Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) employees have
gone for three months without salaries, with their employer blaming it on
COVID-19 travel restrictions which have halted international diamond sales.
ZCDC workers in Chiadzwa yesterday told NewsDay that they
were struggling to make ends meet as a result of non-payment of salaries.
Company spokesperson Sugar Chagonda said the company was
facing a myriad of challenges due to the pandemic.
“It is true, the company, like many other organisations,
has been facing a myriad of challenges owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, which
affected our planned diamond sales, as you know most of our buyers come from
around the globe,” he said
“However, ZCDC has since deployed innovative marketing
strategies in view of the obtaining challenges, we are glad that even the
salaries you mentioned, payments to employees have commenced and production is
underway. What we are facing is a situation our workers and stakeholders are
well abreast of,” he said.
Most countries across the globe have closed their airspaces
and borders to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Newsday
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