Peter Mutasa

Zimbabwe to introduce Special Economic Zones despite workplace dangers

8th December 2017 Christopher Mahove 0

With the imminent implementation of the pilot of the Special Economic Zones in Zimbabwe, the trade unions in the country are concerned about the high number of occupational health and safety cases. Special Economic Zones the world over are notorious for disregarding workers’ rights, including health and safety.

ZCTU cautious about the current political situation in Zimbabwe

24th November 2017 Christopher Mahove 0

As Zimbabweans celebrated the end to Robert Mugabe’s 37 years of iron-fisted rule, which saw the country plunging from its Jewel of Africa status to basket case, the country’s largest labour body, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) chose to tread with caution.