Zimbabwe: far apart on civil service confidence

The Zimbabwean government will field a 48-hour ultimatum on January 30 from the country’s civil service umbrella organization to resolve public worker’s wage demands. Given the Zimbabwean government’s largely empty treasury, it is not likely a satisfactory agreement will be reached, which will likely lead to strike action. Other economic measures underway by the administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa are not likely to resolve Zimbabwe’s embattled economy in the short-term. But all this is not to say the Mnangagwa administration lacks for political legitimacy or control. Zimbabwe’s Apex council, representing approximately 305,000 civil servants, want to obtain wage relief such …

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