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Zimbabwe govt awards civil servants 100% salary increase
GOVERNMENT has reviewed upwards salaries of civil servants, members of parliament, independent commissions, grant-aided institutions and pensioners by 100%.The increase is with effect from Feb...Published: 10 hrs ago | 409 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec extends June registration deadline
PARENTS have welcomed the extension of the June examination registration period for Ordinary and Advanced level by the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) from 15 March to Friday this week....Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:36hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, police get 400% pay hike
Teachers' unions have slammed government over the selective remuneration of its workforce following the controversial awarding of a 400 percent pay hike to the military and police.Teachers are cur...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:35hrs | 5790 | by Staff reporter
The curse of being a security guard in Zimbabwe
Being a security guard in Zimbabwe is a curse, the job is too demanding, with some of the most hostile working conditions one can ever think of. Working a 12-hour shift, 4 days a week in a retail shop...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 16:47hrs | 684 | by Cremio Mabauwa
Zanu-PF bigwigs fretting ahead of the party's primaries
Some Zanu-PF bigwigs, including ministers, are said to be fretting ahead of the party's primaries slated for the weekend amid reports that some of them are throwing spanners into the works of their ri...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 09:16hrs | 1309 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt workers reject US$50 increment
GOVERNMENT workers reportedly rejected a US$50 salary increment offered by their employer during the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) negotiations held last week Friday.Government had...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:16hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Govt probes Bulawayo passport office staff
GOVERNMENT has dispatched a team of investigators to probe alleged rampant corruption at the Bulawayo passport offices.The probe follows reports that some staffers at the passport office were ...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:25hrs | 2191 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide over mounting debts
A PREMIER Service Medical Investments (PSMI) loss control supervisor, Bernard Chatindivara, who was stationed at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo, committed suicide on Saturday after being overwhelmed by de...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:29hrs | 2079 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bank workers, employers hammer out US dollar wage deal
Bank workers and their employers have agreed on a wage structure that would see salaries split into local currency and US dollars at a ratio of 60:40 percent respectively.The resolution was ma...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 17:56hrs | 4941 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga summoned
PARLIAMENT has summoned Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to give a ministerial statement on the chaos at Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas), as well as inform the nation why the public hea...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 14:02hrs | 2413 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt tables paltry offer for civil servants
THE National Joint Negotiation Council (NJNC) meeting held yesterday failed to yield positive results for civil servants after the Zimbabwe Congress of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) rejected the...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:25hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for defrauding civil servants
A KUWADZANA man is in court facing charges of defrauding a civil servant after claiming that he had a company that could issue them with loans.The accused, Wylie Ligomeka (41) was today remand...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:38hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants' salary talks resume
STALLED salary negotiations between the Government and civil servants, which the latter had called off over lack of progress, will resume on Wednesday, a Cabinet Minister has said.Citing the l...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:48hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Minister Murwira summoned over poor salaries
Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development minister Amon Murwira has been summoned to appear before Parliament over the poor working conditions of university workers...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 09:53hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora in court for threatening to shoot ex-employee
MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora was arraigned before the court yesterday on allegations of threatening to kill a former party employee but the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ)...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:09hrs | 192 | 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 | 200 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers demand US$1 200 pay
TEACHERS have called on government to urgently review their salaries to US$1 260 to cushion them against the high cost of living.For the better part of 2020 to date, government and teachers ha...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:06hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Police docket opened against Mwonzora for employee death threats
Police have opened a docket against MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora for allegedly threatening to shoot and kill a party employee he accuses of pestering him over unpaid wages.On Monday, Mutandwa M...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 19:54hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Banks use RBZ excuse to dismiss demands for US dollar salary payments
BANK Employers Association of Zimbabwe (BEAZ) has allegedly claimed that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) does not allow the payment of US$-denominated salaries as a way to counter mounting pressure...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:36hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Prisons officer sacked over missing food rations to be re-instated
The High Court has ordered the reinstatement of a prison officer who was dismissed from service 2019 after an internal hearing found her guilty of misappropriating inmates' food stocks.Rhoda M...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 19:40hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
How an orphaned Zimbabwean rose to be a millionaire in Botswana
Banabasi Marambire grew up as an orphan in Zimbabwe with eight siblings. He endured long nights of hunger and was diagnosed with kwashiorkor disease when he was 14 due to poor nutrition.To sur...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:08hrs | 3232 | by Staff reporter
Nurses barred from leaving Zimbabwe
With a salary worth the equivalent of less than $100 a month, Agnes Masarira can't afford to buy lunch at the hospital in Zimbabwe where she works as a nurse. She dreams of a nursing job in Canada, bu...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 05:00hrs | 7097 | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu struggling to pay maintenance for his 13 children?
Mamelodi Sundowns team manager Peter Ndlovu might have dodged a financial bullet after the Johannesburg High Court reduced the amount of child support one of the mothers of his 13 children was demandi...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 19:43hrs | 3955 | by Staff reporter
Zimra records forex revenue upsurge
ZIMBABWE'S tax agency says United States dollar income and corporate taxes recorded strong growth during the quarter ending 31 December 2022 compared to prior comparative period as companies paid sala...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:11hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
ZBC workers demand US$ salaries, land
ZIMBABWE Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) employees have appealed to government to pay half of their salaries in United States dollars to cushion them against the country's runaway inflation.ZBC...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 07:07hrs | 739 | by Staff Reporter
'Mnangagwa's Govt holding back salary talks'
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has accused government of making false promises to avoid finalising salary talks with civil servants.Yesterday, PTUZ wrote to Public Service m...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:26hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe, police boss escape jail term
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga have escaped imprisonment for failing to pay over US$60,000 dues to a police officer who was irregularly fire...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:28hrs | 998 | by Staff reporter
God has done more in my life in a few years praying alone, than going to 'church' for decades!
After penning my article entitled, 'Support ED all you want, but please don't blaspheme our God', I received so many messages of agreement, encouragement and endorsement of my sentiments.Indee...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 08:27hrs | 1854 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'We aim to win big!' insists Chamisa oblivious Zanu PF is rigging big, there is verified voters' roll, etc., etc.
"The world is flat or round not because you or me say it is flat/round. It is round because the mountain of supporting evidence say it is round," my Secondary School teacher used to say. Zimba...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 17:04hrs | 1406 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Inside Nakamba's Marvelous car collection
ENGLAND-BASED Zimbabwe international midfielder Marvelous Nakamba might be going through a very difficult season at Premier League side Aston Villa, but his incredible car collection suggests that awa...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:07hrs | 6763 | by Staff reporter
18 000 teachers get school fees support
The Government, through the Public Service Commission (PSC), has processed more than $820 million in school fees payments for children of 18 794 teachers.To date, the PSC has processed applica...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 12:12hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's street 'shops' flood city by night
FILLED to the brim with groceries ranging from foodstuffs, toiletry to skin care products, a pushcart — commonly known as iScania in the streets of Bulawayo — is strategically positioned at a busy...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:23hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police dragged to Zanu-PF ideology classes
MORALE has reportedly hit rock bottom in the police force after all officers were commandeered to attend civic education meetings co-ordinated by the ruling Zanu-PF party as part of its indoctrination...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 05:52hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
Snake feeder and handler job ad trends in Zimbabwe
Would you apply for a job as a snake feeder and handler who has to look for lost snakes, help reptiles breed and take care of hatchlings at a snake park in Zimbabwe?No?Would you still ...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 09:46hrs | 815 | by Staff reporter
Term 1 begins
SCHOOLS open today for the First Term of the year with the Government expected to outline modalities for the rollout of State-funded free education policy targeting mostly vulnerable rural schools....Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:56hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
New pay structure for civil servants
Civil servants will be paid according to their academic qualifications, experience and seniority starting this month, as Government has reactivated a policy that promotes advancement of public workers...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:32hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt tweaks PSMAS medical aid
Government has stopped subsidising adult dependants on PSMAS Medical Aid with immediate effect to lessen the burden on Treasury and PSMAS, while ensuring the viability of the medical cover.In ...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:32hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Catholic priest under probe for harassing teachers, corruption
A Catholic resident priest at St Benedict High School, Fr Innocent Mangwiro is at loggerheads with the mission's authority and is now under investigation over allegations of misconduct, corrupt tenden...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 08:56hrs | 742 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Malema in soup for fighting Ramaphosa
South African opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Sello Malema has come under fire on social media after he said President ...Published: 22 Dec 2022 at 08:25hrs | 4592 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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 | 256 | by Staff reporter
Analysis of the 2023 national budget
The Zimbabwean government presented a ZW$4.5 trillion budget (21% of 2021 GDP) for the 2023 fiscal year. The government expects to collect revenues totaling ZW$3.9 billion (18% of GDP), thus resulting...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 00:15hrs | 837 | by Victor Bhoroma
UK target Zimbabwean teachers
The UK has opened opportunities for teachers from South Africa, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria with equivalent qualifications to their British counterparts and at least one year of teaching experience t...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:46hrs | 2666 | by Staff reporter
Being placed into public office is not a 'financial breakthrough'!
Having become what were referred to as Boy Scouts in those days (now simply known as Scouts, since girls are now part of the movement) from a very tender age, I learnt some vital values and principles...Published: 13 Dec 2022 at 09:44hrs | 927 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe public health collapse
The cries of doctors at Zimbabwe's largest public hospital appear to have fallen on deaf ears and an increasing number of health professionals are emigrating, resulting in a dearth of cancer treatment...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:59hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
Why CCC MPs defied Chamisa and took the US$40,000 loan
ON Tuesday 6 December 2022 the Citizens Coalition for Change Parliamentary Caucus converged in Harare where among other things they discussed critical national issues affecting the citizens of Zimbabw...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 19:17hrs | 1380 | by Prosper Mutseyami
'It is nice to call the US$40k to MPs a loan, it is a bribe' admitted Chamisa - his first tacit admission he too was bribed
Renemanyanga hariputirwi!" (The one whose defects stick out like horns cannot hide them forever. They will stick out!) so goes the Shona saying. Nelson Chamisa and his CCC friends are corrupt ...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 08:59hrs | 1145 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Unions query Zimbabwe / Rwanda teachers deal
TEACHERS unions have raised concern over the conditions of service for their counterparts who were recently deployed to Rwanda, saying they were being treated unfairly.In October, 159 teachers...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:03hrs | 1050 | by Staff reporter
English language test dashes nurses' hopes of filling UK jobs
As a fluent English speaker, Indian-trained nurse Deepa was surprised to learn she had to sit a language test to practise in Britain, her home for many years. She was even more shocked when she failed...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:07hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's politics of salving troubled consciences
Politics and poetryWilliam Butler Yeats, I think it was he who said out of our arguments with others we make politics, but out of arguments with ourselves we make poetry!We can forgive...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:10hrs | 165 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
ZRP officer faces grim prospect of his pay being garnished for torturing civilian
A ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) officer could soon have his monthly salary garnished to pay up ZW$400,000 damages to a Chitungwiza man, Ednock Dube, who he tortured for violating Covid-19 curfew regu...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
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