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State diamond firm lays off hundreds to avoid collapse
Zimbabwe's state-controlled diamond miner, the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), has launched a major retrenchment exercise in a desperate bid to stave off collapse, following a brutal cra...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:08hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Gweru's Go Beer bounces back after decade
Gweru City Council's beer concern, Go Beer, has reopened after a decade-long closure, bringing fresh hope to the local economy. The local authority confirmed that operations had resumed last week, wit...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:22hrs | 1362 | by Staff reporter
Econet in shares battle with former workers
The High Court has issued a default judgment ordering Econet Wireless (Pvt) Ltd to release the relevant documents related to the transfer of over two million shares promised to eight former employees ...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 08:07hrs | 3586 | by Staff reporter
Go Beer to reopen in 8 months
GWERU mayor Martin Chivhoko has announced that the local authority's beer concern, Go Beer will commence production in November this year.Chivhoko said a memorandum of agreement had been signe...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Retrenched workers refuse to go
SUGAR producer starafricacorporation Limited has served retrenchment letters to 75 workers, but the workers have refused to sign arguing that their employer's decision was illegal.The company'...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
NUST retrenches workers
The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has reportedly retrenched over 60 staff members.The "retrenched workers are reportedly non-academic, however, there are reports that mo...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 18:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, CCC cross swords over Bulawayo decay
Zanu-PF Bulawayo chairman Jabulani Sibanda has courted the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s ire after he blamed the opposition-led Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for the decay bedevilling the city....Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 22:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC to blame for Bulawayo decay
ZANU-PF Bulawayo Provincial chairman, Jabulani Sibanda has slammed Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for lacking a clear forward planning strategy, a situation that he said has immensely contributed to the ...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:17hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Relief for NRZ pensioners
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe has been ordered to pay pension increases to 175 former employees who were dismissed on July 31, 2015 at rates of between 20% and 100%.Most of the affected pe...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt clamps down on maize mealie smugglers
GOVERNMENT has begun a crackdown on errant retailers who are selling imported mealie-meal as it moves to curb the smuggling of the commodity from neighbouring countries.The exercise, which cam...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Miners still trapped underground
THE 30 illegal miners trapped in a collapsed shaft at Ran Mine in Bindura were still underground yesterday as efforts to dewater the shaft were in progress.This came amid reports that a volunt...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fears as xenophobic attacks to increase in South Africa
Xenophobic attacks are looming in South Africa after the country's President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa announced this week that there will be massive job losses in the country due to the technological ...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 13:05hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
CBZ Holdings retrenches
ZIMBABWE'S largest financial services group, CBZ Holdings (CBZH), has retrenched more than 100 employees as banks reel under the worsening economic environment, NewsDay can exclusively reveal....Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa banks on funds from Mnangagwa to pay fired workers
THE MDC is banking on State funds to pay off thousands of dollars owed to 145 party employees fired last month after going for 11 months without getting their dues.The cash-strapped opposition...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Gweru revives Go-Beer
Gweru City Council has moved to revamp its beer concern, Go-Beer Breweries, after unbundling it into three business units expected to be operational by the end of the year, a senior council official h...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Gweru privatises Go-Beer farms
GWERU City Council finance director, Edgar Mwedzi yesterday disclosed that the local authority is in the process of registering a private company to oversee the running of Go-Beer Breweries farms as p...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Security companies stealing from employees!
It is with grave concern that the Zimbabwe Network for Social Justice (ZimJustice) notes the ever-increasing heartless, callous and downright wicked behaviour by some security firms, as they fail to p...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:18hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana (ZimJustice)
Retrenched workers revisit Supreme Court ruling
A workers' representative body comprising retrenched workers from the 2015 landmark Supreme Court ruling that terminated thousands of employment contracts has revisited this ruling, hoping for a redre...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 16:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Windfall for retrenched workers
Thousands of workers whose contracts were arbitrarily terminated on notice pursuant to the infamous Zuva Petroleum judgment of July 2015 will now be paid damages for loss of employment.The hig...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dunlop gears for re-opening
AUTO TYRES Zimbabwe, previously known as Dunlop Zimbabwe, is set to resume operations at the beginning of next year after acquiring modern tyre-making equipment that will enhance competitive productio...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt sets aside $5m for retrenched workers
Government is creating a database of thousands of workers affected by the 2015 retrenchments, with a view to offer them loans to start income generating projects, Public Service, Labour and Social Wel...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo company recalls retrenched workers
BULAWAYO textile company, Archer Clothing Manufacturers has re-employed part of the workforce it retrenched last year buoyed by a surge in exports.Archer Clothing managing director Mr Jeremy Y...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Employees camp at council offices
BUSINESS came to a standstill at Marondera Town Council (MTC) yesterday after more than 60 retrenched workers besieged the premises demanding payment of their outstanding packages and salaries....Published: 04 May 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's dying economy a 'ticking bomb'
Long-suffering Zimbabweans have laid into President Robert Mugabe's misfiring government, warning that the country's dying economy, worsening cash shortages and rising poverty levels are "a ticking ti...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 14:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bond notes also vanish
There are fresh fears that the country's dying economy is hurtling towards the debilitating depths of the 2008 hyperinflationary era, as bond notes are now also disappearing from the market.Th...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe deal collapses
PLANS by the country's beleaguered airline, Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), to lease modern passenger aircraft from Malaysia Airlines have hit a brick wall after the two parties could not agree on terms un...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High court ruling on retrenchment packages shocking- ZCTU
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has said in yet another anti-worker judgment, the High Court of Zimbabwe has ruled that workers who lost their jobs following the July 17, 2015 Supre...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 06:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
9,000 workers laid off
Nearly 9 000 workers were retrenched in 2015 and 2016 as it emerged that 26 companies have retrenched workers this month, signaling the deepening economic crisis which continues to take its toll o...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Retrenchment figures soar, 29 firms lay-off workers this year
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary-general Japhet Moyo said a total of 8 843 workers were laid off in 2015 and 2016.Companies are taking advantage of July 17 2015 Supreme C...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Capacity utilisation report misleading, say experts
ECONOMIC experts say the 13 percent increase in manufacturing capacity utilisation this year should translate to increased job opportunities.Participants at a tax seminar held in Bulawayo ...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 05:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Banks told not to hide behind prescribed minimum payouts
THE Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers' Union (ZIBAWU) says financial institutions have the capacity to pay their former employees more than the prescribed minimum retrenchment payouts under the July 1...Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Oliver Kazunga
Textile outfit retrenches following Zim imports ban
Another local textile company has retrenched workers after the Zimbabwean government banned importation of textile products into their country in order to resuscitate their own depressed textile indus...Published: 15 Jun 2016 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Chitungwiza Municipality retrenched workers not paid
Harare Residents Trust has claimed that Chitungwiza Municipality workers who were retrenched in August 2015 have not been paid up to now.The trust said one of the former workers who was at the...Published: 09 Jun 2016 at 15:06hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Retrenched workers might not get exit packages
Thousands of retrenched workers might not get any packages as employers say there is no need for payout because they enjoy other benefits such as pensions and gratuities.Employers claim th...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 14:48hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
A day in the life of a job-seeker
Yeudzirai's rotund face sparkles with anxiety as her hesitant thumb scrolls down a variety of jobs posted on CVpeople Africa website. Her beaming face briskly flashed into gloom upon realising t...Published: 11 May 2016 at 14:55hrs | 2 | by Musavengana Hove
Redcliff water crisis leads to babies' deaths - Kasukuwere needs to urgently intervene
Redcliff town had been for decades the proud backbone of Zimbabwe's economy, as it was the home of steelmaking giant - the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel) - but today it has become a home...Published: 30 Apr 2016 at 15:41hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
There's a lot to celebrate on Workers' Day
Whenever the country moves towards a commemoration of a national event such as the Independence Day holiday, it has become the norm for some habitual doomsayers to not only write obituaries about the ...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 15:33hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Fired Steward Bank workers protest
Scores of former Steward Bank workers staged a protest at Avondale Branch in Harare today (Tuesday).The workers were fired last year in July.They are demanding their retrenchments pack...Published: 08 Mar 2016 at 13:50hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
What would Ian Smith say if he resurrected in a 2016 Zimbabwe?
During a New Year's Eve gathering we had with friends, a discussion on the appalling political and economic state in which Zimbabweans are reeling under, naturally took centre stage.However, w...Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 08:32hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Broke AMH gives workers $50 and $100 vouchers
ALPHA Media Holdings (AMH) has reportedly told its restive workers that it cannot afford to pay them their October, November and December salaries.The media house is now wavering a bankruptcy ...Published: 20 Dec 2015 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Retrenched GMB workers disappointed by latest offer
HARARE - Grain Marketing Board (GMB) workers, who were retrenched recently, have vowed to stand for their rights to the bitter end, as they expressed grave misgivings with the latest offer by their fo...Published: 19 Dec 2015 at 09:52hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Retrenched GMB workers disappointed by latest offer
Grain Marketing Board (GMB) workers, who were retrenched recently, have vowed to stand for their rights to the bitter end, as they expressed grave misgivings with the latest offer by their former empl...Published: 18 Dec 2015 at 08:28hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
AMH fails to pay rentrenched workers
ALPHA Media Holdings (AMH), which owns private newspapers in Zimbabwe, including Newsday, says it does not have enough money to pay 70 recently retrenched workers.The Mail & Guardian is Ne...Published: 14 Dec 2015 at 05:24hrs | | by ANA
Tax reprieve for retrenchees
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa gave workers who were retrenched on three months' notice an early Christmas present in his 2016 National Budget Statement when he announced ...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 08:28hrs | | by Lungile Tshuma
How long are the Zimbabweans going to stomach nonsense coming from these politicians?
Not long ago Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede went ballistic about the use of contraceptives in Zimbabwe. They should be banned so that the Zimbabwean people can multiply and replenish the country wit...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 11:26hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Econet cuts 100 jobs
Econet Wireless, Zimbabwe's largest mobile operator, said on Thursday it would immediately cut 100 jobs, citing a decline in revenue after the national telecoms regulator reduced tariffs charged by op...Published: 08 Oct 2015 at 16:02hrs | | by Reuters
Job cuts law chaos
Senate yesterday passed the controversial Labour Amendment Bill amid chaotic scenes that saw MDC-T senators walking out of the Upper House in protest against Zanu-PF's refusal to accept any amendm...Published: 21 Aug 2015 at 08:01hrs | | 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
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 | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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ZCTU in fresh bid to demonstrate
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has threatened a follow-up job cuts demonstration this weekend after police last weekend crashed the union's planned mass action citing manpower shorta...Published: 18 Aug 2015 at 09:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
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