NATIONAL RAILWAYS of Zimbabwe says it wants to get rid of 20% of its workforce to restore viability, but has not given any details of when this will be done. Railways public relations manager Herbert Mondlani says the management board aims at eventually reducing the numbers from 18 000 to 8 000.
While voluntary retirement was one of the measures taken, management has also looked at other less painful ways of reducing staff costs through encouraging employees to increase productivity by raising the total amount of our traffic levels.
Recruitment has been frozen.
By Martin Rushmere
