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

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…

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Highlanders (No9) ‘Mnangagwa’ Wants Zimbabwe To Use ‘Yuan’ As Legal Tender

Highlanders (No9) ‘Mnangagwa’ Wants Zimbabwe To Use ‘Yuan’ As  Legal Tender

Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday proposed to have the Chinese currency, the RMB/Yuan, as a legal tender in Zimbabwe when he met his Chinese counterpart Mr Li Yuanchao behind closed doors at the iconic Great Hall of the People in Beijing. VP Mnangagwa, who is on an official five-day visit to China at the invitation of Mr Li, said such a development would ease and boost business transactions between the two countries. A senior official…

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