Gweru city council workers took their complaints about pay to Gweru town house for a protest against non payment of salary. 
The workers have threatened to mobilise the entire workforce in a full blown strike for non-payment of their salaries.
This comes after the general workers from the city council works yard allegedly went for more than six months without pay.
The cash-strapped City Council has failed to pay salaries to its workers, raising need for the strike.
Expressing disgruntlement employees said they have gone for 6 months without wages. The workers elaborated that they last received their salaries in March last year. Most of the disgruntled workers who spoke to Zim Eye accused the management of being insensitive to their plight.
“We are really suffering because of some corrupt senior official has a tendency of squandering monies on unnecessary journeys, giving each other unrealistic T and S. I have evidence here ladies and gentlemen about all corrupt tendencies which soon after this demonstration I will hand them to police and anyone found wanting will reap what he saw,” said Frank Muzovera, secretary of the workers committee .
Here we demand our April, May, June and July 2014 salaries and back pays, we also demand our December salary and bonus. Not only that we as well demand our January, February and March 2015 salaries,” said Muzovera.
Speaking during the protest, Spokesperson of the committee Cornelius Seliphiwe had no kind words about what he called self centred leaders.
“Apart from salaries we want protective clothing. We learnt with much disgust that GIZ donated money for safety clothing but it is disheartening to hear some big shots diverted the money to their personal use. Just have a look, colleagues here have serious injuries because of lack of safety clothing,” said Seliphiwe.
The clear spoken Seliphiwe castigated further their superiors of maladministration, corruption.
“We see those taking photos and videos in a bid to threaten us. Corruption is a problem here. This time around it doesn’t work. We have respected them but there are taking us for granted. No one will be penalised for partaking in this demo. Be informed this is just the beginning. More full blown strike is looming,” he threatened.
The organising secretary of the workers committee, Simbabrashe Libhoo echoed the same sentiments chastising some council bosses of turning themselves into tourists.
“One would wonder whether these are council officials or tourists. We are in possession of the evidence of illicit dealing by some of the senior officials. An example of mismanagement of funds is when some of them signed $ 280 T and S for going to Quarry for some few minutes visit,” said Libhoo adding that at one time the officials went for a breakfast meeting at Fairmile Motel where he said they blew-off $ 1000.
The demonstration, the protestors said will be done on daily basis between break time and lunch hours.