ZIMBABWE NETZWERK e.V.

Acid test for rushed labour law

Dumisani Ndlela writes in The Financial Gazette: " ZIMBABWE'S Labour Amendment Bill (LAB), which now awaits President Robert Mugabe's assent, could become the most disputed law once promulgated after the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) said it was preparing to challenge it in court. The proposed law could also become the first law to attract multiple court challenges immediately after being promulgated, a situation that highlights government's disregard of input from both labour and business during the law-making process. ...".