March 21
Zimbabwe: University of Zimbabwe Lecturers' U.S.$2 Per Hour Pay Shocker
University of Zimbabwe (UZ) part-time lecturers are getting a measly US$2.50 stipend for every hour spent teaching at the country's premier tertiary institution. Read more »
March 14
Zimbabwe: Former ZCDC Employee Wins U.S.$ 200k Claim Following Embarrassing Verbal Dismissal
A former Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) employee, Linda Chiyangwa has won a US$200 000 claim against her former employer who verbally dismissed her in 2016. Read more »
February 28
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Healthcare Workers Announce Two-Day Strike Over Low Salaries
HEALTHCARE workers, including nurses and doctors, have announced a two-day strike over poor wages starting Thursday. Read more »
February 21
Zimbabwe: Unions Blast Govt's 'Zionist' Approach to Land Evictions
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has criticized the government's "Zionist" approach in dealing with illegal occupations of land on the back of fears that the nation is… Read more »
February 16
Zimbabwe: Harare-Chirundu Highway Upgrade Triggers Job Rush
HUNDREDS of youths are daily flocking to the Department of Labour offices in Chinhoyi where they are registering their names for possible employment at the recently unveiled… Read more »
February 12
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Nurses Seek Better Conditions Abroad but Fear for Patients At Home
In December 2021, Setfree Mafukidze, his wife and four children moved to Somerset in the United Kingdom, joining a long list of health workers who have fled Zimbabwe to escape… Read more »
January 26
Zimbabwe: Suspended Highlanders Employee Demands Job Back, Threatens Legal Action
SUSPENDED Highlanders employee Sihlalisiwe Mkandla has threatened legal action against the club if she is not reinstated. Read more »
January 22
Zimbabwe: Civil Servants Call Out Government's Double Standards as U.S.$300 Addition Is 'Unfairly' Deducted
CIVIL servants under the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) have bemoaned a move by the government to introduce massive deductions on the US$300 wage… Read more »
January 15
Zimbabwe: Teachers Scoff At U.S.$300 Salary - 'A Product of One-Armed Banditry' Says Union
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has scoffed at the US$300 Covid-19 allowance conversion into a salary describing the move as a mere 'tissue of misrepresentation'. Read more »
January 11
Zimbabwe: Expert Says 2024 National Budget to Worsen Workers' Plight in the New Year
RENOWNED academic, Dr Godfrey Kanyenze says the just commenced year will be one of the toughest for workers owing to a cocktail of ensuing hardships. Read more »
December 23, 2023
Zimbabwe: ZCTU Bemoans Tough Year for Workers', Says Wages Below U.S.$600 Poverty Datum Line
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says the year 2023 will go down memory lane as one of the toughest for workers with the majority earning salaries way below the current… Read more »
December 07, 2023
Zimbabwe: Thousands of Desperate, Unemployed Graduates Brave Heat, Stampede to Submit CVs at Jobs Fair
THOUSANDS of job seekers, desperate for employment braved Wednesday's heat to attend government's job fair at the Museum of African Liberation in Harare. Read more »
November 24, 2023
Zimbabwe: Give Us Domestic Jobs At State House - Vendors Tell Govt
Harare vendors have said they will only vacate the Central Building District (CBD) streets they sell their wares from if the government creates better employment opportunities for… Read more »
November 22, 2023
Zimbabwe: Confusion as Recent Court Order Renders All National Employment Councils 'Illegal'
CRISIS is set to strike the Labour Market following a recent Court Order rendering all the National Employment Councils (NECs) illegal, a position which some legal experts believe… Read more »
November 18, 2023
Zimbabwe: 75% of Banking Sector Jobs Lost Due to Digitization
THE Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union (ZIBAWU) says 75% of the sector's jobs have been lost since the turn of the millennium due to a combination of accelerated digitization… Read more »
September 21, 2023
Zimbabwe: Labour Demands Space in Zim's 'Opaque' Trade Agreements
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has upped the ante in demanding space in the country's numerous bilateral and multi-lateral trade agreements in a bid to protect the… Read more »
September 20, 2023
Zimbabwe: ZCTU Blames Disorderly Govt Structures for Poor SDGs Tracking
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has blamed disorderly government structures which are often duplicating tasks for hindering accurate and timely tracking of the… Read more »
August 27, 2023
Zimbabwe: Pensioners Drown in Poverty As Companies Hold on to $47 Billion Deductions
HAVING grown up in the rural community of Chiriseri in Bindura South, Backdoor Mhunza says he witnessed the disgusting twist of circumstances which can ensue one in his old age due… Read more »
August 04, 2023
Zimbabwe: ZCTU Slams Five Years Imprisonment Sentence for Staging Strikes in New Labour Law
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has criticized the recently promulgated Labour Amendment Act for stipulating a sentence of up to five years in jail for organizing any… Read more »
August 02, 2023
Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Created 2,7 Million Jobs Promised in 2018 - Claims Party's Deputy Youth Commissar
Zanu PF aspiring legislator for Epworth North Constituency Taurai Kandishaya has defended President Emmerson Mnangagwa's two million jobs promise saying the ruling party has… Read more »
June 19, 2023
Zimbabwe: Mine Workers Demand USD Salaries - Threaten Industrial Action
THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Mineral Workers Union (ZDAMWU) is pushing for USD salaries for its members arguing that the ZWL remuneration is being eroded by inflation. Read more »
June 15, 2023
Zimbabwe: 'Police Officers' Salaries Can Only Buy a Pack of Meat'
PARLIAMENT morphed into chaos as opposition legislators demanded Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube's appearance before the National Assembly as the economy continues on a downward… Read more »
June 01, 2023
Zimbabwe: National Housing Ministry Employees Quit Jobs Due to Poor Salaries - Over 290 Posts Vacant
The Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities has revealed that it is reeling with staff shortage amid high employee turnover in the technical departments as a result of… Read more »
Zimbabwe: National Housing Ministry Employees Quit Jobs Due to Poor Salaries - Over 290 Posts Left Vacant
THE Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities has revealed that it is reeling with staff shortage amid high employee turnover in the technical departments as a result of… Read more »
May 26, 2023
Zimbabwe: Zimra Workers Mull Industrial Action Due to Eroded Salaries
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority and Allied Workers Trade Union (ZIMRATU) have petitioned their employer demanding a timetable with three days per week working slots necessitated by… Read more »