{"id":63495,"date":"2022-07-28T10:50:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T08:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/govt-has-no-capacity-to-pay-usd-salaries-mavima"},"modified":"2022-07-28T13:19:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T11:19:22","slug":"govt-has-no-capacity-to-pay-usd-salaries-mavima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/govt-has-no-capacity-to-pay-usd-salaries-mavima","title":{"rendered":"Govt Has No Capacity To Pay USD Salaries \u2013 Mavima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Paul Mavima has reiterated that the government has no capacity to pay civil servants the pre-October 2018 United States dollar salary of US$540.<\/p>\n<p>He was responding to parliamentarians on Wednesday who had queried why the government was failing to address the plight of civil servants. Said Mavima:<\/p>\n<p>The fiscal space is not there. You will realise that the government has been continuously negotiating with civil servants.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, their salaries are paid in Zimbabwean dollars and we have been periodically reviewing these salaries in our currency.<\/p>\n<p>Reference to the 2018 salaries is misplaced. What we have to look at is do we have the capacity to pay the teachers.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently intensive consultations with all representatives of civil servants and unions have been coming to the table for negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>I have already held a meeting and I have also called for a meeting next Monday so that we can start this issue.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a two-day strike called by labour unions representing public service workers flopped on Wednesday as most teachers and health workers reported for duty.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU), formerly known as the Apex Council, deputy team leader Goodwill Taderera said they will give a full update of the state of the strike this Thursday after compiling reports from different parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union (ZPNU) secretary-general Douglas Chikobvu told NewsDay that their members reported for duty yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Paul Mavima has reiterated that the government has no capacity to pay civil servants the pre-October 2018 United States dollar salary of US$540. He was responding to parliamentarians on Wednesday who had queried why the government was failing to address the plight of civil servants. 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