Labour minister Prisca Mupfumira

Zanu PF Orders Shutdown Of All Vending & Small-scale Businesses In Harare For May Day Celebrations

Posted on May 2, 2016May 2, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The ruling Zanu PF party has ordered a shutdown of all vending sites and small-scale businesses in Harare today as it seeks to commandeer residents to belated May Day celebrations, where Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some Cabinet ministers are expected to roll out the party’s 2018 election promises, NewsDay has learnt.For the first time since the turn of the millennium, this year government has organised the Workers’ Day celebrations through the ruling party’s affiliated…

Jonathan Moyo’s Daughter , Zanele’s Funeral ‘Unites’ Faction Riddled Zanu-PF

Posted on October 24, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

FIGHTING Zanu-PF factions yesterday buried their differences to give Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo’s daughter, Zanele Naledi Ntombizodwa, a big send off similar to one accorded to VIPs. Zanele, who was buried at Glen Forest cemetery in Harare, died in Cape Town, South Africa under mysterious circumstances and her father is disputing the date of death stated on her death certificate. Zanu-PF leaders, often in the news for their battles and from distinct…

MDC-T Storm Out Of Senate In Protest As Heartless Zanu PF Block Bigger Packages For Fired Workers

Posted on August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

MDC-T Senators on Thursday walked out of the Upper House during a debate on the Labour Amendment Bill after their proposed changes were rejected by Zanu PF counterparts. The opposition party was of the view it had been promised Tuesday, when the bill was debated in the National Assembly, that their amendments would be incorporated during the Senate discussions. But, woefully outnumbered by the ruling party, MDC-T Senators were left exposed after labour minister Prisca…

Supreme Court Ruling: 1,300 NRZ Workers Fired, No Pay Since 1Yr Ago & No Benefits

Posted on August 4, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has fired 1,300 workers without salaries which have not been paid since June last year or even terminal benefits, some of those affected said Monday. NewZimbabwe.com last week reported that the crippled parastatal would take advantage of the Supreme Court ruling allowing companies to retrench without paying terminal benefits and fire more than 1,000 employees. State media moved to play down the numbers, claiming the parastatal would only get…

‘9 000 People Dismissed Since Controversial Supreme Court Ruling’-Mugabe

Posted on July 30, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

President Robert Mugabe yesterday disclosed that at least 9 000 people have lost their jobs since the controversial Supreme Court ruling that gave employers the leeway to terminate contracts after giving three months’ notice. Mugabe told delegates at the inaugural Small To Medium Enterprises International Expo in Harare that labour laws will be reviewed because the ruling had “created problems for people”. “If the law is going to create problems for the people, that law…