Grace, Mujuru implicated in workers’ victimisation

DIAMOND mine workers yesterday claimed Chiadzwa miners used to threaten and intimidate them by invoking the names of First Lady Grace Mugabe, former Vice-President Joice Mujuru and the military.

Leaders of the Zimbabwe Diamond Workers’ Union (ZDWU) appeared before the Justice Mayor Wadyajena-led Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Youth and Indigenisation, where they claimed they were often sidelined resulting in government losing $15 billion in revenue.

“The union could not do much to push for the employee rights because there was a lot of victimisation to the extent that some senior managers would say this company is owned by the army, and so you will be in hot soup,” ZDWU general secretary, Justice Chinhema, said.

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