Despite having risen through the ranks to become a school headmaster, his earnings of US$270 and ZiG 1 700 are not enough to turn around the family's fortunes let alone placing a decent meal before them.
Most basics are being charged in the US$ with expenses such as rents being exclusively in hard currency - expenses that the paltry earnings struggle to meet. This is worsened by the fact that most employers prefer settling salary payments in local currency. The country's working class has borne the impact of escalating inflation, currency changes with the just introduced ZiG being the sixth currency since 2008 when the Zimbabwe dollar collapsed amid a 5 billion percent hyperinflation.
A woman only identified as Grace shared her experiences after losing her job at Metro Peach following the shareholder's decision to sell off the entity to a new owner decrying the tough working environment. "For employees to embark on strike across the sectors, workers have to first engage their employer through internal remedies which are allowed a maximum of six weeks before engaging on the next step. Thereafter it is deemed at law that internal remedies have broken down, providing room to approach the Labour Ministry.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.