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Zimbabwe losses 20,000 jobs in a month, government set to amend labour law

President Robert Mugabe waits to address crowds gathered for Zimbabwe's Heroes Day commemorations in Harare, August 10, 2015. REUTERS

HARARE: Zimbabwe has lost 20,000 jobs in the last month after a court ruled that companies can fire workers by giving them three months' notice, the main labour union said on Sunday, as the government moved to amend the labour law to stop further losses.

Businesses in the southern African country, which has a jobless rate of more than 80 percent, are struggling with electricity shortages, high finance and labour costs and cheap imports, which has seen many firms fail to pay wages or forced to shut.

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