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BY SILAS NKALA BULAWAYO City Council workers on this week staged a sit-in at their stations protesting over delays in payment of November salaries and poor remuneration. The Zimbabwe Urban Councils Workers Union (ZUCWU), Bulawayo branch chairperson Ambrose Sibindi confirmed that council workers demonstrated against paltry salaries. He said the council workers were disgruntled by the fact that their employer was not concerned about their plight “The workers struggle, their energy levels are so low that they are unable to perform their normal duties,” Sibindi said. “Also, agreements reached at works council meetings are unilaterally changed without engaging workers. “The case in point is payment of November salaries and bonus on December 16. “The employer later wrote a memo contrary to the works council resolution. “The employer negotiated in bad faith and has grossly proved that in terms of priorities, workers’ salaries are at the lower table and workers have said it is enough.” Sibindi said workers are paid a basic salary of less than $2000 when the poverty datum line was around $20 000 a month. “Workers have decided not to work on December 17 and 18 but will report for duty and sit in demanding that the employer abides by the December 7 works council resolution and pay all workers November salaries plus bonus,” he said. Bulawayo town clerk Christopher Dube said he was busy and referred questions to the director human resources Makhosi Tshalebwa who was not reachable on his mobile phone. Last month, council workers threatened to strike over the same concerns but council ignored the threat. The least paid BCC worker earns a basic salary of $1 900. According to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency, the latest poverty datum line for an average family of five stands at $17 244. In July, Dube admitted that council was struggling to pay its workers and providing effective service to its residents. He said this was a result of council’s revenue declined by 80% at the beginning of the year. According to a council report, of March, the local authority managed to collect $15 million, but revenue inflows tumbled to $3 million in April after the declaration of the lockdown.
Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
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In an effort to provide some help to struggling artists, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a new universal basic income program that will provide $1,000 each month to 130 artists in the city, according to the mayor's office. The program is part of a larger package of […]
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From today, UNICEF Guyana has announced that it will officially begin operations at UN House, at Duke Street, Kingston, Georgetown, joining several sister United Nations agencies present in Guyana at the location.
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President Donald Trump signalled Sudan would be removed from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism if it pays compensation of $335 million to American terror victims and their families.
The move would open the door for Sudan to receive much needed international loans and aid to revive its battered economy.
Sudan has been listed since 1993 when al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden lived in the country as a guest of the government.
The compensation relates to the victims of the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, attacks conducted by Bin Laden’s al-Qaida network while he was living in Sudan which killed more than 200 people.
Trump made the announcement on Twitter.
Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who took office last year, welcomed the announcement, also on Twitter.
The move could also help Sudan's transition to democracy. Last year a popular uprising led to the military overthrow of autocratic leader Omar al-Bashir.
A military-civilian government now rules the country with elections possible in late 2022.
The announcement, just two weeks ahead of the U.S. presidential election, also comes as the Trump administration works to get other Arab countries, such as Sudan, to join the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain’s recent recognition of Israel.
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