STRIKE RIPS BCC OFF $60 000

Kimpton Ndimande

THE Bulawayo City Council lost approximately $600 000 in revenue between Monday and Thursday when its workers went on strike over outstanding salaries, the financial director, Mr Kimpton Ndimande, revealed yesterday.

According to The Chronicle, Mr Ndimande said normally during the last week of the month, the local authority collects about$220 000 per day, but in the four days of the strike only $280 000 was collected.

He said the local authority got an average of $4,1 million per month, but this month it is estimated that it would get $3,1 million.

the concern here is that of the money lost due to the strike. Had the workers had been paid their salaries, all this money could have not been lost. with all this money that is being collected why is the local authority failing to pay its workers. So what is better? Paying the workers or lose a lot of money.

The other humiliating thing about the strike is that it was staged during the ZITF week, when there will be a lot of foreigners in the country. The service delivery in the city declined this week. What message will these foreign business people carry to their countries. Please BCC be serious about your duties.

source: The Chronicle

VENDING NOT A CRIME: CHOMBO

Local governance and rural housing and development minister has said that vending is not a crime but must be done through permission from the responsible authorities.

According to the Herald, after the famous operation Murambatsvina, only flower vendors along Jason Moyo way at Africa unit square have been legalised.

Due to this residents in Harare were complaining that the city councils were making their lives hard for they did not have any means of living

BCC ENDS STRIKE

Moses Mahlangu

Thaba Moyo

Bulawayo City Council workers are set to return to work today after ending a four-day strike that had crippled service delivery in the city which is hosting the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair, NEWSDAY has revealed.

The strike over unpaid salaries has now been referred to the Ministry of Labour.



This looks to be a good imrovement on the side of the city council. the workers have shown maturity and commitment; showing that they really need to deliver. the button is now left to the ministry of labour to act swiftly in addressing the issues of the council workers.

Zimbabwe Urban Council Workers’ Union secretary-general Moses Mahlangu said the workers had decided to hand over the salary dispute to the Ministry of Labour after failing to come up with an agreement with council on the fourth day of their job action.

“However, this is still not over, our demands are still the same and if we are issued with a certificate of no settlement from the ministry, we will decide whether to go on a full-blown strike, arbitration or engage the deputy sheriff to attach property amounting to what council owes us,” he said.

Bulawayo mayor Thaba Moyo refused to comment on the dispute saying it was “a private and confidential issue”.

“All the workers will be back at work, the issue to be discussed is not their salaries, but what you should know is that they are back at work and that is all that matters,” he said.
 source: newsday.