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Parirenyatwa in dire straits

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By Ketty Nyoni PARIRENYATWA Hospital director of finance, Mercy Sanzira, has laid bare the dire situation prevailing at Zimbabwe’s biggest referral hospital. The challenges include inadequate funding and having to work with obsolete equipment — an all-too familiar story at most of the country’s public health institutions. Addressing Parliament’s Health committee during a virtual presentation…

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TM Pick n Pay goes pink

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LEADING supermarket chain, TM Pick n Pay, has once again launched a breast cancer awareness campaign dubbed “Pick Pink”. The campaign turns its branches nationwide into quasi-cancer awareness centres every October, partnering with customers in fundraising through the sale of various pink items, proceeds from which would be directed towards the Zimbabwe Cancer Association to…

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Civil servants cry foul over competency-based bonuses

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By Brandon Josphat THE Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU), the umbrella body for civil service servants unions, says the introduction of competency-based bonuses in place of automatic bonuses is in contravention of the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) agreement. The outcry by ZCPSTU, formerly called Apex Council, follows the recent announcement by…

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Dangarembga, Barnes want conviction set aside

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By Dionne Kanyowa AWARD-WINNING author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga and democracy activist Julie Barnes have approached the High Court seeking to quash their conviction of inciting public violence. The duo was recently sentenced to a three months jail term or alternatively a $70 000 fine for staging a peaceful demonstration in Borrowdale two years ago…

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Zimsec probes leaked maths paper

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By Rutendo Ngara THE Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) has launched an investigation into a leak of an “O” Level Mathematics Paper 1. Zimsec last night said it has since engaged the government and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to establish the source of the leak after some candidates were found to have accessed the…

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Fired nurses leader loses appeal

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THE Health Service Board (HSB) has dismissed an appeal by the Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union (Zpnu) leader Robert Chiduku who was fired in August for conducting union business during working hours. In a letter dated September 28 addressed to Chiduku, HSB acting executive director, Angelbert Mbengwa, said the Gweru Provincial Hospital nurse’s appeal was dismissed…

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Polad to meet over Mwonzora’s demands

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By Brighton Muronzereyi THE Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) says it will meet soon to consider a proposal by MDC president Douglas Mwonzora for Polad resolutions to go through Parliament. Polad is a forum to facilitate dialogue set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa which involves losing candidates who participated in the 2018 presidential elections. Among other…

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‘Subsidise commuter train service’

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THE government should subsidise the urban commuter train service to enable the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to continue serving the public. NRZ board chairperson Martin Dinha said this in a speech read on his behalf during the recent launch of the third edition of the NRZ National Safety Week, which is also commemorated by…

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Gukurahundi public hearings: The right step

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THE International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) says transitional justice “refers to how societies respond to the legacies of massive and serious human rights violations. It asks some of the most difficult questions in law, politics, and the social sciences and grapples with innumerable dilemmas. “While every context is unique, societies and individual stakeholders the…

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