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Zimbabwe: ZBC Admits Having 400 Fake Workers
2 January 2014
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Zimbabwe’s national and ZANU PF controlled broadcaster (ZBC) has officially admitted the existence of more than four hundred (400) ghost workers who have been on the company’s payroll for more than five years and has directed all the managers to compile a list of subordinates under their departments.
The company’s acting Chief Executive Allan Chiweshe confirmed the development Wednesday.
“With immediate effect we have directed all the managers to compile the names of workers under their department. After compiling the list which will be used to pay workers the manager shall append his signature on the list of the postings to enable accountability”, Chiweshe told ZBC TV news Wednesday.
This week it was reported that some preliminary audit results had revealed that there were at least 400 ghost workers who were being used by the ZBC management to fleece the loss-making parastatal of millions of dollars in salaries.

filthy salary & employing 400 fake, ghost workers... Happison Muchechetere
filthy salary & employing 400 fake, ghost workers… Happison Muchechetere

Among the ghost workers it was reported that were two wives of senior bosses at ZBC who reportedly appear on the salary schedules as station managers for the Mbare and Pockets Hill studios.
The preliminary audit report also said a number of dead ZBC employees were among the ghost workers.
One of the deceased employees is Douglas Rinemhota who was the company’s political correspondent who died in 2007.
Other ghost workers on the company’s pay roll were those who either resigned or were fired years ago.
Chiweshe revealed that the company was working on the workers’ seven months salaries.
“We are calculating their dues and they are going to start getting them in this Thursday,” he said.
Last year the company’s Chief executive Hapison Muchechetere was sent on forced leave by Media, Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Jonathan Moyo after he and his board had failed to present a turnaround strategy for the troubled company. Muchechetere had been given 14 days for that assignment.
The former ZBC boss and his senior management were earning ‘astronomical’ salaries at a time workers were not being paid. “It is quite shocking that for instance the CEO earns $27 000 plus, over and above that earns $3 000 in allowances for housing, $2 500 allowance, $3 000 for home entertainment, unlimited business entertainment allowance. The corporation must pay off his mortgage facility, must built a durawall (security wall), must built an entertainment section at his premises,” Deputy Information Minister, Supa Mandiwanzira said.

23 Replies to “Zimbabwe: ZBC Admits Having 400 Fake Workers”

  2. Such unbridled greed and rampant looting is unbelievable and shocking!!…no wonder the Bible says “the love of money is the root of all evil”. I sincerely believe that the rot at ZBC is only a tip of the ice-berg; all state enterprises & parastatals and local authorities should be thoroughly audited. It appears that an “engine overhaul” is NOT even good enough: we might have to buy a brand new car after all!!

  3. Why the big surprise? Tomana chihuri mandiwanzira moyo charamba matonga kaukonde masirembwa chiyangwa mliswa mpofu chiwengwa grace bona mugarbage mutasa mucheterer boyongwe joey bimha biggie Joel chinotimba the 2kaseke brothers von hoogstraten rautenbach bredenkamp ziyambi chidyausiku mujuru undenge mahofa etc etc will all soon be doing hard labour for life!!!!!!! Chete

  4. the time is fast aproaching when mugabe and the old zanu thieves will be meeting up with real ghosts

  5. so this is what gorge charamba calls or want to call retrechnent,wonder who schooled this thief and his masters

  6. Ghosts are common in Zimbabwe. People forget that Zanu pf was voted into power by ghost voters. Ghost analysts at ZBC and government media predicted that Zanu pf would have 2rds majority.

  7. Our brothers and sisters r sweating it out cracking complicated activities in the society but not even one could smell this rotten rat in the house (Zbc) for five years,really

  9. j.moyo, is this anything to do. with cleaning up zbc house or doing 4 the best of the country. or!! a confused govmnt.full of intelectuals. we a in shit in this country

  11. @joy lobo what has that to do with Zimasset? Zimasset is a zanu pf blueprint meant to smash and grab properties. Please dont misrepresent gov policy.

  12. ghosts were getting paid while real workers weren’t getting anything for seven months nxa gov should deal with this seriously if they have people at heart

  14. People like Supa are experienced Ghost workers. Supa or Webster Shamu know what was going on at ZBC as ex-workers of ZBC. There are also Ghost Ministers mark my word.

  15. If there ever was any intention and good reason to show seriousness on the part of govt to wipe out corruption; this is an opportunity to show us just that. None of those guys should walking the streets.I will never pay my DEAD BC licence until I see a complete clean up

  17. Zvichireva all the workers at ZBC are more than a million with 400 ghosts and 600 real workers ZBC is reach where are they getting that kind of money to pay dead people,Muchechetere anofanira kukandwa kuKhami Prison makes ndotora topa Chinotimba

  18. It’s a wait and see situation,the ball is in their cot are they going to play it kana kuriponjesa.Corruption at its maximum,vanhu ngavasungwe.

  19. People.,why ar u surprised?the people who employed these people knew their salaries and perks,they also knew what they were paying them for and we all know nothing wii happen to them.they will be given other things to do with more money.lets not hav short memories lok at gono.

  20. And you say we have CEOs of parastata;s in this country. Obviously Happy Son Muchechetere was not there for work, but for siphoning and looting. Typical of most public sectro enterprises. There must be a new word in our Shona dictionary – Ku-chechetedza = earning ridiculuos salaries for poor performance!

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