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Long queues resurface at Zimbabwe banks

HARARE- The Bankers Association of Zimbabwe on Tuesday allayed fears of cash shortages during the festive season, saying that all banks had sufficient cash to deal with the demand associated with the holidays.

Civil service pay hike ‘rigged’ to benefit Mugabe

HARARE – The salary increase for civil servants promised by President Robert Mugabe turned out to be a paltry $31 each, a development which triggered a nasty fallout between unions with some taking it while others emphatically said no. The paltry increase comes at a time when Mugabe, government ministers and officials blow tens of millions of dollars on useless foreign trips.

Civil Servants threaten strike in 2 weeks

By Nelson Banya HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean state teachers and health workers threatened on Wednesday to strike over low pay, in a move that would paralyse public services and put pressure on a unity government struggling to reverse a decade of economic collapse. A power-sharing administration set up last year by President Robert Mugabe and […]

Civil servants issue ultimatum over salaries

Tendai Maronga HARARE – Zimbabwean civil servants have given the country’s fragile power-sharing government up to next month to hike salaries or face a nationwide job boycott that could cripple the administration. The cash-strapped Harare government, which is paying a US$100 monthly allowance to civil servants, had promised to hike the payments but a trip […]