{"id":101142,"date":"2024-11-27T22:18:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T20:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/teachers-left-in-limbo-as-government-fails-to-pay-salaries-and-bonuses"},"modified":"2024-11-28T00:23:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T22:23:26","slug":"teachers-left-in-limbo-as-government-fails-to-pay-salaries-and-bonuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/teachers-left-in-limbo-as-government-fails-to-pay-salaries-and-bonuses","title":{"rendered":"Teachers Left In Limbo As Government Fails To Pay Salaries and Bonuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA), the country\u2019s largest teachers\u2019 union, has called on the government to promptly disburse teachers\u2019 salaries and bonuses for November 2024.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the government\u2019s failure to pay the ZiG component of some teachers\u2019 salaries, as well as 50% of their bonuses for the month, without providing any explanation.<\/p>\n<p>While other civil servants and security service personnel received their salaries and bonuses starting from the 15th, many teachers experienced delays in receiving their payments, with some only receiving partial disbursements.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, ZIMTA said the government\u2019s failure to pay some teachers their November salaries had caused the affected members financial strain. ZIMTA said:<\/p>\n<p>The omission has caused significant financial hardship and raised serious questions about the fairness, transparency and integrity of the employer\u2019s commitment to honouring contractual obligations.<br \/>\nThe ZiG component is a fundamental part of our agreed-upon remuneration package.<\/p>\n<p>Its exclusion from the November 2024 payment constitutes a breach of the terms of employment and breach and an erosion of trust between employees and the employer.<\/p>\n<p>The union has demanded an explanation for the delayed salary payments to teachers and called for genuine dialogue regarding their welfare concerns. It said:<\/p>\n<p>While the omission might be explained in administrative and financial terms, the failure to pay what is rightfully ours feels like a devaluation of our efforts, morale and dignity as educators and public servants.<\/p>\n<p>It signals a lack of recognition of the vital services we render to society.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past two weeks, teachers have expressed discontent over the non-payment of their salaries. However, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has yet to comment on the issue, at least publicly.<\/p>\n<p>The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Finance, George Guvamatanga recently admitted that the government was broke, citing the 43% depreciation of the ZIG, saying this resulted \u201cin a substantial mismatch between revenue inflows, collected in some cases, with a one-month lag and local currency expenditures that immediately adjusted to the new exchange rate, in the process severely constraining fiscal space for the last quarter of 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA), the country\u2019s largest teachers\u2019 union, has called on the government to promptly disburse teachers\u2019 salaries and bonuses for November 2024. This follows the government\u2019s failure to pay the ZiG component of some teachers\u2019 salaries, as well as 50% of their bonuses for the month, without providing any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":101140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[7015,1508,7384,234,89,19,854],"class_list":{"0":"post-101142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-economy","9":"tag-bonuses","10":"tag-civil-servants-salaries","11":"tag-civil-servants-bonuses","12":"tag-salaries","13":"tag-teachers","14":"tag-zimbabwe","15":"tag-zimta"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Teachers Left In Limbo As Government Fails To Pay Salaries and Bonuses - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA), the country\u2019s largest teachers\u2019 union, has called on the government to prompt ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/teachers-left-in-limbo-as-government-fails-to-pay-salaries-and-bonuses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Teachers Left In Limbo As Government Fails To Pay Salaries and Bonuses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA), the country\u2019s largest teachers\u2019 union, has called on the government to prompt ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/teachers-left-in-limbo-as-government-fails-to-pay-salaries-and-bonuses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-27T20:18:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-27T22:23:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/11\/sm_1732733587.370408.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/teachers-left-in-limbo-as-government-fails-to-pay-salaries-and-bonuses\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/teachers-left-in-limbo-as-government-fails-to-pay-salaries-and-bonuses\",\"name\":\"Teachers Left In Limbo As Government Fails To Pay Salaries and Bonuses - 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