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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‘There Is A Need For A Framework To Rationalise Excessive And Unsustainable Teacher Leave Days’-Social Welfare Deputy Minister Tapiwa Matangaidze

‘There Is A Need For A Framework To Rationalise Excessive And Unsustainable Teacher Leave Days’-Social Welfare Deputy Minister Tapiwa Matangaidze

  THERE is a need to review the current framework on vacation leave for teachers as it tends to give them an unfair advantage over other civil servants since they have three months holiday per year coupled with a three months leave entitlement after seven years, Senate heard yesterday. Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Deputy Minister Tapiwa Matangaidze said while the government agrees that teachers are entitled to leave, there is need to rationalise the…

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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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Cash Strapped Government Has Approved, The Abolishment Of 22 000 Civil Service Posts

Cash Strapped Government Has  Approved, The Abolishment Of 22 000 Civil Service Posts

President Robert Mugabe is reportedly not happy with the number of civil servants. This was said by the Civil Service Commission chairman, Mariyawanda Nzuwah when he was addressing a parliamentary committee on finance. Nzuwa said he was taken to task by President Robert Mugabe over the swollen government work-force. Dr Nzuwa said this when he appeared before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare. Doctor Nzuwa said cabinet has approved the…

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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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700 Jobs Lost In Just 5Days Post Ruling On Arbitrary Termination Employment Contract

700 Jobs Lost In Just 5Days Post Ruling On Arbitrary Termination Employment Contract

Government yesterday held a crisis meeting with stakeholders during which workers proposed that Presidential Powers be invoked to protect them amid reports that over 700 have lost jobs in the last five days following a Supreme Court ruling allowing arbitrary termination of employment contracts. The ruling, which has shaken the labour industry, was delivered last Friday. Employers, the major beneficiaries of the ruling, boycotted the meeting held under the auspices of the Tripartite Negotiating Forum…

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