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Mugabe declares Wednesday July 31 a public holiday
25 Jul 2013 at 10:31hrs | Views
PRESIDENT Mugabe Thursday declared Wednesday July 31 a public holiday in terms of Section 2 (2) of the Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business Act (Chapter 10:21) to enable people to vote in the harmonised elections.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission last week approached the government on the issue.
The Electoral Act, section 38 (2) read: "... polling day shall be deemed to be a public holiday for the purposes of the Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business Act".
In addition, employers must allow employees who are at work on polling day to have the morning or afternoon off "to afford them an opportunity to vote in the election", without deducting pay [Electoral Act, section 92].
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission last week approached the government on the issue.
In addition, employers must allow employees who are at work on polling day to have the morning or afternoon off "to afford them an opportunity to vote in the election", without deducting pay [Electoral Act, section 92].
Source - Byo24News
