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1 300 teachers recruited

At least 1 350 primary and secondary school teachers have been recruited this term as Government seeks to improve the teacher to student ratio and ensure quality education through the implementation of the new curriculum.

Zimbabwe to axe more than 8,000 state employees to cut costs

Zimbabwe, which has not been able to pay more than 300,000 state workers on time this year, will start firing employees at its agriculture ministry, as it seeks to trim a civil service where wages absorb more than 80% of government revenue. The state-controlled Herald newspaper on Wednesday reported that 8,252 posts at the ministry, […]

Changes loom in civil service

By Felex Share Civil servants must brace for major changes in the coming few weeks following the submission of the civil service manpower audit report, which contains a host of recommendations to plug unnecessary expenditure, to President Mugabe yesterday. The audit report, compiled by the Civil Service Commission at the instruction of Cabinet, will guide […]

Banks act on civil servants arrears

SEVERAL banks have resorted to deducting money owed to them by civil servants directly from their accounts instead of receiving it from the Salary Service Bureau (SSB) after government’s continued failure to remit deductions despite effecting them, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal.

Everyone is itching for a final push: MDC

PRESS STATEMENT – Government has announced that it is starting an exercise to downsize its bloated civil service. The civil service was ostensibly bloated by the so-called Zanu PF ward officers, a euphemism for Border Gezi youths who are paid for unleashing reign of terror in the community.

Shock salary increase for chefs

A storm is brewing between top government directors and the rest of the civil service after salaries for the former were clandestinely increased by more than double that of their deputies.