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Civil servants' right to collective bargaining under threat

Proposed amendments to the Public Service Act could strip Zimbabwe's civil servants of key labour rights, including the right to fight for better wages and conditions, legal experts and labour activists have warned.The Public Service Amend…

Published: 29 Aug 2025 at 05:52hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter

Is Muswere a lying civil servant?

When President Emmerson Mnangagwa came to power in November 2017, his message was loud and clear: "To remove criminals surrounding President Mugabe." It was a motto that inspired hope among Zimbabweans that a new era of accountability and …

Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 22:46hrs | 708 | by Rumbidzai Motsi

Senior magistrate blames crippling economy, supports corruption

Inyathi Senior Magistrate Samukeliswe Gumbo's leaked audio on corruption is circulating on social media.The magistrate who is reported to have offered passengers a lift was recorded blasting the country's economy while supporting corruptio…

Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 11:42hrs | 1060 | by Paul Ndou

Zimbabwe civil servants decry unpaid allowances

Discontent is mounting across Zimbabwe's civil service over the government's continued failure to pay outstanding travel and subsistence allowances - some of which date back as far as 2023 - despite repeated promises to settle the arrears.…

Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 08:44hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter

If civil servants must declare assets, then let's start with the president and his ministers

As the old saying goes, what's good for the goose must be good for the gander - yet in Zimbabwe, accountability seems reserved only for the powerless.The government's recent announcement of a proposed amendment to the Public Service Act, w…

Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:36hrs | 581 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Zimbabwe govt keeps civil servants' salaries at 12% of GDP

The Zimbabwean government has announced that it will maintain civil servants' salaries at 12% of the gross domestic product (GDP), using GDP growth as the benchmark for future salary improvements. This decision comes as public sector worke…

Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:52hrs | 2749 | by Staff reporter

USD salary rise, bonus for Zimbabwe civil servants

The Treasury has earmarked substantial funds to increase the remuneration of government employees, with a particular focus on raising the US dollar salary component. This move aims to cushion workers from the effects of the recent devaluat…

Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 10:01hrs | 1653 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's civil servants long for GNU days

ZIMBABWE Prison and Correctional Service (ZPCS) officer Mbekezeli Dube* sits hunched over his desk in his discoloured uniform.The once-vibrant green shade is now a pale shadow of its former self.Dube pauses a bit and heaves a sigh."The sec…

Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 11:48hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's civil servants' US$300 addition 'unfairly' deducted

Public sector workers affiliated with the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) have expressed dissatisfaction with the government's decision to implement substantial deductions on the announced US$300 wage increase…

Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Lawyer hits prison officer with lawsuit over partisan conduct

A LAWYER has approached the High Court seeking an order for the dismissal of a prison officer, who is vigorously involved in partisan politics, in contravention of constitutional provisions that bar civil servants from engaging in active p…

Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 20:15hrs | 14 | by Stephen Jakes

Zimbabwe civil servants restive over bonus

Restive civil servants are urging the government to ensure they receive their bonuses in full and not stagger them, as was the case last year. The government recently announced its readiness to pay civil servants' bonuses but hasn't disclo…

Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 05:00hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa dragged to court

CIVIL servants through their respective trade unions have dragged to High Court President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Public Service Commission and other officials over the manner in which their salaries are being determined, arguing that the …

Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 19:42hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Civil servants get nod to contest

The Public Service Commission has directed all civil servants intending to contest the 2023 polls to resign and leave their Government jobs but will allow them to return by setting aside a provision for them to re-apply for their jobs in t…

Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt tables paltry offer for civil servants

THE National Joint Negotiation Council (NJNC) meeting held yesterday failed to yield positive results for civil servants after the Zimbabwe Congress of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) rejected the government salary offer which it descr…

Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter

Civil servants' salary talks resume

STALLED salary negotiations between the Government and civil servants, which the latter had called off over lack of progress, will resume on Wednesday, a Cabinet Minister has said.Citing the lack of progress, civil Servants had walked away…

Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Civil servants grovelling for housing stands isn't economic development but shameful retrogression

It was one of the most painful and heartrending sights! There are very few incidents that are so harrowing and sink the heart, as watching grown-ups - grovelling for things which, in a normal country, should be guaranteed or even taken for…

Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 13:22hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Mnangagwa launches 'presidential bonus' charm for civil servants

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged a surprise US$200 bonus top up for civil servants in an apparent bid to charm the country's restive public workforce while putting one foot into his 2023 re-election campaign.Zimbabwe's civil servan…

Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Performance-based bonuses for Zimbabwe civil servants

CIVIL servants from this year will now be paid bonuses based on their performances, as Government implements its personnel performance system, outgoing Public Service Commission Secretary Ambassador Jonathan Wutawunashe said yesterday.Spea…

Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:54hrs | 2 | by STaff reporter

Soldiers' pay hike riles civil servants

A move to award soldiers a 37% pay increase at a time when the government is silent about reviewing civil servants salaries has drawn fire from some teachers' unions, who say it exposed double standards.According to Defence ministry corres…

Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:17hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

'Underpaying teachers a tactical way of beating them to submission' ZAPU

Our schools are officially opened after a very long holiday that was caused by the rampaging Covid 19 pandemic that brought down many economies locally and abroad. When parents heard that schools were opening all resources they had were in…

Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by ZAPU

'Banks cash in on civil servants bonus'

Matsika suffers fresh setback in Doves shareholdings sagaBUSINESSMAN Farai Matsika has suffered a fresh setback in the Doves shareholding saga after the High Court suspended a court order which was allegedly obtained through fraud.Matsika …

Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:22hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

'Banks cash in on civil servants bonus'

SOME local banks are reportedly cashing in on civil servants' United States dollar bonuses through compulsory liquidation of their 13th cheque into local currency.This comes at a time when there is frustration among civil servants over fai…

Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:21hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Civil servants seek bank charges exemption

Civil servants have asked Government to engage banks so that they are exempt from paying account maintenance charges to enable them to get their bonuses in full.Civil servants will this year be paid their bonuses in foreign currency up to …

Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 07:04hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter

Govt not paying civil servants promised Covid-19 insurance

THE government is not paying out the promised US$$650 Covid-19 insurance cover to civil servants who test positive to the deadly pandemic, Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has said.PTUZ president Takavafira Zhou said figures o…

Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 09:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Govt reduces workforce to 10%

GOVERNMENT has further decongested its workforce to 10 percent from 40 percent and temporarily closed some of its district offices in Hwange after staffers tested Covid-19 positive. In a circular dated July 19, Public Service Commission (P…

Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF, MDC MPs unite over civil servants pay

Zanu-PF and MDC MPs showed rare unity on Tuesday as they combined to demand better salaries for public sector workers who have declared "incapacitation".Civil servants are currently working a two-day week â€“ Mondays and Tuesdays â€“ after…

Published: 06 May 2021 at 12:51hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Fresh salary increment for civil servants

GOVERNMENT will table a fresh salary increment offer for civil servants before the end of this month, making good on its promise to further review public sector earnings and follow up on last month's increment, The Sunday Mail reported.In …

Published: 02 May 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Zanu-PF bars Civil servants from party posts

THE Zanu PF politburo has barred civil servants from contesting in the party's district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections, saying it was illegal for them to stand for political office.The decision, announced after Wednesday's politbu…

Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:33hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter

Bonus, salary hike for civil servants

CIVIL servants are set for a happy end of year as the Government has assured them that they will receive their bonus while modalities are also being worked out to continue with foreign currency allowances until the end of the year.In June,…

Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Civil servant jailed for shoplifting

A LOCAL Government ministry employee has been nabbed in Mutare for shoplifting groceries worth $375 at TM Supermarket.Bridget Nhambarare (40) appeared before Mutare magistrate Prisca Manhibi on Saturday who sentenced her to 45 days in jail…

Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe civil service top heavy, bloated

GOVERNMENT admitted yesterday that it was bloated, had a top-heavy structure, with some key departments manned by second-class professionals owing to poor salaries and conditions of service.This came out as the Public Service Commission (P…

Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1 | 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 music legend Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley's greate…

Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday

'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 yesterday offered a paltry US$ 9.70 to add t…

Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 13:36hrs | 2 | by ARTUZ

Civil servants strikes, opposition's Trojan horse

Zimbabwe is fast becoming a "strike country" as various civil service arms try and outdo each other in registering their grievances against Government through withdrawal of labour and other forms of protest. While all this is legal and gua…

Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:26hrs | 1 | by Nicole Hondo

Civil servants plead poverty

TEACHERS yesterday said they were too poor to go back to work as schools open countrywide today, piling pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to solve the worsening economic crisis.This came as talks to resolve the impasse with teachers…

Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter

We demand our full salaries - ARTUZ

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) is appalled by the government's lack of will to harness the scourging inflation and full scale economic collapse. We are left with no option but to embark on a pockets out prote…

Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 16:21hrs | | by ARTUZ

Civil servants forced to fund Mugabe rally

ZANU-PF has ordered all civil servants in Masvingo province to contribute at least $1 each, while government institutions, including schools, were commanded to make cash and kind donations towards President Robert Mugabe's campaign rally o…

Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

'PSMAS has come up with another method of stealing from us'

Dear Editor, On realising that their intention to raise medical aid subscriptions is being rejected by the already heavily burdened civil servants, PSMAS has come up with another method of stealing from it's clients. All clients are now be…

Published: 10 May 2017 at 16:39hrs | | by Concerned PSMAS Client

Civil servants bonus payments begin

Civil Servants will be paid their 2016 annual bonuses starting today, as Government continues to stagger the payments until all civil service sectors are covered. Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Deputy Minister Tapiwanashe Matang…

Published: 27 Apr 2017 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Civil servants to decide on non cash bonus

CIVIL servants unions are still consulting their members on the proposals that the Government tabled last month in place of outstanding 2016 bonuses, an official said.A meeting between the Government and representatives of its workers ende…

Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 05:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Government should pay civil servants their bonuses

Having been birthed by the labour movement, amongst other key founding partners, the MDC is a social democratic political party that is passionately concerned about the welfare of the working class ; civil servants included. Thus, the issu…

Published: 26 Jan 2017 at 09:19hrs | | by Obert Gutu

Mugabe hints at civil service job cuts

President Robert Mugabe said reforms that the Government is implementing to boost economic recovery and tackle poverty are beginning to bear fruit as he called on Zimbabweans to remain united and work hard for prosperity.Delivering the 201…

Published: 06 Dec 2016 at 20:13hrs | | by Staff reporter

Civil Servants and fiscal Policy Paradigm

The Ministry of finance and economic development, presented its fiscal policy, leaving so many questions. The greatest mishap is the continued blame on civil servants for government failed economic recovery. Listening to the Minister, it s…

Published: 09 Sep 2016 at 15:30hrs | | by Paddy Chakabva

Civil servants punished by Government - Majome says

Government is deliberately punishing civil servants by delaying to pay them, MDC-T legislator Jessie Majome has said.Majome said this while grilling Deputy minister of Labour Tapiwanashe Matangaidze in parliament on Wednesday who said gove…

Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 08:27hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou

Civil servants to be paid

THE Government has the capacity to pay all civil servants their salaries and a payment method has since been struck between the employer and employees, Parliament heard yesterday.Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Deputy Minister Ta…

Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 06:53hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira

Attempts to incite civil servants failed

A few days before the much vaunted call for Evan Mawarire's stay away, there were hysterical efforts by the shadowy groups to incite civil servants to join the futile job action. That was a complete dud!The shadowy groups were aware that t…

Published: 15 Jul 2016 at 09:20hrs | 2 | by Tafara Shumba

Stay aways: Civil servants should guard against being used

Some few days ago Zimbabwe witnessed some demonstrations in Beitbridge and the surrounding areas which were carried out by some alleged cross border traders after the government through the Ministry of Industry and Commerce promulgated Sta…

Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 15:19hrs | | by Mukachana Hanyani

Our civil servants our weapon against dictatorship

It was obvious that by joining the strike, the civil servants upsets the applecart. It sent shivers up the spine of Mugabe and his cronies. This must be a clear message to the civil servants that their action will encourage other groups to…

Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 15:55hrs | 2 | by Wezhira Sam

Civil servants must bear with government

Civil servants allegedly rejected the $100 offered to them as advance payment to cater for their transport while waiting for their full June salary in July. While we sympathize with the civil servants, they must not get lost to the fact th…

Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 13:44hrs | | by Rufaro Mufundirwa

Civil service audit implementable welcome

Reports from some public media that government has started to hunt for some ghost workers within the civil service could not have come at a better time considering the fact that the government has been struggling to pay some civil servants…

Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 11:47hrs | | by John Mukumbo

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