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'We're marching against looting'
OPPOSITION politician Jacob Ngarivhume, who is leading the July 31 nationwide protests, says the demonstrations will go ahead as Zimbabweans are reeling under corruption whose impact is more ruinous t...Published: 15 hrs ago | 2177 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF frets over planned protests
ZANU-PF says the planned July 31 protests presented a threat to its hegemony and accused the opposition MDC Alliance of leading an "unholy alliance" to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa unconstituti...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:00hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
Teachers' salaries frozen
TWO vocal unionists representing rural teachers in Zimbabwe have not been paid for almost two years after the government froze their salaries after they took part in last year's protests against a ste...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:10hrs | 6009 | by Staff reporter
Khupe expels ex-Lover from Senate?
MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe has been accused of using her new position to hound an ex-lover, Gideon Shoko through recalling him from the Senate, New Zimbabwe reported.Shoko is a Bu...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:12hrs | 11768 | by Staff reporter
Khupe fast embarrassing herself
I TRY to avoid the use of harsh words in expressing opinions about personalities, but I can't help but endorse the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) secretarygeneral Japhet Moyo's description of...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:25hrs | 3506 | by Kennedy Kaitano
ZCTU dares Khupe over congress invite
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has vowed it will not entertain reinstated MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe who reportedly plans to hire the labour group to observe a party elective poll in S...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:18hrs | 2997 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa has been hijacked, says Mashakada
Founding MDC member and Economic Planning former minister Tapiwa Mashakada recently left the MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa claiming the party had stopped being a workers' movement and that it had...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:44hrs | 8947 | by Staff reporter
Calls for civil society to be audited
ZANU PF-aligned Zimbabwe Citizens Forum (the Forum) has called for the auditing of civil society organisations (CSOs) operating in Zimbabwe to establish where they are getting their funding among othe...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 20:32hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
MDC jecha boys' tendency for mindless destruction
A walk along Harare's Simon Muzenda Street (formerly Forth Street), past a City of Harare paid parking lot, reveals a rusting body of a bus parked near the eastern part of the municipal space. ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1867 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa's solders fear crippling mass protests
THE security sector is on high alert, amid fears among authorities of crippling mass protests by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) - over the country's deteriorating economic situation....Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 14:55hrs | 2816 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans beaten raped and held as slaves in their own country
Zimbabwe is the only country we can call ours in the whole world. There is no other country we can call ours besides Zimbabwe. Having stayed outside Zimbabwe for a long time I became aware of the fact...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 10:35hrs | 2454 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe's security forces on high alert
The security sector is on high alert amid fears among authorities of crippling mass protests by the ZCTU. This comes after the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Association staged demonstrations in M...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:12hrs | 17721 | by Staff reporter
Weak ZCTU plots rolling protests
WORKERS' umbrella body, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) yesterday compounded President Emmerson Mnangagwa's woes by threatening countrywide protests against his government's failure to en...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1564 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to fix politics to save economy
BOTH political and economic experts have implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF to move with urgency to resolve Zimbabwe's long running political crisis if the deepening local economic rot ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:19hrs | 5992 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU calls for stayaway
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on workers to stay at home, claiming they had received several reports of workers being harassed at army and police-manned checkpoints and faili...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 17:45hrs | 3936 | by Staff reporter
Harare, Bulawayo and Kwekwe shutdowns a response to 'threats' says Charamba
Security forces shut down Harare, Bulawayo and Kwekwe in recent days in response to "planned mischief" by anti-government activists and the opposition, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman said We...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 19:19hrs | 8018 | by Staff reporter
The commodification and tribalisation of Bulawayo politics
The current imported and tribalistic nature of politics in Matabeleland generally and Bulawayo in particular, is cancerous and anti-development. This commodification and tribalisation of politics is a...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 09:44hrs | 1860 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Khupe vows to return MDC to its founding principles
MDC acting president Thokozani Khupe yesterday made several appointments to the party standing committee - vowing to return it to its founding principles - while declaring that preparations for an ext...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:18hrs | 2109 | by Staff reporter
Khupe must stop rewriting history
A DANGEROUS narrative being pushed by the Thokozani Khupe-led group that they are the legitimate founding members of the MDC should be challenged strongly, because it is incomplete and, therefore, mis...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:03hrs | 1437 | by Chofamba Sithole
ZCTU calls for mass action
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has called for a mass stayaway throughout in country in protest over the flash roadblocks that are mounted by the details of the Zimbabwe Republic Police and ...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 13:15hrs | 4260 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Coup plotters, saboteurs outed
The #BlackLivesMatter campaign has been buoyed and given a significant jolt, following the senseless murder of a black man, George Floyd in the United States. Floyd was murdered by a predominantly whi...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1705 | by Trevor Shiri
Moyo blocks ZCTU rep from NAC board
HEALTH Minister, Obadiah Moyo has rejected an official seconded into the National Aids Council (NAC) management board by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) to represent workers.In a ...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:08hrs | 203 | by newzimbabwe
Salary hike for civil servants
GOVERNMENT and civil servants' representatives are scheduled to meet this week to negotiate fresh salary adjustments and improved working conditions, amid eroding disposable income.The new fig...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1574 | by Staff reporter
Labour cranks pressure on USD salaries
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) wants the government to come up with a clear economic reform strategy culminating in the redollarisation of the economy as the weakening local currency tak...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:56hrs | 2094 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans cries for US$ return
THERE is growing pressure on the government to ditch the collapsing Zim dollar and reinstate the multi-currency system, anchored by either the United States dollar or the South African rand, to stem t...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:25hrs | 1263 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 should not be used to clampdown on journalists - ZCTU
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has said it notes with concern that the government is using the outbreak of COVID-19 as a scapegoat to arrest journalists going about their business and thi...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:43hrs | 172 | by Stephen Jakes
ZCTU predicts massive job losses
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has predicted more job losses as the effects of COVID-19 take a toll on the economy.The southern African country, which is grappling with an estimated une...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe unions forlorn over lockdown
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions is demanding an urgent meeting with Government and employers under the Tripartite Negotiating Forum over Level 2 guidelines that were announced by Government. ...Published: 06 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU calls for work boycott until companies are COVID-19 safe
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on workers to immediately stop reporting for work until their workplaces have the requisite requirements for combating the spread of COVID-19....Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:35hrs | 168 | by newzimbabwe
Confusion over Zimbabwe lockdown rules
POOR communication by the government has caused confusion over the next phase of the countrywide lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus that kicks in tomorrow with conflicting statements on...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:35hrs | 3129 | by Staff reporter
'Workers in Zimbabwe are mourning'
"My prospects are useless, the leadership of the country should change because they have failed us as a country, in terms of employment it's their duty to create employment but they have failed. ...Published: 02 May 2020 at 18:34hrs | 1763 | by Daniel Itai
Chamisa allies renew call for dialogue
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) and Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) yesterday called on the country's leadership to engage in inclusive and broad-based dialogue in efforts to address t...Published: 02 May 2020 at 16:44hrs | 2603 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU blasts Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Peter Mutasa has condemned President Emmerson Mnangagwa for allegedly failing to unite a divided nation whose economic fortunes have deepened in the ...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1068 | by newzimbabwe
Latest on reports that Chamisa's MDC has not paid workers
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has refuted allegations that it has failed to pay its workers for a number of months.Writing on micro-blogging site Twitter on Friday, MDC Secretary-General Charlton...Published: 01 May 2020 at 19:34hrs | 3019 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF takes Chamisa head on
ZANU-PF has blasted MDC leader Nelson Chamisa over reports that MDC has not been paying its workers of late. "The International Worker's Day Commemoration has dampened by the disturbing ...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 21:30hrs | 11342 | by Mandla Ndlovu
$200 cushion, not billions is all Mnangagwa govt has
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it will not be able to increase its cushion pay-outs of $200 per family because it has no resources in its coffers to provide more cover for workers, traders and distressed f...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 08:24hrs | 4888 | by Staff reporter
Workers, vendors cringe over lockdown extension
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions and opposition MDC led by Nelson Chamisa have berated President Emmerson Mnangagwa for extending the national lockdown by a further two weeks without putting in p...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 08:11hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's mayor orders halt to murambatsvina after outcry
Harare mayor Herbert Gomba on Sunday ordered a halt to the demolition of informal market stalls following a public outcry.The City of Harare and the government have used the cover of the coron...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 15:44hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa distances MDC from Harare market stall demolitions
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has distanced his party from the condemned demolition of market stalls by the Harare municipal police in the city's Mbare suburb on Sunday.The Harare City Co...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 08:47hrs | 5233 | by newzimbabwe
Govt unable to bail out distressed citizens during lockdown
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions Secretary general Japhet Moyo has said currently the government is not able to bail the distressed citizens affected by ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 13:14hrs | 1529 | by Stephen Jakes
ZCTU demands US$100 cushion for vulnerable employees
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on government to pay US$100 to vulnerable employees as one of measures to enhance social protection during the COVID-19 lockdown.In prop...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:21hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
MDC going by the wind
RECENT infighting in the MDC has exposed the ideological decay that has characterised the party since its formation.At its formation, the MDC professed to be a social democratic movement that ...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:41hrs | 415 | by Khumbulani Vodloza Sibanda
Mnangagwa's new minimum wage riles employers, employees
Both employers and employees are not happy with the minimum wage that was gazetted recently by Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Professor Paul Mavima. According to Statutory ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1578 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's lockdown a joke,' says ZCTU
WORKERS have expressed dismay over the lack of seriousness on part of the government after it exempted more companies to operate during the 21-day lockdown meant to stop the spread of the deadly coron...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 13:32hrs | 1914 | by Staff reporter
Salaries showdown looms
A SHOWDOWN is looming between the government and its workers after the Labour ministry gazetted Statutory Instrument 81 of 2020, which pegged the minimum wage at an equivalent amount of US$100....Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 13:31hrs | 1595 | by Staff reporter
Komichi backs Chamisa ouster
MDC top politician Morgen Komichi has welcomed the Supreme Court ruling declaring current MDC leader Nelson Chamisa was not legitimate leader of the main opposition.In his statement, Komichi i...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 16:14hrs | 10723 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Morgan Komichi announces removal of Chamisa as President
Today, the Supreme Court, which is the highest Court of the Land except in constitutional cases, has pronounced itself on the dispute that has long been affecting our Party.This follows the ch...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 16:07hrs | 4575 | by Morgan Komichi
Zimbabwe businesses welcome US$ relaxation
The black market exchange rate for the United States dollar is likely to fall following the relaxation of the usage of free funds by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on Thursday. Business le...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:35hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Govt must address economic situation to stop illegal cross border - Mcijo
Former Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions Western Region Regional Officer Percy Mcijo has urged the government to address the economic situation in the country so as to curb the problem of illegal migr...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 10:15hrs | 2205 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa called to shut down Zimbabwe for 14 days
THE Zimbabwe Medical Association (Zima) has called for a 14-day lockdown and self-isolation for individuals with a compromised immune system to mitigate the effects of Covid-19.Zima secretary-...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 15:19hrs | 8010 | by Staff reporter
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