Eastern Cape healthcare needs fixing – Ritshidze report
Staff shortages, staff attitudes, extended waiting times and medicine stockouts are crippling health services in the province.
Labour
Zimbabwe struggles to end child labour
A recent report notes that children in Zimbabwe are subjected to the worst forms of child labour, involving trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation, and forced labour in mines and on farms.
Transnet workers on strike over wages
Workers at Transnet are demanding a 13,5% increase while the employer is offering 3%.
ZCTU faces collapse
The political divisions in the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions are reported to threaten the collapse of the federation.
Cosatu marches for decent work
Workers in twelve major centres around the country marched for decent and improved working conditions.
Zamimpilo residents hostage to Zama-Zama war
Residents of Zamimpilo informal settlement say they trip over uncollected heaps of rubbish during the day and duck bullets from zama-zamas at night.
Cosatu delegates boo Mantashe off stage
The public sector unions in Cosatu are angered by the threat to collective bargaining and are looking to the congress underway at Gallagher Convention Centre, to lead a united response.
Public servants plan nationwide strike after USD25 pay rise
Government workers in Zimbabwe are demanding a USD440 salary increase while the employer is offering USD25.
Homophobia rife at work
LGBTQI+ workers say that the unions need to do more to protect them.
Cosatu congress to reflect on the alliance again
Cosatu says its upcoming congress will report on work done since 2018, take stock of the organisation and reflect on the course of the National Democratic Revolution.
ZIMBABWE | Nurses’ union president dismissed
At least 200 nurses across the country are also facing disciplinary action and risk being dismissed for engaging in a nationwide strike
SAFTU and COSATU march against high cost of living and austerity
The unity between the two labour federations was put to the test in mass marches in Cape Town, Pretoria and East London during the general strike on Wednesday.
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