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How long shall Marvo workers wait untill they get paid thier salaries?

by Mqondisi Moyo
17 Mar 2015 at 20:05hrs | Views

This month marks 27 months without pay for Marvo workers it sound unbealivable yet very true indeed in a democratic Zimbabwe. We have become slaves in our own Country  even during the Smith regime era it was not as painful as it is now, our children are not going to school, we are failing to pay rent, some are sick and they cant get medical attention because they are not able to pay Hospital bills, some have died during these trying times.  Worse still we continue to come to work. Last month we buried our work mate Mr Dlodlo who was 80years old he left all his back pays for 5 years and other benefits most painful part is that we went to West park cemetry by foot to bury our work mate  since he was staying koVundu bachelor's flats it was difficult to hold a funeral service there he was buried like a destitude yet he was employed for over 40 years at Marvo this is very unfair and totally unaceptable.  

Over 150 of us are working without pay for the past 27 months the government has failed to rescue us. If it was because the company was struggling like many others it was going to be understable but for Marvo the story is different we are simple failing to get paid because the Share Holders and management are not willing to pay us. Mr Valela and others in 2012 got $758 000 - 00, a further $189 000 - 00 was released to them, all this money was applied for using Marvo. Once it was released by CABS the money disappeared from Marvo accounts into privite acounts now they are using those funds to bring in imported goods from South Africa to Browns Stationery leaving Marvo with nothing. As we speak there is no Bulawayo City Council running water, no raw material, no vehicles, no nothing everything have been transfered to Browns. Mr Valela and his shareholders came up with thier satanic edea to rob us now they claim that the Company now belong to management.

Now the Company is being run by a Judicial manager Mr C Mwete who is telling us to wait while he is looking for investors how long must we wait we are tired of waiting? The Valelas are refusing to bring back part of the resources they looted from Marvo we are now told that the case is going to court this time between Mr Mwete the Judicial manager and the Share holders. To prove that Marvo management and share holders are looting at Marvo how can they explain a situation where Marvo is making sales daily but there is no money in its accounts? Over the years some shelf companies being used to loot money from Marvo have been opened they are Posmaston-Mash and Posmaston-Mutarah, Jaymez and finally Browns these are the companies which have all the Marvo money while we wallow in poverty. As workers we will not rest untill justice is done in our case we will make noise untill justice prevails. We believe that justice delayed is justice dinied.

Marvo workers represantaves 

Source - Mqondisi Moyo