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Domestic workers in Zimbabwe have formed a WhatsApp group to share their experiences and the challenges they face from the ongoing economic crisis, NewZimbabwe.com reports.
The news site reports that many employers have resorted to paying domestic workers by mobile money transfers, which charge users high processing fees.
Mendy Lusaba, founder of Domestic Workers Association of Zimbabwe, says this only makes a difficult situation worse because pay is low to begin with:
Imagine if a domestic worker is paid $50 and the mobile money agency demands 20% of that amount. What will be left?”
Imagine if a domestic worker is paid $50 and the mobile money agency demands 20% of that amount. What will be left?”
She added that some also go months without pay:
Some of these domestic workers are even going for months without being paid because the employers’ excuse is that, all is not well in the economy or they are not getting paid at their [own] workplace.”
Some of these domestic workers are even going for months without being paid because the employers’ excuse is that, all is not well in the economy or they are not getting paid at their [own] workplace.”
