A Gweru woman has accused a local ferrochrome smelting company, Xin Yu Mining Corporation, of firing her because she was pregnant.
Angela Gwatiringa, who was employed by Xin Yu as a control room assistant, was recently relieved of her duties by the company after she indicated that she was now heavily pregnant and wanted some leave days.
“I indicated to the company’s human resources manager, Mr Kudakwashe Chitakure that I needed some leave days because I was feeling heavy,” she said.
“When he approached the company directors they gave him the directive to fire me and the following day I was handed a dismissal letter.”
Ms Gwatiringa said she had since approached the National Employment Council after she could not get joy from the management.
“What disturbs me is that, is it a crime to fall pregnant?’ she said. “Labour laws have a provision that when someone is pregnant she will be given maternity leave.
“The company is ignorant of labour laws and workers were always threatened by management, which claims to be politically connected. If you try to voice your concern, you are automatically fired and this is what has happened to me. The management claims they have a strong political connection.”
Mr Chitakure confirmed that they fired Ms Gwatiringa. He said the allegations that she was fired because she was pregnant were false.
“Her job was technical, she was working in a control room and there were concerns that she was not doing her job properly,” said Mr Chitakure.
“The dismissal was based on incompetence. I was not even aware that she was pregnant, so the allegations I think are coming from the fact that she is disappointed.” – state media
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All Chinese in Zimbabwe are thieves. While everyone was running away from Mugabe and Grace regime they were coming in thousands. South Africa doesn’t accept this nonsense. These Asians in Zimbabwe are satanic and evil. We are urging President Mnangagwa to urgently look into issues. We are tired of victimisation in our own backyard
Typical of these buttonhole-eyed people.
I know these dirty chinese companies and their bootlicking so called human resources managers who doesn’t even know the ethics of our labour laws, l even wonder if they ever went to school, this chitakure guy is fake, l just hope this poor lady will get justice @ the end the day.
Ever wondered why India another emerging economic and technological powerhouse didn’t come in huge numbers to invest in Zimbabwe? We had and still have no quarrel with India. We share basically more or less a similar history and were colonised by the same nation. IT IS BECAUSE OF OUR UNTENABLE LABOUR LAWS!!! Minimum wage this, three months employment and you become permanent – that. Maternity leave this that and the other. Everybody admires Asian countries for their economies. There is non of this foolishness in those countries. In China the worker and the employer agree on a wage period and the worker allows the employer to squeeze him until his pips begin to squeak. You fall pregnant kuChina ndeyekwako. Don’t be fooled by ana America and their rights – so called. Where has manufacturing gone to. It has migrated from the West to Asia, China in particular because of workers rights. Very soon maZimbo you’ll be demanding paternity leave also. Let’s make Zimbabwe great and attract investors. Afterall the hordes of diaspora Zimbos work in environments where they have no rights.
Iwe Chitakure haunyare Kunyepa zvinonyadzisa kudaro. Was she ever given a warning,written or verbal, before she was fired?Kana uri part of human resources, then uri mboko pamwechete nemaChinese iwawo. Hamuna kuzvarwa namai here iwe nemaChinese ako iwawo?
Mr Chitakure, chichakutakurawo mangwana. You are a Zimbabwean first before you are a manager.
Lacoste’s triumph has emboldened these Chinese employers to be even more abusive towards their workers.
Thus the Chinese for you they don’t care a dime about the rights of a worker neither do they respect labour laws where ever they go. This Chitakure guy just singing for his supper it’s your turn tomorrow mate do not use incompetence for scapegoat was this woman ever appraised about the incompetence. Look East policy at it’s best.