Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Zimbabwe

the site seems to have been closed ,however the Labour Act(chapter 28:01) provides that

5 Protection of employees against discrimination

(1) No employer shall discriminate against any employee or prospective employee on grounds of race, tribe,

place of origin, political opinion, colour, creed, gender, pregnancy, HIV/AIDS status or, subject to the Disabled Persons Act [Chapter 17:01], any disability referred to in the definition of �disabled person� in that Act, in

relation to�

(a) the advertisement of employment; or

(b) the recruitment for employment; or

(c) the creation, classification or abolition of jobs or posts; or

(d) the determination or allocation of wages, salaries, pensions, accommodation, leave or other such

benefits; or

(e) the choice of persons for jobs or posts, training, advancement, apprenticeships, transfer, promotion or

retrenchment; or

(f) the provision of facilities related to or connected with employment; or

(g) any other matter related to employment.

[Subsection as amended by section 7 of Act 17 of 2002]

(2) No person shall discriminate against any employee or prospective employee on the grounds of race, tribe,

place of origin, political opinion, colour, creed, gender, pregnancy, HIV/AIDS status or, subject to the Disabled

as a matter of fact such an act is a criminal offence attracting a sentence of two years imprisonment.