Horticulture workers awarded 71,36% pay hike

Horticulture workers awarded 71,36% pay hike By Newsday – October 16, 2019 Employees in the horticulture sector have received a 71,36% salary increment which they, however, said was too little to cushion them from the prevailing economic hardships BY MTHANDAZO NYONI ZIMBABWE’S agriculture industry has awarded its employees in the horticulture sector a 71,36% salary increment which …

Compensate evicted families, Shurugwi chiefs tell army

Compensate evicted families, Shurugwi chiefs tell army By Newsday – October 11, 2019 BY ALLIEWAY NYONI CHIEFS in Shurugwi are demanding that the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) compensates over 200 families they evicted from Lazy Nine Farm under Chief Banga two years ago. The army gave a short notice that Lazy Nine Farm was a military protected …

Govt rectifies violated BIPPAs

Govt rectifies violated BIPPAs Herald 14/10/2019   Tawanda Musarurwa Senior Business Reporter Government has committed to rectify Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreements (BIPPAs) that were violated during the implementation of the Land Reform Programme in the early 2000s. In addition, the authorities are actively working to ratify at least 20 more BIPPAs as the …

Farm workers petition minister over slave wages

Farm workers petition minister over slave wages By Newsday – October 9, 2019 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI THE Progressive Agriculture and Allied Industries Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (Paawuz) has written to Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza, requesting for a meeting over the “conduct of white commercial farmers”. In a letter dated August 2, 2019, Paawuz secretary-general …