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In Zimbabwe, farm and domestic workers’ earnings cannot buy a loaf of bread a day for the whole month. 11:00
Workers are enslaved and starving, but for each member of the national roads administration â a Christmas hamper worth R135 240. Image: Shutterstock
In our beautiful wide blue skies of early May, winter warned us she was near and sent a cold wind, grey sky and unexpected rain this week.
Temperatures overnight plunged into single digits and during the day into the low teens. Zimbabwe got out her blankets and put on her woolly hats. Half an inch of rain gave us a welcome top-up of water as we prepare to go into the next six months of dry.
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Zimbabwe: Unions Declare an End to Business As Usual Approach zimbabwe-today.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from zimbabwe-today.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Foreign Policy In Focus
THIS IS “no longer business as usual,” declares Peter Mutasa, President of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). “Unions are going to be united.”
According to Mutasa, the situation in the country is dire, with basic salaries at or near the poverty line and workers unable to meet basic expenses. The Covid-19 shutdowns and related economic dislocations have reduced incomes for more than half of all urban workers.
According to labour representatives, the government’s response has been to collude with business to stifle workers’ rights.
Responding to the crisis, representatives of all Zimbabwe’s major worker organizations met last month to discuss falling working conditions and wages, vowing to use their collective voice to work towards decent work and decent lives. The organizations included the ZCTU and the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions, which is perceived as pro-government, and the Apex Council, the body that represents all gover
Zimbabwean Trade Unions declares end to business as usual – The Zimbabwe Mail thezimbabwemail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thezimbabwemail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.