Lecturers at the National University of Science and Technology have vehemently rejected a proposal to slash their salaries arguing that the institutes administration wants to splash the money on buying cars for themselves. The lecturers are worried that the money is being spent on travel or mileage and telephone allowances among others for principal officers, their deputies and for executive deans

Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara) could have lost millions of dollars in the $14 million Harare International Airport road dualisation project owing to poor management and suspected nepotism in awarding of tenders by the Transport ministry.A detailed audit report by the Auditor General, Mildred Chasi into the project which was financed by Zinara and undertaken by the Department of Roads (D

THE $60 million Egodini terminus upgrade project hangs in the balance amid allegations the ruling Zanu PF party has hijacked it for political reasons.Last year, Bulawayo City Council (BCC) awarded South African civil engineering firm, Terracotta, a contract to develop a transport hub and shopping mall at Basch Street Terminus, popularly known as Egodini.The project, valued at $60 million, is on a

MultiChoice Zimbabwe’s clampdown on unregistered DStv agents facilitating subscription to South African accounts for locals has sparked outrage among subscribers, citing the service provider’s unappealing and expensive packages.MultiChoice Zimbabwe’s customer base has in the recent past plummeted as locals opt for South African accounts which offer more channels at a lesser cost.Unregistere

Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walter Magaya has pleaded with the government to re-think the introduction of bond notes, warning history was repeating itself.Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of his “miracle crusade” in Harare on Friday night, Magaya said the introduction of bonds notes by the central bank last week was a fulfillment of a prophecy he made at t

THIRTY two victims of the over 200 Zimbabwean women who fell victim to human trafficking in Kuwait arrived in the country yesterday.  They were received by cabinet ministers at the Harare International Airport. The government last week came under fire after reports that it failed to raise $12 000 to bring home the stranded women who had been holed up at the residence of Zimbabwe’s ambassado

Government has made an announcement that it will re-employ temporary specialist teacher on the condition that they provide evidence that they are studying towards a teacher related qualification. In the latest development, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora revealed that the ministry’s stance regarding engagement of temporary teachers still stood although there was a window

SOME Zanu-PF members who were expelled or suspended from the party will be readmitted back into the party if provinces did not follow proper procedures in instituting disciplinary action, and the votes of no confidence were not the baby of the National Disciplinary Committee, the party’s Second Secretary and Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko has said.VP Mphoko who is chairing the newly-establish

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is threatening arrest of large company owners who are suspected of money hoarding and externalizing millions of the hard sought United States dollar. Those fingered in illicit financial flows will be handed over to the police.Platinum giant Zimplats was the first to be fingered in the 'Panama' papers that recounted how the company’s top management were paid million

Government has revealed plans to trim civil servant departments which are over staffed and freeze salary increments until 2019.Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa, in a letter of intent to IMF managing director Christine Lagarde, said this was part of implementing recommendations contained Government’s employment audit.The April 14 letter, posted on the IMF website and co-singed by Reserve Bank

The funeral of the five family members who were burned to death in an inferno in Bulawayo's Nketa 6 suburb has been hit by bumpy constraints as one of the children Nicolette ,12, sired out of wedlock had her body stuck at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) mortuary because of disputes between two families over who will collect her body for burial.The child was sired by Musafare Chidembo who survive

Government has revealed plans to bring innovation to the Vehicle Inspection Department(VID) that will see Provisional drivers license test written and submitted online in a bid to reduce shady interference by officials.Senior principal director in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), Ambassador Mary Sibusisiwe Mubi, said this was part of the e-governance drive meant to bring convenience

Local food outlet Nando's has released an advert dissing the quail bird that has become a sought-after delight in Zimbabwe.In a typical, humor-filled Nando's fashion, the ad blasts the quail as an "overrated sidechick" and on it's Twitter handle, the eatery calls it an "impostor among us."The bird known as "Isigwaca/Chihuta" in local lingo has become a hit in the country, a milieu which has seen a

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority board has suspended six senior executives with immediate effect over an exposed shady vehicle importation deal. Commissioner-General Mr Gershem Pasi, Loss control director, Mr Charlton Chihuri (40); Mrs Anna Mutombodzi (50), Commissioner of Customs and Excise; Mr Tjiyapo Velempini (49), director ICT and Infrastructural Development; Mr Clive Charles Majengwa (52)

A  Victoria Falls game farmer, Tendai Musasa, has taken Environment, Water and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority (ZimParks) director-general Edison Chidziya to court for citing that the ministry acts on bias and favoritism when issuing hunting permits.Musasa, through his lawyers VJ Mpofu and Associates, yesterday filed an urgent chamber applic