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Zim schools, Polytechnics face imminent closure: Govt
Several schools, Vocational Training Centers (VTCs), Polytechnic colleges and some universities will forcibly shut down as a result of stunted skill devel...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 23:23hrs | 127 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
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 | 8 | by Staff reporter
Negative reporting by SA media on new Chinese steel plant in Zimbabwe starts
Workers building the $1bn steel plant for the Chinese-owned Dinson Iron & Steel Company (Disco) claim they are exploited, forced to work in inhumane conditions, and sleep crammed eight to a small ...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pay half salaries in US$: NECs
THE National Employment Councils (Necs) has directed private sector employers to pay half of their salaries in foreign currency as appetite for the free-falling local currency wanes.Nec yester...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trade unions at each other's throat
THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (Zdamwu) has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court challenging the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Union (ZFTU)'s planned May 1 conf...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to address issues fuelling inflation
TRADE unions have urged Government to promote dialogue among social partners to address issues revolving around the welfare of workers and whip into line cartels which are fuelling inflation.T...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:59hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political parties attend Workers Day commemorations
Zimbabwean workers yesterday joined the rest of the world in commemorating Workers' Day, with the Government calling for unity while expressing its commitment to improving the welfare of workers throu...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames UK for teachers strike
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has blamed the United Kingdom government for instigating the ongoing strike by schoolteachers.This came out of a meeting Mnangagwa held with Zimbabwe Federation of...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 17:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Labour storms out of TNF meeting
WORKERS' representatives stormed out of a Tripartite Negotiation Forum ( TNF) meeting in Harare yesterday in protest after government said it was unable to intervene in salary negotiations.Lab...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:34hrs | 4 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff reporter
Shun MDC demos, workers told
THE Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) has urged workers not to participate in demonstrations being organised by the MDC Alliance saying this cripples the country's economy. The opposi...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt plots against MDC demo
Government will not brook unlawful demonstrations as law enforcement agents stand ready to resolutely safeguard the peace and tranquillity that currently exists in the country, Home Affairs and Cultur...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's stroke of genius
Industrialists, labour and economists have thrown their weight behind currency reforms, which culminated in the scrapping of the multi-currency system on local transactions, saying it was a "great mov...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa given final ultimatum
Trade unions from across the divide have threatened to roll fresh protests if President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government does not address the deepening economic problems facing the country.The ...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa working on salary review, incentives for civil servants
THE Government has come up with a comprehensive consultative strategy with its employees that will see an establishment of a platform for engagement, every fortnight, on issues affecting the workers a...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa given a 7-day deadline
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused by a Zanu-PF-aligned union of ignoring the plight of workers "to please his neo-capitalist friends", in another sign of fissures in the ruling party....Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces revolt
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused by a Zanu-PF-aligned un- ion of ignoring the plight of workers "to please his neo-capitalist friends", in an- other sign of fissures in the ruling party....Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vets in dock over kidnap
FOUR members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association in Bulawayo have appeared in court facing charges of unlawful detention of a member of the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants start receiving allowances
Civil servants started receiving their cushioning allowances last week, with Government reiterating its undertaking to adjust salaries on April 1 as it moves to protect the public-sector workers again...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers take salary fight to IMF
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe will be meeting the International Monetary fund five-member mission on Tuesday to Zimbabwe to discuss labour issues.In a letter written by IMF's Beat...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 13:47hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt, labour unions meet
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Dr Sekai Nzenza last week met labour unions - the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) - to ge...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Battle over NSSA erupts
A bitter fight for the control of the cash-rich National Social Security Authority (Nssa) has erupted after it merged this week that the Ministry of Finance, through the Insurance and Pensions Commiss...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
White boss takes injured employees to vet to organise dog medicine
AN ex-farm worker is demanding $6 000 as compensation for health damages from his former employer whom he alleges organised that dog medicine be administered on him and other workers, a situation that...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Switch to Mnangagwa's Office creates confusion
There is confusion in government over the status of civil servants after President Emmerson Mnangagwa removed them from the Labour ministry to fall under his office, albeit without consulting them....Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 10:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Report for duty, civil servants urged
Government has urged public servants to continue reporting for duty and reiterated its commitment to adequately take care of their welfare. The chairman of the Public Service Commission and Service Co...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 04:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Disunity and corruption amongst workers' unions impedes progress
As employees continue in their seemingly endless struggle for fair labour practices, amidst an ever-growing aggressive anti-worker environment in Zimbabwe, it is disheartening to note that one of the ...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Govt lures ZCTU to Workers' Day
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) - the country's biggest labour umbrella body - has claimed that government is approaching its affiliates to boost numbers at its Workers' Day commemoration...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 18:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba fighting to retain control of workers union
Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba is fighting to retain control of the Zimbabwe Urban and Rural Council Workers Union as the president and is challenging national congresses held in Masvin...Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 14:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho ghost haunts Mnangagwa
CHIREDZI - Former Zimbabwe Sugar Milling Industry Workers' Union (ZISMIWU) secretary-general Admore Hwarare launched a scathing attack on Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa for allegedly failing to def...Published: 04 May 2016 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa sabotaged'
ZANU-PF factional fights have been blamed for the embarrassingly low turn-out at the government-sponsored Workers' Day commemorations addressed by Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa at Rufaro Stadium o...Published: 04 May 2016 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF orders lockdown on vendors
The ruling Zanu-PF party ordered a shutdown of all vending sites and small-scale businesses in Harare today as it seeks to commandeer residents to belated May Day celebrations, where Vice-Presiden...Published: 03 May 2016 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No civil servant shall be laid off'
PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira yesterday assured workers that no employees will be laid off as the government rationalises the country's public service establishme...Published: 03 May 2016 at 09:28hrs | | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
Workers Day to be revived
THE government will this year revive Workers Day commemorations amid indications it is organising events bringing together trade unions and their members countrywide.Workers' Day is celebrated...Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Felex Share
Labour opposes govt pension plans
Two of the country's labour unions have rallied to oppose proposals by government to create a single payment system that would see pension contributions meant for NSSA being collected by Zimra. ...Published: 12 Nov 2015 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members want Kasukuwere out
Zanu-PF members are plotting a mass demonstration to kick party national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere out of his position.A secret message sent out to Zanu-PF members with the detail...Published: 11 Sep 2015 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Harare Residents Trust hails Council for firing 3000 workers
Harare Residents Trust has hailed the Harare City Council for dismissing about 3000 workers saying the local authority was for so long boated and needed to be trimmed.In a Face Book post the T...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 07:46hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Parly debates Labour Amendment Bill, Chinotimba defends fired worker
The amendment of the Labour Act took a step closer today with National Assembly members agreeing that workers must be fairly compensated for service rendered during their employment tenure.The...Published: 18 Aug 2015 at 23:30hrs | | by zbc
Harare City Council fires 3000 workers
The Harare City Council has laid off about 3000 workers on three months' notice.The dismissals come at a time the legislature is in the process of amending the Labour Act.Sources c...Published: 18 Aug 2015 at 23:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe Unions welcome Labour Bill terms
Workers have welcomed proposals in the Labour Amendment Bill that seek to take away employers' right to unilaterally dismiss them on three months' notice without benefits and provide for benefits ...Published: 17 Aug 2015 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
18,000 fired so far
EIGHTEEN thousand workers have so far been sacked by 48 companies countrywide since the July 17 Supreme Court ruling that authorised the dismissal of employees upon giving them a three-month notice....Published: 05 Aug 2015 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZUJ baffled by journalists dismissals
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, has expressed deep concerns over developments in which several journalists and media workers have lost their jobs following the unpopular 17 July Supreme Co...Published: 31 Jul 2015 at 05:30hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zim govt accused of failing to stop diamond looting
The Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) has accused the government of failing to stop the continued looting of diamonds in Chiadzwa by influential people. Addressing delegates and repre...Published: 06 May 2015 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe urged to fire Chinamasa
The Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU), which is widely believed to be aligned to the ruling Zanu-PF party, has described Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa as a pseudo-revolutionary and ...Published: 28 Apr 2015 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba election torches a storm
BUHERA South lawmaker Joseph Chinotimba's election as Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Union (ZFTU) second vice president yesterday torched a storm with some unionists describing his election as irregular...Published: 29 Nov 2014 at 15:02hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Chinotimba bounces back
The Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) secretary-general Kennias Shamuyarira Thursday retained his post at an elective conference that also saw the return of Buhera South legislator Josep...Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZFTU criticises fiscal policy review
A labour representative body has called on the government to extensively consult before making key national decisions.Commenting on the recently announced Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review stateme...Published: 13 Sep 2014 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Workers express mixed feelings towards May Day
A cross section of workers has expressed mixed feelings towards the commemoration of May Day, while in Mbare it was business as usual as traders wanted to maximise revenue since it is month end....Published: 01 May 2014 at 13:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'We are now Zimbabweans,' says Nigerians
THE Nigerian community in Bulawayo has said identifying them as Nigerians is not correct as they were now Zimbabweans committed to the development of the country since they married local women....Published: 18 Dec 2013 at 03:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZFTU gives Nigerian businessmen ultimatum
THE Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) has given Nigerians operating business in Bulawayo a 14-day ultimatum to vacate the city alleging that the foreigners were not paying wages and not remit...Published: 05 Dec 2013 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
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