Zimbabwe: Teachers' Union Lashes Out Over Meager Salary Adjustment

The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has lashed out at the government's marginal civil service salary adjustment, which will see civil servants receive a monthly wage of an estimated US$140, calling the increase 'insulting' and 'unacceptable'.

Finance Minister Tendai Biti, in his mid-term fiscal policy review on Thursday, increased the civil service wage bill by 41% to US$48 million monthly from US$34 million, to meet the salary adjustment. Biti said the government, with effect from this month, would review the salary structure of civil servants, taking into consideration the need to differentiate between grades of service.

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