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Zimbabwe workers under siege, claims Global Report
ZIMBABWE has been red-flagged as one of the world's 10 worst countries regarding workers' welfare.Violations of workers' rights, including abductions and other forms of violence and threats of...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:12hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Unions ditching dialogue over US$ pegged wages
LABOUR Minister Paul Mavima has criticised unions for pulling out of a dialogue process following a deadlock over demands by workers to be awarded US dollar-based wages.The Zimbabwe Congress o...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 06:49hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans see gloomy 2021
ZIMBABWEANS are not enthused about the New Year, 2021, and see no improvement in the social, economic and political problems that bedevilled the country throughout 2020.Most people entered January...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:45hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suffers steep 30% job losses
BUILDING layer upon layer of tradition, pre-Christmas television and billboard advertisements and glittering decorations are now some kind of cultural event. Or so the advertising industry would have ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 17:01hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Greed costing Khupe-led party
I HAVE seen Press statements from the MDC-T 2014 Matabeleland South and Harare provincial leadership teams instructing people from their respective provinces not to attend the extraordinary congress w...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | 959 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Labour unions snub TNF revival attempt over workers' salaries
THE country's main labour unions humiliated Labour minister Paul Mavima when they refused to participate in the Tripartite Negotiation Forum (TNF) until government agrees to discuss the erosion of wor...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:32hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Khupe's party in flames
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) yesterday distanced itself from MDC-T's extraordinary congress, delivering a blow to the beleaguered party which was seeking to associate itself with the l...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:11hrs | 7502 | by Staff reporter
Police grant verbal go-ahead for Khupe's MDC-T Congress
POLICE have granted a verbal go ahead to the MDC-T to hold its elective congress this coming Saturday subject to the Ministry of Health and Child Care approval.The party says it expecting abou...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:56hrs | 2062 | by Staff reporter
3,000 delegates for MDC-T extra-ordinary congress
MDC-T is set to hold its contentious Extra-Ordinary Congress this Saturday and is expecting 3 000 delegates drawn from across the country despite the risk of Covid-19.The party said it had dis...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:18hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO fails to pay terminus fees
CITY of Mutare says it is losing potential revenue after the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) took over all bus termini in the city.The bus termini used to be operated by private comm...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:47hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU backs Mthuli Ncube's strategy
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has backed Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube for coming up with his National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) which sets out clear job creation and economic growt...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:40hrs | 1717 | by Staff reporter
News headlines over reform headways
Since Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, the concept of "reform" or "change" of institutions, political culture and the constitution to "widen and deepen individual, political, economic, social, cultura...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:30hrs | 565 | by Ibbo Mandaza
MDC Alliance abduction skeletons tumble
A FORMER MDC official, Nqobizitha Khumalo, who is now with the People Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed how the opposition party has been faking abductions and causing terror in the country through ...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:03hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
Nomboka lands Mining Union's Vice-Presidency Post
National Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe (NMWUZ), the only Mining Union affiliate of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions - ZCTU, recently appointed new executives to fill National Executive Board pos...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 07:37hrs | 570 | by The Zimbabwe Post Africa
Nomboka lands Mining Union's Vice-Presidency Post
National Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe (NMWUZ), the only Mining Union affiliate of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions - ZCTU, recently appointed new executives to fill National Executive Board pos...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
19 ZCTU leaders acquitted for 2018 tax protests
NINETEEN Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) leaders, who were arrested for protesting against the high cost of living and the imposition of the 2% transaction tax by President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:36hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU presses for US$ wages
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on government to revert back to the 2017 United States dollar salary regime to cushion workers against the unstable local currency.This ...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:25hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU mobilises for mass protests
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has threatened to roll out a nationwide strike to press for United States dollar-based salaries and better working conditions.ZCTU president Peter ...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 2324 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe factions must seek ZCTU mediation
SO, the constitutional and rule of law champions Morgen Komichi, Douglas Mwonzora, MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and Tapiwa Mashakada want the world to believe that their understanding of constitutiona...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:32hrs | 3274 | by Kennedy Kaitano
'You like us dead' unions tell government over new US$500 funeral cover
Public sector workers accused the government of being "insensitive" on Tuesday after a new US$500 funeral cover was announced.Information ministry spokesman Ndavaningi Mangwana announced the n...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:59hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU urges govt to act on rogue businesses
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on government to act on businesses refusing to use the official exchange rate in pricing of products and services, thereby prejudicing the consu...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:02hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: ZCTU blasts General Chiwenga's move
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has learnt with dismay moves by the government to enlist into the army all graduating junior doctors before they could be employed by the government....Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 16:56hrs | 3740 | by ZCTU
ZCTU blasts Mnangagwa ally over 'reckless' coup claims, threats
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on State Security Minister Owen Ncube to retract his threats to deal with labour activists, civil society and the opposition he collectively acc...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Employers group rejects US dollar wage demands
THE Employers Confederation of Zimbabwe (EMCOZ) has rejected demands for US dollar wages by workers insisting such "a one size fits all" approach was not applicable in the local context.This c...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:33hrs | 1304 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told not to label workers terrorists
THE International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to stop labelling workers demanding fair wages as terrorists in order to justify a clampd...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | 4067 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU mobilises for nationwide protests
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has begun mobilising for a national general strike of both public and private sector workers. The event, according to ZCTU president Peter Mutasa, ...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:05hrs | 3482 | by Staff reporter
Global trade unions rally behind ZCTU
THE International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has set aside tomorrow, September 23, for global mass protests in solidarity with the poorly-paid Zimbabwean workers.In a statement, Zimbabwe...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's CIOs still pursuing activists linked to #31JulyProtests
SOME of the people linked to the foiled July 31 mass demonstrations claimed yesterday that they were still being trailed by suspected State security agents despite being recently cleared by the police...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:47hrs | 1479 | by Staff reporter
Activists claim Mnangagwa's ferret squad stalking them
Some of the people linked to the foiled July 31 mass demonstrations have claimed they are being trailed by suspected State security agents despite being recently cleared by the police. However...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1092 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU bemoans criminalisation of trade unionism
ZIMBABWE'S labour body has bemoaned the criminalisation of trade unionism as it marked the 14th anniversary of the torture of its members on September 13, 2006.About 147 Zimbabwe Congress of T...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe students switch to social media for lessons
Reacting to the coronavirus spread March 30, the Zimbabwean government closed the entire country, shutting down schools indefinitely. But, for many like 13-year-old Adrean Machingura, a grade seven pr...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 385 | by Anadolu Agency
Early Christmas for Zimbabwe civil servants
CIVIL servants are set to continue receiving US$75 COVID-19 allowances each until December. Government had initially indicated that the facility would run for three months from June this year,...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | 7184 | by Stff reporter
Ignore ZCTU's 'politicised' lunch hour Demos'
LABOUR Minister Paul Mavima has urged workers to snub the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) organised demonstrations, which start this Monday, saying the protests have nothing to do with improv...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 11:40hrs | 1465 | by Staff reporter
No going back on strikes, says ZCTU
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) yesterday vowed to press ahead with the strike to force employers to pay United States dollar-denominated salaries, but police said they would crush any "il...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:38hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Teachers to join protests
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has started mobilising its members across the country to participate in tomorrow's protests organised by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 11:11hrs | 2993 | by Staff reporter
Business cries foul over EcoCash limits
ZIMBABWE'S hard-pressed businesses say they are likely to witness depressed revenues in the short term due to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's decision to limit EcoCash transactions to ZW$5 000 per day....Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2574 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU plots lunch hour protests
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has mobilised its members to embark on lunch hour protests starting Monday to push for United States dollar based salaries in light of the free falling eco...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:35hrs | 2436 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala in police custody
MDC Alliance national vice chairperson Job Sikhala was yesterday arrested in Tynwald, Harare, after several days of evading law enforcement agencies who were keen to interview him on allegations of in...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:27hrs | 1325 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU endorses Catholic Bishops' letter
The Zimbabwe Congres of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has issued a statement supporting a pastoral letter by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops (ZCBC) which called upon the government to respect human rights and cea...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 14:13hrs | 4794 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe and the Founders Sydrome (Foundiritis)
Let me introduce this article as an opinion piece by a pedestrian activist. I write from personal experience not other peoples lenses.l have been in the political field for a while now and with Covid1...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 23:46hrs | 805 | by Tendayi Lynnette Mudehwe
Labour organisations pile pressure on Mnangagwa
INTERNATIONAL labour organisations continue to pile pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government demanding that it respects workers' rights.This follows the recent characterisation of...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 20:22hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean liberators have turned oppressors
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions yesterday castigated "a few rogue elements" in the security sectorwho were allegedly benefiting from the feeding trough and abusing Zimbabwean citizens whenev...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1718 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must walk the talk on corruption'
TRANSPARENCY InternationalZimbabwe (TI-Z) has decried the deep entrenchment of corruption in the country and bad governance despite a well-articulated Constitution on anti-corruption and President Emm...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 11:57hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to stop harassing workers
INTERNATIONAL trade unions have raised concern over harassment of workers' representatives by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as pressure piles on the Zanu-PF regime to respect human rights....Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 11:57hrs | 697 | by Staff reporter
Swaziland political party condemns Mnangagwa
The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) has thrown its support behind the Zimbabwean workers who are trying hard to make ends meet during a time when the Zimbabwe Dollar is losing value every week....Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 09:07hrs | 2820 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC, an American Trojan horse
It's categorically correct to say the MDC-Alliance, which has assumed many appellations over the year is not a political party, but a representative of the United States and its Western allies....Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:11hrs | 419 | by Khumbulani Vodloza Sibanda
Zanu-PF to beat up protesters?
ZANU PF yesterday urged its supporters to beat up protesters who will take to the street on July 31 and threatened to kick out United States ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols for allegedly support...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 09:40hrs | 2029 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF labels Chamisa's MDC a 'terrorist organisation'
Zanu-PF on Monday urged its supporters to use "any means at your disposal" to disrupt anti-government protests planned for July 31, as a spokesman labelled the main opposition MDC Alliance party a ter...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 19:32hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is a failed State, says ZCTU
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions president Peter Mutasa yesterday described the country as a "failed State" given the high poverty levels, decaying infrastructure, the odious debt situation caused mo...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:35hrs | 5100 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe protests leaders flee their homes
MANY leading players in the planned month-end anti-government mass protests have fled their homes as raids on their residences by suspected State agents continue.This comes as authorities and ...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 19:04hrs | 7384 | by Staff reporter
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