1,5 metre-long snake king cobra charges at at villagers attending an assistance handover ceremony to family that lost three members in a veld fire

  There was drama at the Kore homestead yesterday when a 1,5 metre-long snake charged at villagers attending the handover of assistance to the family that lost three members in a veld fire.The incident took place when Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira who is also Senator for Makonde was addressing the gathering. People, including elderly women, had to scurry for safety as the snake which was identified as a king cobra kept…

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Zimbabwe government starts large scale civil service restructuring based on Malaysia’s restructuring

Zimbabwe government starts large scale civil service restructuring  based on Malaysia’s restructuring

Zimbabwe government has embarked on a large scale civil service restructuring exercise shaped  on Malaysia’s restructuring. Malaysia is a country whose civil service restructuring is ‘said’ to have been effective, based on its Blue Ocean Strategy on Public Service Delivery Transformation. With the Zimbabwe’s Treasury registering approximately 97 percent of Government revenue going out to civil service wages  ultimately losing millions of dollars  in civil service wages. At least 25, 000 civil service posts will effectively be shed by the broke, overwhelmed Zanu pf regime based…

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“You are warned that next time it is going to be no-work-no pay for all civil servants who participate in illegal stayaways.” -Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira

“You are warned that next time it is going to be no-work-no pay for all civil servants who participate in illegal stayaways.” -Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira

“You are warned that next time it is going to be no-work-no pay for all civil servants who participate in illegal stayaways.” -Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca MupfumiraTHE Government has adopted a “No work, No pay” approach against civil servants who participate in illegal demonstrations and stayaways. This means any Government worker who participates in some illegal industrial action will not be paid for the number of days he or she will be…

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Mugabe, Downs Traditional Beer At His uncle Chief Gutu’s Tombstone Unveiling Ceremony In Gutu

President Mugabe yesterday bemoaned rampant corruption in rural and urban councils countrywide, saying the vice had reached alarming levels which threatened the country’s moral fabric.The President said it was shocking that corrupt councillors were cashing in on desperate home-seekers whom they fleeced of thousands of dollars through selling housing stands in undesignated areas or double allocations. He said that was supposed to stop forthwith. The President said this while addressing thousands of people at Chamisa…

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‘Zimbabwean Women, Stripped Of Documents, Paraded Naked And Auctioned Into Sex Slavery In Kuwait’.

‘Zimbabwean Women, Stripped Of Documents, Paraded Naked And Auctioned Into Sex Slavery In Kuwait’.

Zimbabwean human trafficking victims in Kuwait were paraded naked and auctioned to “sex merchants”, it has been revealed, while others were tortured by their slave masters resulting in several commiting suicide. This has seen President Mugabe tasking three Cabinet ministers to repatriate those Zimbabwean women still in the Arab emirate. Over the years, many Zimbabwean women have been lured to Kuwait on the pretext of lucrative jobs, only to be forced into virtual slave labour…

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No Vacation Leave For Teachers Until Broke Zanu PF Government Can Afford Relief Teachers

No Vacation Leave For Teachers Until Broke Zanu PF Government Can Afford Relief Teachers

No teacher will go on vacation leave until Government is in a position to pay relief teachers who replace them for the three months they will be away, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira has said. This comes amid indications that Government intends to increase the number of years it takes before a teacher is eligible to go on vacation leave. The eligibility period for vacation leave for teachers is seven years….

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‘Immediate Recall Of Teachers On Leave, And 24 Hr Notice Of Termination Of service For Relief Teachers’

‘Immediate Recall Of Teachers On Leave, And 24 Hr Notice Of Termination Of service For Relief Teachers’

HE Government will cut salaries of teachers who will fail to produce good results especially for public examination classes, among a cocktail of measures aimed at improving the quality of education in the country. This comes into effect this month following an announcement in the budget statement presented by Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa last year which also recommended that teachers at all schools which will register below 50 percent pass rate at Grade 7 and…

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Police Arrest Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) Protest Union Leaders

Police Arrest Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) Protest Union Leaders

The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights Communications officer Kumbirai Mafunda has said police in Harare have arrested  three union leaders after assaulting and blocking some peaceful protesters who staged a demonstration against the government’s failure to remunerate civil servants. “Anti-riot police officers on Monday 04 January 2016 arrested Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) leaders Obert Masaraure, Robson Chere and Pride Mukono and detained them at Harare Central Police Station after breaking up an anti-government…

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