Poverty in Zimbabwe
UFAWUZ pickets Nestlé Zimbabwe demanding the company pay workers a living wage
On Nov. 14, Nestlé Zimbabwe workers, led by UFAWUZ, staged a peaceful picket demanding living wages and an end to unfair labor practices. The action follows a protracted wage dispute in which Nestlé refused to increase wages.
Zimbabwe’s nurses are “living in abject poverty, unable to afford basic necessities”
A monthly income below the poverty datum line has “rendered our nurses incapable of sending their children to school, buying clothes, affording food, or even securing transport to work,” complained Enock Dongo, president of the Zimbabwe Nurses Association.
Systemic corruption, mismanagement worsen Zimbabwe’s economic crisis
The spread of COVID-19 has further exposed an already failing system, leading to an intensified political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe. The government, however, seems busy cracking down on critics
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