{"id":30346,"date":"2020-11-20T20:38:06","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T18:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=30346"},"modified":"2020-11-20T20:38:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T18:38:06","slug":"civil-servants-paid-more-than-private-sector-workers-mthuli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/civil-servants-paid-more-than-private-sector-workers-mthuli","title":{"rendered":"Civil Servants Paid More Than Private Sector Workers \u2013 Mthuli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube said the Government was currently the best payer among employers in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Ncube insisted that the government was doing far much better than the majority of private sector players with its lowest-paid workers, among them the office orderly, now on a monthly salary of about $14 000. He said:<\/p>\n<p>The lowest-paid civil servant right now is on $14 500. A teacher right now will be earning close to $19 000. And the lowest paid civil servant is actually an office orderly. We are way ahead of the private sector in general.<\/p>\n<p>Ncube made the remarks during an interview with Zimpapers Television Network (ZTN) on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>He was unpacking the recently launched government\u2019s economic blueprint, the National Development Strategy (NDS1).<\/p>\n<p>Ncube also said under NDS1, the Government will adopt a different approach in its remuneration of civil servants, to ensure that it gives its workers a sustainable and living wage.<\/p>\n<p>He said under the Transitional Stabilisation Plan (TSP), priority appeared to be inclined towards sustaining budget surpluses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube said the Government was currently the best payer among employers in the country. 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