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ZANU PF MP used Mnangagwa's daughter
ZANU-PF leadership in Mashonaland Central province has no kind words for Mazowe North legislator Campion Mugweni who allegedly used President Emmerson Mnangagwa's daughter to get into power during the...Published: 6 hrs ago | 714 | by Staff Reporter
French revolution brewing as France protests gets 'out of control'
Police clashed with over a million demonstrators opposed to President Macron's pension reformFrench authorities struggled on Thursday to suppress the protests against President Emmanuel Macron...Published: 10 hrs ago | 324 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers reject 100% salary hike
TEACHERS yesterday rejected government's 100% salary increase, saying they remain incapacitated, while accusing their employer of dishonesty after reportedly dodging wage talks under the National Join...Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 07:00hrs | 1918 | by Staff reporter
1 000% pay hike for GMB workers
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has been ordered to pay its least paid employee US$350 or the equivalent in local currency after it was dragged to the Arbitration Court.GMB workers were earnin...Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 06:59hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani project yet to reach the second and third phases
LAWMAKERS have taken Treasury to task over delays in updating Parliament on the progress of the Gwayi-Shangani water project after it emerged that there has been little construction activity despite t...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 20:09hrs | 1349 | by Staff reporter
Multitudes march in South Africa demanding Ramaphosa's exit
Thousands of protesters marched through South Africa's cities on Monday, calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign over the lack of jobs and electricity, as security forces guarded malls and stre...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:47hrs | 1190 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa's real surmame revealed
South African opposition leader Julius Malema has claimed that the real surname of South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is Mennel. Malema was speaking during the #EFFNationalShutdo...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 20:22hrs | 5207 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe parliament built on private land
IN January we published a story saying part of the land on which Zimbabwe's new US$140 million Parliament and the planned US$60 billion ultra-modern Cyber City in Mt Hampden on the outskirts of the ca...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:06hrs | 1763 | by Staff reporter
Teen dies in mine shaft
A 19-YEAR-OLD man died after he fell into a 11-metre deep mine shaft where he inhaled hazardous gases.Matabeleland South acting provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Thandolwenko...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 10:36hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Mr. President, Zimbabweans don't care about your 'critical pronouncements' as long as we're hungry and poor!
Recently, during a performance contract signing ceremony, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa chided his information and communications personnel for failing to properly articulate and disseminate h...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:27hrs | 317 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fake MSU 'sex workers' on the prowl
IT was on a Friday when Mr Trust Dengu (not his real name) who had just relocated to Gweru from Masvingo decided to go out and treat himself to some beers and braai at a popular night spot in the cent...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:39hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
Vending in Zimbabwean towns with kids declared an offence
DURING the peak hour, human traffic in Central Business Districts (CBDs) across towns and cities naturally swell, as commuters frenziedly make their way to various pick-up points for transport to take...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:45hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, police get 400% pay hike
Teachers' unions have slammed government over the selective remuneration of its workforce following the controversial awarding of a 400 percent pay hike to the military and police.Teachers are cur...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:35hrs | 5961 | by Staff reporter
A new great Zimbabwe is possible
IN a few months, Zimbabweans head to the polls to decide on their future.There have been many elections before, all of which have not brought the change we desire. So, I understand why, for ma...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 16:30hrs | 925 | by Nelson Chamisa I CCC President
Zimbabwe dialysis patients contribute bus fare for nurses
KIDNEY patients at Premier Services Medical Investment (PSMI)'s Parkview Hospital are reportedly contributing bus fare to enable striking nurses and doctors to report for work and attend to them....Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:37hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
What's the point of 'performance contracts' when the regime always blames sanctions for its failures?
How do you measure a cabinet minister's performance over a particular period?How does one judge whether a local government CEO (chief executive officer) has done a good or terrible job?...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 10:16hrs | 903 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Ex-CiZC boss summoned 5 years after alleged crime
FORMER Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) chairperson Rashid Stuart Mahiya has been summoned to appear in court for plotting to unseat President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government in 2018.Mahiya...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:46hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge ready for Zimbabwe Exemption Permit returnees
All officials in Beitbridge are ready to handle an anticipated increased human traffic at the border to facilitate a smooth return of their fellow countrymen at the expiry of the Zimbabwe Exemption Pe...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:40hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to crackdown on Vendors4ED
BULAWAYO councillors have resolved to launch a crackdown on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shadowy group operating illegally in the second-largest city under the moniker Vendors for ED.The gro...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 19:56hrs | 2444 | by Staff reporter
The curse of being a security guard in Zimbabwe
Being a security guard in Zimbabwe is a curse, the job is too demanding, with some of the most hostile working conditions one can ever think of. Working a 12-hour shift, 4 days a week in a retail shop...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 16:47hrs | 690 | by Cremio Mabauwa
Zanu-PF, CCC cross swords over Bulawayo decay
Zanu-PF Bulawayo chairman Jabulani Sibanda has courted the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s ire after he blamed the opposition-led Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for the decay bedevilling the city....Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 22:04hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs fretting ahead of the party's primaries
Some Zanu-PF bigwigs, including ministers, are said to be fretting ahead of the party's primaries slated for the weekend amid reports that some of them are throwing spanners into the works of their ri...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 09:16hrs | 1309 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt workers reject US$50 increment
GOVERNMENT workers reportedly rejected a US$50 salary increment offered by their employer during the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) negotiations held last week Friday.Government had...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:16hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
Regime-change agenda continues to cripple Zimbabwe, says Fikile Mbalula
The migration of Zimbabweans to South Africa in search of a better life is the fault of "regime change agenda" pushed by the US and UK to see Zanu-PF out of power.This is according to ANC secr...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:41hrs | 3622 | by Staff reporter
TTI, BCC making 'super profits' from parking system deal
IT seems Bulawayo motorists who were boycotting the parking management system introduced in the city in mid-February last year have bowed down to pressure amid revelations that the parking management ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:22hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Priest in soup over missing hospital funds
A MASVINGO Catholic priest has been accused of diverting funds from the church and Matibi Mission Hospital for personal use.Health workers at the Catholic-run Matibi Mission Hospital claimed t...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:22hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Lobels Biscuits chief in dock for rape, sexual harassment
LOBELS Biscuits chief operations officer Andrew Dinhidza, has been dragged to court facing nine counts of rape and sexually harassing subordinates.Dinhidza appeared before Bulawayo magistrate ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:21hrs | 1068 | by Staff reporter
Understanding the collapse of Zimbabwe
THE first two decades that followed the independence of Zimbabwe in 1980 were characterised by a number of major developments. Government expanded social services such as health and education — the ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:20hrs | 854 | by Eddie Cross
Married men drive illegal abortion stats
SOME married men are reportedly forcing their girlfriends to terminate pregnancies to avoid fathering children outside marriages and looking after illegitimate children.Illegal unsafe abortion...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree gives residents water meter ultimatum
PLUMTREE Town Council has given pre-paid water users in the border town three weeks to revert to post-paid meters after some residents went for three years without paying for water.A number of...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:18hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to be consulted on death penalty
Zimbabwe is set to conduct wide consultations aimed at gauging citizen views that would feed into proposed policy reforms around the death penalty.The country maintains the death penalty in it...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 08:14hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge to enhance Zimbabwe - South Africa one stop border
The modernisation of the Beitbridge Border Post at a cost of US$300 million will pave way for the implementation of a one-stop border between Zimbabwe and South Africa.Government and the Zimbo...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 21:04hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans in the diaspora must be allowed to vote'
ZAPU has argued that the diaspora vote is a necessary political right because it is another way of appreciating Zimbabweans living abroad who send remittances back to the country.Ndodana Moyo,...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 19:23hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
'Dunderhead' Chiwenga asking WHO to stem nurse haemorrhage - Wasting time treating symptom, treat the Mafiosi disease
Zimbabwe's VP and Minister of Health, Dr Constantino Chiwenga ask the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help stem the haemorrhage of Zimbabwe health care workers. "One of the problems we disc...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 18:00hrs | 854 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Man commits suicide over mounting debts
A PREMIER Service Medical Investments (PSMI) loss control supervisor, Bernard Chatindivara, who was stationed at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo, committed suicide on Saturday after being overwhelmed by de...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:29hrs | 2109 | by Staff reporter
SeedCo boss' messy divorce exposed in court
A HARARE magistrate yesterday heard that Seed Co board chairperson Michael Ndoro may have divorced his former wife Precious Jemani Ndoro because of his alleged involvement with a sex worker.Wh...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:27hrs | 2117 | by Staff reporter
WHO pledges to help Zimbabwe beat health brain drain
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is exploring a two-pronged intervention strategy aimed at assisting Zimbabwe beat a biting health sector brain drain following high-level representations from Gover...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:23hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Public workers want Parly to investigate PSMAS
The civil service workers umbrella body has called on Parliament to probe into just what is happening at Premier Service Medical Aid Society that has resulted in health facilities owned by its subsidi...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:22hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt determined to modernise all border posts
GOVERNMENT says it is determined to modernise all the country's border posts to solve the acute shortage of infrastructure as well as increase efficiency.Speaking at the handover-takeover of t...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens murambatswina II?
Unplanned and chaotic urban settlements without proper sewers, water supply roads and social amenities and with building on land totally unsuitable for human habitation are a serious risk to public he...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:17hrs | 1561 | by Staff reporter
BCC to blame for Bulawayo decay
ZANU-PF Bulawayo Provincial chairman, Jabulani Sibanda has slammed Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for lacking a clear forward planning strategy, a situation that he said has immensely contributed to the ...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:17hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bank workers, employers hammer out US dollar wage deal
Bank workers and their employers have agreed on a wage structure that would see salaries split into local currency and US dollars at a ratio of 60:40 percent respectively.The resolution was ma...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 17:56hrs | 4968 | by Staff reporter
Pressure group flags doctors for double dipping, shortchanging patients
Kwekwe based pressure group, Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) has called on authorities to step in and stop some public hospital doctors from shortchanging poor citizens through spend...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 17:53hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga summoned
PARLIAMENT has summoned Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to give a ministerial statement on the chaos at Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas), as well as inform the nation why the public hea...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 14:02hrs | 2415 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Vendors4ED fuel lawlessness
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's shadowy group operating under the banner Vendors For ED is on a collision course with Bulawayo City Council after it violated city by-laws by establishing unsanctioned v...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:57hrs | 1316 | by Staff reporter
The creation of absolute poverty and suffering in post-colonial Zimbabwe
THERE is little doubt that the advent of Zimbabwe's independence in 1980 has paradoxically generated a new debate on the notion of freedom and justice, particularly from philosophical perspectives....Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:51hrs | 145 | by Dr Admore Tshuma
South African Human Rights Commission CEO suspended over racism
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has suspended its acting CEO, Chantal Kisoon, pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations that she made racial remarks at fellow staff me...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 20:52hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Stadia crisis looms in Zimbabwe
One of the ceremonial homes of football in the country Rufaro Stadium remains banned from use despite promises by the City of Harare that the facility will be fully upgraded by the start of the season...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:08hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants reject government's new wage offer
Civil servants have rejected a wage increment offered by the government insisting it was lower than their fresh demand for US$840 per month for the lowest paid worker.This follows a Thursday m...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 18:20hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt tables paltry offer for civil servants
THE National Joint Negotiation Council (NJNC) meeting held yesterday failed to yield positive results for civil servants after the Zimbabwe Congress of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) rejected the...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:25hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
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