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Grace Mugabe's problems mount by the day
Former first lady Grace Mugabe risks losing one of the properties that forms part of her family's sprawling residence in Harare's leafy suburb of Borrowdale - famously referred to as the Blue Roof - f...Published: 3 hrs ago | 5454 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions not responsible for our suffering in Zimbabwe
For the past 20 years, we the people of Zimbabwe have endured untold economic and political suffering — unprecedented ever since we attained independence from British colonial rule in 1980 — chara...Published: 4 hrs ago | 356 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Civil servants demand US$ wages
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has been pushed against the wall by its restive workers who have tabled a new salary demand of at least US$475 or its equivalence of $7 267 at the prevailing ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1130 | by Staff reporter
Council workers demand urgent salary review
THE Harare Municipal Workers Union (HMWU) has urged council to urgently review workers' salaries to levels above the poverty datum line of $2 600. HMWU executive chairperson Mr Cosmas Bungu sa...Published: 4 hrs ago | 297 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU boss's daughter 'to be gang-raped'?
UNKNOWN persons Thursday threatened to gang rape Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary general Japhet Moyo's school going daughter if the trade union leader and his colleagues persisted o...Published: 4 hrs ago | 630 | by newzimbabwe
Judge calls for married people database
In a development likely to inspire changes in the proposed Marriages Bill that seeks to have unregistered customary law unions itemised, a High Court judge has called for a countrywide database of mar...Published: 4 hrs ago | 235 | by Staff reporter
Doctors' right to strike not absolute
THE right to strike distinguishes employment hum slavery. This is one of the reasons there was instantaneous revulsion when one very powerful country mendaciously claimed that Zimbabwe is using child ...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 09:04hrs | 1873 | by Nick Mangwana
'MDC better off with Biti, not Cobra'
My PeopleThe ever clueless opposition, which always behaves suspiciously like Zanu-PF employees would make a good case study of how a vibrant opposition political party can remain in opposition fo...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:17hrs | 5112 | by Dr Stop IT
Zimbabwe prices higher than South Africa
PRICES of goods and services in Zimbabwe are pegged at an average 50 percent above those obtaining in South Africa despite relative convergence between the Rand and the local unit on the interbank mar...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:01hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants seek more than 100% bonus
THE Government and representatives of civil servants will meet tomorrow in Harare for the latest round of salary talks at a time there are also indications that workers are also pushing its employer t...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:58hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Government, civil servants meet
Government and representatives of civil servants will meet tomorrow for the latest round of negotiations over conditions of service and bonus payments expected next month.Public Service, Labou...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:56hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Price madness continues
Prices of goods and services in Zimbabwe are pegged at an average of 50 percent above those obtaining in South Africa despite relative convergence between the Rand and the local unit on the interbank ...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:38hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mulls all-stakeholders crisis meeting
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC says it is planning an all-stakeholders convention to mobilise mass support to pressure the Zanu-PF government to restore stability in an economy overrun by hyperinflationar...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 11:34hrs | 2640 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt must come clean on salary discrepancies
AS far as this country's statutes are concerned, civil servants' wages and benefits are not a secret to the extent that they should actually be published in the Government Gazette. It does not matter ...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 11:34hrs | 2381 | by Staff reporter
MaShurugwi are mere peace loving hardworking mortals!
In recent months our public media has been awash with stories of a group of artisanal miners by the name MaShurugwi, who for unfair reasons have come to be associated with a streak of cases of violenc...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 16:23hrs | 1928 | by Sizalobuhle Khumalo
Chamisa warns of genocide
The health crisis entered a new and deadly phase on Thursday when nurses at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals – the country's biggest referral hospital – walked out of work, joining doctors who are ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 12:34hrs | 3113 | by ZimLive
Whose interests does the press serve?
What is the state of play in the Zimbabwean media landscape? Which are the most influential media publications in the country that are shaping the narratives around the topical issues in this country?...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 08:20hrs | 449 | by Admire Kudita
'Lawyers still looking at Nssa report'
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza has been in her post for just over a year. During her tenure she has had to deal with various issues, including the current drought, the...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 08:13hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
'80% of Zimbabweans have no savings'
NEARLY 80% of Zimbabweans neither have savings nor an emergency fund to fall back on, a new report on workers' spending patterns says.According to a survey carried out by the Industrial Psycho...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 08:12hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube taken to court over inflation figures
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube (pictured) has been dragged to the High Court by National Social Security Authority (Nssa) employees who, in conjunction with members of the Zimbabwe Pension and Insuranc...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 08:10hrs | 2234 | by Staff reporter
Firing doctors won't ease Zimbabwe health crisis
ZIMBABWE'S health sector is mired in a crisis as public hospital doctors have been on strike for over a month. The job action has resulted in patients being turned away from hospitals while there have...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 08:08hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Mental health service platform launched
Zimbabwe faces a critical shortage of mental health professionals, with only 17 psychiatrists and 900 mental health nurses available to serve the whole country.Speaking at a combined commemora...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:40hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters defy court order
Some ex-farm workers, who are reportedly Zanu-PF supporters, have trooped back to a Bromley farm despite a court order barring them from occupying the land owned by a new farmer.Samson Chauruk...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:39hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health crisis deepens
OPERATIONS at Parirenyatwa and Harare Central hospitals yesterday ground to a halt after nurses joined the strike by doctors, with most wards at Zimbabwe's two largest referral hospitals closed, incre...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:38hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Regional magistrates get hefty salary hike
A DOCUMENT leaked on social media has revealed a hefty salary increment for senior magistrates, who are now expecting to get $9 500, as acting chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi took exception to mag...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Govt to probe MDC Chamisa nepotism at Town House
GOVERNMENT does not take lightly nepotism reports at Harare City Council and investigations will soon be instituted to deal with the rot, Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Deputy Min...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:25hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe settles United Nations dues
THE United Nations (UN) is in the red and risks failing to pay its workers next month as a significant number of members have not paid their annual subscriptions.Zimbabwe is among 129 of...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:23hrs | 70 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa donates US$1 million to Global Fund
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa whose administration is battling to keep citizens alive with most public hospitals deserted on Thursday joined 18 other African countries in donating to the global fight a...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 18:52hrs | 728 | by newzimbabwe
SADC/AU get this through your heads - sanctions not responsible for our suffering in Zimbabwe
For the past twenty years, we the people of Zimbabwe have endured untold economic and political suffering - unprecedented ever since we attained independence from British colonial rule in 1980 - chara...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 14:16hrs | 798 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
UZ doctors abandon strike
University of Zimbabwe (UZ) consultant doctors who temporarily withdrew their services from the institution in solidarity with paediatric surgeon Bothwell Mbuwayesango and consultant cardiothoracic su...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 08:32hrs | 1925 | by Staff reporter
Politics dogs anti-graft body Zacc
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is facing an uphill task as it battles to break deeply entrenched corruption cartels in government, which are allegedly using their vast networks in the ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:54hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
$241m Beitbridge upgrade takes off
CIVIL works on the $241 million Beitbridge modernisation projects are underway with the contractor indicating that the project could be complete within three years. ZimBorders is carrying out the proj...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:40hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Mrs Sithokozile Chamisa's letter: my reply!
Dear Mrs Sithokozile Chamisa, I was excited to read your letter on Bulawayo24.com yesterday dated October 8th 2019. My excitement comes not only from the content and dismay you highlighted but...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 14:23hrs | 7103 | by Nomazulu Thata
Court postpones doctors, HSB case
The Labour Court has postponed a case in which the Health Services Board (HSB) had applied to determine the legality of the ongoing doctors' strike in the wake of the medical practitioners' refusal to...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 08:20hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Farm workers petition minister over slave wages
THE Progressive Agriculture and Allied Industries Workers' Union of Zimbabwe (Paawuz) has written to Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza, requesting for a meeting over the "conduct of whit...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 08:04hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Business decries fuel price hikes
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has expressed concern over continuous fuel price increases saying the trend was negatively impacting on production due to rising cost of goods and serv...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:56hrs | 853 | by Staff reporter
Why nepotism at Harare Town House must end
The allegations that City of Harare councillors could be setting up their relatives for jobs in various departments, leaving a trail of similar names in the municipality's employment books, is worryin...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:48hrs | 109 | by Tanaka Mahanya
Doctors' strike: Medical school lecturers suspended
The case in which Government was seeking determination on the legality of doctors' job action has been deferred to tomorrow to allow the applicant to provide documents of proceedings that transpired b...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:46hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Zifa move to ring-fence forex reserves
Zifa have approached the court in bid to safeguard their foreign currency from 16 former employees who have attached one of the football association's bank accounts over a $195 818 debt.The co...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 07:46hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants demand urgent meeting
THE Apex Council has requested an urgent National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting tomorrow, to map a way forward on salaries that correspond with the continuously escalating cost of living. ...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 07:40hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Labour Court to rule on doctors' strike
The Labour Court is this afternoon expected to make a determination on the legality of the 36-day mass job action by medical doctors who have repeatedly snubbed the employer's plea to return to work. ...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 07:30hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
RBZ's desperate measures will only worsen the situation
LESS than a week after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) unilaterally banned all mobile money cash-in, cash-out and cash-back transactions – before quickly backtracking, the central bank has once a...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 11:02hrs | 2909 | by Staff reporter
Striking doctors dig in
ZIMBABWE'S health crisis continues to slide down the precipice, with doctors at public hospitals yesterday vowing to extend their industrial action, promising to report for duty today, but not giving ...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:32hrs | 1524 | by Staff reporter
Agribank workers seek US$-indexed salaries
AGRIBANK employees are demanding interbank rated salaries as they decry current earnings which have been eroded by ravaging inflation.Agitated workers at the banking institution have rejected ...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:27hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for violating court order
A MAN has been sentenced to three years in prison for violating a court order which prohibited him from using a family car which had been bought by his late brother. Sylivan Nkhoma (38) of Pel...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:20hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Doctors exit the Health Apex Council
Striking junior doctors might not be able to negotiate their conditions of service going forward following their latest decision to exit the Health Apex Council, which represents not only them, but th...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:15hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC staffs Harare Council jobs with relatives?
Harare City Council has been caught in a nepotism storm after it emerged that councillors in the city could be seconding their relatives for jobs in various departments, leaving a trail of similar nam...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:13hrs | 2010 | by Staff reporter
Teachers strike set for 14 October
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has announced that a national strike has been called for the 14th of October. Artuz is demanding a fair living wage that is equivalen...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1984 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Blade Nzimande lashes Zanu-PF govt for pursing anti-people policies
THE South African Communist Party (SACP) has come out guns blazing, accusing the Zimbabwe government of pursuing anti-people policies through unleashing violence against its people instead of concentr...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 22:33hrs | 2946 | by Staff Reporter
Open letter to Mthwakazi
Firstly I bring you greetings from Mthwakazi Liberation Front. The Movement which strives to bring back life, dignity, joy and prosperity to all Mthwakazi people.Mthwakazi, some 9years ago, in...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 22:05hrs | 1117 | by David Magagula
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