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The Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) has said the government withheld nurses’ verification letters despite paying US$300 each in 2020.
During a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health meeting, it was revealed that thousands of registered nurses who applied for Certificate of Good Standing and Confirmation letters to the Nurses Council of Zimbabwe may have been defrauded of US$3.4 million over the past two years. 
These letters, also known as “verifications,” confirm that a nurse has completed a diploma course and are used for work applications outside Zimbabwe. Lucas Sharara, ZINA Harare chairperson said:
<blockquote>
A lot of nurses have paid verification fees but are yet to receive the letters since 2020.
They paid USD300 each but nothing has materialised. Three-quarters of nurses in this building today have written the English test and are just waiting for the verifications.
Once they get that document, they are leaving Zimbabwe.
The Nurses Council was issuing the document but we are being told the verifications were transferred from the Nurses Council to the Health Ministry’s head office.
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
We are not sure what is really happening because it seems the Nurses Council is now being controlled by the Health Ministry.
</blockquote>
According to the representative body for nurses, between 11,000 and 11 600, nurses paid for verifications in the past two years.
Another nurse stated that the government continues to accept payment for verifications, despite the Nurses Council being aware that the verifications will not be issued by the Health Ministry. The nurse requested that Parliament investigate why the government is accepting payments for verifications without delivering the service.
The chairperson of the Health Committee, Ruth Labode, encouraged the nurses to write to Parliament, as there are concerns that the money may have been misused.

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Nurses in Zimbabwe earn a salary of 45 000 RTGS before allowances, and the verification letters would allow them to work in the United Kingdom and Australia.
The USD component of the nurses’ salaries, paid as a COVID-19 and donor allowance, can be withdrawn at any time by the government, according to ZINA. The Nurses Council of Zimbabwe has also been accused of charging USD50 for the collection of diploma certificates.
Many Zimbabwean health workers, including nurses, doctors, and other medical professionals, have been leaving the country to work abroad in large numbers. The reasons for this include low salaries, poor working conditions, lack of resources, and political instability.
Some observers say the government introduced strict measures in recent years to block more health caregivers from going abroad as the brain drain has had a significant impact on the healthcare system in Zimbabwe, leading to shortages of medical personnel and a decline in the quality of care. 
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Government Withholds Nurses' Verification Certificates Since 2020

Civil servants have criticised the government’s decision to pay the annual bonuses based on workers’ performances with some saying the government is looking for a scapegoat to withhold their 13th cheque.
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has since issued a circular to line ministries stating that <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/govt-says-bonus-will-only-be-paid-based-on-performance-appraisal-reports/">future end-of-year bonuses will be performance-based – starting this year.</a>
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Zimbabwe’s 350 000 civil servants have been paid a blanket end-of-year bonus all along. 
<a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/workers-union-criticises-govt-for-adopting-performance-based-bonus-system/">Unions</a> have, however, protested, saying this was targeted at their members for going on strike to demand better salaries.
Earlier this year, the government introduced a “no-work no-pay” policy after civil servants downed tools protesting poor salaries and working conditions.
A number of teachers were also suspended.
Government workers have been engaged in periodic protests to demand the restoration of their pre-October 2018 salaries which were around US$540.
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe president Obert Masaraure said public workers deserved the 13th cheque.
Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) president Enock Dongo appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to intervene and ensure all State workers receive bonuses. He told NewsDay:
<blockquote>
It is not fair for government to come at the 11th hour and make decisions that affect its workers. We are expecting those bonuses next month but government has decided otherwise.
</blockquote>
Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union secretary-general Douglas Chikobvu concurred with Dongo’s remarks adding:
<blockquote>
We strongly feel that the government might be trying to get a scapegoat to undercharge us and avoid paying our bonuses decently. Above all, there is nothing to smile at given that most workers are wallowing in abject poverty courtesy of the government measly wage.
</blockquote>
Organising secretary for Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions, Farai Chinosengwa said the policy might trigger sexual harassment at workplaces where women will be abused to get favourable performance appraisal reports.
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Performance-based Bonuses: Civil Servants Say Govt Looking For Scapegoat To Withhold 13th Cheque

The Zimbabwean government has reportedly stopped issuing clearance letters for nurses in a bid to frustrate them from leaving the country for greener pastures.
This follows mass resignations that have hit the country’s public hospitals as health professionals migrate abroad for better salaries and working conditions, <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200001811/govt-blocks-nurses-exodus">NewsDay</a> reported.
In March, the government doubled application fees for nurses’ confirmation letters and certificates from US$150 to US$300.
An email sent to a nurses’ union leader from the United Kingdom Nursing and Midwifery Council reads in part:
<blockquote>
We have received notification that the Zimbabwe government has taken a decision to withhold issuing verification of qualification and character for its nurses who wish to join our register.
In response to this, we are currently exploring ways in which we support applicants including alternative options where possible and whether they will provide the same assurance as verification from the nursing council.
</blockquote>
A health expert, who requested anonymity, told NewsDay that although nurses were prepared to pay for verification letters, the government had refused to clear them.
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/03/01/hundreds-of-harare-city-council-nurses-have-resigned-over-covid-allowances-report/">health caregivers resigned en masse</a> from public health institutions citing poor remuneration and risky working conditions.
Official figures show that last year alone Zimbabwe lost nearly 1 800 nurses, mainly to Britain. That’s more than 10% of all the nurses working in public hospitals.
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Zimbabwe Blocks Nurses From Leaving The Country - Report

Nurses who went on strike protesting poor salaries have been summoned to disciplinary hearings, a move described by labour unions as an attempt to instil fear amongst workers.
Health Service Board (HSB) chairperson Paulinus Sikhosana confirmed the hearings saying investigations were being done institutionally. <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/07/striking-nurses-summoned/">NewsDay</a> cites Sikhosana as saying:
<blockquote>
These disciplinary actions are confidential. There are disciplinary principles in place and when something happens, they refer to the procedures that are there.
</blockquote>
Health workers, mainly doctors and nurses, last month withdrew their services across the country over poor remuneration.
They are demanding restoration of their pre-October 2018 salaries that were in United States dollars. 
Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Association president Robert Chiduku said the disciplinary hearings were an attempt to intimidate health workers. Chiduku said this Wednesday:
<blockquote>
This is a tactic to instil fear in anticipation of the looming and pending industrial action that is meant to take place on July 22, 2022 and maybe prevent another action from taking place.
</blockquote>
Zimbabwe Nurses Association president Enock Dongo echoed Chiduku’s remarks and castigated the government for victimising people “every time they ask for better salaries.” He added:
<blockquote>
 We have a President (Emmerson Mnangagwa) who says he is a listening President and when the people he appoints behave like this, then it is not good. Nurses were demonstrating at the hospitals because they were incapacitated, they were never on strike.
</blockquote>
In 2018, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, a former army general who doubles as the Minister of Health and Child Care fired thousands of nurses who went on strike to demand higher salaries.
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Striking Nurses Summoned To Disciplinary Hearings

Government workers’ unions protested in Harare on Monday in an attempt to stop the Public Service Commission (PSC) from taking over the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Premier_Service_Medical_Aid_Society">Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS</a>).
Hundreds of workers yesterday picketed at the Public Service Association House along Livingstone Avenue in Harare after police, armed with baton sticks and shields blocked them from leaving the area.
Initially, the civil servants’ unions had planned to march from the Public Service Association House to the PSC offices, but police were closely monitoring their movements and cordoned off the area.
The workers then handed over a petition to the government saying that it has no mandate to take over PSMAS.
PSC secretary <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Jonathan_Wutawunashe">Jonathan Wutawunashe</a> yesterday dismissed the claims that the government was planning to take over PSMAS. Wutawunashe said:
<blockquote>
Any claim that any government ministry, department or agency plans to ‘take over’ PSMAS is as false as it sounds. Fortunately, civil servants and the public at large are aware of the character of such mischievous falsehoods.
Speculation about the cause of inefficiencies that threatened to paralyse PSMAS are unnecessary, and a forensic audit ordered by the regulator of medical aid societies is underway. A full and objective picture will emerge from that audit. Its results will be clear to all stakeholders.
</blockquote>
Zimbabwe Nurses Association president Enock Dongo said the government should stop meddling in PSMAS affairs adding that the largest and most experienced health service provider and medical society in Zimbabwe was formed by workers for the workers. He added:
<blockquote>
We just want the government to hands-off PSMAS, let us manage PSMAS. We have seen that a lot of our hospitals are not functioning well.  It would be naïve for us the workers’ unions to handover our organisation to the government. At least they should give us a chance to run PSMAS as workers and as the owner of this organisation.
</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Progressive_Teachers_Union_of_Zimbabwe">Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ)</a> secretary-general <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Raymond_Majongwe">Raymond Majongwe</a> echoed Dongo’s remarks adding, “We are not going to be scared.”
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Hundreds Of Government Workers Protest At PSC Over PSMAS Takeover

Nurses in public health institutions are demanding an increase in their monthly salaries, saying what they are currently getting has been seriously eroded by inflation.
Speaking on the sidelines of the International nurses day commemorations, Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) president Enock Dongo accused the government of shifting goalposts when it comes to salaries. Said Dongo:
<blockquote>
We implore our employer to be sincere and dump the sickening penchant of shifting goalposts whenever engagements which revolve around remuneration are in motion.
We implore the incumbent national leadership to desist from populism for political mileage. It is fundamental that the national leadership walk the talk and fulfill their promises. We would like to urge all our members who include anesthetics, midwives, general nurses, psychiatric, nurses and even nurse aides to continue discharging their duties in a professional manner as we continue to thrive for excellence.
ZINA will continue to engage the employer through established platforms in our perpetual quest for better working conditions. We respect and cherish all our living and fallen heroes of this esteemed organisation who were persecuted, vilified, victimised and criticised for the noble work they did and waveringly continue to do for the good of the nurses.
</blockquote>
Nurses are currently earning about ZW$19 000 per month which is less than US$100 on the black market and about US$110 as per this week’s RBZ forex auction exchange rate.
Dongo lamented over the migration of specialist health workers to either regional or European nations in search of greener pastures. 
More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/nurses-demand-salary-hike/">NewZimbabwe</a>

Nurses Accuse Government Of "Shifting Goalposts" With Regards To Salaries

Nurses have notified the government that their salaries would have to be pegged at ZW$203 332 if the government insists on paying them in the local currency.
They speak as the government has urged workers who are demanding for restoration of October 2018 salaries or payment in United States dollars <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/be-realistic-govt-tells-workers/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">to be “realistic.”</a>
In the letter dated July 14 to acting Health minister Amon Murwira, the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) said RTGS salaries were making the lives of workers unbearable as the economy is dollarising under the watch and sanction of the government. The letter reads in part:
<blockquote>If we are to negotiate for an RTGS amount … our salaries will be pegged at $203 332, which by merely looking at it, is unrealistic.
We are aware that there have been efforts to misrepresent the position of the nurses by some quarters. We do not see it necessary to comment on this but we would want to factually bring you into our confidence as to why our members are demanding payment in US$ …</blockquote>
ZINA president Enoch Dongo vowed to continue with the ongoing industrial action adding withholding of some nurses’ salaries is a cause for concern.
The soaring inflation is eroding workers’ salaries.
More: <a href="https://dailynews.co.zw/nurses-demand-over-200k/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a>

"Our Salaries Must Be Pegged At ZW$203 332" - Nurses

Senior nurses in Zimbabwe have joined their junior colleagues in the industrial action over poor wages and working conditions.
Junior nurses have for more than three weeks now been on strike citing incapacitation as the soaring inflation has continuously eroded their salaries.
Announcing the job action through a Friday letter by their representative Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA), senior nurses said:
<blockquote>We note with concern the lack of urgency by the employer in addressing issues raised by Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA).
The ongoing incapacitation has not been doing any good to the patient care in this period of Covid-19 pandemic period.
After consultations, and deliberations, we hereby notify that we are withdrawing our services with immediate effect until the employer takes the nurses grievances seriously by way of fruitful negotiations.</blockquote>
They also observed that the sacrifices they are making, putting their lives on the line, were not commensurate with efforts by the employer.
Workers are demanding to be paid in United States dollars or equivalent as per their agreement with the employer in 2018 when the value of the local currency was at par with the U.S. dollar.
Meanwhile, the state has urged workers <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/07/11/be-realistic-govt-tells-workers/">to be “realistic.”</a>
More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/senior-nurses-join-strike-as-labour-unrest-intensifies/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe</a>

Senior Nurses Join Strike Citing Incapacitation

Doctors and nurses demonstrated on Tuesday <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/07/07/watch-zimbabwean-nurses-being-taken-to-court-for-asking-for-a-living-wage/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">over the arrest of 13 nurses at Parirenyatwa Hospital</a> for demonstrating over paltry salaries and poor working conditions.
They are demanding salaries in United States dollars or equivalent as per the 2018 agreement when the local currency was at par with the US dollar.
They were granted bail of $1 000 each by Mbare magistrate, Stan Mambanje.
In the video below, nurses are singing in Shona saying “the government you recently elected is oppressing us.”
Watch the video below for more.
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WATCH: Doctors, Nurses March Over Arrest Of Colleagues

The president of the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA), Enoch Dongo has said nurses in public health institutions are incapacitated to execute their duties and responsibilities hence the protests.
Health caregivers have for two weeks now been on industrial action to force authorities to review up their salaries and they declared that they were withdrawing all the services completely.
Speaking to NewZiana, Dongo cited Parirenyatwa Hospital where nurses were being evicted from the institution’s hostels after refusing to be at work to show that some public health institutions were, unfortunately, victimising the striking nurses. He said:
<blockquote>All nurses have embarked on a nationwide withdrawal of labour due to incapacitation. The salary that they got in June was eroded by inflation and it cannot take them a month.
So nurses are severely incapacitated and they have exercised their democratic right to withdraw their labour.</blockquote>
The protests followed an announcement by the government last month that it had increased salaries for civil servants, including nurses in public health institutions, by 50 percent, and offered an additional US$75 allowance which is yet to be paid.
Workers said the increment was a non-event given the inflationary nature of the economy. A family of five people, as of May, needed $8000 per month to be deemed not poor, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) said.
Meanwhile, the salaries of the majority of government workers are below the poverty datum line.
More: <a href="http://newziana.co.zw/2020/07/03/nurses-down-tools/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZiana</a>

Nurses Have Depleted Their June Salaries - ZINA

The Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) has urged a its members to withdraw all the services they have been rendering to the government saying they are incapacitated.
The association accused the government of lacking the will to address the issues affecting health caregivers in the country. In a memo to its members, Zina said:
“Having discussed this with the association’s executive, we hereby call upon every nurse in Zimbabwe, from those 
working at a rural clinic in the most remote parts of the country all the way up to those working at the central hospitals to immediately do the following:
<blockquote>For those who have not been going to work, continue withholding your labour. To those who have been subsidising our employer by going to work, mostly because you may have an alternative source of income, we call upon you to reconsider this and withdraw your labour as well.”</blockquote>
The memo added that the new auction system introduced by the Reserverve Bank of Zimbabwe suggests that for every US$100, a person would legally get $5 730 but in reality, the majority of workers are being far less than that.
Workers have been engaging the government to have the value of their salaries restored to what they were earning in 2018 before the introduction of the real-time gross settlement (rtgs) dollar.
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewsDay</a>

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