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Zesa renchments blocked
12 Jan 2017 at 06:45hrs | Views
Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has been blocked by government to fire close to 1 600 workers.
The ZETDC has more 5 000 workers.
According to reports, ZETDC, a unit of integrated power group, ZESA Holdings, had cited huge operational costs, persistent losses and the fact that most electricity consumers were now being served directly by third party vendors as some of the reasons that necessitated the proposed downsizing of its workforce.
The director of policy and planning in the Ministry of Energy and Power Development, Benson Munyaradzi said "Government has rejected a proposal by ZETDC to undertake a redundancy exercise".
He said the workers will be re-deployed to other departments within ZETDC.
According to reports, ZETDC had sought to fire 1 402 of its semi-skilled workers, 90 from skilled trades manpower, 35 general workers, 60 professional supervisors and 15 middle managers.
The ZETDC has more 5 000 workers.
According to reports, ZETDC, a unit of integrated power group, ZESA Holdings, had cited huge operational costs, persistent losses and the fact that most electricity consumers were now being served directly by third party vendors as some of the reasons that necessitated the proposed downsizing of its workforce.
The director of policy and planning in the Ministry of Energy and Power Development, Benson Munyaradzi said "Government has rejected a proposal by ZETDC to undertake a redundancy exercise".
He said the workers will be re-deployed to other departments within ZETDC.
According to reports, ZETDC had sought to fire 1 402 of its semi-skilled workers, 90 from skilled trades manpower, 35 general workers, 60 professional supervisors and 15 middle managers.
Source - Byo24News
