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Social unrest warning for South Africa
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has issued a stern warning to the South African government, threatening widespread protests if the revised budget - set to be presented on Wednesday, 12 March - include...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 17:13hrs | 1985 | by Staff reporter
Redcliff residents betrayed by their local authority's unbridled greed and mismanagement
I recently received some most troubling news from a reliable informant within the Municipality of Redcliff.According to the information, the local authority has allegedly decided to award its ...Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 16:04hrs | 359 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bonuses for civil servants will be paid starting Friday next week
Starting Friday next week, Zimbabwean public sector employees will begin receiving their 2024 annual bonuses, with the first 50 percent instalment to be paid alongside November salaries and the remain...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:05hrs | 1472 | 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 | 16 | by Staff reporter
No joy for Zimbabwe civil servants
NEGOTIATIONS for a salary hike between government and civil servants have continued to drag as they are yet to reach a "conclusive" agreement.Government and the Zimbabwe Confederation of Publi...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 07:40hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Public wage bill balloons 3 times ahead of key Zimbabwe elections
ELECTION-related spending by the Zimbabwean government is going through the roof as President Emmerson Mnangagwa goes for broke, spending public funds like confetti at a wedding to retain his position...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:30hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Govt must act sensibly on civil servants wages
The reality on the ground is that civil servants' salaries no longer make sense in Zimbabwe's very difficult economic environment .In yesterday's edition of NewsDay, we reported that junior te...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe chiefs, headmen get a windfall
CHIEFS and village heads are set to receive a one-off Covid-19 allowance backdated to May 2022 which is essentially yet another vote-buying exercise by the Zanu-PF government to win the support of 26 ...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 20:11hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
US Dollars replaces Zimbabwe's currency for second time
The greenback has replaced the Zimbabwean dollar as the most-used currency in the southern African nation for a second time, almost four years after the re-introduction of the local unit.US do...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 10:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers reject 100% salary hike
TEACHERS yesterday rejected government's 100% salary increase, saying they remain incapacitated, while accusing their employer of dishonesty after reportedly dodging wage talks under the National Join...Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 07:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bans raw lithium exports
ZIMBABWE banned exports of raw lithium has with immediate effect in efforts to value-add its minerals and support local production and employment creation.The ban was effected through Statutor...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers dismiss latest Govt salary hike, demand US$540
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) says the salary increment for teachers and other civil servants was an insult to hardworking government employees.The civil service offered a ...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time for Zimbabweans to reclaim lost glory
THE Communities in Action Platform (CAP) last month penned down reflections on the economy to alert the responsible authority, government, and bring awareness to the general citizenry on the deteriora...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Martin Stobart
Massive civil service strike looms in Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is faced with a crippling job action from its restive civil servants, with public sector labour unions saying the authorities have ignored their pleas to effe...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police beat up striking nurses
RIOT police on Wednesday reportedly stormed Bindura General Hospital and indiscriminately beat up nurses for joining a nationwide strike by health workers protesting over salaries and poor working con...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube has not ruled out US$ salaries
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it had not yet ruled out the possibility of paying civil servants salaries in United States dollars citing the current US$175 incentive as evidence of its willingness to meet...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | | 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
Educators in Zimbabwe mull week-long strike
TEACHERS have announced plans to embark on a week-long industrial action beginning June 27 to press for a salary hike in the face of the ever rising cost of living.The Federation of Zimbabwe E...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 09:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
NRZ lays off workers
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has retrenched 20 workers citing a sharp increase in operational costs amid allegations of victimisation, NewsDay Business has learnt.Employees at the p...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mine workers scoff at 50% salary hike
THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has rejected a 50% salary offer tabled by mining companies as a pittance, and insisted on United States dollar salaries.In a sta...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
44,36% salary hike for mine workers
THE National Employment Council (NEC) for the mining industry has awarded workers a 44,36 percent basic salary increase across the board, a development which would see the lowest paid employee earning...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teachers plan march to Parliament
TEACHERS are planning to march to Parliament this week to deliver a petition as they desperately try to force the government to improve their conditions of service.They have rejected the gover...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teachers trooping back to work after sack ultimatum
GOVERNMENT has claimed that school teachers have started returning to work and expects everyone back by the time its ultimatum forcing them to end their strike lapses on Tuesday next week.Teac...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCZ slams 'record breaking' super-profits in sea of poverty
THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) yesterday slammed business for abetting hardships, saying a significant number of firms accessing cheap foreign currency at the auction market were indexing pric...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Striking teachers' resilience shocks Mnangagwa's government
CABINET was on Tuesday shocked by striking teachers' disregard for its threats to suspend them and their decision to continue on industrial action since schools opened on February 7.Speaking t...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU demands urgent salary talks
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on the government to urgently initiate a Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) meeting to review salary levels across all sectors of the economy as...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 16:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bank workers reject Zimdollar salaries
THE Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union (Zibawu) yesterday threatened a crippling job action, as they escalated demands for United States dollar-indexed salaries.Bank workers have joined a...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mine workers to address overtaxing and poor salaries
MINE workers unions are pushing for US$600 salaries per month just like their peers in neighbouring countries.Workers in the sector were recently awarded a 24.5 percent salary hike following c...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:16hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers sent for re-training after demanding salary hike
ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) commander Lieutenant General David Sigauke has reportedly sent junior soldiers on forced re-training in Hwange as punishment for demanding a salary increase during an oste...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Govt urges patience over salary hikes
CIVIL servants must be patient with the Government which is committed to improving their conditions of service in line with the prevailing economic environment, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfa...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mine workers push for 270% salary hike
THE Zimbabwe Diamonds and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe (ZDAMWU) is pushing for a 270% salary increase that would see the least paid worker pocketing at least $65 000 per month.They are cur...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:25hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Postpone November exams'
TEACHERS' unions have called on government to postpone the November final examinations for Grade 7, Form Four and Upper Sixth — to January, saying pupils whose learning has been severely disrupted b...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Prices should remain stable, says Mthuli Ncube
THE recent 50 percent salary hike for civil servants will increase purchasing power but will not result in price increases as the auctions govern the cost of foreign currency used for productive purpo...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teachers reject 'measly' pay hike
TEACHERS have rejected the 45% to 50% salary increment that government has offered them, saying it was inadequate as it will result in the lowest-paid teacher earning $28 600 against a poverty datum l...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'New forex measures could trigger civil unrest'
WORKERS' representatives yesterday said the new foreign currency measures could trigger civil unrest as workers demand salary hikes to match the rising cost of living.Government last week prom...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru City Council employees down tools
GWERU City Council workers have embarked on a strike after salary negotiations between their representatives and their employer collapsed.The two parties had been locked in negotiations since ...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt, teachers standoff deepens
TEACHERS have threatened to go on strike to force government to re-verse its no-work no-salary policy against its workers who are claiming incapacitation. Labour unions representing teachers s...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teachers to challenge no work, no pay policy
THE impasse between teachers and government over salaries has escalated, with the educators' representatives resolving to engage lawyers to challenge the no-work, n-pay policy threatened by government...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt admits low teacher attendance rate
GOVERNMENT has admitted that teachers are not reporting for duty and the few that are going to work are not conducting lessons.In a post-Cabinet Press statement yesterday, government insisted ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Senator says striking teachers must resign
AN opposition MDC-T senator last Thursday said teachers who were not reporting for work should leave employment and let unemployed qualified teachers take over.Masvingo senator Tichinani Mavet...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants reject 70% pay hike offer, teachers call strikes
Government workers on Wednesday rejected a staggered salary hike of 25 percent this month and 45 percent in July for a cumulative total of 70 percent.Teachers warned they would work a three-da...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:15hrs | | 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 | 84 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants reject 25% salary hike
THE crunch meeting between government and civil servants ended in a deadlock yesterday after the workers rejected a "paltry" 25% offer tabled by their employer.Government on Thursday called fo...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 06:46hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Residents oppose councillors' salary hike
PLUMTREE residents have warned Local Government minister July Moyo against awarding hefty salaries and allowances to councillors, saying the move would cripple service delivery in local authorities....Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | 3 | by Concerned
Defiant teachers receive threats
TEACHERS yesterday claimed that were being threatened a Zanu-PF-sponsored group led by Martin Mazivisa.Mazivisa fronts a shadowy parents union called Zimbabwe Parents Union (ZPU), which has be...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Printing money will bury us: Govt
GOVERNMENT yesterday called on teachers and civil servants to be realistic in their salary demands, saying any unreasonable demands would push them into printing money to fund employment costs, which ...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Government, employees in crunch indaba
THE government will today hold a crunch meeting with its restless workers, in a bid to resolve a long-standing salary dispute.This comes as teachers — who make up the bulk of the public sect...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 20:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers decline 'mockery' govt pay offer
TEACHERS have rejected the government's 40% salary hike offer, describing it as a mockery, vowing not to return to work until their employer pays them meaningful salaries.Government on Tuesday...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants reject 20% salary hike
CIVIL servants yesterday rejected government's additional 20% salary offer that would have seen the highest paid worker getting $16 430 per month.The disgruntled civil servants have been deman...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants laugh off salary hike
CIVIL SERVANTS yesterday reacted angrily to government's pronouncement that the US$75 monthly COVID-19 allowance would now be enjoined to their salaries and accused the Public Service Commission (PSC)...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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