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'Zimbabwe, Africa ill-prepared for COVID-19 3rd wave'
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said a potentially deadly third wave of COVID-19 was imminent at a time when most African countries' healthcare facilitiesand personnel were overstretched a...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 07:09hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Lack of petty cash hampers service delivery
THE Harare City Council (HCC) has disclosed that some of the challenges it is facing in the maintenance of roads were as a result of lack of petty cash to purchase minor items such as fuses and materi...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:34hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants pay rise this month
CIVIL servants will get a salary increment this month, with the Government offering what is available in its coffers, while negotiations for a better package continue under the National Joint Negotiat...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 08:11hrs | 1740 | by Staff Reporter
Cornered govt agrees to salary talks
GOVERNMENT yesterday agreed to meet its restive workers today to hammer out a salary deal to avert a crippling strike.The meeting comes after unions on Monday gave government a seven-day ultim...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 1849 | by Staff reporter
Govt, civil servants meet
Civil servants who fail to report for work will lose pay for missing days, the Public Service Commission said yesterday, but the next round of negotiations for cost of living adjustments starts today....Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 05:56hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet approves four vaccines
CABINET yesterday approved the start of the second phase of Covid-19 vaccination exercise and urged companies intending to buy vaccines for their employees to procure only those that are registered in...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 05:50hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Spotlight back on Zimbabwe's major stadia
THE spotlight is back on the country's stadia following the preliminary inspections by ZIFA, which began last week. As anticipation around the return of domestic football grows, the associatio...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination goes to prisons
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has launched the first phase of the vaccination programme where its workforce will receive the voluntary Sinopharm jabs. The developme...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:28hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
'Millions going hungry in Zimbabwe'
MILLIONS of Zimbabweans, especially those living in rural areas, are facing hunger and starvation, a new report by relief agencies says.The report by the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Comm...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:33hrs | 1036 | by Staff reporter
Zacc gets new secretary
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has finally recruited a secretary to fill up the top post, which has gone for over a year without a substantive accounting officer following the departur...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
'Inspect dams to avert disasters'
Minister of State for Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs and Devolution Senator Monica Mavhunga has urged farmers in the province to ensure that their dams are inspected regularly by the Zimbabwe ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:47hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Rhodesian Model worked and it will work even better NOW
Zimbabwe needs to look at the model that worked and make it even better under sanctions. From the 1940 when the Rhodesian economy was booming the country had only one university and the focus of the t...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 20:32hrs | 2317 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Cops scorn 'dummy' Covid-19 compensation
JUNIOR police officers have poured scorn on a US$650 amount promised as compensation by their employer on any serving member who contracts Covid-19.This follows promises of the US$650 on membe...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 08:03hrs | 2420 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt concealing COVID-19 statistics'
HEALTH professionals have accused government of allegedly concealing COVID-19 statistics in the country to give the impression that the virulent disease was under control at a time it has ballooned ou...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:37hrs | 2498 | by Staff reporter
Four Tips to Circumnavigate the 'New' Workforce
The UN's Framework for the Immediate Socio-Economic Response to the COVID 19 Crisis warns that "The COVID-19 pandemic is far more than a health crisis; it is affecting societies and econ¬omies at the...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 12:30hrs | 997 | by Hamilton Katsvairo
Civil service cuts workforce
All ministries, Government departments and agencies except for the Ministry of Health and Child Care will be operating with 10 percent staff from today until February 3 to decongest work stations. ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Rufaro, Gwanzura upgrades 'not a priority'
HARARE City Council-owned football stadiums Rufaro and Gwanzura are likely to stay in their rundown state as the local authorities have insisted they are currently not in a position to finance the ren...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:27hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
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 | 426 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu scales down operations
INGWEBU Breweries has scaled-down operations to 50 percent due to Covid-19 pandemic that has forced the Government to ban bottle stores from operating as part of measures to contain the disease. Befor...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:22hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Donald Trump engages in jecha/ sand tactics on the U.S. economy
Democratic political consultant James Carville once said that if he were reincarnated, he'd want to come back as the bond market because "you can intimidate everybody." Donald Trump is not intimidated...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 20:08hrs | 1452 | by Steve Chapman
Mugabe business empire crumbles
THE late former president Robert Mugabe's business empire has crumpled amid revelations that Gushungo Dairy Estate is being leased to a company linked to a millionaire businessman.A once thriv...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:01hrs | 5596 | by Staff reporter
81% of Zimbabwe's primary schools do not have internet access
81% of primary schools in Zimbabwe have no access to the internet while only 19% have, a status quo that is heavily stalling e-learning programmes in primary schools. This was revealed by the Informat...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 18:21hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt must offer free electricity to people
ZIMBABWE is in crisis, COVID-19 is with us. We are an informal economy and 90% of our workforce lives from hand to mouth.The government has injected close to $7 billion to fight this pandemic,...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:49hrs | 450 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Nurses are essential workers, the police must respect all essential workers
At around ten thousand strong, nurses are the backbone of the Zimbabwe healthcare industry, as well as its largest profession. Consistently ranked the most trusted profession in The world year after y...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 09:16hrs | 1340 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
How to lead in the era of remote teams
What can leaders do to support teams working remotely at a time of much uncertainty? Techknow Africa Southern Africa Region Coordinator Hamilton Katsvairo shares concrete steps Managers and Organizati...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 17:23hrs | 431 | by Hamilton Katsvairo
Vehicle licensing to continue, says Zinara
Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), has said that vehicle licensing will go on despite a strict lockdown amid a surge in covid 19 cases in the country.Dismissing information that h...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 16:20hrs | 1264 | 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 | 504 | by Staff reporter
What is the best Language to learn in 2021?
Imagine an organization where the marketing department speaks English, the product designers speak French, the analytics team speaks Spanish and no one speaks a second language. Even if the organizati...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 16:55hrs | 2358 | by Hamilton Katsvairo
'2020 marks death of public health system'
In the midst of severe economic unrest, the Zimbabwean healthcare system has been disintegrating and coming apart at the seams over the years and 2020 took it a notch higher with the advent of COVID-1...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Militant teachers group claims negotiating partner bribed by Mnangagwa govt
PROGRESSIVE Teachers union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou has accused leaders of the Apex Council of accepting government bribes to weaken their resolve to continue pressing for improved...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt has neglected Unity Accord principles'
THE Unity Day is a "useless" holiday that has no meaning as the country is in a subtle war with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration due to abject poverty and hunger being experienced by the ...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:57hrs | 216 | 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 | 683 | by Own correspondent
Kuvimba Mining House targets 500 000 ounces of gold
KUVIMBA Mining House is targetting 500 000 ounces of gold from all its subsidiaries which will turn the fortunes of the gold sector in Zimbabwe.The Group Chief Executive Officer, David Brown o...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 08:01hrs | 1462 | by Simbarashe Sithole
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 2002 | by crisisgroup
The advantages of outsourcing production
Production requirements can be fulfilled entirely in-house. However, the company can need additional resources if there are changes in demand or production capacity. Outsourcing is an organiza...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:01hrs | 151 | by Staff writer
Govt mounts fresh plan to save Zisco
GOVERNMENT is mounting a fresh plan on Friday to revive operations at the moribund steel maker Ziscosteel, the latest of a string of futile attempts to rebuild Africa's once largest integrated steelwo...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:03hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga bemoans corruption at NatPharm
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has bemoaned corruption at the National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm) which he said was hindering the availability of affordable medicines, especial...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 cases on the increase
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called upon the world to be continually cautious about the COVID -19 pandemic. In his ...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 05:54hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Government, employees in crunch indaba
THE government will today hold a crunch meeting with its restless workers, in a bid to resolve a long-standing salary dispute.This comes as teachers — who make up the bulk of the public sect...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 20:21hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt ignores US dollar pay demands, hikes wages by 40%
GOVERNMENT has ignored demands for US dollar wages or Zimbabwean dollar equivalent by teachers, announcing Tuesday it had increased the educators' salaries by 40 percent.This will see a teache...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 19:44hrs | 4728 | by Staff reporter
Gwesela thought faster than President Mnangagwa
It took two years for a notorious Zimbabwean Dissident Richard Gwesela to see that Prime-Minister Mugabe was a spell of dissaster for Zimbabwe. Current President Mnangagwa learnt after 37 years that P...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 12:58hrs | 5429 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Nurses approach High Court over Chiwenga's flexi-hours
GOVERNMENT should brace for bruising court battles as nurses have approached the High Court seeking an interdict to halt their employer from implementing the "unlawful"removal of flexible working ...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:36hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants start getting bonuses
THE Government will next week start paying the first batch of civil servants their annual bonus together with their November salaries as it continues to meet its obligations to its workforce.S...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:03hrs | 1336 | by Staff reporter
Anthony Mandiwanza, when is the right time to step down?
Dairibord, former Dairy Marketing Board (DMB) was once one of the largest food producers in southern Africa, was founded in 1951 and listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) in 1997. Dairibor...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 14:06hrs | 5037 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Mnangagwa's govt admits crisis in education sector
GOVERNMENT yesterday admitted there was a crisis in the education sector and was working towards addressing grievances raised by teachers who downed tools last month demanding a living wage.Te...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:14hrs | 1694 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa ahead of Sona
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to address several challenges facing the country when he delivers his State of the Nation Address (Sona).This comes amid a crisis that has see...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:42hrs | 4681 | by Staff Reporter
Bonuses for civil servants
Since President Mnangagwa came into power in November 2017, the Government has shown commitment to improve the welfare of its workforce.In an interview after touring a food manufacturing and p...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 12:18hrs | 2121 | by Staff Reporter
Recalls have crippled council business, says Mafume
New Harare mayor Jacob Mafume (JM) still believes that the capital has what it takes to regain its Sunshine City status if city fathers can get their act together. Last week, he sat down with NewsDay ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Men in diaspora scared of dating women in Zimbabwe.
THE marriage institution here in the UK, among Zimbabweans, has become distorted. According to the UK-based Zimbabwean Research Group, there is a huge rift between Zimbabwean men and women regarding t...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 15:58hrs | 4660 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mthuli Ncube scoffs at poverty reports
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has dismissed reports of high poverty levels in the country arguing that the cushion extended by government to vulnerable groups had made "instant impact" and thus elimin...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:10hrs | 960 | by Staff reporter
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