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Government programmes poorly supervised, says Zanu PF official
GOVERNMENT programmes and policies, including the much-hyped command agriculture, suffered a huge setback due to lack of supervision, monitoring and evaluation by Cabinet ministers and office bearers,...Published: 17 hrs ago | 470 | by Staff Reporter
'Mission: Zanu PF realise link between Z$, knowledge and production' - how, when only they know best
Last month the Mnangagwa government enacted the Statutory Instrument 142 (2019) in which the regime banish the use of the basketful of multi-foreign currencies as legal tender in Zimbabwe leaving the ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 19:46hrs | 2905 | by Wilbert Mukori
Power blackouts force Zimbabwe firms to shut down
Zimbabwe's economy could grind to a halt if power outages gripping the nation persist as production plunges, exports decline, companies lay off staff and disposable incomes shrink, after it emerged th...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 4115 | by Staff reporter
Let's stamp out fear of witchcraft
Whenever some calamity befalls us; illness, catching an infectious disease, an accident and injury, a bankruptcy in business, a failed examination, a failed marriage - we want to know what caused it i...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | 217 | by Fr Oskar Wermter SJ
Mnangagwa's govt pampers chiefs
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has said government will soon review traditional leaders allowances because their earnings are meagre given the prevailing economic situation.Speaking on the sideli...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants accept pay deal, avert strike
Zimbabwe's public sector workers said on Thursday they had accepted a government pay offer, averting a potentially damaging strike in a country facing its worst economic crisis in a decade.The...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 22:50hrs | 10113 | by Reuters
Of all the feeble excuses for imposing Z$ Minister Ncube's takes the biscuit - sanctions, very original too
Of all the feeble excuses proffered by this Zanu PF regime for ending the use of the multi-currency basket in favour of the local currency as the only legal tender; Minister of Finance, Professor Mthu...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 09:43hrs | 3933 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Govt offers civil servants 50% cushioning allowance
The government has offered civil servants a 50% cushioning allowance for the month of July and salary increments of ZW$116 from August to December, but representatives of the workers rejected the prop...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | 3816 | by Staff reporter
'Don't expect decent salaries from Mnangagwa govt'
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, in its present form, does not have the capacity to decently reward its employees unless there is change in the poli...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1475 | by Staff reporter
Government, Apex Council meet to continue negotiations
GOVERNMENT and Apex Council negotiators are set to meet to continue with negotiations that will culminate in an agreement over civil servants' cushioning allowances. The proposed meeting of ne...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Health workers get 50% cushion
Health workers have been awarded 50 percent of their pensionable salaries as a cushioning allowance starting this month following the erosion of incomes by a wave of price increases. The allow...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:34hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Solar energy is forever
Working for yesteryears PTC was everyone's aspiration and great wish. The entity was in comfort zone, it considered postage stamp sales its cash cow and permanent source of huge revenues till 'boys ca...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:56hrs | 1114 | by Thomas Murisa
Civil servants warn government of imminent strikes
Civil servants on Tuesday night rejected the government's latest pay offer as insufficient in the face of soaring consumer prices, raising the likelihood of unofficial strike action on Wednesday....Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:43hrs | 3975 | by zimlive
Trump nails Mnangagwa?
The United States of America has released yet another damning report on Zimbabwe - observing that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government continues to fail to capitalise on the goodwill that was pre...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 10493 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala case exposes MDC confusion, dilemma
MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, and his top lieutenants should be ruing the day that party's deputy chair, Job Sikhala, told party supporters at a rally in Bikita East last week that the MDC would overthr...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 3514 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Poor salaries jolt civil servants
Civil servants representatives yesterday demonstrated in Harare and handed over a petition to the government demanding a restoration of their salary to at least the equivalent of US$475 using the inte...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
Interbank rate throws HCC off rails
HARARE town clerk Hosiah Chisango yesterday said the interbank rate has drastically affected council operations because this year's budget was based on a 1:1 ratio to the United States dollar....Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants wages: Govt can't run forever
GOVERNMENT's continued action of snubbing its workers as it tries to avoid paying what is due to the civil servants is nothing short of folly.In fact, it reminds us of lyrics of one of reggae ...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1075 | by Editorial - Newsday
Stanbic Bank pays workers advance wage to avert strike
STANBIC Bank Limited, a subsidiary of the South African based Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, advanced its employees ZWL$1 000 in allowances to avert a strike last week as the economic situatio...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1198 | by Staff reporter
Govt to announce workers' package
GOVERNMENT is today expected to make an announcement pertaining to civil servants' conditions of service following engagements by workers' representatives with President Mnangagwa recently. Pu...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:38hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
'A coup against Mnangagwa is about to explode'
The November 2017 military coup which forced tyrant Robert Mugabe from power is still haunting Zimbabwe almost 18 months down the line. The remnants of the coup and its footprints will not disappear s...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 16:59hrs | 18046 | by Blessing Ivan Vava
Mnangagwa's govt snubs civil servants again
Civil servants are today expected to stage a demonstration in Harare to protest government's reluctance to negotiate a salary deal after the planned National Joint Negotiation Council slated for yeste...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:47hrs | 4506 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's TSP could resolve most of Zimbabwe's structural problems, says US
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's reforms anchored on his short-term policy, the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) could resolve most of Zimbabwe's structural problems, his most vocal foreign cr...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:29hrs | 3820 | by newzimbabwe
Mthuli Ncube's reforms trigger new cash crisis?
A revealing editorial in today's Herald says SI 142/19, which hastily scrapped the multi-currency system & prematurely introduced a non-existent Zimbabwe dollar as the sole legal tender in the cou...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 09:44hrs | 7072 | by Staff reporter
Paltry salary increment angers farm workers
THE agriculture national employment council approved wage increase for farm workers of between ZW$195 and ZW$390 for varying grades, has infuriated unions who feel the adjustment was far below expecta...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1094 | by Staff reporter
500 Zanu-PF supporters fight eviction
THERE was pandemonium at Lot H, Whiteside Farm in Bromley on Friday after 500 illegal settlers attacked the High Court Sheriff who was evicting them to pave way for a new owner.The settlers, m...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants in make or break meeting with govt
CIVIL servants are today expected to engage their employer in a make or break meeting to address their remuneration as calls for industrial action get louder.’The government has on many occa...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 2520 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa imposed Shona councillors causing tribal may ham in Bulawayo
On 15 September 2018, when more than 12 Shona councillors took office in the City of Bulawayo on the ticket of MDC Alliance MLO released a statement that partly read as follows: "hoi! to the people of...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:41hrs | 3807 | by Israel Dube
Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education vacancy
JOB DESCRIPTION Designation: Deputy Director Construction Projects Reports to: Director, Finance and Administration Department Finance and Administration Station : Head Office Ministry : Highe...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 20:05hrs | 1364 | by Staff reporter
Zupco to release 47 new buses this week
The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) will release 47 new buses this week, which will grow its fleet to 427, as Government's drive to reduce the burden for the commuting public gathers momentu...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 15:08hrs | 2187 | by Staff reporter
Gweru City Council abattoir shock
GWERU City Council workers are using machetes and other outdated equipment to slaughter cattle at the local authority's abattoir, a situation that has seen potential clients shunning the slaughterhous...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 14:58hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Iconic towers part of Bulawayo's identity
SOMETIME last month it emerged that the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) was planning to demolish the thermal power towers situated at Zesa main, near the Railway Station. News of the impeding demolition ...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:41hrs | 764 | by Raisedon Baya
Documentation challenges for ex-Wenela miners
EX-WENELA Miners Association of Zimbabwe is facing challenges in ensuring that its members and dependants of the deceased have the requisite documentation to enable them to receive compensation for re...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:39hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Inside Harare's online brothels
CIVILISATION'S oldest profession has taken a new twist.Once a shameful act in Zimbabwe, done under the cover of darkness, the trade has gone a notch higher as new technology is shaking up the ...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:23hrs | 933 | by Staff reporter
Teachers shortchanging pupils, parents and cheating government
Dear, We, the Murowa Ward Community would like to air our complaint regarding the conduct, performance and attitude of Murowa Secondary (aka Chinembeure) School teachers. The school has the wo...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 06:12hrs | 2728 | by Murowa Ward Community
Harare, workers wage talks deadlocked
Harare City Council workers have declared a deadlock with their employer over a cost of living adjustment in the wake of recent spates of price hikes.Minutes of the joint finance and human res...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Order must be restored at Bulawayo City Hall
Bulawayo City Council has dominated the headlines for all the wrong reasons over the past fortnight. They have grossly mishandled the ongoing rehabilitation of the city's water wor...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:59hrs | 239 | by Editorial comment
The Grand plan, gukurahundi, the Unity Accord 1987 - A program of invasion
This is a follow up of my Press Release released on 3rd July 2019. The focus today is Gukurahundi; its origins, meaning, and its role in the unprecedented influx of the Shona community in every part o...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:14hrs | 1956 | by King Mzilikazi II
Mthuli Ncube promises to reduce tax burden
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube has promised relief on some taxes ahead of his interim budget on July 31, 2019, as a mid-term fiscal review statement measure to cushion people against the continuous ero...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:26hrs | 5162 | by Staff reporter
Exchange rate upward pressure on
Exchange rate upward pressure onTHERE were signs this week that the grey market was slowly returning from its brief sabbatical following the monetary policy dawn raid of June 24 that called out th...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:51hrs | 5031 | by Brett Chulu
Zimbabwe civil servants brace for strike
CIVIL servants yesterday said they had run out of patience with their employer over poor remuneration and threatened to take "appropriate action" if government fails to come up with a satisfactory wag...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 3306 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans face another fuel price hike
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says government is set to increase the prices of electricity and fuel because the current pricing structure was no longer sustainable.Zimbabwe is currently battli...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 19:57hrs | 5810 | by Staff reporter
'Salary Idai' hits civil servants
The government has once again sold a dummy to the loyal and hardworking civil servants of Zimbabwe. The workers were expecting a salary increment in line with the current cost of living but were yeste...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 13:36hrs | 7657 | by ARTUZ
Civil servants union divided over boycotting feedback meeting
Divisions have rocked the Apex Council with the Progressive Teachers Union yesterday boycotting a feedback meeting following deliberations between representatives of Government employees and the emplo...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:22hrs | 1074 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to expedite one-stop border concept at Beitbridge
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Economic Development has challenged Government to expedite the implementation of the One Stop Border Post (OSPB) concept at Beitbridge to e...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants get 40% pay rise (30% cut given 100% inflation), thin end of very thick hyperinflation wedge
"CIVIL servants yesterday started receiving a cushioning allowance while the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) convened a meeting to discuss an increment and other conditions of service for Go...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 06:39hrs | 5227 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimra on course to surpass $4,8 billion target
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is well on course to surpass its half year revenue collection target with the final report for the period set for release at the end of this month, board chairpe...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 18:33hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's housemaid jailed 3 years
Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa's housemaid was yesterday slapped with a 36-month jail term for stealing US$25 000 from her boss.Tracy Manase (59) from Chizemo village, under Chief Muta...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:06hrs | 6590 | by Staff reporter
Tax scam costs Govt billions
Some players in the garment-making sector are allegedly skimming the Government of billions of dollars in potential tax revenue and suffocating downstream textile industries by abusing a special cloth...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:34hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants reject $21 million pay rise - union
Zimbabwe's government on Tuesday offered its workers 180 million Zimbabwe dollars ($21 million) in additional pay for the July-December period, which unions rejected as inadequate in the face of soari...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:32hrs | 2806 | by Reuters
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