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'Banks refuse to make salary payments on behalf of Zimbabwe govt'
A dramatic financial crisis has hit Zimbabwe's civil service as banks have reportedly withheld payments for thousands of public sector workers' salaries, citing the government's inability to meet its ...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 09:58hrs | 12998 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants push for urgent meeting
THE Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) has pleaded with Public Service minister July Moyo to convene an urgent National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting to address c...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe workers' rights brutally suppressed, says US embassy
ZIMBABWEAN workers are reeling under deteriorating conditions underlined by serious violations of fundamental rights by parastatals, security forces and Chinese companies amid a clear pattern of intim...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 19:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers earn ZW$39 636 (US$33)
THE impoverishment of professionals by the government has reached heart-rending levels, but those who dare complain are often victimised, leaving public sector workers feeling helpless in the face of ...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:34hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Demand for US$ salaries grow louder
WORKERS' unions yesterday implored government and the private sector to pay United States dollar salaries with immediate effect as the economy has moved closer to full dollarisation.Latest Zim...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:08hrs | 1 | 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
Govt to spread bonus payment
GOVERNMENT says it cannot afford to pay civil servants bonuses at once, and will spread payment of the 13th cheque over two months.After telling public workers early last month that bonuses wo...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
US$ salary demands grow louder in Zimbabwe
DEMANDS for United States dollar (US$) salaries have increased across all sectors of the economy as a number of employees struggle to buy basic commodities now being charged in the greenback.M...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt snubs salary talks
GOVERNMENT yesterday snubbed the much-awaited salary talks with its restive workers under the auspices of the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC), a development likely to fuel mistrust and escal...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Public Sector Unions express solidarity with Striking health workers
Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions and its affliates have expressed support and solidarity to the ongoing labour action by health worker...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 15:15hrs | 7 | by George Swarei
Zimbabwe teachers raise salary demand to US$671
Teachers have raised the stakes in salary negotiations with the government after upping their demands.A virtual meeting between the government and public sector unions which was expected to di...Published: 13 Jan 2022 at 16:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants bonuses this month
CIVIL servants will begin receiving their annual bonuses later this month following rounds of negotiations between public sector unions and the Government.While the Government has committed to...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants reject 70% pay hike offer, teachers call strikes
Government workers on Wednesday rejected a staggered salary hike of 25 percent this month and 45 percent in July for a cumulative total of 70 percent.Teachers warned they would work a three-da...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh divisions rock civil servants
FRESH divisions have rocked civil servants after the Apex Council leadership decided to transform the government workers organisation to the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Service Trade Unions (ZCPT...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 18:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants accept pay deal, avert strike
Zimbabwe's public sector workers said on Thursday they had accepted a government pay offer, averting a potentially damaging strike in a country facing its worst economic crisis in a decade.The...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 22:50hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Civil servants warn government of imminent strikes
Civil servants on Tuesday night rejected the government's latest pay offer as insufficient in the face of soaring consumer prices, raising the likelihood of unofficial strike action on Wednesday....Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:43hrs | | by zimlive
Winter of discontent for Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government faces a winter of discontent from restive public sector workers with teachers and health workers giving notice of imminent strikes.Mnangagwa's broke g...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:29hrs | 2 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa's police brace for Chamisa's anti-government protests
Zimbabwean police are not being allowed to resign and all leave has been cancelled as authorities brace for potential opposition and labour protests over the country's economic collapse.Intern...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 17:02hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Teachers call for an indefinite strike
Zimbabwe's main public sector union has backed down from plans for a national strike, citing the "volatile situation" after security forces cracked down on protesters this month, but teachers will go ...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:02hrs | | by Reuters
Civil servants give Mnangagwa 48-ultimatum
Public sector unions on Monday gave the government a 48-hour ultimatum to make a new salary offer or face a strike after wage negotiations reached a deadlock, raising the prospect of more unrest follo...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Chamisa demands end to crackdown
President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised on Tuesday to investigate a brutal crackdown by security forces on anti-government protesters, as two of his supporters spoke of a possible plot to remove him fro...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 16:17hrs | | by Reuters
Mnangagwa regime seeking ways to directly spy on public sector unions - ARTUZ
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has condemned with the contempt it deserves, recent press proclamation by the Government of Zimbabwe placing the Civil Service Commission (CSC)...Published: 30 Dec 2017 at 13:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Cosatu boss deported to Zimbabwe, using fake SA ID
A powerful unionist in the tripartite alliance has been deported to Zimbabwe after the department of home affairs' investigation into his nationality revealed he was living in South Africa without the...Published: 07 May 2017 at 10:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Bonuses not a right,' says Jonathan Moyo
HIGHER and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo has said some workers - including civil servants - seeking bonuses do not deserve the 13th cheque as they were "non-performers and drunkards"....Published: 08 Jan 2016 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants slam pay delay
CIVIL servants unions yesterday demanded an urgent meeting with the government, furious after a promised pay increase was delayed.The cash-strapped government courted the ire of public sector ...Published: 14 Feb 2014 at 15:57hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
'No civil service salary increment till April'
THE cash-strapped government yesterday risked the wrath of public sector workers after announcing that a promised pay increase would now only be effected in April, not this month.The gover...Published: 13 Feb 2014 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Batswana threatens to close their borders
A public sector strike targeting border posts threatens to stop all movement of people and goods into and out of Botswana from April 18 to 29 as State employees press for a salary increment. ...Published: 19 Apr 2011 at 04:51hrs | 1 | by Southern Times Writer
Zimbabwe fiscal cupboard bare
Zimbabwe's fiscal cupboard remains bare and the unity government will struggle to meet its wage bill for public sector workers in January 2011, finance minister Tendai Biti told the inaugural Gl...Published: 20 Jan 2011 at 22:28hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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