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Zimbabwe hosts key radiation safety Conference in Bulawayo
The Radiation Protection Authority of Zimbabwe (RPAZ) this week hosted its second National Radiation Safety Conference in Bulawayo, focusing on strategies to enhance radiation safety and security in t...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 12:32hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
Shava returns as NSSA substantive boss?
After three years of internal turmoil, high-profile dismissals, and corruption scandals, a measure of calm and certainty has returned to the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) following the app...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 12:00hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Minister fires entire NSSA Board
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Edgar Moyo has dismissed the entire board of directors of the National Social Security Authority (NSSA), led by prominent businessman and tourism mog...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 11:57hrs | 2455 | by Staff reporter
Nssa targets zero workplace accidents
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has reaffirmed its commitment to eradicating workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities across Zimbabwe, as it intensifies efforts to promote occupatio...Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 09:01hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Shava appointed new NSSA boss
Dr Charles Shava has been appointed the substantive General Manager of the National Social Security Authority (NSSA), bringing to a close a protracted battle over the leadership of Zimbabwe's US$1.2 b...Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:26hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders Parliament to finalise PVO Bill
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the 10th Parliament to expedite the finalization of the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Bill, a move critics argue will significantly restrict the opera...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:57hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt working on currency stability
In a comprehensive State of the Nation Address delivered yesterday at the new Parliament Building in Mt Hampden, President Emmerson Mnangagwa highlighted the government's ongoing efforts to stabilize ...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:47hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says parliament to dump old laws in opening address
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has informed the country's parliament that it intends to replace outdated and obsolete laws with new ones that are better suited to the current situation. He ma...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 15:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa addresses first session of 10th Parliament
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa addressed the first session of the 10th Parliament this afternoon at the new Parliament Building in Mount Hampden, Harare.Below is the full speech.It is my singular...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 14:30hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Suspended Nssa boss mired in US$353 000 luxury cars scandal
SUSPENDED National Social Security Authority (Nssa) boss Arthur Manase was removed partly due to a scandal over two top-of-the-range cars valued US$353 000 which he bought in violation of company poli...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in spotlight over the massive Nssa corruption
THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) has presented its forensic audit which unearths corruption and names individuals implicated in the pensions fund's latest scandals to the Office of the Pr...Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | 7 | 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
Mnangagwa ally caught up in a US$400 000 corrupt upmarket house deal
PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Paul Mavima is caught up in a US$400 000 corrupt upmarket house deal in Quinnington, Borrowdale, Harare, involving the National Social Security Autho...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 10:41hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
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
Blow for Biden as US Supreme Court blocks vaccine mandate for businesses
The US Supreme Court delivered a blow to President Joe Biden on Thursday, blocking his Covid vaccination-or-testing mandate for employees of large businesses.At the same time, the nation's hig...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 07:06hrs | 4 | by AFP
Employees may be compelled to take Covid-19 vaccine
The strides made by the government to scale up the voluntary vaccination process in Zimbabwe are welcome as a move to contain the surging virus.however, some employers are now compelling their...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:33hrs | 3 | by Cephas Mavhondo
Pittance payouts leave pensioners in dire straits
MR Gina Mudzviti (59) of Ultra High Suburb in Gwanda got injured in 2010 while he was working as a gang leader at a local mining company.He has made endless visits to hospital seeking medical ...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Workers must be treated fairly, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, under siege from a restive government workforce constantly demanding increased and US dollar wages, has made a surprise appeal to Zimbabwean employers to treat their work...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Workers have kept us going, says Mnangagwa
THE nascent economic rebound being witnessed in Zimbabwe, characterised by increasing industrial capacity utilisation and a stable macro-economic environment, is a product of the country's dedicated a...Published: 02 May 2021 at 07:55hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Drummond Ranch: A tale of modern-day slavery
A WATERBORNE disease outbreak is looming at Beitbridge-based Drummond Ranch following revelations that workers are forced to drink unpurified water from an inland dam at the farm.The workers a...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 08:08hrs | 16 | by Nkululeko Sibanda
NSSA pardons defaulting employers
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has extended a three-month amnesty to unregistered and defaulting employers to regularise their contributions.It's a statutory requirement for eve...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
40% of Zimbabwean firms not compliant with standards
ABOUT 40 percent of companies in Zimbabwe are not compliant with the expected standard guidelines that protect consumers from potential risks, the Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) has revealed....Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Workers rights are Human Rights
The United Nations organization recognizes that people have a "human right to work, or engage in productive employment, and may not be prevented from doing so". This concept enshrined in the Universal...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 19:57hrs | | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
Mugabe's govt accused of attracting 'cruel' investors
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has accused the government of prioritising capital and attracting "cruel" foreign investors, who are subjecting local workers to hazardous working conditio...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
NSSA opens Bulawayo rehabilitation centre to public
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has opened its Bulawayo Rehabilitation Centre to the public with immediate effect after operating for over 40 years as a facility for only contributors to...Published: 23 May 2017 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Miners push for salary hike
ASSOCIATION of Mine Workers' Union of Zimbabwe (Amwuz) is set to meet mining industry employers before the end of the year to negotiate for a 10 percent salary increase and better working conditions....Published: 13 Dec 2015 at 09:08hrs | | by Noble Ncube
SHAW conference resolves to involve informal sector in OSH
The Safety and Health at Work (SHAW) Conference, which is hosted each year by the National Social Security Authority, ended on Friday with a resolution to involve the informal sector in occupational s...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 06:29hrs | | by MHPR
Zimplats wins top national safety awards
Zimplats has taken the top two places in the Safety and Health at Work (SHAW) national awards. Zimplats Processing Division came first. Ngwarati Mine, which is owned by Zimplats, came second, while Mu...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by NHPR
Deputy Minister Matangaidze calls for preventative OSH culture
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Deputy Minister Tapiwanashe Matangaidze on Wednesday called on National Safety and Health at Work Conference delegates to build a preventative Occupational Sa...Published: 01 Oct 2015 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
NSSA sets up mobile clinic for miners
The National Social Security Authority has opened a mobile clinic to cater for miners and industrial workers.Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira commi...Published: 04 Aug 2015 at 08:55hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
New investors contributing to high workplace accidents
The ZCTU departmental head for safety and health, Nathan Banda, has attributed the increase in workplace accidents to the influx of new investors and reluctance by some employers to observe safety...Published: 22 Jul 2015 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Minister says much needs to be done to reduce work accidents
With 71 deaths at work in the first eight months of this year and 3 598 serious injuries, a lot more needs to be done to reduce work accidents, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister N...Published: 03 Oct 2014 at 11:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Killer boilers worry NSSA - 3 explosions, 5 deaths in one month
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has warned companies against operating unlicensed boilers saying they have contributed to an increase in deaths at workplaces.Last month, NSSA rec...Published: 22 Apr 2014 at 15:46hrs | 1 | by Nqobile Tshili
NSSA gives early Christmas gifts to elderly at Bumhudzo
Bumhudzo Old People's Home and Hospital in Chitungwiza on Monday received early Christmas gifts of groceries valued at over $3 000 from the National Social Security Authority's executive management....Published: 03 Dec 2013 at 09:46hrs | | by Mike Hamilton
'Workplace injuries can be eliminated,' says Minister Goche
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Nicholas Goche on Friday urged businesses to embrace a culture of accident and disease prevention.Addressing delegates at the National Confer...Published: 07 Oct 2013 at 08:51hrs | 1 | by Chengetai Chinembiri
'Number of work accidents must be reduced,' says Goche
The number of deaths and serious accidents at work are a cause for concern and must be significantly reduced, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Nicholas Goche said on Wednesday....Published: 03 Oct 2013 at 10:16hrs | | by Chengetai Chinembiri
NSSA: 'Workers safety central to economic growth'
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) says occupational safety and health programmes are central in the growth and performance of the economy, as hazard control at the workplace guarantees pro...Published: 14 Sep 2013 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Philadelphia building collapse, 6 people killed, at least 13 injured
PHILADELPHIA - A building that was being torn down collapsed with a thunderous boom, raining bricks on a neighboring thrift store, killing six people and injuring at least 13 others in an accident th...Published: 06 Jun 2013 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
959 work injuries and 30 deaths in first two months of year
Work-related deaths continue to increase at alarming rate There were 959 serious injuries and 30 deaths at work in the first two months of this year, A...Published: 20 Mar 2013 at 12:38hrs | | by Mike Hamilton / MHPR
Zim companies ignoring health and safety standards
Few companies are reported to be implementing proper occupation health and safety standards, a situation which has seen employees being exposed to various hazards. Concern is being rais...Published: 28 Apr 2012 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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