The government has warned employers against sending their workers on unpaid leave as part of desperate measures to reduce the impact brought to their businesses by the Covid-19 induced job lockdown. In a statement to coincide with Workers Day this Friday, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Paul Mavima said it …
Read More »Retailers Accused of Demanding Forex for Govt Subsidised Roller Meal
Residents in the eastern border city are up in arms with shop owners who are demanding foreign currency for subsidised mealie meal being distributed under by the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ). The millers’ group last week rolled out its zonal distribution of the staple with 800 metric tonnes …
Read More »COVID-19 – School Heads Warn Against Rushed Opening, Set Minimum Safety Conditions
Zimbabwean school heads have demanded placement of teachers as part of the country’s frontline staff against Covid-19. In a statement Thursday, the heads further warned against any rushed schools opening by government without appropriate measures put in place to avoid the spread of the pandemic among learners. Speaking under the …
Read More »Reduce Prices By 20 Percent – Econet FacebookTwitterWhatsAppFlipboardLinkedInRedditEmailShare
Zimbabwe’s largest mobile phone operator, Econet Wireless, has requested suppliers to reduce prices by 20 percent in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. Econet, which cannot easily pass rising costs of goods and services that it requires in its operations because tariffs are regulated and always lag inflation and the exchange …
Read More »Lockdown – Workers in Bulawayo Fret Over Looming Job Losses
Workers in Bulawayo Friday commemorated May Day amid fears of mass job losses brought by significant decline of business within companies due to the effects of COVID-19. An unprecedentedly long business break declared to try and manage the spread of the global pandemic by government has also plunged a lot …
Read More »Bleak Future for Chrome Mining in Zimbabwe Post COVID-19
The troubled chrome mining sector in the country is faced with a bleak future post Covid-19, a trade unionist has said. Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union secretary general, Justice Chinhema in his Workers Day message Friday, said chrome mining faces bleak prospects in the country. “In our mining …
Read More »UK Based Zimbabwean Man Dies From Coronavirus
COVID-19 has claimed yet another Zimbabwean based in the United Kingdom as the human cost of the pandemic within the country’s diaspora community in that country persists. Popular broadcaster Ezra Tshisa Sibanda, who is also based in the UK, announced the death of Irvin Fantie Moyo in Chelmsford through coronavirus. …
Read More »ZSE Closes Week Stronger, Despite COVID-19 Threat
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) market capitalisation registered major gains in the past two weeks of the second phase of lockdown adding ZWL 3 billion to reach ZWL 63.388 billion as of the week ending April 30, 263Chat Business reports. Over a fortnight ago, in the week running up to …
Read More »May Day – Food Workers and Allied Union of Zimbabwe Calls for Occupational Safety
The Food Workers and Allied Union of Zimbabwe (FFAWUZ) commemorates this year’s Workers Day with a call on members to prioritise occupational health and safety within working environments and staying at home. The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union affiliated group urges members to continue practising safety-oriented behaviour recommended by the …
Read More »Price Hike On Face Masks After Govt Declares They Are Now Compulsory
Prices of surgical masks have shot up following an announcement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa all citizens in public places were now required to wear face masks as part of the country’s measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Mnangagwa Friday announced the extension of the coronavirus-induced lockdown period by a …
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