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Zimbabweans fed with rotten food by employer
12 Sep 2011 at 07:26hrs | Views
5 Zimbabweans were fed with rotten food and held captive by their Angolan employer after their conditions of employment suddenly changed when they arrived in that country.
Lawrence Marimo, Shingai Siraha, Fibeon Shumbayawonda, Lovemore Chimbadzo and Elvis Phiri have since been awarded damages totalling $17 575 by an arbitrator against a local company, Costam Trading, which recruited them.
The arbitrator, Monica Vimbayi Hanga, also awarded the 5 a Zimdollar component of $54 million for the period between November 2008 and January 2009 when they were recruited before the introduction of multi-currencies.
Costam Trading recruited the five in November 2008, promising them lucrative contracts with an Angolan company, Gindungo Commercio GeralLda. But when they arrived there in April 2009, officials at Gindungo Commercio Geral Lda did not honour what the workers were promised by Costam Trading.
Costam Trading is contesting paying the damages, arguing that they were not the employers as they only facilitated for the 5 to get the jobs.
Lawrence Marimo, Shingai Siraha, Fibeon Shumbayawonda, Lovemore Chimbadzo and Elvis Phiri have since been awarded damages totalling $17 575 by an arbitrator against a local company, Costam Trading, which recruited them.
Costam Trading recruited the five in November 2008, promising them lucrative contracts with an Angolan company, Gindungo Commercio GeralLda. But when they arrived there in April 2009, officials at Gindungo Commercio Geral Lda did not honour what the workers were promised by Costam Trading.
Costam Trading is contesting paying the damages, arguing that they were not the employers as they only facilitated for the 5 to get the jobs.
Source - Herald
