The company retrenched over 400 workers last year but the workers won arbitration and court challenges
Though the Cabinet has approved the revisions to security and media laws, some observers question whether the changes will go through
The call for talks was the government’s first move since the strike by state workers, recently suspended, started in early February
Government workers seek an increase from their current monthly salaries which top out at US$200 to a minimum monthly US$630
The Zimbabwe National Students Union has split into two factions over the issue of parliamentary control of constitutional revision
Zimbabwean public employees went out on strike on February 5 demanding an increase in the minimum monthly salary to US$630
Zimbabwe Peace Project Director Mukoko was abducted from her home in late 2008 by state security agents and later charged with terrorism
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions said it fears indigenization will be a repeat of land reform, favoring an elite group
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe said some institutions in rural areas were threatening to evict teachers from housing
Reports said the state-controlled utility needs some US$28 million to bring all of the Hwange generating units back on line
Mr. Mugabe said Zimbabwe is trying to adhere to the Kimberley Process, but might leave it if demands for compliance are too onerous
Civil servants are demanding an entry salary of US$630 a month, but the government says it cannot afford to effect such an increase
Scheduled talks Monday were called off because Industry Minister Welshman Ncube, chief negotiator for the Mutambara MDC failed to attend
The Tsvangirai MDC formation said more than 50 of its members were arrested in January alone
The union says that there was not shift from the Zanu PF government's tactics when dealing with workers' issues
Select Committee Co-Chairman Douglas Mwonzora said the envoys had pledged continued funding of the process
Cabinet Secretary Misheck Sibanda is said to have circulated a memo to ministers advising them not to report to Mr. Tsvangirai
Sources quoted government negotiators as saying funding is insufficient to boost public salaries, though this might change by April
Mwonzora dismissed recent press reports that his committee barred members of parliament from being compensated for use of their cars
MISA said that despite the formation of a national unity government there was little movement towards media liberalization
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