"Ziscosteel fires all workers, shuts its doors", 6 Sept 2016

The defunct Redcliff-based Ziscosteel officially closed its doors last week after terminating contracts of the majority of its 4 500 employees. The workers confirmed the development yesterday, saying they were sent home empty-handed by Ziscosteel board chairperson, Nyasha Makuvise, after religiously reporting for duty for the past seven years without pay hoping the firm would eventually reopen for business...Ziscosteel workers’ committee chairperson, Benedict Moyo, referred all questions to the company secretary, Adam Takawira. “I can confirm the latest developments at Ziscosteel. However, for more information, you will have to talk to the company because we agreed they would handle that,” he said...Highly-placed sources said the dormant steel company had only retained 190 workers...The workers threatened to stage demonstrations over unpaid salaries...“How can they close a company as if it’s a tuckshop?” another worker queried...