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Churches demand national budget reforms
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has demanded far-reaching financial reforms in the national budget to be presented by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube next week.Some of the changes the chu...Published: 23 hrs ago | 142 | by Staff reporter
Kukura Kurerwa empire crumbles
Former transport powerhouse Kukura Kurerwa is set to lose its fleet of buses and haulage trucks at a liquidation auction sale scheduled for next week. The auction will be conducted on November 23 at H...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1067 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe informal sector rises to 95%
The number of Zimbabweans earning a living from the informal sector rose to 95 percent in 2014 from 84 percent in 2011, a new study by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has revealed....Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:27hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Govt okays council's non-performers' retrenchment
HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba has disclosed that government recently approved plans by the local authority to retrench non-performing senior managers and staff, with "substantial" funds set to be put asi...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:52hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
ILO – seeks Informal Economy Transition to Formalization
The International Labour Organization is currently hosting a training course on Transition from Informal Economy to Formal Economy targeting over hundred global representatives from governments, labou...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 22:03hrs | 532 | by Michael Mdladla Ndiweni
The online casino boom in Africa
- The Facts and Figures - How is the market growing? - Phone Use Across Africa - Is this the new way to access online casino sites? - Legislation Across the Continent - Operato...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 15:08hrs | 426 | by Staff Reporter
Rio Zim resumes operations
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed miner RioZim has resumed operations at three of its gold mines after reaching an agreement with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) over foreign currency allocation. ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 12:37hrs | 966 | by Staff reporter
Industrial action against Mthuli Ncube looming
Air Zimbabwe has been allowed by the cabinet of President ED Mnangagwa to charge its clients (especially diasporas) in foreign currency. The confused minister in charge of Air Zimbabwe Joel Biggie Mat...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 11:50hrs | 3410 | by Don Chigumba
The importance of implementing an online time clock into your schedule
Several business organizations worldwide have implemented online time clock and attendance systems based on the countless benefits they provide. Online time clock software is the most secure, convenie...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 11:33hrs | 311 | by Staff Reporter
Ex-Anjin employees petition court over terminal benefits
Chinese miner Anjin's former employees have petitioned the High Court seeking leave to execute judgment pending appeal after the diamond miners obtained an order thwarting the attachment of its proper...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:13hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Settling land compensation issue vital for Zimbabwe's economy
IN his inaugural address, the new President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, confirmed that land reform was both historically necessary and irreversible.He also made a commitment to compensate...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:09hrs | 293 | by Ian Scoones
'Prioritise universal healthcare systems to achieve SDGs'
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has urged African countries to prioritise universal healthcare systems in order to achieve the United Nations' crafted Sustainable Development Goals.Mohadi said thi...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:03hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Transport ministry workers nabbed for cement theft
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development ministry workers along the Mushandirapamwe-Wedza Highway, who stole over 80 bags of cement and quarry stones on Friday, appeared before Marondera magistrate A...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:59hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
2% tax derails industrial production
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions western region chairman Ambrose Sibindi has said since the announcement of the 2% tax by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube last month, many industries in Bulawayo have sc...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:57hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Mazibisa dares Kirsty Coventry
The Founder of Mazibisa Inc. Nkosana Mazibisa has challenged Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Kirsty Coventry to show up for her duty and treat the Youth Ministry with the energy an...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 12:24hrs | 3300 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli Ncube under fire
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has come under heavy fire after signalling his intention to acquire vehicles for the country's lawmakers as well as paying the thirteenth cheque for government's 550 000 ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:57hrs | 5498 | by Staff reporter
Zimta, PTUZ in ugly fallout
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) and Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) are engaged in a war of words emanating from whether or not to engage in collective bargaining with their em...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:29hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Mnangagwa sending CIOs to follow him , dramatise kidnapping
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has made sensational claims President Emmerson Mnangagwa was sending state agents and some military intelligence operatives to tail him even when he goes to the toilet....Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:50hrs | 4204 | by newzimbabwe
Bulawayo bans Harare companies from its tenders
THE Bulawayo City Council will consider awarding all tenders for the provision of goods and services to the local authority to companies operating within its jurisdiction as part of its efforts to ens...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:29hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
SA scraps 54-year-old bilateral trade agreement with Zimbabwean
Fears of significant job losses in the textiles and clothing sector have arisen after Archer Clothing in Bulawayo laid off 200 workers following South Africa's decision to scrap a 54-year-old bilatera...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:25hrs | 1793 | by Staff reporter
Is Zanu PF acting and delivering ???
The victory of ZANU PF is not only to benefit ZANU PF but it benefits the nation. ZANU PF is expected to be coming up with solutions and stop the rot in our economy. The government which was for...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:19hrs | 690 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
In whose interest are demos
In these trying and difficult times characterized with stratospheric prices of goods and services, the least thing the laity needs are demos. Such actions will exacerbate our already dire situation. ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 18:22hrs | 891 | by Tondorindo Murisa.
Chitando, shareholders clash in Hwange Colliery scandal
MINES minister Winston Chitando unilaterally recommended Hwange Colliery Company Limited's placement under administration without the blessing of other shareholders. The move is widely seen by some of...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 06:20hrs | 1291 | by Staff reporter
Lies can never contribute to peace Warikandwa
A posting by Chigumbu Warikandwa that appeared on the 8th of November 2018 has a grossly misleading title "Give Peace A Chance". It is just a lunacy. No peace can ever be built on lies, delibera...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 21:00hrs | 1209 | by Mkhululi Zulu
Defining and identifying the new leadership trajectory in MDC-T
The last days of President Morgan Tsvangirai will always be remembered as the episode when the truth was the biggest casualty as the succession debate moved from his office to his death bed. After a w...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 07:21hrs | 2118 | by Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda
Workers bemoan rot at Hwange Colliery
HWANGE Colliery Company workers have claimed management deliberately failed to repair conveyor belts to transport coal in order to promote private transport operators with whom they have links....Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:40hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Are civil servant persecuted for Mugabe's sake??
At least with respect to political appointees, not only is this allowed, but it actually happens every time an Administration changes. Zimbabwe had never had a meaningful administration change in thir...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 16:41hrs | 3978 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF costs balloon
Zanu-PF's salary bill has increased substantially after a decision was made to accommodate bigwigs left out of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lean Cabinet as full time party employees.Mnangagw...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 11:04hrs | 3398 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's business dance, Masiyiwa's compliance
President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently held a consultative meeting with Zimbabwe's business sector. This came against the backdrop of a national economic crisis largely caused by a new monetary policy ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:21hrs | 1922 | by Takura Zhangazha
Masiiwa Ragies Gunda, At the Crossroads: A Call to Christians to Act in Faith for an Alternative Zimbabwe
(University of Bamberg Press, 2018, pp. 113) Masiiwa Ragies Gunda's book is timely as the ‘Zimbabwe crisis' is traced from 1997 to 2018. Although the...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 10:19hrs | 388 | by Brian Maregedze
Mutodi's firm accused of duping civil servants
HUNDREDS of civil servants have accused Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi's housing company of duping them of their hard-earned money in a botched housing scheme at Lower Rangemore in Bulawayo...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:47hrs | 3135 | by Staff reporter
We are our own worst enemies
I have a question that needs an honest answer. Do we, as Zimbabweans, want our country to succeed?Having been unable to get cooking oil in supermarkets, I decided to pay downtown Harare a visi...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 06:42hrs | 1917 | by Mapozho Saruchera
Council retrenchment nullified
SIX Harare City Council senior managers who were 'retired' in 2014 although they were below the age of 65 years are set to bounce back at Town House and pocket huge sums of money after the Supreme Cou...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:31hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
RBZ fails to avail Delta's monthly $5m forex need
DELTA Corporation says it has not received foreign currency allocation in the past three weeks, leading to sporadic supply of its products on the market.Delta company secretary Alex Makamure t...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:29hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
How bond notes remind me of street scams
Plot Mhako grew up on the mean streets of Glen-Norah and Glen-View and is familiar with a street scam or two. He makes a compelling analysis of bond notes - Zimbabwe's surrogate currency.This ...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 10:10hrs | 2375 | by Plot Mhako
New structure for Zimbabwe public service
The Public Service Commission is examining the roles, functions and mandates of Government ministries and departments as part of a process to come up with a new civil service structure.Governm...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:44hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Biometric register for civil servants
GOVERNMENT is going to put in place a time-lined raft of measures which include developing a biometric register of all civil servants on Government payroll as it moves to tighten screws in its quest t...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:03hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Sex vendors reject bond note, demand forex
In reaction to the biting economic crises characterised by an inflationary bond note, sex workers in the town have now resorted to foreign currency and basic commodities as forms of payment for their ...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 16:08hrs | 3432 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa privately admits economic woes
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this week acknowledged to business leaders that the country's economy was in distress and in dire need of immediate rescue, amid rising inflationary pressures and currency...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 12:59hrs | 3992 | by Staff reporter
Strategy changes needed to push Zimbabwe media forward
IN this instalment, I will try to discuss, albeit briefly, strategic issues of the media in Zimbabwe, going forward. I am not sure how far forward we should look, but I would assume that so long we lo...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:55hrs | 63 | by Takura Zhangazha
General Mujuru wanted to kill Masiyiwa
The late General Solomon Mujuru wanted to kill Econet Guru Strive Masiyiwa, the NPF Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has alleged."President Mugabe said, in his interview with the Indep...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 11:30hrs | 12424 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa sucked into missing $6,4m mess
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Mines minister Winston Chitando were yesterday dragged into a case in which $6,4 million pumped into Hwange Colliery Company for exploration, allegedly disappeared, wh...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:18hrs | 3200 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets ultimatum over Mphoko's pension
GOVERNMENT has up to early December to process former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's full pension or risk a civil suit, his lawyer Welshman Ncube has said.Mphoko is yet to receive his ter...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:08hrs | 1166 | by Staff reporter
'Sex-workers should be able to retire at 40'
A SEX worker has advocated for a retirement age from sex work and peer enforcement of minimum age restrictions to reduce the exploitation of under-age girls by older women and unruly clients.A...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa disappointed with local firms
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa said he was disappointed by the behaviour of local manufacturers who abused laws meant to protect them from cheap imports, by holding the market at ransom.Speaking...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:41hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Hwange prostitute haven shut down
Police in Hwange have shut down a popular hub of commercial sex work and crime in the coal mining town much to the delight of residents who have welcomed the move as they had on numerous occasions com...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 13:26hrs | 1132 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho Stadium money ‘disappears'
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council (RDC) is setting up a Commission of Inquiry into possible embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars, including $360 000 that was meant for the construction of ...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
Students abuse morning after pills
The National AIDS Council (NAC) has raised a red flag over the increased use of morning-after family planning pills by female students at tertiary institutions in Masvingo.Speaking to journali...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:30hrs | 2970 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt wage bill to hit $3,7bn after salary hikes
GOVERNMENT'S wage bill is seen growing by 16% this year to $3,7 billion, rising to $3,9 billion next year and pushing the budget deficit to nearly 14% of the gross domestic product (GDP), government p...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:26hrs | 2020 | by Staff reporter
Gold panner gunned down
An illegal gold panner from Zvishavane died after he was shot in the chest while trying to steal gold ore from a mineshaft, police have confirmed. Acting Midlands police spokesperson Ass...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:18hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
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