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Zimbabwe govt racks US$3m from nurses, blocks their diaspora dreams
The government is facing sharp criticism for withholding crucial verification letters from thousands of Zimbabwean nurses seeking to work abroad, despite collecting more than US$3.6 million from healt...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:31hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe nurses threaten strike
Zimbabwe's fragile public healthcare system is facing yet another major crisis as nurses across the country have signalled their intention to embark on a nationwide strike over poor remuneration, dire...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 07:51hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's hospital tour confirms health system collapse
The Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent tour of major hospitals as a clear confirmation that the country's public health system is in total collapse,...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:42hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa visits public hospitals amid growing health sector crisis
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday visited Parirenyatwa and Sally Mugabe hospitals, as well as the NatPharm warehouse, in what he said was an effort to gain first-hand insight into the worsening c...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 08:05hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe nurses sound alarm over dire conditions
The Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) has issued a desperate plea to the government to urgently address the worsening crisis in public hospitals, warning that nurses are working under "impossible con...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 08:46hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Nurses clash with Parirenyatwa over US$150 graduation fee
A storm is brewing at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals as graduate nurses demand clarity and flexibility over a mandatory US$150 graduation and administration fee - insisting that being forced to pay i...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 09:25hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt blocks 4,000 nurses from leaving
The Zimbabwean government has reportedly withheld verification letters for more than 4,000 nurses, effectively blocking their chances of securing employment abroad in a controversial attempt to stem t...Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:44hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
Man in dock for killing friend
Geza pushes govt into panic modeThe government has warned outspoken war veteran Blessed Geza that his days are numbered after he called for a two-day national shutdown to force President Emmerson ...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 08:13hrs | 1922 | by Staff reporter
Carnage in NGOs, clinics
Thousands of employees in Zimbabwe's non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) face an uncertain future after being told to go home following an executive order by U...Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 07:42hrs | 958 | by Staff reporter
Rolling power cuts cripple maternal healthcare services in Harare clinics
Harare's municipal clinics are struggling to provide essential maternal healthcare services due to crippling power cuts, an investigation by NewsDay has revealed. The blackouts, which often last more ...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:43hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe nurses hint at fresh strikes
Zimbabwe's public sector nurses are threatening strike action if their demand for increased salaries is not met. The Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) is pushing for a minimum salary of US$840 per mo...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:55hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
US$300 Covid allowance goes permanent as salary
Civil servants will now be receiving the old US$300 Covid-19 allowances as part of their permanent pensionable salary, with the first batches of workers, including uniformed forces and health workers,...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe scraps online nurses' recruitment
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has scrapped the centralised nurses' online application system in an effort to decentralise the recruitment of nurses and cater for applicants from across the cou...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants scoff at split-bonus payments
CIVIL servants are not happy with government splitting payment of their annual bonus into two batches, saying the arrangement was meaningless considering their meagre salaries.They have been d...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare grappling with a cholera outbreak again
Harare is currently grappling with a cholera outbreak, with health authorities confirming five cases.Cholera, a waterborne disease transmitted through contaminated drinking water or food, caus...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Redollarise, labour tells Zimbabwe govt
CALLS for the government to redollarise Zimbabwe's economy are growing louder, with labour unions saying it would arrest inflation which has wiped out salaries.Zimbabwe's month-on-month inflat...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants vow to escalate wage demands to Mnangagwa
Civil servants have threatened to escalate their wage demands to President Emmerson Mnangagwa if government officials under the Zimbabwean leader continuously fail to heed their calls.Under th...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe nurses put govt on notice
NURSES have put government on notice to improve their salaries and conditions of service or face mass action, saying their earnings were no longer viable.The nurses accused their employer of p...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt withholds nurses' key documents
THOUSANDS of healthcare workers who paid US$300 for verification letters needed to secure jobs outside the country have still not received the documentation as government tries to stem a damaging brai...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:14hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe nurses' practicing certificate fees up 150%
GOVERNMENT has increased practicing certificate fees for nurses by 150% to US$50, causing an uproar among health professionals.The practicing certificates determine whether a health worker is ...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 die of diarrhoea in Harare
The diarrhoea cases come after typhoid wreaked havoc in Harare, with 19 new suspected cases having been recorded early this week.SIX people died while over 6 000 diarrhoeal cases were recorded...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Typhoid wreaking havoc in Harare
TYPHOID is wreaking havoc in the capital, Harare, with 19 new suspected cases having been recorded this week.This comes after 63 suspected cases were recently recorded in Glen Norah high-densi...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Civil servants forced to buy Zanu-PF cards'
Civil servants in some parts of the country have protested over what they have described as "coercion" by the ruling Zanu-PF party to buy the ruling party's membership cards at US$3 each.To av...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nurses 'frog-marched' to Mnangagwa conference
GOVERNMENT has allegedly directed the country's general hospitals to release nurses to attend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's labour conference on Wednesday in the capital, a leaked memo written by Hea...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe public health collapse
The cries of doctors at Zimbabwe's largest public hospital appear to have fallen on deaf ears and an increasing number of health professionals are emigrating, resulting in a dearth of cancer treatment...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt bigwigs sing blues over bonuses
GOVERNMENT says civil servants from director level upwards will only be paid 2022 bonuses based on their performance appraisal outcomes.Civil servants below director level have been awarded 10...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt forced to rehire fired and retired nurses
GOVERNMENT extended its waiver on re-appointment of health workers who retired or were fired for various misdemeanors to March 31, 2023 from September 30 this year, documents in NewZimbabwe.com's poss...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants scoff at bonus offer
CIVIL servants are set to receive their bonus in United States dollars including a flat US$200 presidential bonus, but unions said there was nothing to be celebrated.A correspondence from the ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt bigwigs cash in on staff transfers
Corrupt senior government officials are reportedly demanding as much as US$300 in kickbacks from civil servants who wish to be transferred from their stations, NewsDay has learnt.Female civil ...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants protest over bonus
GOVERNMENT has said not every civil servant will get a bonus this year because a performance-based payment system would be used to select deserving individuals.The development, which is likely...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Nurses desert Harare Council clinics
HARARE City Council clinics have a shortfall of at least 300 nurses, crippling health delivery services in the capital as more health workers continue to quit their jobs over poor pay.Mayor Ja...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Crisis in Zimbabwe health sector deepens
AUDITOR-GENERAL (AG) Mildred Chiri has exposed the rot in the country's health sector, where there is serious understaffing and shortages of equipment with no ambulances having been procured between 2...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 exams in limbo
ZIMBABWE Schools Examination Council (Zimsec)'s Grade Seven final examinations due to start on Monday could be plunged into chaos as teachers have threatened to down tools on the day to protest poor p...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants issue 10-day ultimatum
CIVIL servants yesterday gave government a 10-day ultimatum to increase their salaries or face a crippling strike. They made the threats after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube failed to fulfil his August...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants halt strike
GOVERNMENT sincerity will be put to the test this Friday when teachers receive their salaries.Government promised to increase civil servants' salaries this month and various workers unions say...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe nurses fume over paltry govt loans
The government is under fire after releasing a measly $23 million loan facility to health workers to buy or construct houses, yet the figure is only enough to construct one house.Vice-Pr...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt moves to control private hospitals
GOVERNMENT has moved in to control the operations of private hospitals, including setting service charges after gazetting the Medical Services Amendment Bill.The Bill gives the Health and Chil...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:31hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt quakes over looming strike
PUBLIC Service minister Paul Mavima yesterday pleaded with civil servants not to abandon salary negotiations fearing a full-blown strike beginning next week."At this particular point in time, ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's striking nurses summoned
NURSES who went on strike protesting poor salaries have been summoned to disciplinary hearings, but labour unions say this is an attempt to cow them into silence.Confirming the hearings, Healt...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's doctors, nurses turn mercenary
SOME public health workers, who include doctors and nurses, have reportedly devised a well-knit scam to milk cash from desperate patients to supplement their meagre salaries.Those involved all...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police beat up striking nurses
RIOT police on Wednesday reportedly stormed Bindura General Hospital and indiscriminately beat up nurses for joining a nationwide strike by health workers protesting over salaries and poor working con...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Strike paralyses major hospitals
WORKERS from other sectors have started joining a tools down job action by health personnel and teachers who are demanding United States dollar salaries.The strike entered its third day yester...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube has not ruled out US$ salaries
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it had not yet ruled out the possibility of paying civil servants salaries in United States dollars citing the current US$175 incentive as evidence of its willingness to meet...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors, nurses reveal Chiwenga's 14-month snub
Doctors, nurses and radiographers boycotted work on the first day of an indefinite strike over pay on Monday.The strike was mostly felt at the country's largest referral hospital – Par...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 15:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police fail to break nurses' strike
GOVERNMENT yesterday dispatched riot police with dogs at Harare's Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in a futile attempt to stop nurses from protesting against low salaries and poor working conditions....Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teachers union says joining doctors and nurses on strike
Doctors, nurses and teachers across Zimbabwe went on strike Monday, as the country's latest financial crisis has left their salaries almost worthless.Nurses earn 18,000 Zimbabwe dollars per mo...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 18:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers, nurses down tools
TEACHERS and health professionals have vowed to go ahead with their planned industrial action today after snubbing a 100% salary hike offered by government in Zimbabwe.Salary talks between gov...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hospitals turn away pregnant women
PUBLIC hospitals are reportedly turning away pregnant women due to lack of sundries needed for childbirth.The dire state of the country's health delivery system has prompted nurses to call for...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
1 748% hike in hospital fees
GOVERNMENT has hiked user fees at public hospitals by 1 748%, prompting analysts to warn of an upsurge in home deaths.New adult and children consultation fees have been pegged at US$12 and US$...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 09:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nurses lose faith in Chiwenga
THE Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) says health professionals have lost faith in Health minister Constantino Chiwenga improving their welfare and arresting the collapse of the health sector....Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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