Published: 03 July 2013

Varichem Pharmaceuticals, a wholly indigenised company, employees are complaining that the appointment of Alexio Muchabaiwa as the company's Managing Director has created a lot of problems affecting their morale.

Employees claim that not only did Muchabaiwa scrap employee loans but workers are being forced to work overtime with no pay.

"If anyone refuses to work overtime they are fired, the latest being three guys from the production department who were fired 4 weeks ago," a source said.

Workers also claim that only top managers are given transport allowances of $600 monthly while the rest are only given $40.

"Is this the black empowerment that we all talking about since this company is 100% locally owned," an angry worker asked.

The company which manufactures life-prolonging anti-retrovirals (ARV's) is said to be bankrupt and selling company cars and buses.
- newswires