{"id":1778,"date":"2025-07-09T14:16:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T14:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.necwei.co.zw\/?page_id=1778"},"modified":"2025-07-14T06:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T06:15:40","slug":"10th-annual-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.necwei.co.zw\/?page_id=1778","title":{"rendered":"10th Annual Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1778\" class=\"elementor elementor-1778\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f33c81 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f33c81\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6598a37\" data-id=\"6598a37\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa84448 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa84448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">10th Annual Symposium Highlights<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ea3d2d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ea3d2d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62d89da\" data-id=\"62d89da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97eb546 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"97eb546\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.necwei.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/10th-Annual-General-Symposium-Deputy-Minister-of-labour-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1779\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.necwei.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/10th-Annual-General-Symposium-Deputy-Minister-of-labour-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.necwei.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/10th-Annual-General-Symposium-Deputy-Minister-of-labour-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.necwei.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/10th-Annual-General-Symposium-Deputy-Minister-of-labour-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.necwei.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/10th-Annual-General-Symposium-Deputy-Minister-of-labour-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.necwei.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/10th-Annual-General-Symposium-Deputy-Minister-of-labour-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.necwei.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/10th-Annual-General-Symposium-Deputy-Minister-of-labour-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.necwei.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/10th-Annual-General-Symposium-Deputy-Minister-of-labour-48x32.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.necwei.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/10th-Annual-General-Symposium-Deputy-Minister-of-labour.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"> HON. MERCY MARUVA DINHA -            Deputy Minister of Public Service, Labour, and Social Welfare<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03fd982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03fd982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Navigating Challenges and Shaping the Future of NECs<\/strong>:<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\"><em>Highlights from the 10th Annual Symposium<\/em><\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">As part of the organizing team, the NEC for the Welfare and Educational Institutions was proud to help host the 10th Annual General Symposium for NEC Chairpersons, Councillors, and General Secretaries, held at the Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">The symposium brought together NEC leadership, legal minds, business executives, Ministry of Labour officials and was honoured by the presence of the Deputy Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Honourable Mercy Dinha. The event created a vital platform for strategic dialogue on the evolving challenges and opportunities within the NEC framework.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Key discussions focused on:<\/strong><\/div><div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tf3\/1\/16\/1f539.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd39\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> The impact of AI on NEC operations.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tf3\/1\/16\/1f539.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd39\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> Leadership, ethics, and corporate governance.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tf3\/1\/16\/1f539.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd39\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> Retrenchment procedures and regulatory compliance.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tf3\/1\/16\/1f539.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd39\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> The threatened existence of NECs under Section 56 of the Labour Amendment No. 11 of 2023, and recent court rulings on NEC jurisdiction.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dffb029\" data-id=\"dffb029\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c01645 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c01645\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">This year\u2019s symposium reinforced the importance of unity, innovation, and advocacy in protecting the integrity and relevance of NECs in Zimbabwe\u2019s industrial relations ecosystem.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">A heartfelt thank you to all participants, presenters, and partners who made this gathering impactful.<\/div><\/div><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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wp-caption-text\">The NECs Coordinating Committee Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and the Acting Registrar  presented  flowers to the Deputy Minister in recognition of collaboration and shared commitment.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10th Annual Symposium Highlights HON. 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