Zimbabwe: 'President Committed to Civil Servants' Welfare'

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is determined to ensure that civil servants earn handsome salaries that are above the poverty datum line with the recent move by Government to increase their salaries and offer a cushion allowance as compassionate gesture to protect them from inflation and the effects of Covid-19, a top Government official said yesterday.

In an interview with The Herald, the Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet (in charge of communications) Mr George Charamba said the 50 percent salary increase to civil servants that will be accompanied by a US$75 allowance, does not preclude the bargaining efforts that the Government workers are making.

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