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Zimbabwe teachers demand urgent salary review
TEACHERS have called on government to urgently review their salaries this month as per government tradition at the beginning of each year, owing to the rise in the cost of living.Zimbabwe Nati...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:28hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Unions ditching dialogue over US$ pegged wages
LABOUR Minister Paul Mavima has criticised unions for pulling out of a dialogue process following a deadlock over demands by workers to be awarded US dollar-based wages.The Zimbabwe Congress o...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 06:49hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
Monthly payouts for vulnerable increased
Humanitarian assistance allowances for vulnerable persons hit by Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdown has been raised from $300 to $800 per month and another increase is planned for next month. ...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 127 | by Blessings Chidakwa
Dollarisation era equivalent salaries for Zimbabwe civil servants
THE Government has given the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) the task of coming up with a roadmap that would enable Government to have a salary structure for civil servants equivalent to the...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 20:20hrs | 4047 | by Staff reporter
Labour unions snub TNF revival attempt over workers' salaries
THE country's main labour unions humiliated Labour minister Paul Mavima when they refused to participate in the Tripartite Negotiation Forum (TNF) until government agrees to discuss the erosion of wor...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:32hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Improved civil servants perks a priority
Government says it has registered success in its negotiations with civil servants over salaries and other employment terms and is planning continuous improvements on the welfare of public servants....Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 08:02hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants wade into Zanu-PF politics
JOSTLING for top positions in the ruling Zanu-PF party has gone into full swing ahead of the district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections on December 5 and 6, with some bigwigs fearing being kicke...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1908 | by Staff reporter
Teachers jostle for Zanu-PF positions
TWO serving civil servants in Mwenezi are campaigning for positions in the Zanu-PF district coordinating committee (DCC) elections to be held early December in violation of the law, it has emerged....Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2138 | by Staff reporter
Defiant teachers receive threats
TEACHERS yesterday claimed that were being threatened a Zanu-PF-sponsored group led by Martin Mazivisa.Mazivisa fronts a shadowy parents union called Zimbabwe Parents Union (ZPU), which has be...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:11hrs | 2414 | by Staff reporter
Salaries to be restored to 2018 levels
CIVIL servants' salaries will, by June 2021, be restored to the United States dollar value that they stood at during the multi-currency era as Government continues to reform and grow the economy, a Ca...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:42hrs | 1431 | by Staff reporter
Printing money will bury us: Govt
GOVERNMENT yesterday called on teachers and civil servants to be realistic in their salary demands, saying any unreasonable demands would push them into printing money to fund employment costs, which ...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:34hrs | 4673 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants start getting bonuses
Civil servants will start getting their annual bonuses this month with the last groups being paid out next month. The payments are based on the 41 percent salary rise and new allowance agreed ...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:18hrs | 1528 | by Staff reporter
No bonuses for absconding teachers
THE Government have warned that teachers who did not report for duty will not get bonuses for this year as it starts implementing a no-work no-pay principle.Government will this week start pay...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:16hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt tells teachers to take it or leave it
GOVERNMENT has tabled a new salary offer to its workers that will see the least paid teacher earn about $19 975, including a 10% risk allowance and shut the door for further negotiations. The ...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:28hrs | 4367 | by Staff reporter
Government, employees in crunch indaba
THE government will today hold a crunch meeting with its restless workers, in a bid to resolve a long-standing salary dispute.This comes as teachers — who make up the bulk of the public sect...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 20:21hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Teachers decline 'mockery' govt pay offer
TEACHERS have rejected the government's 40% salary hike offer, describing it as a mockery, vowing not to return to work until their employer pays them meaningful salaries.Government on Tuesday...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:31hrs | 5152 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants start getting bonuses
THE Government will next week start paying the first batch of civil servants their annual bonus together with their November salaries as it continues to meet its obligations to its workforce.S...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:03hrs | 1330 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt will not bow to civil servants' salary demands'
THE government will not bow down to civil servants' salary demands as doing so has the potential to upset the current price stability being experienced in the economy, a Cabinet minister has said....Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:09hrs | 3634 | by Staff reporter
Improved salary offer tabled for teachers
There is no possibility that teachers can be paid the US$520 they are demanding, since doing so would reverse the economic gains seen so far, but the Government could afford a minimum teacher's salary...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:29hrs | 2136 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants salary talks inconclusive
Government and unions representing civil servants adjourned negotiations to later this week after yesterday's discussions on salaries, wages and other employment terms. Public Service Commissi...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:45hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Teachers review salary demands downwards
STRIKING teachers have reviewed downwards their salary demands amid no learning in most public schools as the month-long work stoppage by the educators continues, the Daily News reports.The te...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 06:50hrs | 5203 | by Staff reporter
New salary offer for civil servants
THE Government will tomorrow convene a crunch meeting with the Apex Council to deliberate on the civil servants remuneration with a new offer on the table which will put to an end the tug of war, whic...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:05hrs | 3311 | by Staff Reporter
Govt plots parents union to counter striking teachers
TEACHERS unions have rapped Labour and Social Welfare minister Paul Mavima for meddling in their affairs by supporting a group of parents that are trying to form a shadowy union to silence striking te...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:02hrs | 1765 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's bad friends
In its short years as the Zimbabwean first family, the Mnangagwas have fared quite sorely in one area: Choosing good friends.You will naturally remember Draxgate, the scandal that rocked the r...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:03hrs | 1428 | by Tawanda Majoni
Schools Phase 2 starts tomorrow
THE Government is prepared for the second phase of the schools opening tomorrow which will see pupils in Grade Six, Form Three and Lower Sixth classes going back to school following nearly seven month...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:40hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
US$500 for dead civil servants
GOVERNMENT has extended an equivalent of US$500 as funeral assistance for its underpaid civil servants who would have passed on. The offer, which was confirmed by both Information secretary Ndavaningi...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:58hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Kombi conductors, drivers to pay tax
GOVERNMENT has directed workers in the transport sector, including commuter omnibus drivers and conductors, to register with the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) as part of social protection ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:47hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Kombi conductors, drivers to pay tax
GOVERNMENT has directed workers in the transport sector, including commuter omnibus drivers and conductors, to register with the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) as part of social protection ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 09:28hrs | 7268 | by Staff Reporter
Govt to pay US$500 for dead civil servants
GOVERNMENT has extended an equivalent of US$500 as funeral assistance for its underpaid civil servants who would have passed on.The offer, which was confirmed by both Information secretary Nda...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 08:19hrs | 3820 | by Staff Reporter
Teachers say they are open to dialogue
TEACHERS' unions say they are open to genuine dialogue with the government to end the current industrial action which has paralysed schools.This comes as teachers continue to stay away from school...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:54hrs | 1628 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally grilled over recruitment of State agents
LABOUR minister Paul Mavima was on Wednesday grilled by MPs over continued recruitment of State security agents at a time the country is not at war, thus raising fears that government might be prepari...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:08hrs | 3055 | by Staff reporter
Auxillia Mnangagwa's business partners listed on Covid-19 fund for the poor
FIRST lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's business partners, among them a ruling Zanu-PF senator, are on the list of people meant to benefit from a $600 million (US$25 million) fund to cushion vulnerable popula...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:41hrs | 2642 | by Staff reporter
Auxillia Mnangagwa's business partners listed on multi-million Covid-19 fund for the poor
FIRST lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's business partners, among them a ruling Zanu PF senator, are on the list of people meant to benefit from a $600 million (US$25 million) fund to cushion vulnerable popula...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 08:26hrs | 1288 | by Staffg Reporter
Teachers respond to 'threats of war' by George Charamba
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) have issued a statement noting the threats by the Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba that the behavior of teachers was similar to a decl...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 08:37hrs | 7568 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Teachers must be realistic in their wage demands' - no doubt, expected to survive on fresh air
School closed end of March, at the on set of the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of corona virus, have just reopened. Many teachers are refusing to go back to work until they are paid living...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 08:24hrs | 2869 | by Nomusa Garikai
Teachers, govt talks face hurdles
NEGOTIATIONS between teachers and government over salaries could hit a snag, with the employer expressing fear that further salary adjustments could trigger inflation and reverse the gains made by gov...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:03hrs | 1166 | by Staff reporter
Enough teachers reporting for duty, claims minister
Enough teachers are reporting for duty to cope with the examination forms already back in class in the phased schools reopening. In order to minimise the risk of Covid-19 infections, Government direct...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:50hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Teachers' unions should be realistic, says Govt
Teachers' unions need to be realistic in their engagements with the Government over salaries, taking into consideration the present economic challenges, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minis...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 20:17hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Striking teachers dig in
TEACHERS have vowed to press on with their industrial action after talks with the government collapsed yesterday as they also complained bitterly over alleged favouritism towards the army and police....Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 06:55hrs | 3375 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants to continue receiving COLA allowance
GOVERNMENT will continue paying civil servants the additional Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) allowance as salary negotiations continue. Most civil servants received the COLA payment for last...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 06:48hrs | 1384 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fails to account for COVID-19 allowances
A ZANU-PF MP last week heckled Finance deputy minister Clemence Chiduwa, demanding that he explains to Parliament how much money the government had so far disbursed to assist vulnerable citizens facin...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:50hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
Govt engages teachers
THE Government will tomorrow meet representatives of teachers and other civil servants to find a common ground as some educators have not reported for duty since public schools opened on Monday last w...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | 1201 | by Staff reporter
Govt supports pregnant pupils
GOVERNMENT is facilitating that pupils who fell pregnant during the lockdown period be allowed to attend lessons in their clothes while child support committees have been established to mentally equip...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
Govt publishes school calendar
Government has published a school calendar, which will see the last term of this year ending seven days before the Christmas Holiday. According to the government, the last term of 2020 ends on...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:40hrs | 6258 | by Staff reporter
Mathema to issue statement on striking teachers
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema is today expected to issue a ministerial statement in the National Assembly on the problems in the education sector where teachers have refused to...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1292 | by Staff reporter
Teachers demand meeting with government
TEACHERS' unions have demanded to meet government in order to resolve the current impasse between the two parties. This comes as most teachers across the country boycotted the reopening of pub...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 18:22hrs | 2082 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that 'I'm committed to democracy'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday told the world that his government had implemented political and legislative reforms and was entrenching constitutionalism, democracy and rule of law, includin...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:25hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
US dollar allowances extended to year-end
Civil servants and Government pensioners will continue to get their tax-free US dollar Covid-19 allowances until December. The allowances, of US$75 a month for civil servants and US$30 a month...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:16hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Govt salary talks collapse
GOVERNMENT salary talks broke down last week, with teachers saying they will boycott classes when schools reopen for examination classes next week as a result.The Apex Council, an umbrella bod...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:38hrs | 4925 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants forex payment extended
GOVERNMENT has pledged to extend the foreign currency non-taxable Covid-19 allowance for civil servants and pensioners to December as it maintains its position of providing a living wage for its emplo...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:50hrs | 2686 | by Staff reporter
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