Masvingo - Public service Minister Eliphas Mukonoweshuro In an exclusive interview in Masvingo Mukonoweshuro said he was going to immediately tell the cabinet that civil servants should get a salary increment as their current salaries were ridiculous.
Civil servants have a genuine cause and are in a difficulty position at the moment.Their salaries and conditions of service are poor and I am doing everything possible as the responsible minister to ensure these are improved and are in tandem with the current poverty datum line. This is going to happen soon after the flow of revenue in government coffers improves. I have discussed this with my colleagues in cabinet and we are all in agreement, he said.
Civil servants are paid between US$165 to US$200 per month, way below the poverty datum line of US$480.
Recently the countrys largest labour representative body, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions warned of a series of strikes if workers were not given an minimum tax free wage of US$500.
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