Monthly Archives: July 2009
Despite Pledge To Increase Pay, Salaries of Zimbabwe Teachers Delayed
VOA By Jonga Kandemiiri and Chris Gande 21 July 2009 Many Zimbabwean teachers became agitated Tuesday to find that neither their accustomed US$100 monthly allowances or the increased salary promised by the finance minister last week had been posted to their bank accounts as anticipated. An emergency meeting was called between Education and Public Service […]
Teachers take demos to PM, Mugabe’s offices
ZimOnline by Andrew Moyo 16 July 2009 HARARE – The militant Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) yesterday declared it would take its demonstrations over salary increments to President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s offices after an attempt by protesting members to meet Public Service Minister Eliphas Mukonoweshuro failed on Monday. PTUZ president […]
Zimbabwe’s civil servants salaries reviewed
Zimbabwe Telegraph By Getrude Gumede 16 July 2009 HARARE – The Zimbabwean Government has re-introduced salaries for civil servants with effect from 1 July, a development that will see public service employees earning varying figures according to grades. Presenting his mid-term fiscal review statement at Parliament Building in Harare yesterday, Finance Minister Tendai Biti, increased […]
NEW SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
The Zimbabwean By Natasha Hove 15 July 2009 BULAWAYO – A Christian NOG, Blue Diamond, is set to build a secondary school and a clinic for underprivileged girls here. Eric Bloch, the chairman of the organisation, said the project sought to empower underprivileged girls through the provision of free secondary education and skills building geared […]
Unpaid rural teachers leave schools
ZimOnline by Chenai Maramba 14 July 2009 MAGUNJE – Temporary teachers in Mashonaland West province’s Hurungwe district have pulled out of schools after working for the past five months without receiving their allowances from the government, ZimOnline has learnt. The teachers accused education ministry officials at Magunje growth point – some 245 kilometres north-west of […]
ZANU PF MILITIA STOP CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE
Harare Tribune 13 July 2009 Zimbabwean police keep watch on militants of President Robert Mugabe’s party who disrupted proceedings on the first day of the all stakeholders conference on the constitution making process in Harare, Monday, July, 13, 2009. Mugabe’s supporters were chanting party slogans and singing revolutionary songs which brought the programme into disarray. […]
Zimbabwe braces for new constitution conference
Xinhua By Tichaona CHifamba 9 July 2009 HARARE, (Xinhua) — The all-stakeholders conference set for Friday and Saturday to chart the way forward for Zimbabwe ’s new constitution will be held against a cloud of uncertainty, suspicion and discord. To many people, the making of a new constitution is one huge step towards a new […]
Politicians accused of hi-jacking constitutional process
Religious Intelligence By Kumbirai Mafunda 13 July 2009 ZLHR, a grouping of human rights lawyers who have represented several human rights defenders including senior members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), took issue with the co-chairpersons of the Parliamentary Select Committee after the committee announced a programme and session chairpersons, who were to chair […]
Zimbabwe Teachers March Over Wages, Intimidation by ZANU-PF Militia
VOA By Patience Rusere 13 July 2009 About 200 members of the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe marched to the offices of the Public Service Commission in Harare on Monday to protest low salaries and what they allege is harassment youth militia of President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party. PTUZ President Takavafira Zhou told reporter Patience […]
Make use of transitional period to rebrand Zimbabwe says Coltart
Sunday News By Samkeliso Ndlovu 12 July 2009 Zimbabweans from all walks of life should take the period of the inclusive transitional government as an opportunity to rebrand the nation and restore it to its former glory, a Cabinet Minister has said. Speaking at the official launch of the Inxusa cultural Expo in Bulawayo on […]