THE Zimbabwe Teachers\u2019 Association (Zimta) has implored the Government to address the issue of payment of civil servants\u2019 salaries in foreign currency to motivate teachers and improve their welfare.<\/p>\n
Zimta secretary general Mr Tapson Nganunu Sibanda yesterday said the association was concerned about the Government\u2019s silence on the issue and urged the Government to address the issue before schools open.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re concerned because there\u2019s no progress in terms of the request we made to the Government. We thought the Government was going to call us for a meeting and address this issue. We\u2019re behind time and the silence might affect opening of schools.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur members are agitated and they want the Government to pay their salaries in foreign currency. The cost of living has increased and civil servants\u2019 salaries have lost value three fold in 2018. We therefore want salaries to be paid in foreign currency considering that most service providers now prefer payment of services in foreign currency,\u201d said Mr Sibanda.<\/p>\n
He said apart from payment in foreign currency, teachers also wanted unconditional reinstatement of vacation leave.<\/p>\n
\u201cVacation leave for teachers was suspended in 2015 and Zimta contested the matter in court and won it in 2018.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Government should therefore give a clear policy direction on vacation leave since the court ruled in favour of the civil servants,\u201d said Mr Sibanda.<\/p>\n
Labour and Social Welfare Minister Dr Sekai Nzenza could not be reached for comment yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE Zimbabwe Teachers\u2019 Association (Zimta) has implored the Government to address the issue of payment of civil servants\u2019 salaries in foreign currency to motivate teachers and improve their welfare. Zimta secretary general Mr Tapson Nganunu Sibanda yesterday said the association was concerned about the Government\u2019s silence on the issue and urged the Government to address […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,7,12],"tags":[106,31],"class_list":{"0":"post-488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-community","9":"category-files","10":"category-policy","11":"tag-forex-salaries","12":"tag-mnangagwa"},"yoast_head":"\n