{"id":81073,"date":"2023-07-26T22:13:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/civil-servants-drag-mnangagwa-to-court-over-salaries"},"modified":"2023-07-27T01:57:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T23:57:49","slug":"civil-servants-drag-mnangagwa-to-court-over-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/civil-servants-drag-mnangagwa-to-court-over-salaries","title":{"rendered":"Civil Servants Drag Mnangagwa To Court Over Salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Unions representing civil servants have dragged to High Court President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Public Service Commission and other officials over the Government\u2019s penchant for unilaterally reviewing public workers\u2019 salaries, The NewsHawks reported.<\/p>\n<p>The civil servants argue that the current setup where the Public Service and Social Welfare Minister single-handedly decides how much they should earn is unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>They are therefore seeking a ruling that declares the current set-up unconstitutional and a declaratory order that forces collective bargaining involving all civil servants\u2019 unions on their salaries and allowances.<\/p>\n<p>The first applicant in the latest court application is the Zimbabwe Teachers\u2019 Union (ZIMTA) led by its chief executive officer Sifiso Ndlovu.<\/p>\n<p>The other applicants are the Civil Service Employees\u2019 Association (CSEA) representing the rest of public service workers with a membership of 2 600 civil servants; Progressive Teachers\u2019 Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) Educators\u2019 Union of Zimbabwe (EUZ) and the Amalgamated Rural Teachers\u2019 Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ).<\/p>\n<p>The Public Service Commission is cited as the first respondent and Mnangagwa as the second respondent. The application reads in part:<\/p>\n<p>The 2nd Respondent is the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe cited herein in the official capacity as the person responsible for the approval of salaries, allowances and other benefits of members of the Public Service as may be fixed by the 1st Respondent in terms of section 2003(4) of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Other respondents cited are Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube, Public Service Minister Paul Mavima and Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney-General Prince Machaya is also cited as a respondent because he is the person who is the principal legal adviser to the government, responsible for drafting legislation on behalf of the government as well as representing the government in civil and constitutional matters.<\/p>\n<p>The trade unions are being represented by the law firm of former Highfield MP and trade unionist Munyaradzi Gwisai, Matika and Gwisai Attorneys.<\/p>\n<p>The matter under case number 8261\/22 at the High Court of Zimbabwe, was set down to be heard on 21 September by Justice Lucy Mungwari.<\/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. Unions representing civil servants have dragged to High Court President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Public Service Commission and other officials over the Government\u2019s penchant for unilaterally reviewing public workers\u2019 salaries, The NewsHawks reported. The civil servants argue that the current setup where the Public Service and Social Welfare Minister single-handedly decides how much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":81072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,35,12,2715],"tags":[1493,2189,258,1508,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-81073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-head-lines","9":"category-homepage-english","10":"category-policy","11":"category-to-homepage","12":"tag-africa-press","13":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","14":"tag-civil-servants","15":"tag-civil-servants-salaries","16":"tag-zimbabwe"},"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>Civil Servants Drag Mnangagwa To Court Over Salaries - 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