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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The strike by healthcare workers entered its third day on Wednesday at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare, with critically-ill patients being turned away.<\/p>\n

In Bulawayo, nurses reportedly embarked on a go-slow and turned up for work, but were not performing any duties.<\/p>\n

Healthcare workers downed tools on Monday in protest over poor working conditions. They are demanding United States dollar salaries.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) president Enock Dongo said doctors and nurses in most parts of the country had joined the strike. Dongo said:<\/p>\n

Nurses from different parts of the country joined the strike just like other employees because the salary negotiations have been ongoing for more than 14 months but are yielding nothing.<\/p>\n

The leader of government business in Parliament, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, on Wednesday, told parliamentarians in the National Assembly that negotiations for a salary review for civil servants are ongoing.<\/p>\n

Ziyambi, however, insisted that the Government will not determine salaries in US dollars but put in place measures to stabilise the Zimbabwe dollar. He said:<\/p>\n

Government is still in a negotiation process with health workers on the issue of salary increases.<\/p>\n

An offer was tabled to the Apex Council and negotiations are continuing.<\/p>\n

The health workers were advised that the process is ongoing and they must wait until the conclusion of that process.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not very correct that the majority of them are on strike; it\u2019s only the few who were on strike while a majority are at work and they have been advised that negations for salary increases are ongoing and, therefore, they must go back to work.<\/p>\n

Our currency is the Zimbabwe dollar, and we are working towards removing whatever is causing our currency to decline.<\/p>\n

We cannot, and we will not determine salaries in US dollars. We will never go to a scenario where we will peg salaries in US dollars.<\/p>\n

Last week, civil servants rejected an offer by the government to increase their salaries by 100% which would have seen the lowest-paid worker taking home ZWL$36 000.<\/p>\n

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