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Zimbabwe: Workers in Shock Over Mass Dismissals
Al Jazeera, 13 September 2015
A stately portrait of President Robert Mugabe looks over a room packed full of former railway employees demanding their salary arrears and termination benefits. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Incites Civil Servants
The Herald, 2 September 2015
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is reportedly moving around the country telling civil servants and parastatal heads that 150 000 Government workers will soon be retrenched as he… Read more »
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South Africa: For Better or Worse, Zimbabweans Keep Surviving
The Daily Vox, 2 September 2015
Zimbabwe may be in political and economic disarray but its people are still standing, and they owe their continued resilience to an unyielding entrepreneurial spirit, writes THEMBA… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Govt to Fire Thousands More in Impending Job Cull
New Zimbabwe, 30 August 2015
THE government is finalising a plan to reduce its bloated civil service through a job cut exercise that is set to reduce figures by half, NewZimbabwe.com has learnt. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Zim Govt to Lay Off Thousands of Workers - Report
News24Wire, 31 August 2015
The Zimbabwean government is reportedly set to fire thousands of civil servants as it seeks to reduce its wage bill. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Fired Workers Demand U.S $3,5 Million
The Herald, 31 August 2015
SOME of the 238 workers who were fired by Chitungwiza Town Council last week besieged the town's head office demanding that town clerk Mr George Makunde gives them their dues… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: ZNCC Top Managers Lose Jobs
Zimbabwe Independent, 28 August 2015
INDUSTRY lobby group, the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has embarked on a major restructuring exercise with a view to revamping the organisation which will result in… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Banks Fire Over 2 000 Workers
Zimbabwe Independent, 28 August 2015
MORE than 2 000 employees have been fired from the banking sector since 2009, with 130 sacked using the recent Supreme Court ruling, a bankers' union has said. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Chitungwiza Fires 236 Workers
The Herald, 28 August 2015
Chitungwiza Town Council yesterday sacked 236 employees based on the July 17 Supreme Court ruling, which allows employers to terminate workers' contracts on three months' notice. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Govt Seeks to Reverse Court Ruling On Job Cuts
Financial Gazette, 14 August 2015
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's government on Friday issued new labour regulations that sought to reverse a July 17 Supreme Court ruling allowing employers to terminate contracts on… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Govt Blocks City's Bid to Fire 3 000
The Herald, 20 August 2015
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has stopped Harare City Council from firing 3 000 workers at one fell swoop without giving a proper… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: 'Back-Dated' Changes to Zim Labour Laws Problematic
News24Wire, 19 August 2015
Allowing Zimbabwe's parliament to make back-dated changes to labour laws could backfire, an opposition leader warned on Wednesday. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: City of Harare Fires 3 000 Workers
Financial Gazette, 18 August 2015
CITY of Harare sent thousands of workers packing on Tuesday, in the biggest mass sacking by a single entity since the infamous Supreme Court ruling on July 17 which gave employers… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Workers Duped
Financial Gazette, 20 August 2015
WORKERS might not be the biggest winners in the labour law amendment as earlier thought, with Senate -- the upper House of Parliament -- widely tipped to pass the Labour Amendment… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Harare City Council Fires 3,000 Workers
New Zimbabwe, 18 August 2015
HARARE City Council has laid off about 3,000 workers using the recent Supreme Court ruling which allowed the dismissal of employees on three months' notice. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Council Fires 3 000 Workers
The Herald, 19 August 2015
AT least 3 000 Harare City Council workers will receive their letters of termination of contract on three months' notice today in line with the recent Supreme Court ruling allowing… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Job Losses - Govt's Crocodile Tears
Waza, 17 August 2015
A ruling by Zimbabwe's Supreme Court has led to more than 20000 workers losing their jobs, according to worker's unions. In his inaugural blog for Waza, Blessing Ivan Vava… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: ZBC Reshuffles Management
The Herald, 19 August 2015
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation has appointed an interim management to run the affairs of the national broadcaster and fill the vacant positions created by the recent… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: National Broadcaster Fires Hundreds of Employees
New Zimbabwe, 12 August 2015
AT least 300 workers at state broadcaster, ZBC, have had their employment contracts terminated, thanks to the recent Supreme Court ruling which has caused over 20 000 job losses. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Youths Warn of an Uprising As Job Cuts Continue
New Zimbabwe, 12 August 2015
ANGERED by government's inaction in the face of continued job losses, youths have warned that an uprising could be the only way forward. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: ZCTU Plotting a Concourt Challenge to On-Going Job Cuts
New Zimbabwe, 11 August 2015
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) says it is preparing to lodge its own Constitutional Court challenge against current job cuts that have seen nearly 20,000 served with… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Job Losses Intensify
Zimbabwe Independent, 7 August 2015
THE bloodbath of worker dismissals through the termination of contracts on three months' notice will continue for at least until the end of the month as parliament, which is… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Govt-Owned Zimpapers Group Fires 100 Employees
New Zimbabwe, 7 August 2015
THE Zimpapers group has fired 100 employees, taking advantage of the recent Supreme Court ruling allowing companies to dismiss workers on three months' notice in a development that… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Govt Okays Job Losses, 18 000 Workers Fired
Financial Gazette, 6 August 2015
AT LEAST 18 000 workers have been sacked by 48 companies since the middle of last month after the Supreme Court ruling which made it legal to dismiss employees with just three… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: British, Americans Behind Job Dismissals, Cdes
Financial Gazette, 6 August 2015
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Zimbabwe: Cash-Strapped GMB Fires 1000 Workers As Jobs Carnage Continues
New Zimbabwe, 5 August 2015
THE cash-strapped Grain Marketing Board (GMB) which enjoys the monopoly of buying grain from farmers across the country has also taken advantage of the recent Supreme Court ruling… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Zvogbo-Owned Regency Hotel Group Dismisses 250 Workers
New Zimbabwe, 5 August 2015
REGENCY Group of Hotels, which is owned by the family the late Zanu PF politician and minister Eddison Zvogbo has fired 251 workers. Read more »