Board members at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) are allegedly taking home as much as US$2,000 a month in allowances, while ordinary workers receive a paltry US$150 a month. The Daily News reports that because of this key staff members are resigning and others are applying en-masse to be retrenched.
The newspaper says that so serious are the problems Finance Minister Tendai Biti summoned the board members to his office for an explanation of both the looting allegations and the mass resignations by senior employees. Workers now want the government to intervene and stop the pillaging of the central bank.
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