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Zanu-PF councillors reinstated into civil service
GOVERNMENT has reinstated Zanu-PF councillors who resigned from the civil service to contest in the 2023 general elections in violation of its directive that bars civil servants from serving in local ...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:36hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
GMB maize stocks fall
MAIZE stocks have declined in the nation's reserves at Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots dotted across the country, and this may worsen food insecurity situation at a time when inflation and currency...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 09:08hrs | 1415 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe going nowhere with delusional leaders
I KEEP being reminded of my younger days when we used to love joking about a guy who had fallen head over heels with a certain girl.In the midst of their intimate rendezvous, the guy would bec...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 05:01hrs | 1252 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zim schools, Polytechnics face imminent closure: Govt
Several schools, Vocational Training Centers (VTCs), Polytechnic colleges and some universities will forcibly shut down as a result of stunted skill devel...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 23:23hrs | 34864 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa's govt intimidates doctors, nurses
GOVERNMENT yesterday intimidated health workers against engaging in strike action beginning today over poor wages and working conditions, with the responsible minister Douglas Mombeshora accusing the ...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:05hrs | 1503 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe varsity workers threaten strike over poor salaries
State university workers have threatened to down tools accusing the government of failing to pay decent salaries.The workers through their unions, the Zimbabwe State Universities Union of Acad...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:54hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt workers starving
FUNERAL policies and medical aid contributions are gobbling up a huge chunk of civil servants earnings, leaving most of them with little for food, rent, school fees and transport, NewsDay has been inf...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 05:02hrs | 1178 | by Staff reporter
College lecturers flag govt over poor salaries
COLLEGE lecturers have warned the government of possible disruption of service delivery in tertiary educational institutions amid government's failure to pay decent salaries.According to Colle...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:45hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart reveals earning US$25 a month
Bulawayo mayor David Coltart, in charge of the country's second largest urban authority, earns a ridiculous US$25 a month, perhaps worse than a day's takings by an illegal street vendor in one of the ...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 07:15hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart must not resign for Chamisa
Since the resignation of Nelson Chamisa as President of the CCC, and from the party itself, on Thursday the 25th January, followed by the subsequent resignation from Parliament of some respected colle...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 18:17hrs | 617 | by David Coltart,
Zimdollar further tumbles against US dollar
The cost of goods and services keeps on increasing in Zimbabwe as the local currency depreciates against the U.S. dollar, a trend that accelerated at the beginning of 2024.The local dollar, which ...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 17:52hrs | 1021 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers can't breathe
When the teachers are happy (elephants making love), the learners will naturally benefit from their physical and intellectual energies that will be deployed in the teaching-learning process.TH...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 07:26hrs | 763 | by Nicholas Aribino
Zimbabwe teachers demand US$1,000 salary to open schools
TEACHERS under the Zimbabwe Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) are demanding a salary of US$1,000 to open schools on Tuesday.In a communique shared with the media, they cited...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:45hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops refuse to retire
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has reportedly tightened screws on officers who wish to extend their service post retirement after an unprecedented number of retiring officers applied for extension...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:55hrs | 1209 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parliament to embrace artificial intelligence in 2024
PARLIAMENT has announced plans to carry out a comprehensive restructuring exercise next year, including the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology.The Speaker of Parliament Advoca...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:16hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs call for better pay for judicial officers
Members of Parliament are calling for increased remuneration for judicial officers, arguing that it is crucial for ensuring efficient and impartial service in Zimbabwe's courts.Wedza North leg...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:27hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube extends car import deadline for former MPs
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has decided to extend the deadline for former legislators to import cars, while assuring the 10th Members of Parliament (MPs) that they will receive vehicles valued at US...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:14hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe CEOs push back on salaries disclosure
THE chief executives (CEOs) of firms trading their shares on Zimbabwe's two stock exchanges have slapped down proposed regulations that would force them to disclose their earnings in line with interna...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:16hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs wants to bring spouses to hotel stays during parliament business trips
Members of Parliament (MPs) are urging the government to compare their compensation with that of neighboring South Africa. Additionally, they are requesting permission to bring their spouses to offici...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 04:54hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs press Mthuli Ncube to raise their salaries
Zanu-PF MPs pressed finance minister Mthuli Ncube to raise their salaries and commit to give them houses and Toyota Land Cruisers before passing his budget on Thursday.Comparing themselves to ...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 17:38hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
BCC justifies US dollar tariff
THE BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says its decision to index bills in United States dollars was necessary to ensure quality service delivery.In a speech read on his behalf by deputy chairperson ...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:37hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Ministry stalls BCC recruitments
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is seriously understaffed and efforts to recruit professionals to fill vacant posts have hit a brick wall as the Local Government ministry has ignored the local authority's...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 19:01hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to appease security forces
TREASURY has allocated 18% of the national budget to the security sector, ZW$10.8 trillion (US$1.9 billion), which is a large amount in peacetime, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa moves to appease the ...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 15:07hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs push for hefty salaries...multiple vehicles
Amid growing concerns over legislative priorities, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Parliamentary Caucus Secretary, Farai Chinobva, has made controversial remarks suggesting that CCC legisl...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 13:35hrs | 1504 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Professor Ncube readies Zimbabwe's budget
AS Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, readies to present the 2024 National Budget tomorrow, expectations are high that it will consolidate prevail...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:08hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Maybe if there had been no social media, Zimbabwe would be free today!
When I started writing these social justice articles way back in 1989, as a form three pupil, the world was a very different place.Those of us who had chosen this path - of speaking for the op...Published: 05 Nov 2023 at 13:23hrs | 404 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe worker exodus intensifies
Years of mass emigration from Zimbabwe have accelerated due to the ongoing economic crisis, further depleting the country of essential skills needed for a turnaround. Recent census data from South Afr...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:16hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF completes only 7% of 2018 promises - study
THE Zanu-PF-led government only managed to fulfil 16 of the 234 pledges in its 2018 election manifesto, which translates to just 7%, policy think-tank Sivio Institute has said.The figure indic...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:47hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt loses battle on the redollarisation of salaries
THE government has issued a circular allowing public entities to pay salaries and allowances partly in United States dollars, in a development that shows the state is losing the war of redollarisation...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 20:31hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Living wage not equivalent to minimum wage
Working poverty is a reality worldwide. For many workers, a job does not provide a way out of poverty for them and their families. A living wage is not necessarily equivalent to the minimum wage. Mini...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Emmanuel Zvada
PSC rolls out biometric system
THE Public Service Commission (PSC) is working on rolling out a biometric system to all civil service offices as part of digital efforts to implement performance-based remuneration for Government work...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants abuse car import facility
THE Government has expressed concern over the continued abuse of the duty-free car import facility for civil servants amid revelations that more than 14 000 vehicles have been unprocedurally imported ...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:15hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's civil servants get backdated US$ pay rise
GOVERNMENT has effected a US$50 increase in civil servants salaries, while the local currency portion will be pegged at the equivalent of US$150 at the prevailing interbank rate.The increase w...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:12hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Consider paying Zimbabwe civil servants in gold coins'
Government has been urged to explore the feasibility of paying a portion of civil servants' salaries in gold-backed digital tokens and gold coins.The tokens have proven to be effective in mopp...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:15hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Remittances anchor Zimbabwean economy
THE World Bank recently released global diaspora remittance statistics, which show that expatriates from low and middle-income countries sent over US$647 billion to their home countries in 2022....Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:52hrs | 24 | by Victor Bhoroma
Public wage bill balloons 3 times ahead of key Zimbabwe elections
ELECTION-related spending by the Zimbabwean government is going through the roof as President Emmerson Mnangagwa goes for broke, spending public funds like confetti at a wedding to retain his position...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:30hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
USD pay increase for civil servants
The Government will "imminently" effect a new remuneration package that includes an increment in the United States dollar component for public sector workers to cushion them from the rising cost of li...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Employee's right to fair wages
ONE of the fundamental rights of the employees is right to fair wages but with these trying economic circumstances, it seems as if a lot are being shortchanged at work considering the cost of living h...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | 9 | by Emmanuel Zvada
Threats against teachers show that Zanu-PF is biggest obstacle to free, fair polls
IT is sad to read about the poorly paid and frustrated teachers being allegedly abused by a Zanu-PF outfit called Teachers4Ed, with indications the group is forcing the educators to support President ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZRP calls for recruits
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is inviting suitable interested Zimbabweans citizens who want to join the police force.In a ZRP press statement released today by National Police spokesperson Assistan...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:06hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Telecel employees declare incapacitation
TELECEL Zimbabwe employees have declared incapacitation, citing the country's deteriorating economic situation which has seen them failing to afford transport fares to and from work.Speaking o...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
New salary offer for civil servants
The GOVERNMENT is set to table a new salary offer for civil servants to cushion them from rising prices of goods and services, The Sunday Mail has learnt.This comes at a time when the National...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Health workers trained using tax payers' money owe us,' says Chiwenga
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has said health workers trained locally using Zimbabwe's resources must ‘pay back' through working in public hospitals.Chiwenga added that in the future w...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | 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 | 5 | 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 | 27 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers cry for Indaba with Mnangagwa
THE mantra ‘‘leaving no place and no one behind'' as touted by the incumbent Second Republic Government in its national development policies must surely inspire all of us Zimbabweans to march into...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Govt shuts down Bikita Minerals
ZIMBABWE'S largest lithium mine Bikita Minerals, currently owned by China's Sinomine Resource Group, has been ordered to suspend operations until it complies with legal provisions that include labour,...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar stares fresh setbacks as crisis deepens
ZIMBABWE'S currency will continue depreciating in the coming months, as multiple headwinds exert pressure on the unit, which surrendered 34% of its value to the United States dollar in April, accordin...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says workers are wheels of change
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday pleaded with the country's workforce to join in the fight for the removal of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government fo...Published: 02 May 2023 at 09:01hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga punishing Zimbabwe's health workers?
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has been accused by some disgruntled nurses of blocking salary and allowance increments in the health sector as punishment for past strikes and demonstrations....Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 19:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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