The Insider

Kuwadzana East Member of Parliament Nelson Chamisa has applauded the government for coming up with the Labour Amendment Bill especially the controversial aspect that the remuneration of workers fired after the 17 July Supreme Court ruling that employers could dismiss workers on three months’ notice was retrospective.

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The unlikely revival of Bulawayo-based garment maker Archer Clothing has raised hopes there could be life yet in the second capital’s rusty factories after years of seemingly inexorable deindustrialisation.

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Zimbabwe employers say the proposed amendments to labour law — which were passed by the National Assembly last night — would hurt the already struggling economy and accused government of ignoring its contributions.

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Movement for Democratic Change-Ncube legislator Priscillah Misihairabwi-Mushonga yesterday accused Members of Parliament of trying to be populist by ignoring an adverse report on the Labour Amend Bill by the Parliamentary Legal Committee saying their move would not benefit workers.

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Harare City council says the city’s road network has been deteriorating ever since Zimbabwe’s National Road Agency (ZINARA) took over collection of vehicle licence fees and wants the fund to be disbursed to local authorities in proportion to vehicle population.

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The Parliamentary Legal Committee which comprises two Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front legislators, Fortune Chasi and Jonathan Samukange and one Movement for Democratic Change Member of Parliament Jessie Majome, two of whom are former deputy Justice Ministers, issued an adverse report on the Labour Amendment Bill because they believed in violated the separation of powers between the legislature and the judiciary

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The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says banks must come up with new and innovative products that encourage financial inclusion in the country where the majority of the population remains largely unbanked.

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Zimbabwe’s parliament today overturned an adverse report by its legal committee, which argued against the retrospective application of proposed changes to the Labour Act, as both major parties railroaded amendments to the law that labour experts say will leave it open to challenge and adds more confusion.

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For a long time, global beverage giant Coca Cola owned Christmas advertising. In Zimbabwe, however, Coke shared that space with a shoe company. Bata Shoe Company’s spirit-lifting Christmas ad, featuring bright, wide-eyed fresh faces, wishing Zimbabwe a toothy Christmas was every bit a part of yuletide. As was a Bata shoe cushioning virtually every school going foot as the new term began a few weeks later.

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Zimbabwe is wasting its time talking to the International Monetary Fund which has promised to unlock the doors for funding if Harare clears its arrears with the Bretton Woods institution because the United States can veto any loans from international financial institutions to Zimbabwe if it wants to.

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