Terrence Mawawa Mwenezi Workers employed by Sabot, a prominent Mwenezi based crocodile breeding company have gone for eight months without receiving their salaries, causing untold suffering for the desperate employees.
It is understood the company has failed to pay its workers in the past eight months as a result of the deepening economic crisis in the country. Companies in Zimbabwe are struggling to pay their employees due to the worsening economic challenges. Economists blame President Robert Mugabe’s administration for implementing hostileand unfavourable policies.
Analysts say Mugabe’s policies have led to the rapid economomic demise in the country. The Sabot workers who spoke to ZimEye.com last week said the situation was unbearable and they were struggling to make ends meet.
“We have gone for eight months without receiving our salaries. We can no longer pay school fees for our children and we cannot pay our utility bills. Some of us no longer have access to medical services. Our children are not going to school because we cannot pay their their fees,” said one employee who declined to be named.
The company’s Human Resources Manager Tavonga Tavairai was not readily available for a comment. He could not be reached on his mobile phone as it went unanswere. A supervisor at the company said the matter was beyond his reach. “You can get in touch with my superiors for our position on the issue .The matter is beyond my reach,”he said.