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VOA A top government official says all Zimbabwean civil servants should get the Covid-19 vaccine in order to curb the spread of coronavirus, which has killed almost 2 000 people in the southern African nation. Speaking during a Covid-19 assessment meeting with heads of various government departments in Chinhoyi, Mashonaland West province, Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said civil servants have no choice after signing state contracts compelling them to work for the public. Ziyambi stunned those at the meeting when he said civil servants who do not want to follow Public Service Commission rul...

Zim tops on workers’ rights violations NewsDay 22 hrs ago BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA ZIMBABWE is among the top 10 worst violators of the rights of workers in an attempt to thwart trade unionism, the latest International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) global rights index for the year 2021 has shown. The countries are said to have violated collective bargaining rights, increased surveillance of workers and undermined the right to privacy among other violations. Other countries include Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Honduras, Myanmar, the Philippines and Turkey. The countries were a...

MONEYWEB app instead? Give a loaf to a stranger 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 – 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 woo...

Labour unions, TUAC and ITUC launch priorities for the G7 TUC/Labour7 International Conference International Workers' Memorial Day 28 April UK Shadow Ministers meet with TUC and Turkish unions OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS ILO urges Belarus to stop repression and respect workers’ rights Myanmar: National unity government must be recognised New ITUC report on Palestinian workers in Israel and the settlements ETUC urges Turkey to reconsider pulling out of Convention on violence against women IFI NEWS IMF, G20, World Bank: call to focus on jobs CALLS TO ACTION ACT NOW! Israel: 10bis m...

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 th...