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War vets endorse MDC Alliance town chair
Zimbabwe National Liberations of War Veterans Associations (ZNLWVA) national political commissar, Francis Nhando has praised Chiredzi town chairperson Gibson Hwende as an exemplary leader.Hwen...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1118 | by Staff reporter
Another Grace Mugabe in the making!
So you are telling me that the whole acting president of the Republic of Zimbabwe failed to bring to an end the strike by the skilled labourers - I mean the junior doctors? But it took Auxilia a few h...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1599 | by Mapombi Adonha
Zimbabwe civil servants reject $78 salary increment
GOVERNMENT now faces a crippling civil service strike after its' revised offer of $78 for the lowest paid worker or 20% on a sliding scale was rejected by negotiators, who want nothing less than $1 70...Published: 7 hrs ago | 671 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt has squandered immense goodwill
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) this week called a three-day stayaway to protest the government's decision to hike fuel prices amid a rapidly deteriorating economic environment and rising...Published: 8 hrs ago | 165 | by Staff reporter
Protests left a trail of destruction. But Zimbabwe's problems remain the same
BULAWAYO - A military crackdown compounded by a partial internet black-out has ended violent protests triggered by fuel price hikes announced by Zimbabwe President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, but "nothing ha...Published: 8 hrs ago | 186 | by Divine Dube
Mining sector to meet Chitando over forex allocation
MINE workers and the Chamber of Mines have agreed to approach the government and table a request for the sector to get at least 80% of their foreign currency earnings, businessdigest has learnt....Published: 8 hrs ago | 90 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's MDC liable for stayaway damage'
GOVERNMENT has said the MDC-Alliance and its allies who organised demonstrations that degenerated into a spree of violence, arson and looting were liable to claims by members of the public whose prope...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:02hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
COSATU condemns abduction of ZCTU President
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is deeply concerned by the abduction of the leader of our sister federation ZCTU, our Comrade Peter Gift Mutasa and others, who were taken either by...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 09:44hrs | 1477 | by Sizwe Pamla
Bishops want 'second chance' Zanu PF/ MDC GNU - how many chances wasted 2008 GNU alone!
I would like to thank the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) for their well thought out letter of appeal and advice on the possible way out of the present political and economic mess Zimbabwe...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 07:55hrs | 541 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe counts huge costs of stay-away
Zimbabwe lost millions of dollars after the country was brought to a virtual standstill by a highly successful mass stay-away engineered by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and social medi...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:08hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Zimra in talks with workers representatives
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is enmeshed in talks with workers representatives to locate lasting solutions to challenges faced by employees, who claim they are now struggling to make ends me...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:17hrs | 3736 | by Staff reporter
#ZimbabweShutDown organisers to pay for damages, says Govt
Government yesterday said MDC-Alliance and its allies who organised demonstrations that degenerated into a spree of violence, arson and looting were liable to claims by members of the public whose pro...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 23:58hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
600 arrested over Zimbabwe looting
600 people have been arrested following Monday's acts of hooliganism and looting and the government is urging all workers to return to work tomorrow as the situation has now normalised.The Min...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 20:10hrs | 2774 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe crisis: What you need to know
Zimbabwe's anti-government protest strike has entered day three with streets, particularly in Harare, said to be deserted.Here is what you need to know....Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:23hrs | 7624 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe embassy staff joins ZimbabweShutDown?
STAFF at Zimbabwe's embassy in Mozambique reportedly went on strike Monday, protesting against unpaid salaries in a new diplomatic embarrassment for the embattled Harare administration.The rep...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:57hrs | 2470 | by newzimbabwe
Civil servants distance selves from stay aways goons
CIVIL servants have said they are not part of criminal elements and opposition forces who went around a few cities, mainly Harare and Bulawayo, intimidating people to stay away from work yesterday. ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:09hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Five people feared dead as protests hit Zimbabwe
FIVE people reportedly died while 24 others were injured as police clashed with protesters across the country yesterday as anger over the worsening economic crisis spilled onto the streets with busine...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1552 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe now has the world's highest petrol price
Police clashed with protesters in the Zimbabwean capital as the main labor-union confederation began a three-day national strike after the government more than doubled fuel prices to the highest in th...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:26hrs | 742 | by Bloomberg
+13 people injured during Zimbabwe fuel rise protests
Police fired teargas as angry protesters barricaded roads with burning tyres and rocks in Zimbabwe on Monday, after the government more than doubled the price of fuel over the weekend.At least...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:06hrs | 609 | by AFP
Mayhem over fuel price hikes
MOTORISTS, economists, opposition parties and the commuting public yesterday reacted angrily to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to hike fuel prices by 150%, which triggered a wave of price increas...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:06hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rapped for pegging fuel prices at black market rates
ECONOMISTS and analysts yesterday said the decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to peg the new fuel prices at the parallel market rates proved government's insincerity when dealing with the issue ...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:00hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to hike public sector salaries
A Zimbabwean businessman has urged government to raise wages in a bid to prevent the meagre income of public sector workers becoming a source of anger for citizens.In a letter to President Emm...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 14:56hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe facing foreign currency shortages, not fuel, says Mnangagwa
News Editor Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba about the stuttering economy and what government is doing to address the ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:28hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
ED the change that exist not!
We have wondered for so long how the events of November 2017 will unfold on the liberation of Zimbabwe's economic front. Is this change still on its way or we are waiting in vain? Are we really open f...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 21:38hrs | 440 | by Takesure Tazvishaya
We are starving in the Garden of Eden - damning testimonial on leaders and us all
"38 years of criminal waste of human and material resources through gross mismanagement and rampant corruption by this Zanu-PF regime has destroyed the country's economy. For decades now, the country ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 21:36hrs | 237 | by Wilbert Mukori
Threats and blackmail: The real story behind the doctors' return to wards
They stood their ground against government threats, but it took coercion from one of their own to end the junior doctors' 40-day strike.At one time they were fired by Vice-President Constantin...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 10:40hrs | 4365 | by Everson Mushava
President ED It's a Devilish Move to go to Davos
If you divide $2,5 million with 80 Members of Parliament you will get $31,250. It means that, if ED is not going to Davos via other four countries to attend an economic forum between 22-25 January 201...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 10:30hrs | 3615 | by Don Chigumba
Civil servants pile pressure on Mnangagwa's govt
APEX council chairperson Cecilia Alexander says the civil servants' umbrella body will intensify pressure on government to hike salaries to a minimum of $1 733 for the lowest paid worker. She said as ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 10:23hrs | 1902 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns businesses against price increases
Fuel prices more than doubled at midnight on Sunday following a shock announcement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.A litre of petrol is now $3,31, up from $1,38 while diesel is now selling for...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:33hrs | 1162 | by ZimLive
MDC-T statement on fuel increase and labour crisis
CONSIDERING the challenges that our nation is facing, the press conference by the President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa last night, showed the world how our current government is detached from real...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:33hrs | 1580 | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
Mnangagwa on the edge
Mass protests proposed by the combined force of civil servants, labour unions and the opposition MDC Alliance have plunged President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party into panic, amid fears the...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:32hrs | 1602 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans react to 143% increase in fuel prices
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last night announced new prices for petrol and diesel, effective midnight."With effect from midnight tonight, a fuel pump price of $3.11 per litre for diesel and $...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:05hrs | 2054 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's tactics questioned
MDC president Nelson Chamisa has intensified his calls for "urgent dialogue" with President Emmerson Mnangagwa on "the worsening situation and unbearable suffering" Zimbabweans are enduring, but his t...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:01hrs | 3684 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa motorcade blocked by fuel queue, forced to abandon trip
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's motorcade was on Friday allegedly blocked by a long-winding fuel queue at Westgate roundabout in Harare West.Mnangagwa is said to have been on his way to attend ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:59hrs | 9535 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife broke the ice, not the strike - doctors
Zimbabwe government hospital doctors have been on strike for the past 36 days, plunging the public health sector into deep crisis, which has led to the near-collapse of the health delivery system. But...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:56hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Mnangagwa is a monumental failure
Robert Mugabe's protracted despotic rule brought Zimbabwe down to its knees. Such was the damage to a nation hitherto referred to as 'Jewel of Africa' that the general consensus was that things could ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 18:28hrs | 12324 | by Grace Kwinjeh
Chamisa's MPs in fix over luxury cars
As Treasury prepares to splurge millions of scarce United States dollars on luxury utility vehicles (SUVs) for legislators serving in the ninth Parliament, MDC representatives and their leader Nelson ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:33hrs | 4644 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC hardliners oppose Mnangagwa, Chamisa dialogue
The much-talked about talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are being frustrated by hardliners within both the ruling Zanu-PF and the MDC, the Daily News can ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:31hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter
Khupe calls on Mnangagwa to deal with economic crisis
The Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to urgently deal with the current economic crisis that has threatened to bring a total government shutdown....Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:29hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants warn Mnangagwa
CIVIL servants yesterday warned government that a full-blown national strike was imminent if their employer fails to review its decision to offer them a paltry $41 pay rise.Civil servants who ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:20hrs | 969 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's $41 pay rise offer a mockery
THE 10% salary increment government offered to civil servants is ludicrous, unfortunate and shows that government does not consider its workers a key component in its transformation.Whether Tr...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:19hrs | 230 | by Editorial - newsday
Chamisa talks, what talks?
The media has lately been awash with reports to the effect that dialogue between the ruling Zanu-pf party and opposition MDC would solve the economic downturn bedevilling Zimbabwe. Proponents ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:10hrs | 446 | by Mapozho Saruchera
Mnangagwa is between the rock and a hard place
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is between the proverbial rock and a hard place as he battles to mitigate the country's worsening economic rot — with his impending business trip to Eastern Europe drawi...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 19:14hrs | 8461 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants' demand for higher salaries not sustainable
The demand by civil servants to be paid $1 733 per month is not sustainable as government is trying to cut back expenditure. Though justified in demanding for an increase in light of high prices of ba...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 16:27hrs | 1672 | by Elijah Chihota
PHOTOS: Mthuli Ncube flees angry teachers
Finance Minister Thuli Ncube of Friday quickly drove off and fled his office when he saw a demonstration of angry members of the Amalgamated Rural teachers Union of Zimbabwe approaching his offi...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 12:32hrs | 13660 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa under massive pressure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration faces a mammoth task to steady the ship and deliver the goods as pressure mounts from all angles amid massive economic, social and political turbulence wh...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 10:03hrs | 5397 | by Staff reporter
Growing unrest exposes official posturing
FAILURE by government to address the unrelenting currency crisis has come back to haunt the country as evidenced by widespread unrest triggered by the rising cost of living.Finance minister Mt...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 10:00hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Time to confront bloodsuckers wherever and whenever
THAT things could be on the verge of boiling over is not an overstatement, but for the "big boys" these are the best of times as they are making a killing.But it should be pointed out from the...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:39hrs | 375 | by Conway Tutani
Zimbabwe doctors 'arm-twisted' to suspend strike
JUNIOR doctors at public hospitals yesterday ended their 40-day long strike after some consultant doctors allegedly threatened to cause them to fail their internship.The Zimbabwe Hospitals Doc...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:27hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants reject $41 (bond notes) pay rise
GOVERNMENT business is now headed for a grinding halt after salary negotiations collapsed yesterday, as civil servants rejected their employer's "paltry" 10% pay rise offer and vowed to down tools in ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:27hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
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