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RBZ, Ministry collide over platinum miners' payments

The Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion is under pressure to meet local currency obligations owed to platinum exporters, as a US$400 million Afreximbank loan weighs heavily on its coffers. The Reserve Bank of…

Published: 03 Oct 2025 at 14:26hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe treasury orders tough spending cuts

The Treasury has unveiled a series of stringent measures aimed at curbing government spending, including a freeze on recruitment, a 25 percent reduction in fuel allocations, a ban on workshops in hotels, and strict restrictions on foreign …

Published: 30 Sep 2025 at 13:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

Defence Ministry tops Mutare City debtors list

The Ministry of Defence has emerged as the largest debtor of Mutare City Council, with several other government ministries and entities also owing the local authority millions of dollars, negatively affecting service delivery in the easter…

Published: 18 Sep 2025 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's ICT Ministry faces critical staff shortages

The Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services is facing a critical shortage of qualified technical staff, a situation that threatens its ability to achieve key objectives.Charged with providing modern, a…

Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Ministry of Health accused of cover-up

The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) has come under intense criticism following allegations by Progress Muzuva that the ministry is covering up its mishandling of her case. Muzuva, who sustained an injury while on duty in 2018, ac…

Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 14:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

Ministry steps up unannounced business inspections

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has announced that more impromptu inspections will be carried out to ensure businesses comply with legal and regulatory standards.In an interview, Communications and Advocacy Deputy Director Coline Dza…

Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 13:01hrs | | by Staff reporter

Public outrage forces Ministry to assist nurse injured in 2018

The Ministry of Health and Child Care has broken its silence following a wave of public concern and media coverage surrounding the plight of Ms. Progress Muzuva, a former nurse who sustained injuries while on duty in 2018 and is now seekin…

Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 20:47hrs | | by Staff reporter

Transport Ministry publishes tender awards

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development this week published its first quarter notice of tender awards, outlining contracts awarded for road maintenance, construction works, equipment supply, and security services. The mov…

Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 14:48hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter

Ministry fails to pay US$180 000 CDU workshop allowances to teachers

Nearly a year after hosting nationwide syllabus review workshops, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) is yet to pay over US$180,000 owed to participants, sparking outrage among educators and casting a spotlight on alleg…

Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 12:03hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter

Ministry clarifies extra lessons not illegal

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has clarified that extra lessons are not illegal under current policy, but warned that they become a disciplinary offence when teachers charge learners for them.This was revealed by the Minis…

Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 18:30hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's Health Ministry details use of sugar tax revenue

The Ministry of Health and Child Care has broken its silence on the use of sugar tax revenues, providing an official account of funds received from the Treasury and how they have been allocated towards cancer treatment equipment procuremen…

Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter

Masvingo City, Ministry of Health in standoff over donated vehicle

A standoff has erupted between Masvingo City Council and the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) over a vehicle donated by the Global Fund, amid allegations that the vehicle, intended to support the city's health services, is being w…

Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 17:43hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter

5,000 Zimbabwe teachers quit in 2023

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has revealed that over 5,000 teachers left the profession in 2023, confirming concerns about a growing brain drain in Zimbabwe's education sector. However, teacher unions argue that the offic…

Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 10:14hrs | 1858 | by Staff reporter

Sanyatwe breathes fresh air into Sports ministry

A video that went viral last week shows newly appointed Sports Minister Anselem Sanyatwe actively confronting contractors over delays in the renovation of the National Sports Stadium. In the footage, Sanyatwe demands clear explanations for…

Published: 22 May 2025 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff reporter

Ministry of Education fails to pay rent for 16 years

Zimbabwe's education system is rapidly collapsing, driven by a combination of chronic underfunding, rampant corruption, indiscipline, and government failure to disburse allocated budgets. Despite promises of free education made by Presiden…

Published: 18 May 2025 at 12:13hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter

Health Ministry rebukes Machakaire over public hospital criticism

A public spat has erupted between two government ministries after the Ministry of Health and Child Care sharply rebuked Youth Empowerment Minister Tinoda Machakaire for urging President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently address the worsening …

Published: 06 May 2025 at 16:03hrs | 1943 | by Staff reporter

Ministry of Transport suspends bus timetables to ease holiday travel surge

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has announced the immediate suspension of all bus timetables until 18 May 2025 to facilitate smoother passenger transportation during the upcoming school holidays, festive season, a…

Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 12:59hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter

Justice Ministry suspends Zimura's controversial US$150 cover band tariff

The Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has suspended a controversial US$150 tariff imposed by the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA) on local cover bands and artistes, citing the need for regulatory review and bro…

Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 17:18hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt shuts down 368 illegal colleges, VTCs

The government has shut down 368 technical and vocational training centres across the country for operating without the necessary documentation, in line with the Manpower Planning and Development Act (Chapter 28:02). The non-compliant inst…

Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:00hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa shocks Zimbabwe's ICT ministry

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's announcement approving Starlink's licensing to provide internet services in Zimbabwe surprised the Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services (ICT) ministry and the telecoms regulator, …

Published: 27 May 2024 at 10:02hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe Ministry works on Botswana passport-free travel modalities

Cabinet has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage to develop the terms allowing for passport-free travel between Zimbabwe and Botswana, Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Jenfan Muswere has sa…

Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 05:11hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Ministry in storm over e-passports

THE Auditor-General (AG) has raised the red flag over failure by the Home Affairs ministry to provide information on how much was raised from the issuance electronic passports (e-passports), amid concern that Treasury could have been preju…

Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 16:28hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Top ministry officials up for graft

Last week, two provincial education officers from Mashonaland Central faced court charges for unlawfully claiming allowances from the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education. Smart Makarutsa, aged 52, and Aaron Gomba, also aged 52…

Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:21hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa must introduce a diaspora ministry

GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, it is my sworn submission that your recent resurrection of the War Veterans ministry is suggestive of aberrations. As I see it, the decision is consistent with a washed-up mindset th…

Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 06:18hrs | | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana

Ministry sex pests lure junior employees to bed using workshops

High ranking sex pests within the Ministry of Health and Child Care are sending female employees on financially rewarding workshops in exchange for sex, a workers' union has said.In a 16 May 2023 correspondence to the Acting Health Secreta…

Published: 22 May 2023 at 19:35hrs | 2053 | by Staff reporter

Ministry engages industry over price hikes

The Government is engaging the manufacturing and retail sectors with a view of establishing their operational challenges and arresting business malpractices causing unprecedented consumer price hikes. This follows the recent arbitrary pric…

Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Ministry fails to account for donated fuel

THE Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare has failed to account for thousands of litres of fuel donated to the government to alleviate the effects of drought and other natural hazards under the National Drought Fund, the la…

Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:10hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Transport Ministry denies cancelling Wadyajena real

THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development has denied reports it cancelled a road construction tender awarded to Moyor Contracting, a company owned by Zanu-PF legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena, saying it is only carrying out…

Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:25hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Kutsanzira earns spot in Warriors squad

FC PLATINUM midfielder cum defender Rahman Kutsanzira's performance in his new role for Pure Platinum Play has earned him a place in the Warriors squad after he was named among the defenders in the 24-member squad to face Ghana in back-to-…

Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:09hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Mines ministry petitioned over Chinese mine

THE National Union of Mines Quarrying, Iron and Steel Workers of Zimbabwe (NUMQISWZ) has petitioned the Matabeleland South offices of the ministry of Mines over claims that a Hope Fountain-based Chinese mine is failing to provide workers w…

Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:30hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Ministry confident of 100% teacher turnout

THE Primary and Secondary Education ministry yesterday said government was expecting a 100% teacher turnout on March 15 as the country prepares to open schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.Primary and Secondary Education ministry spokesper…

Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter

Events at Mthuli Ncube's ministry disturbing

ZIMBABWE is indeed not only going through painful times, but an extra-ordinary period as the southern African nation grapples with very difficult socio-economic and political circumstances.Last week the troubled nation was afforded a rare …

Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:51hrs | 4368 | by Editorial - Newsday

Ministry official nabbed over Idai donations

A deputy director in the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development on Saturday appeared before a Chipinge magistrate facing charges of stealing Cyclone Idai donations worth $3 000. The accused, Christin…

Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's health ministry apologises for loss of lives

The Health and Child Care ministry has issued a public apology for the loss of lives and suffering during the just-ended doctors' strike.In a statement published in the press, the ministry expressed appreciation for the citizens' endurance…

Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:28hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

John Tallach High sex party, Ministry sends team to probe

THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has sent a team to John Tallach High school to investigate an incident in which 10 pupils are alleged to have held a sex party at the headmaster's residence.Matabeleland North Provincial Educ…

Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:04hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter

Scholarships Ministry seeks $10 million

The newly-created Ministry of Government Scholarships requires $10 million to enable it to run various programmes meant to equip selected Zimbabwean learners through provision of further education abroad. The Minister of State for Governme…

Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 10:09hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

SME ministry supports LCDZT livelihood programme for disabled

Small and Medium Enterprises and Cooperative Development Deputy Minister Noveti Muponora has pledged his ministry's support for the work being done by the Leonard Cheshire Disability Zimbabwe Trust to help people with disabilities achieve …

Published: 21 Mar 2015 at 14:08hrs | | by Chengetai Chinembiri

Bulawayo Youth Leaders Joint Resolution Press Release

Today youth leaders from Bulawayo announced a press release they termed Bulawayo Joint Youth Leaders Resolution on the Kurera/Ukondla Youth Fund.Below is the Resolution Bulawayo Youth Leaders Joint Resolution BULAWAYO YOUTH LEADERS JOINT R…

Published: 16 May 2012 at 18:30hrs | 13 | by Bulawayo Youth Leaders

Congratulations to the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare

I wish to congratulate Zimbabwe's Ministry of Health and Child Welfare on the news that they have procured modern equipment for early detection of cancer because my aunt died of cancer last year. According to the state-owned Herald 21/09/1…

Published: 22 Sep 2011 at 17:50hrs | 699 | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri

Ministry of Health procures modern cancer detection equipment

THE Ministry of Health and Child Welfare on Monday said it has procured some modern equipment used for early detection of cancer.The equipment, which includes linear accelerators and treatment simulators, cost US$89 million.Linear accelera…

Published: 21 Sep 2011 at 05:53hrs | 19 | by Moyo Roy

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