloquent confused political novice
A great musician is defined by the depth of his lyrics not his guitar prowess. In Zimbabwe we have a number of good guitarists but most of them are living under the shadows of the likes of Alick Mache...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 10:38hrs | 3087 | by Chipo Mutasa
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