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NEC reviews wages for agricultural sector workers
The National Employment Council (NEC) for Zimbabwe's agricultural industry has announced an upward revision of minimum wages and allowances for workers in the sector, effective from June 1, 2025....Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 08:46hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Chinese company loses labour case
Jian Shan Civil Explosives, a Chinese-owned company based in Chinhoyi, has lost a labour dispute and has been ordered by the courts to pay former employees after being found guilty of unfair dismissal...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 09:03hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Magunje cement project accused of rights abuses, displacements
The Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has issued a scathing report accusing developers of the US$1 billion Magunje cement and mining project of widespread human rights abuses, forced displ...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 07:50hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Social unrest warning for South Africa
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has issued a stern warning to the South African government, threatening widespread protests if the revised budget - set to be presented on Wednesday, 12 March - include...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 17:13hrs | 1987 | 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...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 15:40hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Workers in Zimbabwe applaud govt over new retrenchment regulations
Workers in Zimbabwe have welcomed the government's recent overhaul of retrenchment regulations, hailing it as a progressive step towards better protection for employees amid the nation's economic chal...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:51hrs | 17144 | by Staff reporter
Why does Zimbabwe attract rogue Chinese investors?
Last night, I had the honor of being one of those invited for the launch of a report, in Harare, by the Center for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) titled, 'Chinese Investments in Zimbabwe'....Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 22:57hrs | 4980 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe mining workers get US$3,55 salary increment
The National Employment Council (NEC) for the mining industry has approved a US$3.55 salary increment for mining workers for the July to December period, despite the high cost of living. This incremen...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 07:22hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
ANC members set to picket in protest against possible ANC-DA deal
ANC supporters who voted for the party "in good faith" in the general election on 29 May are expected to picket in Johannesburg on Thursday morning, demanding its leaders reject going into a coalition...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 08:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers get paltry US$20 wage hike
Teachers unions have declared a three-day strike starting this Wednesday in a bid to press for better wages after government recently offered a paltry US$20 increase on monthly salaries for civil serv...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA govt called to stop exploitation of Zimbabwe domestic workers
The Africa Diaspora Forum (ADF) says Zimbabwean domestic workers should be granted special permits because they work for South African families that cannot afford to pay the minimum wage.The f...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 09:01hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar further tumbles against US dollar
The cost of goods and services keeps on increasing in Zimbabwe as the local currency depreciates against the U.S. dollar, a trend that accelerated at the beginning of 2024.The local dollar, which ...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 17:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rising sudden death cases among newly arrived diasporans - medical expert speaks
MICHAEL Mawema had barely been in the United Kingdom (UK) for two months when he died suddenly in December last year, explained a GoFundMe appeal launched to raise funds for repatriation of his body t...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:42hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Teachers stage sit in as schools open for 2024, demand US$1,200 salary
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has asserted that its members nationwide participated in a sit-in on the first day of the 2024 school calendar to protest against inadequate sa...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 06:00hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers divided over job action
DIVISIONS have rocked teacher unions over the fight for better salaries with the majority opting for dialogue with government to resolve a wage deadlock between them and their employer.Schools...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:33hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's budget has strong traits of capitalism
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has slammed the just passed 2024 National Budget describing it as largely anti-welfare.This follows the tabling of a ZW$58,2 trillion National Budg...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:45hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa played a part in the formulation of the 2024 national budget
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday revealed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa played a part in the formulation of the 2024 national budget to be presented in Parliament this afternoon.Ncu...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe care workers abused in UK
A recent survey has highlighted that Zimbabweans, among other foreigners, are being subjected to exploitation in the United Kingdom's care work sector. The report from the United Kingdom's national he...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans among top 5 most exploited nationals in UK
A LATEST situational report by a non-profit organisation in the United Kingdom (UK) has painted a gloomy picture that reeks of massive exploitation, bordering on slavery, of migrants from developing c...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 19:30hrs | 2 | by James Muonwa
Nigerian president hikes wages to avert looming strike
Nigeria's leader increased the wages of some government workers in last-minute efforts to appease labor unions whose planned strike this week could shut down government offices in all sectors of Afric...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 09:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ten percent of what CEOs earn for general workers
HARARE - (ZimStat) Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency has released what most unionists alleged is a damning review analysis of the current cost of living which they said had jumped upwards by 10.4 pe...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:09hrs | 2 | by Maxwell Teedzai for Table Salt News
Mthuli Ncube abandons TNF
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, who is currently seized with political campaigns for the Cowdray Park parliamentary seat, has left workers seething with anger after he snubbed the crucial latest round ...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 20:31hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Living wage not equivalent to minimum wage
Working poverty is a reality worldwide. For many workers, a job does not provide a way out of poverty for them and their families. A living wage is not necessarily equivalent to the minimum wage. Mini...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:39hrs | 16 | by Emmanuel Zvada
Bikita Minerals offers US$100 wage increase
CHINESE-OWNED Bikita Minerals in Masvingo province has offered its workers a paltry US$100 increment against their demand of a minimum of US$600 per month.This comes a month after the lithium ...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Employee's right to fair wages
ONE of the fundamental rights of the employees is right to fair wages but with these trying economic circumstances, it seems as if a lot are being shortchanged at work considering the cost of living h...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | 5 | by Emmanuel Zvada
Anger mounts in Zimbabwe as prices rocket
ZIMBABWE'S currency further crashed this week, precipitating waves of basic commodity price hikes, which were slammed by consumer watchdogs.In a survey, the Zimbabwe Independent found that man...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt trampling on labour laws, says US
GOVERNMENT has failed to enforce labour laws, resulting in workers being subjected to unfair labour practises, a report on Zimbabwe's human rights practices for the year 2022 has revealed.In t...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 19:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The curse of being a security guard in Zimbabwe
Being a security guard in Zimbabwe is a curse, the job is too demanding, with some of the most hostile working conditions one can ever think of. Working a 12-hour shift, 4 days a week in a retail shop...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 16:47hrs | 16 | by Cremio Mabauwa
The poor are on their own in Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was all smiles as he officially opened the privately-developed Aspindale apartments in Harare. His infrastructure programme - housing for all - seemed to be all in order y...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
ZBC workers demand US$ salaries, land
ZIMBABWE Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) employees have appealed to government to pay half of their salaries in United States dollars to cushion them against the country's runaway inflation.ZBC...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZCTU threatens to boycott meetings
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has threatened to boycott the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) meetings next year, saying the body has failed to represent the interests of workers....Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's form 1 fees shocker
ZIMBABWEANS should brace for a steep rise in school fees next year after schools released enrolment fees for Form 1 places ranging at up to US$1 500 at some private schools.This comes after th...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU blasts Mthuli Ncube's paltry 2023 budget tax free threshold
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube's tax free thresholds in the 2023 National Budget are a blow for the workers who will continue to carry the yoke of ove...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube must pay civil servants USD salaries'
PRESSURE is mounting on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to announce the payment of civil servants' salaries in United States dollars in the 2023 national budget which he will announce today.Ncub...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU accuses Chinese companies of rights' abuses
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has expressed concern over alleged continued disregard of labour laws by Chinese-owned firms operating in the country.The ZCTU raised the concerns ...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister lashes out at investors abusing workers
MINES and Mining Development minister Winston Chitando has criticised investors in the extractive industry who are flagrantly violating human and labour rights.Chitando encouraged underpaid an...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt lacks spine
THE Zanu-PF government is at long last trying to get back to the basics on its initial promises at Independence in 1980, reintroducing a minimum wage.However, questions will continue to linger...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa's govt proposes US$150 minimum wage
GOVERNMENT yesterday proposed to push through a US$150 minimum wage or the equivalent in local currency at the prevailing bank rate across all sectors.Speaking during a post-Cabinet briefing, ...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jolts Zimbabwe ministers into compromise agreement
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was recently forced to compel 13 ministers who sit in the Tripartite Negotiating (TNF) Forum to urgently attend meetings to discuss solutions to worsening economic hardshi...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fake lawyers making a killing
Is your lawyer really qualified or licensed?Well, you might need to check again.The number of people falling victim to bogus lawyers continues to rise by the day.There are even...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Democratisation of mine workers representation platform critical to build an inclusive NEC
HARARE: Zimbabwe has a monopolistic mine workers' representation system which constitutes National Chamber of Mines and AMWUZ - Associated Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe.This uneven terrain in...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 21:54hrs | 3 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Inflation is now eating into our salaries
WE are all aware that the cost of living is rising and that people are struggling financially. Not everyone is able to define the word inflation properly but they understand that rising prices are no ...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Emmanuel Zvada
ZCTU slams Mthuli Ncube
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) have criticised Finance and Economic development minister Mthuli Ncube for pursuing economic policies which have worsened the plight of workers and ordinar...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Govt slaps in face domestic workers
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has blasted the recently gazetted minimum wages for domestic workers as pathetic.The Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare ministry recently ga...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mine union scoffs at 108% wage increase
The Zimbabwe Diamond, Allied and Mineral Workers Union Zdamwu) has described as peanuts the 108% salary increase approved by the National Employment Council, Associated Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe ...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mine workers get 108% wage hike
ZIMBABWE'S mining industry workers have been awarded a 108,5% wage hike following collective bargaining negotiations, which will see the lowest paid employee in the sector earning $93 074 per month....Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blending helping reduce fuel prices, claims Zera
ZIMBABWE's fuel could have been much more expensive had it not been for the reintroduction of blending, Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has said, notwithstanding that its price is now the ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why you should register, turn up to vote
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)rolled out the second phase of the biometric voter registration (BVR) process on the 11th of this month. After registering approximately 80 000 new voters in the...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Brighton Taruberekera
Mining union to engage authorities over triple taxing of workers
THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Mineral Workers Union (Zdamwu) has lamented that mineworkers are heavily taxed due to the payroll system that most companies are using.In a statement, Zda...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 11:30hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
44,36% salary hike for mine workers
THE National Employment Council (NEC) for the mining industry has awarded workers a 44,36 percent basic salary increase across the board, a development which would see the lowest paid employee earning...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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