Parliamentary Portfolio Committee

‘My US$4,500 /Month Salary Is Peanuts’-Chitungwiza Town clerk George Makunde

Posted on February 10, 2016February 10, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Chitungwiza town clerk George Makunde yesterday told parliamentarians that the US$4 500 monthly salary he was receiving from the local authority was not commensurate with the nature of his job. Presenting oral evidence before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Makunde said government last year slashed his salary from US$10 000 to US$4 500, which he described as “not a living salary for a man with so much pressure””….

Gvt To Retrench Some Of Its 40 000 Soldiers, & 55 000 Police

Posted on December 18, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The government could soon retrench thousands of soldiers and police officers, as authorities embark on a staff audit of the security sector as part of efforts to reduce the civil service’s unsustainable wage bill. Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa told Parliament on Wednesday the rationalisation exercise was now being extended to the army barracks and police stations to ascertain their numbers. “We took a decision at Cabinet to do the audit and I think the only…

Registrar General, Says ‘Ban Contraceptives- Women Must Use Traditional Birth Control’ .???

Posted on July 8, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Tobaiwa Mudede Registrar General has warned women against using modern birth control methods, claiming they caused the birth of children with several deformities, large heads as well as obesity in women. Mudede said instead women should stick to traditional methods like tying a tree bark around their waists and to use withdrawal as a birth control method. He accused the West of promoting dangerous birth control measures to depopulate developing nations. In a presentation to…