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Quarantine details revealed, fourth wave confirmed
As it was confirmed that Zimbabwe is now in the midst of the fourth Covid-19 wave fuelled by the Omicron variant, details were given yesterday of how the new compulsory 10-day quarantine for all retur...Published: 4 hrs ago | 184 | by Staff reporter
Booster jabs for elderly, front liners
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday announced that Covid-19 booster shots can be given to those fully vaccinated as there are enough stocks already in the country for everyone with more coming, as a way of ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 77 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 guidelines for returning residents and visitors coming into Zimbabwe from abroad
Following the enactment of Statutory Instrument 267 of 2021: Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) (N0.2) (Amendment) Order. the Ministry of Health and Chil...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1363 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe HIV prevalence drops from 13,9% to 11,8%
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, who also doubles as the Health Minister, has said despite the Covid-19 induced disruptions to HIV/AIDS service delivery in 2020, the government's response to HIV w...Published: 15 hrs ago | 184 | by Staff reporter
No US$ bonus for nurses
HEALTH professionals have expressed disgruntlement after some of them allegedly received their bonuses in local currency while other civil servants were struggling to access their 13th cheques at loca...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:34hrs | 2993 | by Staff reporter
Cable theft triggers 14-day power blackout
RESIDENTS of Tshabalala suburb in Bulawayo have spent two weeks without electricity after cables were stolen.Several suburbs in Bulawayo have of late experienced electricity blackouts due to c...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:31hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants get forex bonuses, decry high bank charges
Civil servants' representatives are generally excited that their members have started withdrawing their US dollar bonuses, but are upset that some banks are deducting significant bank charges despite ...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:18hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ignores Mnangagwa's 'quarantine' directive
Zimbabwe was yet to quarantine any travellers by midday on Thursday, nearly two days after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced drastic new measures to contain the spread of the Omicron coronavirus ...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 18:01hrs | 3657 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo firm commits to re-industrialisation
THE availing of lines of credit to the automobile repair industry is the sure way to facilitate retooling so the sector becomes a key enabler in Government efforts to modernise and stabilise the econo...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:30hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Govt to continue to provide non-monetised incentives
GOVERNMENT will continue providing non-monetised incentives to its workers and constantly improve their salaries as they are the vital cog in the implementation of the National Development Strategy (N...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:28hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border modernisation to improve efficiency
The efficiency challenges that had become a perennial headache at the Beitbridge Border Post are gradually being addressed through the ongoing US$300 million modernisation works carried out by the Sec...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:28hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Madzivanyati defies eviction order, returns to Esidakeni Farm
Bulawayo businessman and National University of Science and Technology (NUST) lecturer, Dumisani Madzivanyati who was evicted from Esidakeni Farm in Nyamandlovu on Tuesday, has reportedly returned in ...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 11:49hrs | 1426 | by Staff reporter
Dumisani Madzivanyati kick out of Esidakeni
The Deputy Sheriff on Tuesday ended the illegal occupation of Esidakeni Farm in Umguza, Matabeleland North, after evicting Dumisani Madzivanyati and his workers.Madzivanyati, a lecturer at the...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 10:04hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa alleges assassination attempts by Zanu-PF
ZIMBABWE'S opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, believes that the country's ruling Zanu-PF has decided to assassinate MDC-A leader Nelson Chamisa because all its other effort...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 10:04hrs | 1656 | by Staff reporter
NRZ caught up in nepotism, corruption and maladministration scandals
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is reportedly riddled by allegations of nepotism, corruption and mal-administration with the parastatal's board member and acting general manager Respina Zinyan...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 12:16hrs | 2776 | by Stephen Jakes
Govt to pay school fees for 1,5 million children
School fees for 859 000 children has so far this year been paid through the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) and the Government is targeting 1,5 million for next year. This year the bu...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt urged to enforce rights of mineworkers on Chinese
HARARE: NMWUZ - National Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe President Kurebwa Javangwe Nomboka has urged Government to put stringent measures to enforce all Chinese mining firms to revise the manner in wh...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 19:01hrs | 705 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Japan bans entry of all international travellers over Omicron variant
Japan has announced it will suspend entry of all foreign visitors due to the spread of the new coronavirus variant Omicron.Prime Minist...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 06:46hrs | 872 | by Staff Reporter
Teachers, govt face off today
TEACHERS and Primary and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu will today meet in Harare under the cloud of threats to boycott public school examinations that are scheduled to begin today....Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:38hrs | 2422 | by Staff reporter
Experts warn govt over the omicron variant
LOCAL health experts yesterday warned government against giving false hope on its ability to deal with the Omicron variant of COVID-19, which has since been described as "a variant of concern" by the ...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
$100m boost for Mpilo hospital from Govt
MPILO Central Hospital has received an additional $100 million from the Government for the ongoing refurbishment exercise meant to provide healthcare workers with decent accommodation at the public ho...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants making it big in South Africa
WHEN he made the decision to leave the country and cross the border into South Africa several years ago, his family and his peers tried to dissuade him, telling him he was putting his life in danger u...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 13:07hrs | 2741 | by Staff reporter
2 minors die in car boot
TWO girls aged three and four died in a Honda CRV vehicle boot while two survived after being forgotten in the car when it got parked.The incident happened in Chiredzi on Tuesday where Seline ...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 13:06hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Power crisis pushes Blanket Mine into fresh costs
GOLD focused resources giant, Caledonia Mining Corporation says it will increase capital injections at its Zimbabwe-based Blanket Mine by 78% in 2022 due to a worsening power crisis.The New Yo...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 08:01hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Marc Holtzman: His axis with Mnangagwa and CBZ Bank
ON Monday last week - 15 November - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa travelled with a delegation of senior government officials and top business executives to the Intra-African Trade Fair in Du...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 16:54hrs | 1540 | by Staff reporter
Angry teachers dismiss Mthuli Ncube's budget
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has criticized 2022 budget statement presented by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube Thursday, saying it is an opaque presentation of figures without any c...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 07:56hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Biti dismisses Mthuli's 2022 budget 'mediocrity'
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday presented a $927,3 billion budget with an ambitious gross domestic product growth projection of 5,5% for 2022, but former Finance minister Tendai Biti dismissed...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 08:21hrs | 1856 | by Staff Reporter
New wholesale firm opens shop in Lupane 60 jobs on offer
A Mutare-based company, Mega 2 Wholesalers trading as Big Max investments, is set to open one of its biggest retail shops in Lupane, Matabeleland North this Friday.This is a boost for the loca...Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 15:18hrs | 1857 | by Shelton Muchena
Zimbabwe needs a president who actually listens more than he talks!
Ever since the advent of the so-called 'Second Republic' (also deceptively misnamed, 'new dispensation', as there is hardly anything 'new' about those in power) through a military coup d'etat in Novem...Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 12:59hrs | 729 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Civil servants seek bank charges exemption
Civil servants have asked Government to engage banks so that they are exempt from paying account maintenance charges to enable them to get their bonuses in full.Civil servants will this year b...Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 07:04hrs | 2076 | by Staff Reporter
Policy incentives to reindustrialization lacking
Zimbabwe aspires to create an upper middle income economy with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of US$65 billion by 2030. This vision is premised on the reindustrialization strategy where competitivenes...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 10:35hrs | 278 | by Victor Bhoroma
No COVID-19 allowances for nurse aides
NURSE aides from across the country are up in arms with the Health ministry, after they were denied COVID-19 allowances paid to other health professionals.The rest of the health workforce, exc...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 06:00hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Freak incident damages houses commissioned by Mnangagwa just hours earlier
Four of the 28 government staff houses commissioned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Beitbridge on Wednesday suffered roof damage during a storm just hours after the official ceremony.Strong...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:57hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
National Blankets halts production as tiff with Zimra escalates
TEXTILE giant National Blankets has temporarily stopped production after the manufacturing firm failed to settle a ZW$800 000 Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) debt.The Bulawayo company...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:51hrs | 1749 | by Staff Reporter
Civil servants USD bonus payments start this week
THE bulk of civil servants, among them teachers, will start receiving their United States dollar bonus payments this week, while the Government will also announce a raft of other measures to cushion w...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:04hrs | 1646 | by Staff Reporter
It's time ratepayers collectively withheld municipal payments until service provision improved
To say that I am thoroughly angered with the manner in which we, as ratepayers in the small town of Redcliff, are being mistreated and abused by our local...Published: 20 Nov 2021 at 08:00hrs | 612 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Govt plans to fully implement smart cities concept
GOVERNMENT plans to fully implement the smart cities concept in line with the recently launched climate policy with Figtree in Matabeleland South set to be transformed into such a city, President Mnan...Published: 18 Nov 2021 at 19:13hrs | 1095 | by Staff Reporter
Police move in to secure Zifa offices
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is set to move in to secure the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) offices after reports that the suspended board members have instructed the secretariat to destroy pape...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 16:37hrs | 3242 | by Staff reporter
Anger over delay in disbursement of Covid-19 funds
Nurses who took part in the Covid-19 vaccination program in Gokwe are unhappy with the deliberate delay in the distribution of funds meant for vaccinators.Eleven million RTGS was deposited int...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 12:48hrs | 526 | by Paul Ndou
Matebeleland South records decrease in malaria cases
THE implementation of malaria elimination activities in Matebeleland South is now paying dividends as the province has this year recorded a decrease in malaria cases with four deaths from about 800 pa...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission Beitbridge projects today
President Mnangagwa is today expected to commission 28 houses for civil servants and also assess progress on projects being implemented under the Beitbridge Redevelopment Programme (BRP).The G...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:14hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Warren Park family abandons house after sewer burst
SERIOUS sewer bursts in Warren Park 1 suburb of Harare have resulted in a family having to evacuate their home as raw sewage flowed over their premises, the neighbouring yards and a car park.M...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:12hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
'Mine workers overtaxed'
MINE workers' unions have bemoaned overtaxing of employees in the sector saying this leaves them with little disposable income, making it difficult to survive during the current economic hardships....Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:43hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Phase 2 of Beitbridge border upgrading gets under way
Civil works for the Beitbridge Border Post modernisation under Phase 2, which includes a bus terminal, have begun in earnest.Zimborders Consortium, in partnership with the Government of Zimbab...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:38hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Teachers say to strike over poor pay
THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) says its members will go on strike beginning today, a week before "O" and "A" Level students are due to sit for the November Zimbabwe Schools E...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:27hrs | 1733 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga opens nursing school, clinic
Government has officially opened the Accident and Emergency Nursing School in Chivhu, and Pimbi Clinic here in line with the Second Republic's thrust of configuring its human resource towards the atta...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:20hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's rural communities resist opaque Chinese projects
ZIMBABWE is witnessing growing conflicts between Chinese mining companies and indigenous communities who are being evicted from their ancestral lands without compensation to pave way for mining operat...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
USD cash bonuses explained
CIVIL servants and Government pensioners will receive their bonuses later this month through bank deposits into their nostro accounts, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube ...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:38hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
99% Govt workers vaccinated?
CLOSE to 99 percent of Government workers in Zimbabwe have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 ahead of next month's deadline by which all civil servants must be immunised or face disciplinary acti...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
US$ bonus: Civil servants demand more
CIVIL servants yesterday attacked the United Stated dollar-denominated bonus as not enough, with teacher unions warning that it would not stop them from going on strike beginning Monday.Civil ...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:57hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
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