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‘PEOPLE POWER!’-Following Beitbridge Protests, The Government Has Lifted The Ban On Imports

Posted on July 1, 2016July 1, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Today can go down in history as ‘People Power’ victory as Mugabe’s Zanu PF regime was forced to lift the controversial ban on imports following protest by Beitbridge residents and business people in South Africa. Zimbabwe’s Industry Minister Mike Bimha made the announcement on radio that the government has lifted the ban although he gave no further detail. To the ‘Discerning Eye newzimbabwevision’ Mugabe’s government realised that the situation was now volatile, considering that the Rural…

The Desperately Broke Mugabe’s Zanu PF Regime Braces For A Crippling Nationwide Civil Service Strike In The New Year

Posted on December 31, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The Desperately Broke Mugabe’s Zanu PF Regime Braces For Crippling Nationwide Strike In The New Year CIVIL servants’ threats to go on strike if government fails to pay them by close of business today has sent government into a panic mode, with the Health ministry announcing measures to brace for a full-scale strike. Despite threats by acting Public Service minister Lazarus Dokora, government workers yesterday vowed to go ahead with their planned strike. All along, government had…

No Christmas Pay For Civil Servants Shows Mugabe’s Zanu PF Regime Is Stone Broke

Posted on December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

HARARE – The festive season has become a ginormous nightmare for the majority of civil servants as President Robert Mugabe’s stone-broke administration is failing to pay them not just their promised end-of-year bonuses, but their December salaries as well. Under-pressure Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa, had the unenviable task of announcing on Christmas Day, of all days, that most public servants would only receive their December pay – which was supposed to have been deposited into…

‘Compulsory Building Levy On All Pupils, Introduced, To Raise US$120 Million’- Dokora

Posted on September 27, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Government plan to further burden parents as the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education will next year introduce a building levy on all schoolchildren in a bid to raise funds for the construction of houses for teachers. The Ministry projects US$120 million will be raised yearly by levying the four million pupils at learning institutions countrywide, although authorities are yet to determine the sum each pupil will contribute. According Minister Lazaras Dokora, although the education…