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President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the hundreds of junior doctors, who have been sacked for going on strike, can return to work in the next 48 hours without having to reapply for their jobs. The ultimatum follows the president’s meeting with church leaders on Thursday. More than 400 doctors have received letters of dismissal because […]
HARARE – Some of the fired doctors in Zimbabwe say they’ve accepted their fate and don’t regret their actions. This week the Zimbabwean government fired over 200 doctors and promises to expel more. The doctor were dismissed for protesting terrible working conditions and poor salaries. Prince Butau is one of the doctors fired for striking. Like other […]
Harare-The Zimbabwe government has fired 211 doctors after they were found guilty of abstention from duty without leave or reasonable cause. A statement by Health Services Board (HSB) chairperson Dr Paulinus Sikhosana has revealed. “To date, 279 doctors have been served with charge letters, 213 hearings completed and 211 doctors found guilty of absenting themselves […]
Harare-Representatives of striking medical doctors have accused the Zimbabwe government of negotiating in bad faith saying it is a clear sign the government does not care about the healthcare system of the country. This was said by Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association’s (ZHDA) representative Tapiwa Mungofa. “In doing so we maintain that we have not committed any crime […]
Zimbabwean court has ordered doctors on a 40-day strike over pay to return to work within 48 hours, after a ruling that their boycott was illegal. The Labour Court’s judgment late on Friday says that members of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA), which represents junior and middle level doctors in public hospitals, should cease […]
Hundreds of Zimbabwean doctors protested in central Harare on Monday over the disappearance of the leader of their union, but riot police blocked them from marching to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office. Peter Magombeyi, president of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA), was one of the organisers of an ongoing strike to demand higher wages for […]
Zimbabwe’s public sector doctors went on strike on Tuesday after the government failed to meet their demand to have their wages benchmarked in the U.S. dollar. “We met with the government representatives yesterday and they promised to expedite other allowances for health personnel but so far it has just been empty promises,” Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors […]
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