Day: June 17, 2022

Govt gazettes new private health workers salaries

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GOVERNMENT has gazetted a new Statutory Instrument for a Collective Bargaining Agreement which will see health workers in the private sector are to receive salaries in the range of USD273 to USD536. By Kudakwashe Pembere This CBA was between the Medical and Allied Industry, the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Medical Professionals and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe and Medical and Allied TradesWorkers Union of Zimbabwe being parties to the National Employment Council for the Medical and Allied Industry. Previously they were earning between USD222 for the lowest paid…

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Health workers to go on strike

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ZIMBABWE’S Health Apex Council says health workers in the public sector will as of Monday be on strike noting their grievances are not being addressed. By Kuda Pembere Some of the grievances are closure of negotiation space, failure to provide meaningful cost of living adjustment and failure to review the Regrading System. In a letter to the Health Service Board (HSB), the Zimbabwe Health Apex Council (ZHAC) which represents several health workers unions said they arrived at this decision following a meeting held today. “Following our meeting on the 17th…

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Over 1 million child brides in Zim: UNICEF

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MASHONALAND CENTRAL tops the list of provinces with the highest number of young girls married before 18 in Zimbabwe with Matebeleland South having the lowest. By Kudakwashe Pembere Mash Central accounted for over 50 percent of the girls married before 18 years according to a UNICEF latest report on Child Marriages. In the report, there are over 1 million young Zimbabwean girls married before the age of 18 with 241 000 of these betrothed below 15 years. Matebeleland North, Midlands, and Harare had between 21 and 30 percent. Mashonaland West,…

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