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Zimbabwe's education was once the envy of Africa. Not anymore!
It wasn't just his well-fitted suit, the crisp shirt, and the neatly paired tie that caught everyone's attention. When Amos Mawoyo walked through the rural areas of Imbeza, a timber estate in the East...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt in U-turn on teachers' salaries
GOVERNMENT has made a U-turn on its earlier decision to dock teachers' salaries.This follows salary cuts on teachers that had not reported for duty citing incapacitation.A circular dat...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Nyaradzo effects 300% premium increases
Covid-19 has decimated economies leaving people with little or no money to spend on basic essentials like food, health and funeral insurance among others.With prolonged lockdowns in many count...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Cricket savages Streak, Coltart
Zimbabwe Cricket has hit out at former national team coach Heath Streak for telling ‘lies' in a bid to clean his image as he serves an eight year ban.Streak was handed an eight year ban last...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:45hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born named new Rugby Australia boss
ZIMBABWE-BORN former Wales international Andy Marinos has been appointed Rugby Australia chief executive, replacing Raelene Castle who resigned from the role in April last year.Marinos is not ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 19:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Retailers reel under diminished demand
RETAIL outlets and corporates are reeling from a major reduction in sales volumes with some facing closure as a result of shrinking disposable income due to a weakened local currency and impact of the...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar return: Beware the cobra effect
Last month, the government took all and sundry by surprise when it banned the use of multi-currencies in all local transactions and reintroduced the Zimdollar; abandoned due hyperinflation in 2009....Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:24hrs | 2 | by Cliff Chiduku
'2 more years for austerity measures to start bearing fruit'
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube says Zimbabweans shall have to wait for two years to start feeling any positive impact of his controversial austerity measures he introduced late last year."I thi...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Gweru council, workers in salary deadlock
AN ad-hoc committee has been appointed to look into the impasse between Gweru City Council workers and their employer.The development comes hardly a week after the restive workers issued a not...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 06:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gweru council workers' demo shelved
GWERU City Council workers have shelved their planned demonstration which was meant for yesterday and instead gave their employer 14 days to address their grievances, Zimbabwe Urban Council Workers' U...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru council workers to go on strike
GWERU City Council workers have given their employer a notice to demonstrate at Town House to force the local authority to implement a High Court order to reverse a 2014 salary cut directed by then Lo...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Supa's media empire crumbling?
FORMER ICT minister Supa Mandiwanzira's media empire has been forced to implement tough survival measures as the country's tanking economy takes its toll on industry and commerce.Mandiwanzira ...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:47hrs | 2 | by newzimbabwe
Government targets reduction of tax burden by 2021
Government says Zimbabweans should expect reduction of the tax burden by 2021 as Treasury seeks to address challenges that led to the country experiencing fiscal imbalances.The reduction in go...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 18:34hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Thumbs up for Mthuli Ncube
THE cost-cutting measures announced by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube are expected to restore confidence in the economy while also trimming budget deficit, analysts h...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Apparently budget presentation was relatively good, but lacks clarity
From Hand to mouth As a development practitioner, my strong analysis is as follows, it appears the current budget presentation is a reflection of hand to mo...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 10:18hrs | 2 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mnangagwa speaks on national budget
ZIMBABWEANS yesterday expressed mixed reactions to the 2019 National Budget statement with a majority saying it represented a bold, painful but very necessary step to return the country to prosperity....Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to cut Zimbabwe govt salaries to curb spending
Zimbabwe's new finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced a five-percent cut to senior government officials' salaries on Thursday in a bid to mend the shattered economy.Ncube's budget also set ou...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 19:09hrs | | by AFP
Bulawayo's Haddon & Sly supermarket shuts down shop
One of Bulawayo's leading giant supermarkets, Haddon and Sly Supermarket has reportedly closed due to operational challenges.According to the workers, the supermarket closed 5 days ago....Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:28hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Council bosses fight salary cuts
At least 50 CEOs from most of the country's rural district councils (RDCs) have petitioned the High Court challenging the government's directive to cap their salaries at $1 900.Through their l...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Red flag over govt spending
Business leaders have expressed doubts that government's fiscal indiscipline will end any time soon, warning the persistent build-up in the imbalances will dampen Zimbabwe's economic prospects over th...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra surpasses target
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) performed beyond expectations in the first half of 2018 after gross collections hit $2,41 billion against the budgeted $2,10 billion, driven by excise duty, net ...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mukupe rules out salary cuts in civil service
FINANCE deputy minister Terence Mukupe has ruled out any job cuts or salary reduction in the civil service, saying instead President Emmerson Mnangagwa was targeting a further pay rise.Address...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 17:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tax rise boosts Zimbabwe growth
ZIMBABWE is among the few countries in Africa that are experiencing a rise in individual income and corporate tax revenues, which indicates signs of growth as more pay taxes although remaining vulnera...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Defiant doctors want govt to commit in writing
Striking doctors have refused to return to work despite the intervention by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, insisting government must first put its promises in writing.Mxolisi Ngwenya, sp...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 10:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga increases doctors' salaries from $1.50 to $5.00 per hour
THE Zimbabwe Hospitals Doctors' Association (ZHDA) and the Government have reached an agreement on the salary negotiations.The agreement was reached after a meeting was held on Wednesday betwe...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra surpasses February revenue target
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has surpassed its gross revenue target of $322.53 million in February by 5.1 percent to $339.09 million.In a statement yesterday, Zimra Head of Corporate...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Warriors star 'held at gunpoint’
FORMER Zimbabwe international forward Musa Mguni - who is facing a life ban from the game - has spoken of his great terror after he was allegedly forced to sign a contract while being held at gunpoint...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra beats revenue targets again
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority gross collections for the third quarter were 19% above target boosted mainly by higher collections in Value Added Tax, individual tax, excise duty and company tax....Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BCC employees reject salary cuts
BULAWAYO City Council employees have rejected the local authority's decision to cut salaries and staff by 20% to reduce labour costs.The decision followed a recommendation by human resources c...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra gross collections above target
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) is confident of surpassing the 2017 annual target as the robust revenue enhancement measures being implemented are bearing fruit, with net collections for the mo...Published: 05 Sep 2017 at 13:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra surpasses target
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) targets to collect $6 billion revenue having surpassed revenue target for the first half by 2.72 percent to $1.7 billion. The figure is 9.74 percent higher than ...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
TelOne retrenches 300 workers, slashes salaries
FIXED telecommunications service provider, TelOne has retrenched 300 workers since 2014 and will continue to downsize its workforce in a bid to keep its business afloat in the wake of continued declin...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bans golden handshakes for executives
THE Government has, with immediate effect, banned all local authorities countrywide from paying gratuities and golden handshakes to executives and senior employees following outrageous demands in exit...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
$15m 'siphoned' from Freda Rebecca
More than US$15 million could have been siphoned from gold miner Freda Rebecca (formerly Mwana Africa) through a series of underhand dealings by its new owners, insiders have alleged. Freda Re...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 13:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu suspends aMahewu production
THE Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU)-run Ingwebu Breweries has suspended its non-alcoholic sorghum mahewu production after raising a paltry $6 143 in the fourth quarter to Dece...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 17:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo takes aim at Chinamasa
HIGHER and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo this week came short of accusing his Finance counterpart Patrick Chinamasa of a sinister plot to foment anarchy at State universities after red...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
No salary cuts for university staff
The government has responded to the panic that had gripped national universities' staffers who were fearing a salaries cut was imminent after the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development slash...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 13:56hrs | | by Staf reporter
Zimra miss revenue targets
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has said it posted $3.46 billion revenue collection in 2016 which are 4% below the targeted $3.6 billion.Based on the Revenue Performance report for 2016, Chairm...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 05:22hrs | | by Mary Charamba
Govt to cut wage bill by 55%
GOVERNMENT says it would have reduced the civil service wage bill to between 50 and 55 percent of total expenditure by 2020.Speaking at The Herald Business and Confederation of Zimbabwe In...Published: 12 Dec 2016 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Army ordered to embrace controversial bond notes
Amid a rapidly deteriorating economy and rising social unrest over cash shortages that have seen people sleep in bank queues, Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander General Constantino Chiwenga h...Published: 04 Nov 2016 at 12:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean employers mull salary cuts over cash queues
EMPLOYERS are considering docking salaries for workers who squander productive time on cash queues but labour unions say they are prepared to fight such an "injustice" to the hilt. Cash shor...Published: 30 Oct 2016 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council to defy Kasukuwere, wont retrench workers
BULAWAYO City Council top official has hinted that the local authority would not retrench workers as ordered by Government citing lack of money for the exercise.Local government ministry r...Published: 19 Sep 2016 at 15:58hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Let the foolish dream on, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo members,COMRADES, I am made to understand that this fake pastor called Evan Mawarire who has sold his soul for a few pieces of silver is busy mobilising people to ma...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 11:45hrs | | by CZ
Parliamentary committee backs Chinamasa on civil servants retrenchments
The Parliamentary Committee on Budget, Finance and Economic Development has come out in full support of Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa over his budget statement that government will effect cost cu...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chinamasa will not quit
Former Finance minister and opposition PDP leader, Tendai Biti, yesterday said given Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa's fear and inability to survive outside Zanu PF, the former attorney-general...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe throws Chinamasa under the bus
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's government's policy inconsistency was laid bare on Tuesday after it dramatically reversed the scrapping of bonuses for civil servants and salary cuts, hardly a week after...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa proposals on salary cuts and bonuses shot down
Government has reassured civil servants that they will receive their traditional annual bonuses and there will be no reduction of their salaries and allowances as announced by Finance and Economic Dev...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 07:25hrs | | by Innocent Ruwende
Job and salary cuts: MDC-T takes sides with civil servants
MDC-T yesterday threw its lot with civil servants who have threatened to go on strike in protest against Treasury's proposal to cut jobs and salaries as well as taxing their allowances. MD...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants breathe fire
CIVIL servants have urged President Robert Mugabe to fire one of his two deputies and reduce the size of his Cabinet instead of introducing measures that will further impoverish already struggling...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants say 'NO' to pay cuts
CIVIL servants have said it would be illegal for the Government to cut salaries and suspend bonuses for the next two years as part of austerity measures to bring the economy back on track.Yest...Published: 10 Sep 2016 at 08:16hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
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