Zimbabwe suspends state workers’ strike
By admin | January 24, 2012
Mail & Guardian Online, 24 January 2012
Zimbabwe union leaders on Tuesday suspended a strike that shuttered the nation’s schools as civil servants demanded a doubling of basic wages, on the eve of talks with the government, a spokesperson said. Read the rest of this entry »
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Solidarity message: Stop the violence in Zimbabwe now!
By Mark | June 27, 2011
Message from the Civil Service Employees Association of Zimbabwe (CSEA) to ACTSA’s Stop the violence vigil on 27 June. CSEA works closely with Unison, the public service union. Read the rest of this entry »
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ZCTU describes the late former President Frederick Chiluba as a gallant leader
By Sarah | June 20, 2011
iZambia, 19 June 2011
The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has described the late former President Frederick Chiluba as a heroic leader, workers’ right activists and a champion of democracy. Read the rest of this entry »
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Zimbabwe civil servants exposed by World Bank report
By Mark | May 13, 2011
Almost half of Zimbabwe’s civil servants are either not qualified or are not working, according to a leaked World Bank report obtained by the BBC.
Trade unions estimate that $15m ($9m) of state money is being lost each month paying such workers. Read the rest of this entry »
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Civil society statement on the harassment and persecution of human rights defenders
By Sarah | April 7, 2011
Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, 6 April 2011
The continued harassment of Mr. Abel Chikomo, the Executive Director of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) by unnamed state agents – using police officers from Harare Central’s Law and Order Section as a front – is as deplorable as it is unjustifiable. The attack on Chikomo and the Forum is not just an attack on one individual and/or one organization but an attack on all civil society organisations (CSOs) in Zimbabwe. Read the rest of this entry »
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Zimbabwe: International Women’s Day commemoration should be supported not disrupted, says ACTSA
By Mark | March 9, 2011
ACTSA Press Release, 8 March, 2011
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has been trying to hold peaceful commemoration of International Women’s Day. They have the necessary permissions to hold events. Despite this the police have disrupted rallies and gatherings across the country in an attempt to stop them going ahead. 16 women were arrested in Bulawayo but have since been released. Read the rest of this entry »
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ZCTU demands stop to politically sponsored violence
By Mark | February 9, 2011
Wellington Chibebe, Secretary General, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, 8 February
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions is disturbed by the wave of violence that swept the streets of Harare yesterday and resulted in some self-employed traders losing goods worth thousands of dollars. Read the rest of this entry »
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UK government policy on Zimbabwe now incoherent and inconsistent
By admin | October 15, 2010
ACTSA press release, 15 October
The announcement on 14 October that the UK government plans to resume the enforced return of Zimbabweans makes UK policy on Zimbabwe inconsistent and incoherent, and could add weight to calls for the European Union to lift targeted measures against the country. Read the rest of this entry »
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ZCTU saddened by the death of Gibson Jama Sibanda
By Laura | August 24, 2010
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, condolence message, 24 August 2010
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has been saddened by the death of its former President, Gibson Jama Sibanda after an illness. Read the rest of this entry »
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New Dignity! Period. video
By Laura | July 30, 2010
Imagine having to go without sanitary protection to be able to buy basic items such as food and clothes. This is the problem facing many Zimbabwean women today.
Over 90 per cent of Zimbabweans are unemployed and 80 per cent of the population live below the poverty line. Women bear an unequal burden of the crisis with a HIV/AIDS prevalence rate of 21 per cent and a life expectancy of just 43 years. The economic situation in Zimbabwe means proper sanitary protection is expensive and many women resort to using unhygenic alternatives.
ACTSA’s Dignity! Period. campaign supplies much needed sanitary protection to the women of Zimbabwe working with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions. View our new Dignity video to find out more:
Dignity! Period (ACTSA) on Vimeo.
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