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Zimbabwe under fire over 'selective justice'

The Zimbabwean government is under increasing criticism for what stakeholders describe as "selective justice," amid growing reports that some Chinese mining inv

Published: 16 Oct 2025 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter

CBZ manager fired over missing RTGS3,000

A former Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ) branch manager who was fired over financial irregularities involving RTGS3 000 has lost his appeal at the Labour Court, which upheld his dismissal.Court papers show that Panganai Muza, who once he…

Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 10:11hrs | | by Staff rporter

Girl (13) dies in labour, 'lover', father jailed

A 13-year-old girl from Masvingo Rural, who was a member of the Johane Marange Apostolic sect, has died in childbirth and was buried without the police being notified, in a case that has sparked outrage over child marriages and unsafe birt…

Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 12:14hrs | | by Staff reporter

Delta Corporation faces labour challenges in South Africa

Zimbabwean beverage giant, Delta Corporation, is experiencing contrasting fortunes in its regional markets after it battled labour disruptions in South Africa and recorded brisk business for its lager beer volumes back home, driven by toba…

Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mozambique tops labour migration into Zimbabwe

Mozambique has emerged as the leading source of labour migrants in Zimbabwe, according to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT)'s latest second-quarter data for 2025. The findings reflect enduring patterns of regional labour mo…

Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 19:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Court restores demoted teacher's senior position

The Labour Court in Bulawayo has ruled in favour of a senior teacher, Tandiwe Moyo, ordering the government to reverse her transfer and demotion from her position as teacher-in-charge (TIC).Justice Lillian Hove overturned the decision that…

Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter

Foreign companies must comply with Zimbabwe's labour laws

Zimbabwe must strengthen the enforcement of its labour laws to safeguard local workers employed by foreign businesses, particularly Chinese-owned mining firms, according to Dr. Wayne Malinga, a senior researcher at the Public Policy and Re…

Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 15:40hrs | | by Staff reporter

After all, there's no common wealth in the Commonwealth

When it comes to Zimbabwe, UK's Labour does not work. It was Labour led by Harold Wilson, which duplicitously aided and abetted the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) by Ian Smith's Rhodesia Front in 1965. And it was the same Lab…

Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 16:28hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo

Labour quota system key to reducing future conflict in Zimbabwe

The current president of NMWUZ - National Mine Workers' Union of Zimbabwe, Mr Kurebwa Javangwe Nomboka during an interview on labour and the combined 2023 Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government General Elections said the introduc…

Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 18:39hrs | | by Maxwell Teedzai

South Africa and foreign labour

THE unemployment rate in South Africa hit a new record high of nearly 35% in the third quarter of 2021 which some allege had an influence on the African National Congress (ANC) dismal performance in last year's local government elections.F…

Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 2 | by Tapiwa Gomo

Employment law changes in the UK : proposals in the pipeline for HR

Amid all the political turmoil in July, employers will be forgiven for missing a flurry of proposed new employment laws revealed as Boris Johnson's tenure in 10 Downing Street begins.Many of the proposals are still under consultation, so i…

Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 20:23hrs | 1 | by Muchie Shamuyarira

Labour registrar shuts down employment council to cover corruption

THE Registrar of Labour Grace Kanyayi has been taken to court after she unilaterally withdrew the certificate of registration for the National Employment Council (Nec) for Engineering and Iron and Steel Industry, to ostensibly cover up all…

Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 13:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Tytan records Olida's labour moments

MUSICIAN Tytan, who became a father for the first time this week, has praised Olinda Chapel as a superwoman after recording her on video as she gave birth to their baby girl. The celebrity couple was blessed with a baby girl named Nandi Am…

Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Good news for Zimbabwe workers

Workers could soon have shorter periods to inform employers of planned strikes, get softer penalties for illegal job actions, and go on maternity leave without restrictions. Labour dispute settlements could also be streamlined and register…

Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 13:09hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo

New labour law should promote moral suasion and tripartism on the labour market

The recent presidential assent to the new labour bill should promote moral suasion and functional tripartism on the labour market in order to restore sanity which is conducive to production. The upset which bedeviled the labour in which mu…

Published: 31 Aug 2015 at 13:47hrs | | by Suitable Kajau

The controversies surrounding the Employee Weekly day of rest

The word tolerance is more prevalent in political circles in Zimbabwe.The word was more commonly used by the Organ on Healing and Reconciliation in the Zimbabwean inclusive government which was formed after the 2008 violent elections. The …

Published: 18 Nov 2013 at 05:50hrs | | by Etiwel Mutero

No place like home - Africa's skilled labour returns

Mariam KonâˆšÃ‰Â¬Â© left Canada five years ago to start a business consulting firm in Bamako, the capital of Mali. As her client base grew steadily, earnings from her company, KonâˆšÃ‰Â¬Â© Conseil, also increased. Business has been great, …

Published: 07 Aug 2013 at 18:50hrs | | by Aissata Haidara

Chinese should respect Zimbabwe labour laws

The Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai continues to fight for a broad based upliftment of the people by ensuring that everyone has decent shelter, food, education, health care facilities and jobs. However, MDC notes wi…

Published: 18 May 2012 at 05:31hrs | | by Paurina Mpariwa

Get skilled or starve as Zanu PF has destroyed cheap labour

Whatever anyone's feelings, one can only say that Zanu PF has changed Zimbabwe. And whatever anyone feels about land redistribution, it has changed Zimbabwe's economy. In some far reaching, and unexpected ways.They have destroyed cheap lab…

Published: 20 Jun 2011 at 10:54hrs | | by Kubatana

Zimbabwe cannot afford labour's pay demands

WITHOUT exception, all employers have been confronted with demands from employees in general, and the labour force in particular, for increased wages. Most collective bargaining agreements have been reached after prolonged, usually very co…

Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 09:22hrs | | by Eric Bloch

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US$600,000 school commissioned in Kwekwe

Bulawayo Councillors Alarmed by Water Bowser Shortage Amid Ongoing Crisis

Mr. Ambassador, surely you can't deny that China treats Zimbabwe as a colonial outpos

Dzimbabwe our heritage, let's claim our heritage at all cost

Zimbabwe–SA relations: A long history of cooperation and tension

President Zandile Dubula is illiterate

Zimbabwe opens electricity sector to private players

Govt, ZIFA in landmark schools football deal

Parents protest controversial head's appointment

Chimanimani emerges as new HIV hotspot

Madzibaba WeShanduko's denied bail over Geza demo

Police dragged into messy Gwasira estate feud

Grade 7 pupil helps deliver neighbour's baby

Zambezi River tiger fish faces extinction

Traditional ceremony ends in murder as siblings kill brother

O-Zapu leader clashes with Binga traditional leaders

ZIFA to name new Warriors coach within a week

Treasury slashes Health Ministry's 2026 national budget bid

'Mnangagwa won't serve beyond 2028': ZANU-PF insider, opposition confirm

Harare woman arrested for stabbing husband over loan shark dispute

Gweru man killed in hit-and-run near church, driver surrenders to police

Zimbabwe's teacher training colleges face sharp decline in male enrolment

Zimbabwe rubbishes remarks by US lawmaker

US lawmaker warns Mnangagwa

George's political Sudoku failed to align

Mohadi awarded Honorary Doctorate

ZRP addresses public concerns over roadblocks

Kasukuwere rubbishes Mnangagwa's 2030 bid

'A junior soldier, not Chiwenga, could remove Mnangagwa' analyst warns of a 'neat, sadly bloody' plot

Jonathan Moyo's legal gymnastics cannot stretch Mnangagwa's term beyond 2028