RESTIVE nurses, who along with other professionals in the health sector have declared incapacitation due to poor remuneration, are planning to ambush government by staging crippling industrial actions without notifying their employer. Although nurses have been reporting for duty between two and three times per week under a flexi-hours arrangement they agreed on with the…
WORSENING poverty levels have, in the last three years, led to a decrease in the number of people who seek medical attention when they fall sick, the 2019 Mini Poverty, Income, Consumption and Expenditure Survey (PICES) has revealed. According to the survey done by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency and partners, those who were able…
THE government has unveiled new steps aimed at thwarting cash barons who are causing chaos in the economy by fuelling the foreign currency black market, the Daily News reports. The punitive measures include seizing the assets of these economic saboteurs and closing their bank accounts. This comes as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to lose its…
MENTAL health specialists have called on government to prioritise mental care by training more specialists and building rehabilitation centres as the number of mental impairments related to economic challenges are becoming rampant. Global Institute of Emotional Health and Wellness (GIEHW) director Tony Friday recently said as the economic situation worsens; it becomes harder for most…
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NRPC) has called on political leaders to stop the blame game and unite in finding solutions that will end the machete gangs’ reign of terror. This comes as the opposition MDC has accused Zanu PF bigwigs of funding and supporting the machete-wielders for personal gain, with Zanu PF responding…
IN A bid to placate its restive workers, the government has offered higher salary increases to all civil servants beginning next month, the Daily News On Sunday reports. This will see the lowest paid civil servants who are currently getting $1 045 a month being paid $2 500 as from February — a 139 percent…
THE government, together with the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz), on Wednesday donated groceries and home consumables valued at $7 000 to actor/comedian, Lazarus “Gringo” Boora at his rural homestead in Rukweza. The actor is currently recovering after undergoing surgery in October last year. Presenting the goods, Nacz deputy director Josia Kusena said the…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe yesterday froze bank accounts of a Chinese firm, China Nanchang, for allegedly injecting millions of dollars into the parallel market, resulting in the soaring of exchange rates. The country has in the past few days recorded high black market exchange rates, forcing the RBZ to engage the Financial Intelligence Unit…
REDCLIFF town has gone for one month without running water due to severe pollution owing to the recent heavy rains, a council official said. The small town gets its water supplies from the City of Kwekwe whose water supplies have been affected by rains. Kwekwe City director of works John Mhike said raw water coming…
THE MDC led by Nelson Chamisa in Mashonaland West province has been consumed by factional fights amid revelations that some officials in Chegutu West are contemplating joining the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe. The officials include former Chegutu West district chairperson Gift Konjana and his former district executive members who are currently suspended from the…
