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Temba Mliswa appeals to Mnangagwa's government
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has appealed to the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to dialogue with doctors and find a lasting solution to the strike that has been happening for m...Published: 1 hr ago | 885 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt threatens striking doctors
The Government say it will haul striking doctors before disciplinary hearings for “absenting” themselves from work in what it calls an illegal strike....Published: 11 hrs ago | 2127 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt seeks to empower communities in diamond mining areas
Government is moving in to empower communities in diamond mining areas, with a shareholding structure for the Chiadzwa community trading under the name Katanga Mining and state-owned Zimba...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 19:03hrs | 1198 | by Staff Reporter
Government to decentralise biased nurses recruitment
GOVERNMENT will decentralise the e-recruitment of Registered General Nurses (RGN) to the provinces as it intensifies the fight against corruption in the enrolment in line with President Mnangagwa's ca...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:14hrs | 1478 | by Staff reporter
Government further reviews health sector allowances
GOVERNMENT has reviewed health sector specific allowances by a further 40 percent from the initial 60 percent with effect from 1 October 2019. This latest revision will see junior doctors pocketing $2...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
100% bonus for civil servants
GOVERNMENT has resolved to pay civil servants full bonuses for 2019 pegged on gross income, a departure from last year when the 13th cheque was based on pensionable salaries only. In an interv...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:11hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Chief sells Govt vehicle, deal reversed
GOVERNMENT has seized an Isuzu Double cab vehicle, which it allocated to Chief Mupungu of Chipinge after it emerged that he sold it to a Chipinge man hardly two years after receiving it.The la...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:08hrs | 3860 | by Staff reporter
Govt further reviews health sector allowances
GOVERNMENT has reviewed health sector specific allowances by a further 40 percent from the initial 60 percent with effect from 1 October 2019. This latest revision will see junior doctors pock...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:44hrs | 913 | by Staff Reporter
Industry urges govt to be disciplined
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) says government should maintain fiscal discipline so that the economy does not suffer challenges of fiscal slippages.This comes as the country is...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:30hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
British think-tank tells Mnangagwa govt to speed up reforms
BRITISH think-tank Chatham House has urged government to speed up the pace of political and economic reforms if Zimbabwe's quest to re-join the community of nations is to get back on track.Zim...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:24hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt battles passport backlog
The Government has intensified efforts to reduce the passport backlog after Treasury came up with a payment plan to suppliers of consumables who are owed an undisclosed amount of money.In an i...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 15:26hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt use of threats betrays failure to deal with issues
THERE is always going to be a challenge if government continues using a command system to get its way, especially against reason. Setting the condition that it will only hold negotiations with strikin...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:01hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
BCC questions govt sincerity to capacitate council clinics
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has cast doubt on government's offer to capacitate local authority clinics that are overwhelmed by patients after doctors at State institutions downed tools last month....Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Govt workers launch strike
CIVIL servants have declared incapacitation to continue reporting for duty on their inflation-battered salaries, adding more misery to the government, which is struggling to tame the triple-digit infl...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 16:18hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt lacks political will to address humanitarian crisis'
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of lacking political will to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis and human rights violations, mainly perpe...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Govt dismisses warped NGO report
Government yesterday fired a salvo on the local NGO report questioning the independence of the Judiciary and described it as "tired and old rhetoric" that should be smoked for its inequity. Ju...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, govt running scared, says Chamisa
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday accused authorities of running scared and working to destabilise the MDC - after hundreds of police cordoned off the party's national headquarters in Harare....Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:03hrs | 1012 | by Staff reporter
Parliament probes botched govt truck deal
SOLUTIONS Motors owner Patrick Siyawamwaya yesterday came under fire in Parliament after his company got a US$518 850 contract from the Department of Irrigation to supply 10 trucks in 2017, but only s...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:49hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Govt still consulting on civil servants bonuses
THE Ministry of Finance yesterday told Parliament that government had not yet made a decision on whether civil servants will be paid bonuses this year as they needed to consult workers' representative...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:48hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Govt, doctors head for arbitration
Government and striking doctors are now heading for arbitration following the expiration of the 48-hour ultimatum given by the Labour Court last Friday. Addressing a Press conference in Harare...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:31hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt economic blueprints and policies rubbish sanctions fallacy
As I write this article, the government of Zimbabwe is launching its so-called strategic roadmap for a US$12 billion mining industry by 2023, officiated by the president Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa - ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 15:55hrs | 331 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Hwange Power Station set for US$3,6m refurbishment
Power utility, Zesa, is undertaking a US$3,6 million refurbishment of Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 6 expected to be complete in December.Completion of the works will pave way for the Zimb...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo school to represent Zimbabwe at entrepreneurial expo
BULAWAYO'S Eveline High School entrepreneurial club, Remnsat Enterprises will this year represent Zimbabwe at the Junior Achievement Africa Company of the year competition to be held in Ghana in Decem...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Government crafts Bulawayo industry development policy
THE Government will soon unveil an industry development strategy specifically designed to revive Bulawayo's status as the country's industrial hub, a Cabinet Minister has said.In an interview ...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 92 | 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 06:58hrs | 543 | 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 06:56hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt re-engages Sakunda
THE government has again roped in controversial oil company, Sakunda Holdings, in the distribution of agricultural inputs to farmers under the Command Agriculture scheme after it poured in $2.8 billio...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:35hrs | 4949 | by newzimbabwe
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 10:34hrs | 2421 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to work with CSOs on rights awareness
Zimbabwe Gender Commission chief executive officer Virginia Muwanigwa has called on government to work hand-in-hand with civil society organisations (CSOs) to raise awareness and educate young girls a...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:34hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Business defies Govt, still trading in forex
IN flagrant violation of Statutory Instrument (SI) 212 of 2019 Exchange Control (Exclusive Use of Zimbabwe dollar for Domestic Transactions), defiant traders in Harare are still charging their product...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:25hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business, labour confront govt over TNF
GOVERNMENT has been taken to task for failing to take the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) seriously at a time the country's economic crisis is worsening.The TNF is a social dialogue platfor...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:11hrs | 354 | 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 06:25hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt completes snooping laws
CABINET yesterday approved the Cyber Crime, Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill that will see stiff penalties being levied on citizens allegedly generating and transmitting subversive material mea...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 11:10hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt speaks on abduction reports
Government has not received any letters from a British-based organisation, International Centre for Trade Union Rights (ICTUR), over alleged failure to investigate recent claims of abductions, Secreta...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:47hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
Govt to export electricity by 2024
Government is working on a programme to develop energy from mineral resources with a target of becoming a major exporter of electricity by 2024.This was said by the Acting Minister of Informat...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 18:18hrs | 1521 | by Staff reporter
Govt fails to identify 114 exhumed bodies
The National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) eastern region director Paul Mupira has said they are facing challenges in identifying 114 war victims whose remains were exhumed from Odzi Ardwel...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 06:48hrs | 890 | by Staff reporter
Govt set to review pension payouts
GOVERNMENT is working frantically towards an upward review of pension payouts as part of safety nets to cushion against price increases. Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Dr S...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 06:32hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
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 21:33hrs | 2972 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF's tax evasion outs govt
The Zanu-PF government is taxing people dead on one hand, but is an artful dodger of tax on the other. That's an insulting contradiction.Months ago, Mthuli Ncube, the Finance minister, introdu...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:40hrs | 747 | by Tawanda Majoni
Government misses privatisation deadlines
The government has failed to meet its targets to revive state- owned enterprises (SOEs) that were outlined under its much-touted economic blueprint amid concerns about policy inconsistencies.F...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:33hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Government starts repossessing idle mines
THE Government has started implementing the "use it or lose it" policy, which will see thousands of individuals or companies having their mining rights taken away for holding onto them for speculative...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:13hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spells out US$12bn milestone
President Mnangagwa is this month expected to spell out comprehensive practical steps that Zimbabwe will take to achieve an audacious US$12 billion annual exports milestone for the mining sector....Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:09hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt considers Diaspora vote
In what could be a major overhaul of the local voting system, Government will assess the feasibility of introducing Diaspora voting to Zimbabweans living in foreign lands, The Sunday Mail can reveal....Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:02hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Govt rescues Kwekwe, Kadoma town councils
Government continues to avail resources for the rehabilitation of water and sewer infrastructure in local authorities around the country, with the latest being $9.7 million dollars availed to Kwekwe a...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 14:54hrs | 19 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa govt targets Zanu-PF crooks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has launched a fresh blitz against Zanu-PF bigwigs and other crooks who have stashed billions of United States dollars abroad. This comes after Zimbab...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:55hrs | 1201 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt workers in new strike threat
The government is struggling to contain its restive workers who have issued fresh notices to go on strike due to the worsening economic rot in the country. Yesterday, was an example, authoriti...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:50hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
An indictment on Mnangagwa's govt
THE hard-hitting report by United Nations special rapporteur Clement Nyaletsossi Voule on human rights pointing out that citizens' hope for a new dawn under President Emmerson Mnangagwa is fast fading...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:47hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slams MDC for trivialising Govt business
ZANU-PF has slammed the MDC Alliance for its attempt to trivialise Government's business after its legislators walked out as President Mnangagwa delivered the State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Tue...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko takes Mnangagwa govt to court over pension
FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has approached the High Court seeking an order directing the Government, through the Public Service Commission (PSC), to award him more than US$300 000 in bene...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt slams Cross over new currency announcement
The government on Thursday failed to deny claims by central bank adviser Eddie Cross that a new currency will come into circulation in November.Cross, recently appointed to a newly-established...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:03hrs | 1813 | by ZimLive
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