Conclusion 5. A total of 15 questionnaires were filled in by union members and officers in major cities and towns.Due to the financial limitations, the research focused on a limited number of questionnaires and one FGD and did not conduct farm visits.

(Ellen Mauro/CBC)A mother and her baby in a clinic, waiting for the child to be weighed. The Outside Harare, by far the largest city, circumstances are different. The World Health Organization estimates that a quarter of the country’s population is “food insecure.” Sixty-two per cent live below the poverty line.

Zimbabwe has plenty to offer to expatriates and their families; from the breathtaking scenery and incredible safari, to...Zimbabwe offers a relaxed working environment, with relatively fair work-life balance. * There are massive power cuts. People pay taxes and road tolls and are regularly stopped by traffic police eager to demand money for infringements. In a country that still has one of the highest HIV infection rates in southern Africa, it is a huge problem. : A review of all the available relevant reports and documents including, the Labour Act, Collective Bargaining Agreement, research publications and national policy documents.
Table 1: Trends in wages in the Agriculture Sector (US$), FPL and PDL (2011- 2015)Table 1 shows that the timber sub-sector has the highest wages, followed by kapenta, tea and coffee, horticulture and general agriculture, respectively. GAPWUZ was founded in 1982 and was registered by the government as a trade union in 1985.

Some key events in Zimbabwe's history: 1200-1600 - Era of the Monomotapa Empire, noted for international trade, gold mining and the construction of Great Zimbabwe, now a World Heritage site. His shoulders fall. At times the employer threatens the non-permanent workers of loss of jobs if they get unionised or are seen as associating with trade unions. Harare - Living conditions for most Zimbabweans have taken a turn for the worst, a FinScope survey has shown. (You can tell he pays attention to his “look” — more Lyle Lovett than Bhundu Boys, the Zimbabwean band that gained success on the international stage in the 1980s.)

The currency is commonly US dollars and whilst index prices can fluctuate daily, a meal at a cheap restaurant costs approximately 10 USD, a coffee 2.50 USD, a loaf of bread 1 USD, and a bottle of wine 8.60 USD.A three-bedroom apartment in big city center averages at 850 USD and one outside the center 1,000 USD.

However, GAPWUZ has remained strong representing the rights and interests of the agriculture workers in all the five-subsectors.Collective bargaining for the agriculture sector is undertaken through the National Employment Council (NEC) for the Agriculture sector. Thus, wages and conditions in the agriculture sector are determined at the NEC level.

Section 4 provides the conclusion followed by Section 5 with recommendations.Zimbabwe’s economic situation represents a fragile state characterised by an unsustainably high external debt, policy discontent, massive deindustrialization, informalization (casualisation) of employment (94,5% according to the 2014 Labour Force Survey), poor export performance and capital leakages. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated in its 2012–2013 planning document that the "humanitarian situation has improved in Zimbabwe since 2009, but conditions remain precarious for many people".
Remittances from the vast Zimbabwean diaspora provide a safety net for many – but not all.In Mbare, few see any significant chance of improvement soon.

Potholes are a great equalizer in Zimbabwe — especially in the capital, Harare, which residents dub “Pothole City.” For some workers, they are given their salaries in piecemeal as the employers indicate liquidity crisis due to the bank limits imposed by the government.Furthermore, most of the responses from the questionnaires indicated that they do not get pay slips and it becomes difficult for them to track how their salaries are calculated, or whether the employer is remitting part of salaries to the national social security authority. Some in Zimbabwe … This therefore calls for GAPWUZ to continue mobilizing resources to address challenges facing this sector. Just getting by can be all-consuming, says 25-year-old Desire Mudadi, who plays lead guitar in a band once a week at a club called Jazz 24/7. “Actually, for me just to have food on the table, that is the most important thing. More than 70 percent of its population derive its livelihood from this sector. But Zimbabweans have been here before. Mudadi would like to earn enough to play in the band full-time.