HARARE – A cloud of uncertainty is hovering over the education sector, amid fears schools might not open tomorrow after teachers vowed not to report for duty until their employer agrees to pay them in United States dollars (USD). [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – A subsidiary of the National Railways of Zimbabwe is seeking a private partner to operation a cargo handling and storage facility in its dry land port project at Walvis Bay, Namibia. In a notice, Road Motor Services (RMS), which is spearheading the construction of the port in partnership with the Walvis Bay Corridor…
HARARE – Delta corporation Limited (Delta), the country’s biggest supplier of soft drinks and beer, has said shortages of its beverages will persist pending supply of foreign currency from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). This comes after the maker of Castle Lager, Chibuku sorghum beer and a range of soft drinks last Wednesday announced…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing allegations of allowing his wife Auxilia “to usurp constitutional power”. Analysts said Mnangagwa’s wife has no right to run government, and questioned in what capacity she met striking doctors when she has no constitutional role in the State bureaucracy. Auxillia met with doctors at State House on Friday,…
HARARE – Drug trafficking in Zimbabwe has risen as criminal networks groom mules to smuggle packets of hard drugs into the country, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (Mcaz) and ZRP CID drugs and narcotics squad has said. The smuggling has been blamed for the escalating drug and alcohol abuse among the youths. Speaking at…
HARARE – Residents of the Zimbabwean capital Harare have begun to experience water rationing as part of a local government preservation measure during a drought. The rolling cuts to water service will affect the capital of Harare and some nearby areas for periods of up to 48 hours, the Harare City Council (HCC) announced. The…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has asked to be considered for government agricultural support programmes such as Command Agriculture and Presidential Input Support Scheme. Chitungwiza South Member of Parliament Maxwell Mavhunga, the acting chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, said ZPCS submitted a request to…
HARARE – Government has retired 3 365 youth officers who were employed under the Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation ministry, effective last Friday. This is in line with the civil service reforms enunciated in the current national budget and the Transitional Stabilisation Programme. In a statement, the acting secretary of the Public Service Commission (PSC)…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has blasted civil servants for demanding to be paid in American dollars saying the public workers were ignorant of the challenges the country is facing. “Where do they want government to get the foreign currency they want to be paid in? Do they want the…
HARARE – A cloud of uncertainty is hovering over the education sector, amid fears schools might not open after teachers vowed not to report for duty until their employer agrees to pay them in United States dollars (USD). In a statement issued over the weekend, the country’s biggest union for the educators, the Zimbabwe Teachers…
