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Fierce ZRP, Chitungwiza Municipal Police & Kombi Driver Battles Over US$100 Fines

Posted on January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Commuter omnibus drivers and touts were engaged in running battles with police and Chitungwiza Municipal Police in the morning over US$100 traffic fines. fCouncil reportedly hired Zanu PF youths ‘to deal’ with the protesting transport operators. Bulawayo24.com understands that council later sought reinforcements from police who fired tear gas on the transport operators. So fierce were the battles that no commuter omnibuses were travelling and stranded commuters had to walk a distance from the main…

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Statement On Police Assault Of (RTUZ) Members

Posted on January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The PDP notes with indignation the brutal onslaught by the Police on the unsuspecting teachers who were exercising their constitutional right to petition and demonstrate. In the eyes of the PDP, this wanton act is a reminiscence of oppression and stands as a reminder that the ZANU PF regime thrives on repression, oppression and supression. The PDP would want to send a message straight to the dictatorial Mugabe regime that; As a Party we are…

Zimbabwe Doctors And Nurses Statement On Unpaid December 2015 Salaries

Posted on January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) and the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) jointly receives with great shock, disbelief and disdain the late disbursement of December 2015 salaries for health workers. We maintain that it is unacceptable for health workers to be paid today after going through a horrendous festive season and had reached alarming levels of socioeconomic deprivation. We maintain that such levels of irresponsibility and uncaring attitudes should be discarded forthwith and health workers…

(PDP) Appoints Shadow Councillors In Rural Areas To Reach Out To Grassroots Communities

Posted on January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

THE Tendai Biti-led opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has intensified its rural penetration, introducing the concept of shadow councillors, as a strategy to reach the grassroots and keep the incumbents on their toes ahead of the 2018 elections. Secretary General of People’s Democratic Party(PDP, Tendai Biti speaking at a congress held in Harare yesterdays PDP spokesperson, Jacob Mafume said the concept had already been introduced in Mashonaland East province amid plans to roll it out…

Zesa Holdings To Dismiss 700 Contract Workers & 300 Permanent Staff.

Posted on January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Zesa Holdings is set to fire close to 1000 workers as it has resolved not to renew their contracts in a bid to cut expenditure. Of the 1000, 300 are permanent employees “deemed redundant”. Quoting company sources, the Herald reports that current productivity levels were making it difficult for Zesa to sustain its strong workforce. Zesa Holdings, which has four subsidiaries, employs about 7 000 workers. “The company is trying to manage staff costs to…

‘State Propaganda Machinery, The Herald Newspaper, Claims RTUZ Demonstration Was A Flop’

Posted on January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

After a violent crushing of the Rural Teachers Union Of Zimbabwe demonstration yesterday, and arrest of protest leaders, Mugabe’s Zanu PF propaganda machinery has kicked into overdrive. The Herald a state publication also Mugabe’s Zanu PF mouthpiece, unashamedly claims that a demonstration by Richard Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement For Democratic Change (MDC-T) activists masquerading as teachers’ representatives, flopped yesterday with less than 20 people turning out for the march and three arrested for participating in the…

Mugabe Promotes Group Captain Ellen Chiweshe To Zimbabwe’s First Woman Air Commodore

Posted on January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

President Mugabe has promoted Air Force of Zimbabwe group captain, Ellen Chiweshe, to the rank of Air Commodore. She becomes the first woman to hold such a high rank in the AFZ. Conferring the rank yesterday, Air Force Commander Air Marshal Perrance Shiri said the AFZ was working towards ensuring gender parity and urged female officers to work hard to attain high ranks. He said there was no rank limit for the female workers as…

Zimbabwe Government Unveils New Indigenisation Framework

Posted on January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

GOVERNMENT yesterday unveiled a new framework to the Indigenisation and Empowerment Policy containing a cocktail of measures expected to complement other initiatives to attract local and Foreign Direct Investment. Over the past few weeks, Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa and his Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment counterpart Patrick Zhuwao appeared to differ on the framework and last week had to cancel a joint media briefing they had planned. The ministers, however, managed to…

Traveller Rebate & Daily Import Duty Remission reduced To Raise Gvt Revenue

Posted on January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Government has revised travellers’ rebate to US$200 from US$300, among a cocktail of measures as it seeks to maximise revenue collection from imports and address the continued abuse of the facility by local businesses. The daily import duty remission was also reduced from US$50 to US$30 per individual traveller per day. Under the new regulations, all travellers using small cross border transport (mostly open trucks) or buses with huge trailers and carrying goods of a…

Drought Results In 450 000 Tonnes Maize Import And 700 000 Tonnes Pending

Posted on January 4, 2016January 4, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The Minister of Agriculture Joseph Made has indicated that, Zimbabwe hass so far managed to import 450 000 Tonnes of maize with 700 000 Tonnes pending as the effects of the drought that is ravaging the region bite. By Sibusiso Ngwenya

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