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Zim workers under siege: Global Report  BY MOSES MATENGA ZIMBABWE has been red-flagged as one of the world’s 10 worst countries regarding workers’ welfare. Violations of workers’ rights, including abductions and other forms of violence and threats of harm, are cited. According to the International Trade Union Confederation’s documentation of violations of workers’ rights, Zimbabwe joined the bad boys’ club including Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Colombia, Egypt, Honduras, Kazakhstan, the Philippines and Turkey where workers’ rights were brazenly violated. “In the aftermath of th...

Zim workers under siege: Global Report January 10, 2021 in Local, News BY MOSES MATENGA ZIMBABWE has been red-flagged as one of the world’s 10 worst countries regarding workers’ welfare. Violations of workers’ rights, including abductions and other forms of violence and threats of harm, are cited. According to the International Trade Union Confederation’s documentation of violations of workers’ rights, Zimbabwe joined the bad boys’ club including Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Colombia, Egypt, Honduras, Kazakhstan, the Philippines and Turkey where workers’ rights were brazenly viol...

Under fire AirZim capitulates BY SHAME MAKOSHORI UNDER fire Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) administrator, Reggie Saruchera buckled under pressure on Monday and rehired 300 workers fired by the airline under controversial circumstances five years ago, NewsDay Business can reveal. Saruchera’s dramatic summersault came a week after his office had told our sister paper, Zimbabwe Independent that AirZim had no capacity to reappoint them following their landmark Supreme Court victory delivered on December 7. The workers responded by slapping him with multiple charges spanning from “gross maladministra...

By Alois Vinga THE country’s main labour federations Thursday snubbed a Tripartite Negotiation Forum (TNF) meeting called by Labour Minister Paul Mavima in protest over government’s attempt to avoid a discussion on the current eroded workers’ salaries. The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), civil servants’ representative Apex Council and the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) set aside their ideological differences and joined hands in a “rare marriage” to pile pressure on the government to improve workers’ salaries. Speaking to NewZimbabwe.com, ZCTU president Pete...

Unfortunately, we also saw a number of learners remain behind, excluded and unable to access the lessons provided on television, radio, and online due to socioeconomic status of the families they hail from. We saw the rights of children with disabilities take a back seat in the priority list of most government in the region. Prior to the advent of Covid-19, UNESCO’s Institute of Statistics (UIS) had reported that 263 million of children aged 6 to 17 years were not in school, meaning 1 in 5 children was not accessing school. by Khetho Dlamini 5th October was World Teachers’ Day. The the...