Search results: Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU)

Harare, December 31, 2025 - As the curtain falls on a tumultuous 2025, the Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) reflects on a year of profound struggles and unyielding resilience among mine workers who...

Zimbabwe’s mining industry has undergone a historic labour transformation with the introduction of Statutory Instrument 71 of 2026, replacing the 34-year-old 1990 Collective Bargaining Agreement. The new framework strengthens worker rights, introduces 98 days of paid...

Zimbabwe's largest mine workers' union has thrown its weight behind the government's immediate suspension of raw mineral and lithium concentrate exports, describing the move as aligned with continental best practice while urging authorities to ensure that...

The Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has taken its dispute with RioZim to the Supreme Court, appealing a High Court decision that blocked its bid to place the mining company under corporate rescue,...

The High Court has dismissed an application by the Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) and two employees to place mining giant RioZim Limited under corporate rescue, ruling that the union lacked the legal...

Workers at RioZim Limited's Cam & Motor Mine have openly challenged their own union’s decision to seek corporate rescue for the company, revealing that management has begun paying outstanding salary arrears and questioning the necessity of...

The Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has once again rejected a US$160,000 settlement offer from RioZim Limited, arguing that it fails to address critical issues affecting employees and the long-term viability of the...

The Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has intensified calls for stricter enforcement of labour laws in Chinese-operated mines, citing persistent mistreatment and unsafe working conditions, Mining Zimbabwe can report. By Ryan Chigoche The union’s concerns...

While Artisanal and Small-scale Miners (ASM) have been applauded for their contributions to the national fiscus, the sector continues to face critical challenges that threaten both miners’ welfare and the sustainability of mining operations, Donald Nyarota,...

The Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU)’s bid to place RioZim Limited under a court-supervised corporate rescue has taken a key step forward after the High Court in Harare set a date for the...

The Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has maintained that only a court-supervised corporate rescue can revive RioZim Limited, as the company’s US$21 million investment faces delays linked to ongoing legal processes, Mining Zimbabwe...

The Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has issued a scathing statement condemning the deteriorating labour conditions across the country’s diamond sector, as companies reel from falling global prices, unpaid wages, mass retrenchments, and...