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CBZ defies Covid-19 lockdown
Tobacco farmers in Mvurwi have accused CBZ holdings of defying the covid 19 lockdown regulations by serving them after hours in a bid to have ...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 20:51hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mvurwi
MSU employs conflicted labour officer
MIDLANDS State University (MSU) has come under fire for employing a Gweru-based labour officer who has been handling cases raised against the institution by close to 100 workers.The university...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
PTUZ moves to break away from Apex Council
THE Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has renewed its lobby on other unions to form an umbrella body of the educators that can directly negotiate with government on working conditions ins...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt begins receiving applications for voluntary retirement
Government has begun accepting applications for voluntary retirement from civil servants as authorities move to trim its workforce and reduce costs.Voluntary retirement was identified as one o...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Apologise for lying to the nation: Doctors tell Parirenyatwa
Doctors have called on Zimbabwe's Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr David Parirenyatwa to apologise to the nation for lying that government has struck a deal with health professionals to halt t...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 14:10hrs | 1 | by Byo24News Reporter
Doctors put plans for strike on hold
DISGRUNTLED doctors at Mpilo Central Hospital and United Bulawayo Hospitals have put on hold plans to go on strike in favour of dialogue after the Salary Services Bureau (SSB) stopped paying overtime ...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors mull retaliation after allowance cut
THE Salary Services Bureau (SSB) has cut locum allowances for doctors, triggering disgruntlement within the profession, with some health practitioners now considering reducing working hours in protest...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council splashes $1,2m on overtime
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) splashed more than $1,2 million in overtime allowances in the first eight months of the year and is set to exceed its yearly overtime budget by over 100 percent....Published: 07 Oct 2017 at 11:05hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe civil service cuts by 2018
GOVERNMENT will cut the civil service wage bill from 90 percent to 55 percent by 2018, a Cabinet Minister has said.Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa said staff ra...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 22:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council overtime bill hits $300 000
Cash-strapped Bulawayo City Council overtime allowances for workers reached $298 055 mark in July.The council's acting director of housing and community services Dictor Khumalo said overti...Published: 08 Sep 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
'Ministries can apply for posts freeze exemption'
MINISTRIES that wish to be exempted from the freezing of employment and promotions effected by the Public Service Commission (PSC) will have to present their cases before the committee on wage bil...Published: 27 Aug 2016 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Pamela Shumba
Govt freezes hiring, promotions
THE Government has with immediate effect frozen the recruitment of employees and promotions in the civil service, as part of its staff rationalisation exercise in line with recommendations of the Civi...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
BCC introduces palisade fencing, to get rid of security guards
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has introduced palisade fencing, doing away with security guards, in a development expected to save the municipality about $1 million a year in overtime allowances. ...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Nqobile Tshili
RBZ fed up with ghost workers
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mangudya has expressed his frustration at government ghost workers who are siphoning salaries monthly.The civil service gobbles roughly 85 percent of...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 14:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
RBZ boss wants salary reforms
Government should rationalise its wage bill and increase revenue inflows if cash circulation is to improve in the immediate term, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr John Mangudya has said. T...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 13:10hrs | | by Livingstone Marufu
100 civil service posts scrapped
The Civil Service Commission has abolished 100 posts in the Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development Ministry as part of Government's staff rationalisation. This affects redundant community d...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 12:12hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Farawo
Ghost civil servants flushed out
CIVIL servants are now required to sign up collection forms upon receiving pay slips as Government moves to clean up the public service of ghost workers.The move is part of the implementat...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:24hrs | 1 | by Lincoln Towindo
Govt loses millions to graft - audit
Government is suffering financial losses running into millions of dollars annually owing to rampant corruption in its systems, a 2015 Civil Service audit report has revealed.This comes amid re...Published: 12 May 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Civil servants abuse overtime allowances and leave days
Government civil service audit has revealed widespread abuse of overtime allowances and leave days, salary fraud, idle manpower, role duplication and uncoordinated staff recruitment.The Audit ...Published: 12 Nov 2015 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Audits expose 22 ministries
Auditor-General Ms Mildred Chiri has issued adverse reports on 22 ministries for poor corporate governance, abuse of fund accounts, flouting procurement procedures among other ills, while 10 ministri...Published: 16 Feb 2015 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jnr Doctors are Doctors too
Yet again, we have reached that point of deep reflection and judgment.Many have heard about the doctors' strike and some might have actually grown tired of it.However, an independe...Published: 09 Nov 2014 at 08:38hrs | | by Dr Simbarashe Ndoda
BCC fails to employ 30 general nurses
BULAWAYO - The cash-strapped Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has failed to employ 30 general nurses a year after government authorised them to fill in the vacant posts.This comes at a time when th...Published: 17 Aug 2014 at 11:45hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Ministry of Tourism quizzed
The Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry bought six second hand cars worth US$60 000 in 2011 in contravention of laid down Government procedures on the procurement of vehicles. Apart f...Published: 29 Jul 2014 at 02:21hrs | | by Farirai Machivenyika
Council blows $1 million in overtime allowances
The Bulawayo City Council has blown $1 million in overtime allowances in one month at a time when residents have been challenging city officials over deteriorating service delivery. In Februar...Published: 13 May 2014 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
City overtime ban was overdue
EDITOR - The decision by Minister of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development, Dr Ignatius Chombo, on Tuesday 21 August 2012, to ban the payment of overtime wages to Harare City Council and Chitu...Published: 27 Aug 2012 at 06:40hrs | | by Mukachana Hanyani
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