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Zimbabwe Accused Of Blocking Nurses From Leaving For "Greener Pastures"

1 year agoTue, 07 Nov 2023 09:56:29 GMT
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Zimbabwe Accused Of Blocking Nurses From Leaving For "Greener Pastures"

The Zimbabwean Government has been accused of frustrating nurses who want to migrate by failing to provide a crucial document confirming their professional status without which they cannot be employed in foreign lands.

The Ministry of Health and Childcare took over the issuing of “verification letters” from the Nurses Council of Zimbabwe in early 2022.

Unions in Zimbabwe say the Nurses Council of Zimbabwe used to issue the verification letters within days, but the process is now taking “forever” under the Health Ministry.

Simbarashe Tafirenyika, president of the Zimbabwe Urban and Rural Council Nurses Workers Union, told TimesLive that some ministry officials were demanding hefty bribes to expedite documents.

The Government also doubled the document application fee to US$300, which is too steep for the poorly-paid nurses.

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Jane, a 35-year-old Zimbabwean nurse who landed a job in the United Kingdom a year ago, is among thousands of nurses who are being frustrated from leaving the country, said:

The government is holding me to ransom now. I’m really worried I might not be able to leave.

The single mother-of-three, who only used her first name for fear of reprisals, told TimesLive that she can no longer afford to eat lunch as runaway inflation has eroded her finances.

Zimbabwean nurses earn less than US$100 a month which is paid in the local currency.

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is on record saying Zimbabwe intends to criminalise the foreign recruitment of health staff.

He argued that the country was spending a lot of resources training health workers only for them to be recruited by richer countries.

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20 Comments

Saki renhunzi · 1 year ago
ndiwo makwikwi tipei mapamper edu
saki renhunzi · 1 year ago
haaaaa Aya ndiwo makwikwi chaiwo
Apes · 1 year ago
Hapana expense apa hurumende ikuvhunduka kuti inosara isina manurse
Gamba · 1 year ago
Vene musadaro nurse okundwa nemukomana we mombe asina kana certificate ye grade seven zvayo mazonyanya mmmmm
Jinn · 1 year ago
Article picture manyama
Bvanyangu · 1 year ago
Only God can save us
Unhealthy · 1 year ago
Evil people.
🤏🤏🤏 · 1 year ago
vanopenga, ngavasiye vanhu vaende, vanoda vashandei pasina mishonga muzvipatara
Nurse · 1 year ago
Nurse s should not treat anyone related to Tshabangu or should inject cynaide
· 1 year ago
My bet is that Sellout Tshabangu now has 24 hour security courtesy of the Zimbabwean taxpayers
Ndini · 1 year ago
This Government so yet quick to use us 5 million for useless bye bye erection Nurse s should take Tshabangu to court
Aj · 1 year ago
Chiwenga akawoma moyo sezvo ari a former army general🤣🤣. Ukaona hutsinye hwakadai wekuti ma nurses ane mhuri and bills to pay even school fees vanorarama sei? Kune ma nurse echirume futi image earning less than $100usd in bond notes. Ma nurse ngaende zvavo ku UK, Canada and Australia kwavanotambira mari ine musoro zvayo
Muzondi Maposvo · 1 year ago
Munonyepera aniko kuda kunzwa vanhu Saka mofunga Mari yema civil servants hatiizivi here, Saka unofunga kuti ukanyepa ndiko kuti upiwe ma documents aunoda here
??? · 1 year ago
Tsvaga payslip ye civil servant woverenga, unoona kuti ichokwadi. Allowances are not part of salary.
Big Dhara Munhu Mukuru · 1 year ago
🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️ Oh no ndosaka zvichinji ma Nurses akawanda acho ma hùre coz seriously with that salary anoitei nayo. Vanoto rara nema doctors or business men, ne Mbinga dze zanu. This is bad, Zanu government ngaichibva they are demons wearing suits
Bvepfepfe · 1 year ago
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Hahahahaha Ayehwa Zimbabwe yakapenga, saka ma student nurse anenge achiverenga all those books kuti vazoita earn an eequivalent ye 100usd hahahaha. ED Huch hwa Satan
. · 1 year ago
'He argued that the country was spending a lot of resources training health workers only for them to be recruited by richer countries'. ndokuti muwane variko apo munobuda muchinorapwa

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