Harare: An interesting news came from Zimbabwe's where public workers have rejected a second offer to increase their salaries.
As per the reports employess rejects salary raise and demanded to be paid in dollars, days after at least three people died in violent anti-government protests. Hundreds of citizens were detained on public order charges on Friday, as the United Nations urged an end to a security crackdown and an internet blackout.
Zimbabweans says that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has not delivered on pre-election pledges to kick-start growth after the exit of Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa has promised a clean break from the 37-year era of Mugabe, who was forced out in a de facto coup in November last year but the economy is afflicted by a severe shortage of dollars which has led to shortages of medicines and fuels.
Thomas Muzondo, deputy chairman of the Apex Council, a grouping of all civil service unions, said, adding that a third round of talks was scheduled for next week. He further added that we insisted on U.S. dollar salaries but the government totally rejected this, saying they do not manufacture dollars. We are now consulting our membership but we told the government that their offer is nowhere near our expectations.