PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed that restive civil servants be given a 20 percent salary increase plus US$100 beginning next month and other non-monetary benefits such as paying tuition fees for their children.
The latest offer announced Tuesday evening by government
comes after teachers refused to report to duty on Monday when schools reopened
for the first term citing incapacitation.
Teachers and other civil servants have been demanding pre
2018 US dollar salaries when they used to earn over US$500.
In fear that the strike by teachers will spread to the rest
of the civil service, the government in a statement said Mnangagwa had directed
that state workers be given monetary and non-monetary benefits.
“A 20% increase in the Zimbabwe Dollar salary component backdated
to 1 January 2022 will be implemented across the board. US$100, per month in
hard currency will be paid to every civil servant with effect from the 1st of
March 2022,” the statement read.
his will be done through the conversion of a corresponding
Zimbabwe dollar salary amount into hard currency, bringing the foreign currency
amount to US$175.”
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