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The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has declared that the year 2023 has been extremely challenging for workers, with the majority earning salaries well below the current Poverty Datum Line (PDL) of US$600. ZCTU President Florence Taruvinga stated that the economy started the year on a slow note and continued to deteriorate further, with no significant improvements in the lives of ordinary workers.
The average monthly incomes of workers are far below the average cost of living, <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/zctu-bemoans-tough-year-for-workers-says-wages-below-us600-poverty-datum-line/">NewZimbabwe</a> cited her as saying. Taruvinga highlighted:
<blockquote>
Average monthly incomes lag far behind the average cost of living. The Poverty Datum Line (PDL) is now around US$600 compared to an average wage of US$250 which is only about 42% of the PDL. We need to push towards at least 75 percent of the PDL.
The majority of workers are not able to meet the basic needs of life and have been reduced to the “working poor.” 
</blockquote>
Taruvinga also highlighted the dire conditions in sectors like agriculture, where some employers pay a meagre salary of only US$70 per month. Additionally, the charging of social services, such as healthcare, utilities, transportation, and education, in foreign currency has placed a significant burden on workers struggling to meet these necessities.
The ZCTU leader criticized the government for shifting the tax burden from corporations to workers, whose salaries are already among the lowest on the African continent. While some proposed taxes were reviewed downwards, Taruvinga believes they are still excessive, and she criticized Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube for being out of touch with the reality faced by most citizens.
Looking ahead to 2024, Taruvinga warned that it will be another difficult year for workers and Zimbabweans. Trade unions will face the challenging task of fighting for a living wage in the face of high taxes imposed by the government. Her outlook is in line with that of the Finance Minister and IMF who agree that 2024 is likely to be a difficult year as the economy is expected to slow down.
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ZCTU: 2023 Has Been Extremely Challenging For Workers

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has condemned the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act (MOPA), saying it is still the draconian Public Order and Security Act (POSA) by another name.
Speaking at a recent workshop held in Mutare attended by representatives from government, Labour and other business representatives, ZCTU president Florence Taruvinga said all the provisions of POSA are still in MOPA. She said:
<blockquote>
Government responded by enacting MOPA. Regrettably from a labour point of view, government simply changed the name from POSA to MOPA.
Prove us wrong because we believe that all the provisions of POSA are still in MOPA.
What worries labour most is what we see as the deliberate ignoring of what the law says for instance on the contentious issue of public gatherings.
Even POSA exempted trade unions from seeking permission for public gatherings.
</blockquote>
The police have used MOPA to bar opposition political parties and civil groups from holding meetings. | <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/you-simply-rebranded-posa-to-mopa-prove-us-wrong-zctu-tells-government/">NewZimbabwe.com</a>

MOPA Is POSA By Another Name - ZCTU

Workers’ unions have bemoaned a mismatch between huge profits that are being made by local companies and poor salaries that are then given to workers.
Renowned economist, Doctor Godfrey Kanyenze bemoaned the current deficits and recommended that the Tripartite Negotiation Forum (TNF) is the only way out. He said:
<blockquote>
What we see is the widening gap of inequality, with “the haves” amassing more wealth while the workers continue to drown in poverty. Worse still companies are enjoying a lot of favourable policies like duty exemptions, access to foreign currency at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Foreign Exchange Auction yet they even decline to pay for taxes in the same currency,” Kanyenze said.
They charge for goods and services in US$ or rate salaries at prices which are rated against parallel market rates. There is an urgent need to deal with the matter at the TNF.
</blockquote>
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions president, Florence Taruvinga said they are pushing for the restoration of the salaries that workers earned in 2018. She added:
<blockquote>
It’s a struggle that is continuing and deepening hence making use of any strategy available which will yield results. There is no way employers would opt for any sharing option, that has never been a character of capital.
</blockquote>
Recent data shared by top labour economist, Prosper Chitambara reveals that on average, professionally graded workers are taking home an equivalent of US$180 which is very lower to the incomes being earned by other workers in the SADC region. 
He said as of the second quarter of 2021, the average salary paid to South African employees in the formal sector rose from R23 127 in February 2021 to R23 526, almost equivalent to US$1 568  in May 2021. 
In Zambia, the national average salary is K4393 equivalent to US$258.
Chitambara added that the average salary in Mozambique at 40 200 meticais per month, which is equivalent to US$629.86, while in Eswatini the average income is US$3 580.
More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/feature-workers-sink-in-poverty-as-corporates-post-enormous-profits/">NewZimbabwe</a>

Workers, Economists Bemoan Mismatch Between Company Profits And Workers' Salaries

Former <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Congress_of_Trade_Unions">Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)</a> president, Mr <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Peter_Mutasa">Peter Mutasa</a> has been dragged to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for allegedly mishandling a US$500 000 donation when he was ZCTU’s chairman of the investment committee. 
Mr Thomas Masvingwe, a member of the ZCTU approached ZACC alleging that Mutasa and his accomplices abused US$500 000 which the union had received in 2014 from the Southern African Clothing and Textiles Union for the purpose of purchasing properties. 
In <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/ex-zctu-boss-accused-of-swindling-us500-000-donation/">his statement,</a> said he is the Deputy General of the ZCTU since 2016. He added that the accused persons in this matter are (1) <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Japhet_Moyo">Japhet Moyo</a> who is the Secretary-General of the ZCTU, (2) Peter Mutasa who was the chairman of the investment committee, (3) George Nkiwani who was the president of the ZCTU at the material time. He added:
<blockquote>
Sometime in 2014 the secretary-general advised the general council that the ZCTU had received five hundred thousand United States dollars ($500 000) from a South African union (Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union) for the purpose of acquiring property to be used in securing ZCTU self-sustenance and that they had identified properties in Prospect Park and <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Mazvikadei_Dam">Mazvikadei</a> for purchase.
</blockquote>
Masvingwe said he raised objections over the proposed deal, citing a glaring absence of due diligence but his reservations were disregarded. 
He said he only discovered that Mutasa and the accused secretly purchased properties in Mazvikadei and Prospect, Harare at a price that was double the value of the properties. He added: 
<blockquote>
I reasonably suspect that the accused persons set out or connived to prejudice ZCTU, Wherefore I request that this matter is investigated and that remedial is taken. 
</blockquote>
ZACC spokesperson, Commissioner <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/John_Makamure">John Makamure</a>, Wednesday <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/ex-zctu-boss-accused-of-swindling-us500-000-donation/">told The Herald</a> that the commission will consider the matter and take appropriate action.
Meanwhile, Mutasa has described the allegations as part of a smear campaign. He said this Thursday:
<blockquote>
Over the past few days, there have been sustained attacks on my person. There were allegations that together with the @ZctuZimbabwe leadership of 2011-2016 we corruptly purchased buildings for ZCTU I wish to advise that these are just part of a smear campaign.
</blockquote>
This comes barely weeks after President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/11/06/george-charamba-says-an-audit-is-on-the-cards-for-former-zctu-president-mutasa/">George Charamba had hinted that an audit was on the cards for Mutasa.</a>
Mutasa who <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/10/30/florence-taruvinga-defeats-peter-mutasa-to-become-zctu-president/">lost the presidency</a> to <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Florence_Taruvinga">Florence Taruvinga</a> at the union’s October 2021 congress held in the capital, Harare, responded saying he was comfortable with any audit. 
<h2>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h2>

Ex-ZCTU President Mutasa Dragged To ZACC Over "Misused" US$500K Donation

Several senior MDC Alliance officials led by the party’s vice president Tendai Biti on Friday met the newly elected Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) leadership for strategic talks.
The original MDC was formed in 1999 is considered a child of the ZCTU as the majority of the top leaders including founding president Morgan Tsvangirai and his vice, Gibson Sibanda (both late), came from the labour body.
At the meeting, newly elected ZCTU president <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Florence_Taruvinga">Florence Taruvinga</a> represented the labour movement.
In an interview with NewZimbawe.com soon after the meeting, ZCTU secretary-general Japhet Moyo said the parties touched on a number of important issues. Said Moyo:
<blockquote>
They (MDC-A) came to congratulate the new leadership as well as to lay down issues that the party is pursuing and these including the pursuit for the provision of social services, fight for electoral reforms, anti-corruption and a genuine commitment to social dialogue.
He (Biti) presented in detail the urgent need to bring sanity to the economy’s fiscal expenditure, improving social services among other issues.
</blockquote>
Over the past few years, the MDC and ZCTU had, to some extent, drifted away from each other as competing interests drowned the voice of workers in the opposition party.
Asked on whether the engagement heralded the restoration of the strong bonds of old, Moyo said:
<blockquote>
There is nothing peculiar or unique about the meeting because as ZCTU we always meet and engage various political leaders and stakeholders who knock at our doors.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/mdc-zctu-in-strategic-talks/">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

MDC Alliance, ZCTU In Strategic Talks

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has said the government’s move to pay workers’ bonuses in United States dollars was an admission that salaries are not enough.
The labour union welcomed the gesture noting, however, that the move was not sustainable. Said ZCTU in a statement:
<blockquote>
While we welcome the noble gesture by the government to alleviate the meagre salaries by paying bonuses in USD, the ZCTU is of the firm view that this is a temporary measure void of addressing the issue of low salaries. The gesture to pay bonuses in USD by the government is an indirect admission that the current wages and salaries are worthless hence the need for a holistic approach to the challenge. As a labour body, we believe in long-term and permanent solutions to problems and the only inescapable solution is for the government and all employers to pay salaries and other benefits in United States Dollars.
</blockquote>
ZCTU added that Statutory 33 of 2019 which converted USD-denominated salaries to the local currency distorted workers’ wages, therefore, the government must restore the pre-October 2018 salaries.

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<li class="entry-title"><a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/11/11/government-speaks-on-bonuses-and-salary-review-for-civil-servants/">Government Speaks On Bonuses And Salary Review For Civil Servants</a></li>
<li class="entry-title"><a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/11/14/mthuli-ncube-explains-civil-servants-bonuses/">Mthuli Ncube Explains Civil Servants’ Bonuses</a></li>
</ul>
The labour union also said Zimbabwe had dollarised at the backdrop of the failure of the local currency hence the need to pay salaries in United States Dollars.
ZCTU called upon the government and other employers to address workers’ grievances adding that the union would not hesitate to pursue other alternatives to get a response.
More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

ZCTU Speaks On USD Salaries And Bonuses

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson, George Charamba has hinted that an audit is on the cards for Peter Mutasa, a former president of the Congress of Trade Unions.
Charamba suggested that imprisonment was possible if Mutasa is convicted of abusing the union’s funds. Said Charamba on Twitter this week:
<blockquote>
Thorough audits will be done by the competent firm(s)! We want to know if all trade union monies were spent on trade union work, with none spirited to prop lifestyles or some political party.
Ndichambotamba newe kusvika zuva rasvika. Ndichakuvigira sadza kuyakuya kwaunogamuchira nepafafitera! [Let me play with you until the day has come. I will bring you sadza in prison.]
Don’t be silly; I promised an audit, which is a standard post-leadership change intervention. Of course, if you are found to have eaten mari yeZCTU, you get committed to where criminals belong!
</blockquote>
Mutasa who lost the presidency to Florence Taruvinga at the union’s congress held last week in the capital, Harare, told NewZimbabwe.com that he was comfortable with any audit.
He added that he was not moved because the ZCTU president does not hold any finances. Mutasa added:
<blockquote>
As a leader, I am 100% sure that there was nothing amiss on our finances. They can go to hell. They can do whatever audit they want. I am actually worried by the interests of the state and the ruling party in the ZCTU. Their celebration of the fact that I am no longer president clearly shows the state was fighting me. 
</blockquote>
There were allegations of rigging with some saying the ruling ZANU PF bribed voters and influenced the outcome of the polls.
More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/zanu-pf-pushes-for-audit-arrest-of-ex-zctu-president-mutasa/">NewZimbabwe</a>

George Charamba Says An Audit Is On The Cards For Former ZCTU President Mutasa

A leaked call between Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions’ (ZCTU) new Secretary-General Runesu Dzimiri and an unidentified member of the association’s electorate suggests that he bribed his way into office.
ZCTU conducted its 9th elective conference in Harare from the 27th to the 29th of October 2021.
In the audio below, an unidentified caller is heard offering his vote and promising to rally his colleagues behind Dzimiri, but disputes the US$180 offer because it was “too little”. Said the caller:
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We will vote for you for the deputy SG post.
</blockquote>
Dzimiri responded suggesting that he will address the caller’s grievances. He said:
<blockquote>
Ok let me get hold of Chi(inaudible) and see what I can do.
</blockquote>
The caller then responded saying “Sort it out, that is very little money. Call me when you have everything in order, so we vote for you, you get your post and we go home, US$180 is very little money as of August.
Dzimiri promised to act on it adding “I understand, it indeed is very little money, let me get back to you.”
Dzimiri belongs to newly elected ZCTU president Florence Taruvinga’s faction.
<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/10/30/florence-taruvinga-defeats-peter-mutasa-to-become-zctu-president/">Taruvinga attained 86 votes to defeat outgoing president Peter Mutasa</a> who polled 59 votes, and Zimbabwe Amalgamated Railways Union (ZARU) leader Kamurai Moyo who got 43 to land the post.
A day before the election, NewZimbabwe.com reported some $30 million of Sakunda Holdings funds was used to fund Taruvinga’s presidential bid ahead of the congress as Zanu PF made a last-ditch attempt to claim the country’s biggest and most influential labour movement.
Some members are said to have been offered as much as US$300 to throw their votes in favour of the Zanu PF aligned faction. 
More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/leaked-audio-tape-reveals-how-money-changed-hands-during-zctu-congress/">NewZimbabwe</a>

Leaked Phone Call Recording Suggests ZCTU Elections Were Rigged

Florence Taruvinga Friday defeated <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Peter_Mutasa">Peter Mutasa</a> to clinch the presidency of the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Congress_of_Trade_Unions">Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU).</a>
Taruvinga, an Energy Sector Workers Union of Zimbabwe (ESWUZ) senior official polled 73 votes ahead of the outgoing ZCTU president, Peter Mutasa who polled 59 votes at the just ended 9th elective conference held in Harare.
She has broken the gender record, becoming the first woman to lead the federation.
Valentine Chikosi from the Zimbabwe Revenue Trade Union was elected as the ZCTU’s first vice president. 
The second vice president post went to Nicholas Mazarura of the Zimbabwe Construction and Allied Trades Workers Union with the third vice president seat going to Runesu Chipamangauta. Below are the new leaders: 

<blockquote>
<ul>
<li>PRESIDENT – Florence Taruvinga – Energy Sector Workers Union of Zimbabwe (ESWUZ)</li>
<li>First VP –  Valentine Chikosi – Zimbabwe Revenue Trade Union </li>
<li>Second VP – Nicholas Mazarura – Zimbabwe Construction and Allied Trades Workers Union </li>
<li>Third VP – Runesu Chipamangauta.  
</li>
<li>First Deputy Secretary-General  – Runesu Dzimiri  – The Food Federation and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe</li>
<li>Treasurer-General – Douglas Chiradza – National Energy Workers Union of Zimbabwe</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
Taruvinga’s ascendency immediately aroused excitement on Zanu PF-linked social media handles marking a climb down from the stance taken against Mutasa’s era which was characterised by a hostile relationship with the ruling party.
@zanupf_patriots became one of the first ones to pour out congratulatory messages. Said the party: 

<blockquote>
Meet Florence Taruvinga the new @ZctuZimbabwe president!! Florence Taruvinga defeated Peter Mutasa to become the first female president of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions.
Good riddance!! @ZctuZimbabwe President @MutasaPeter has lost the giant labour body’s presidency to Florence Taruvinga.
</blockquote>
@Jamwanda2, who is George Charamba, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson tweeted: 
<blockquote>
Peter akwapaidzwa!!! @Artuz_teachers yashaikwa pamap!!!Marombe!!!
</blockquote>
 ZCTU is the country’s biggest workers’ representative with most of its members in different sectors of industry in <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>. 
More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/florence-taruvinga-new-zctu-president/">NewZimbabwe</a>

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