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BCC workers end five-day strike
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) workers yesterday resumed work after a five-day strike over poor salaries, a situation which crippled critical services such as refuse collection, primary health care and b...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:52hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bank workers offered 349% pay hike
Zimbabwean bank workers have been offered a once-off 349% annual-pay increase by employers, falling far short of labor union demands and setting the stage for a potential legal challenge.The p...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 16:13hrs | 3823 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council workers awarded 150% pay increase
City of Bulawayo workers returned to work on Tuesday after calling off their week-long strike over poor pay.The strike had crippled council services with uncollected garbage piling up around t...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 11:16hrs | 2255 | by Staff reporter
BCC workers down tools
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) workers yesterday downed tools citing incapacitation.The workers demanded a living wage based on the poverty datum line which is pegged at $20 000.The disgr...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2507 | by Samantha Power
Nurses demand risk allowance
NURSES have accused the government of depriving them of the COVID-19 risk allowance several months after they were promised the stipend.Government offered to pay allowances for health workers ...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 08:02hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 allowances for civil servants extended
THE Government has announced the reintroduction of the US$75 a month Covid-19 allowance for all civil servants, while pensioners will get US$30. President Mnangagwa's administration introduced...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora to be 'biggest opposition by 2023' - and perpetuate rigged elections, deplorable lack of imagination
The trouble with Zimbabweans is they have no clue what constitutes a competent leader and it is little wonder the nation has blundered from pillar to post, the blind leading the blind into the ditch. ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:17hrs | 1365 | by Nomusa Garikai
Nodumo Nyathi never asked for favours
THE chairman of the Highlanders South African Supporters Chapter Nodumo Nyathi says he never asked for any favours from the Bulawayo giants after he led a spirited fundraising campaign to clear the cl...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Morocco sets the ball rolling for big boom in women's football
Morocco is preparing itself for an imminent boom in women's football, aiming to have 1000 licenced female coaches by 2024.This comes after the recently concluded maiden women's national champi...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 21:00hrs | 213 | by Mthokozisi Dube
Mwonzora gleefully awaiting $2.72 m PPFA payout - reason why MDC will sell-out again come 2023
"Only Zanu-PF and MDC-T will share the $100 million allocated in the 2021 National Budget under the Political Parties Finance Act as all other parties failed to get at least five percent of the consti...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 19:03hrs | 931 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe teachers demand urgent salary review
TEACHERS have called on government to urgently review their salaries this month as per government tradition at the beginning of each year, owing to the rise in the cost of living.Zimbabwe Nati...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:28hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
Jailed Artuz leader granted bail pending appeal
Sheila Chisirimhuru, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz)'s Masvingo provincial gender welfare secretary, who was sentenced to 16 months in prison over a peaceful salary protest he...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:00hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
70% of Govt staff working from home
Government has suspended face to face meetings in the public service to ensure safety of its employees and has trimmed its workforce to 30 percent as the ongoing fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 06:52hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Job hunters defy Covid-19 regulations
BULAWAYO residents who survive on hunting for piece jobs are defying the Covid-19 lockdown regulations by continuing to flood the streets as part of their daily struggles to eke out a living. ...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 06:51hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Reinstated Air Zimbabwe workers sent on forced unpaid leave
REINSTATED Air Zimbabwe workers have now been sent on forced unpaid leave and are demanding that the airline, technically insolvent and under administration, immediately withdraws these orders, which ...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Zesa introduces US$ payment system
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of Zesa (Pvt) Ltd has introduced a system that will see all post-paid customers settle their bills in foreign curre...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 22:27hrs | 1791 | by Staff reporter
Teacher jailed 16 months for salary protest
Human rights lawyers have filed a High Court bail appeal for a widowed primary school teacher sentenced to 16 months imprisonment after she was arrested for public violence during a "peaceful" protest...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Billiat, Katsande fight for their future
Zimbabwe's international football stars Khama Billiat and Willard Katsande have been placed among five players who are "fighting for their future" at South African Premiership giants Kaizer Chiefs....Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1427 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe reinstates 300 fired workers
AIR ZIMBABWE has reinstated over 300 workers it fired five years ago after the Supreme Court ruled early this month that the mass dismissals via three months' termination notices were slipshod and uph...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:16hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe slapped with $100m wage bill
AT least 300 workers fired by Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) five years ago, who have won a long-drawn legal battle to return to work, say they are owed $100 million in outstanding salaries by the struggling a...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
Zupco operators lick wounds
PRIVATE commuter operators under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise have not been paid by government since November 14 this year it has emerged.Reports say that they went ...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:35hrs | 2907 | by Staff reporter
Bosso sign Mhango
HIGHLANDERS have signed former FC Platinum midfielder Winston Mhango whose contract with Zambian side Kabwe Warriors expired in June.The Bulawayo giants are also said to be after Under-2...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:27hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Dollarisation era equivalent salaries for Zimbabwe civil servants
THE Government has given the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) the task of coming up with a roadmap that would enable Government to have a salary structure for civil servants equivalent to the...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 20:20hrs | 4043 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born named new Rugby Australia boss
ZIMBABWE-BORN former Wales international Andy Marinos has been appointed Rugby Australia chief executive, replacing Raelene Castle who resigned from the role in April last year.Marinos is not ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 19:39hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
Artuz leader jailed 16 months over salary protest
A MASVINGO magistrate yesterday jailed a teacher's union leader for 16 months over a peaceful salary protest which was held in July this year.Sheila Chisirimhuru, the Amalgamated Rural Teacher...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:16hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Bleak Christmas as cost of living rises again
THE cost of living for a family of six increased by 5,66% to $22 976 in November, underpinned by a rampaging parallel market exchange rate, according to the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ)....Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:11hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Mandla Mpofu appointed Highlanders head coach
HIGHLANDERS have appointed Mandla Mpofu as the senior team head coach on a one-year performance-based contract for the 2021 season, Chronicle Sports can reveal. Mpofu takes over from Mark Harr...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Labour unions snub TNF revival attempt over workers' salaries
THE country's main labour unions humiliated Labour minister Paul Mavima when they refused to participate in the Tripartite Negotiation Forum (TNF) until government agrees to discuss the erosion of wor...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:32hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Sit-in protest grounds city council
Bulawayo City Council workers staged a sit-in on Thursday and Friday protesting poor salaries and delays in payment of November salaries and bonus, a development that saw some people failing to access...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:17hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Chaos looms as two town clerks run Harare
Two Harare town clerks, an acting one and the substantive one who has been on suspension, are now reporting at Town House, giving Harare City Council some potential headaches. Acting town cler...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
10 000 ghost workers struck off Government payroll
At least 10 000 suspected ghost workers have been struck off the Government payroll after a biometric registration exercise as the Second Republic walks the talk on its reforms aimed at restoring orde...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 23:03hrs | 602 | by Staff Reporter
The benefits of an education degree
Some people will say that teaching is the most noble profession. That might be the case for some, but there is no doubt that most people go into teaching for different reasons. And for those that ente...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 10:04hrs | 1713 | by Staff Writer
Double trouble for Zimbabwe's poorly paid teachers
Zimbabwe's poorly paid teachers have little room to manoeuvre when trying to force a change in their work environment as the country's laws are heavily staked against government workers, a new report ...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:30hrs | 2365 | by Staff reporter
Coal Mining giant dismisses 400 employees
December 12, of 2020 saw the unfair dismissal of 400 workers at Zimbabwe's giant coal mining company Makomo Resources, situate in Hwange, Zimbabwe. This was revealed by the Secretary-General of Nation...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:15hrs | 665 | by Own correspondent
Magistrate acquits ARTUZ leader, convicts another
A MASVINGO magistrate has acquitted Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) president Obert Masaraure of violence charges but convicted the union's provincial gender and welfare secretary...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:50hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
BCC workers down tools over poor remuneration and delayed pay
BULAWAYO City Council workers on this week staged a sit-in at their stations protesting over delays in payment of November salaries and poor remuneration.The Zimbabwe Urban Councils Workers Un...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:46hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Fired Gweru Town Clerk fights back
FIRED Gweru Town Clerk Ms Elizabeth Gwatipedza has taken Gweru City Council (GCC) and Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo to court challenging her dismissal. Ms Gwatipedza was...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:08hrs | 361 | by Elliot Ziwira
Mushekwi faces salary cut
FORMER Warriors striker Nyasha Mushekwi is among several football players plying their trade in China facing pay cuts following the approval of a salary cap for all players by the country's football a...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2538 | by Staff reporter
Improved civil servants perks a priority
Government says it has registered success in its negotiations with civil servants over salaries and other employment terms and is planning continuous improvements on the welfare of public servants....Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 08:02hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter
Over 10 000 teachers resigned in 2020
THE Progressive Teachers Union in Zimbabwe (PTUZ) yesterday claimed that more than 10 000 teachers around the country resigned from the profession in the months of September to December 2020.P...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:19hrs | 1350 | by Staff reporter
2021 National Budget: The Good & the Bad
Zimbabwe's 2021 national budget set a taxing agenda with a 126% jump in budgeted revenues from ZW$173 billion (About US$2.12 billion) anticipated in 2020 to ZW$391.8 billion (US$4.8 billion) budgeted ...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 13:54hrs | 381 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe looking forward to merrier Christmas
Ordinary Zimbabweans and businesses are poised to have a much better festive season this year. This comes as the Zimdollar has been holding steady against the US dollar in recent months. ...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:46hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
MPs slate Mthuli Ncube's national budget
PARLIAMENT has poked holes into Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's 2021 budget allocation for the Primary and Secondary Education ministry after he allocated $55 billion towards education, 73% of which w...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:14hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri estate: Family demands DNA tests
Some relatives of the late national hero Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri have requested DNA tests for some of his children despite them having birth certificates. According to some children, ...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's dramatic U-turn on top bosses
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has agreed to reinstate dozens of ministry directors he unilaterally fired two months ago, making a dramatic U-turn after mounting pressure and ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:06hrs | 4638 | by Staff reporter
Hopeless situation for Ziombabwe civil servants
THE strife within the civil service will remain commonplace, as wages continue to be significantly eroded by the country's high inflation.Critical social services such as health and education ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:02hrs | 2056 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba to stay
FORMER Aston Villa captain Gabriel Agbonlahor believes club coach Dean Smith will keep Warriors midfielder Marvelous Nakamba amid reports of the Warriors’ star being linked with a move to Tu...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1655 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Zimbabwe abandons embassies
ZIMBABWE's foreign missions are struggling because they have been neglected, with workers staying in dilapidated houses while vehicles used by top officials are run-down.This was revealed in t...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 4588 | by Staff reporter
'Soldiers marching on empty tummies'
PARLIAMENT has exposed government for its failure to address the plight of soldiers by not providing essentials that include medical aid and allowances, as well as adequate food rations, resulting in ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
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