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Government fails to increase civil servants pay

New Zimbabwe writes: "Unions representing civil servants have accused the government of failing to honour its promises after talks over new pay ended Tuesday without a deal being reached. When presenting his 2014 national budget last week, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa said the country's estimated 230,000-strong civil service was taking up an unsustainable 75 percent of government revenues. He said this needed to be reduced to about 30 percent by 2018, hinting at possible retrenchments. But the ruling Zanu PF party agreed during a November 7 politburo meeting that civil service salaries would be increased to US$540 for the least paid staffers, up from the current US$297...." Read full article.

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