Zimbabwe: scant on reforms, high on public sector, polled to win elections

Summary Recent pay increases demonstrate that the Zimbabwean government under President Emerson Mnangagwa is not immune to electorally-motivated but reasonable public sector wage demands. The July 30 elections provides the Mnangagwa administration the opportunity to consolidate political legitimacy and thereafter effect substantial economic structural reforms paving the way for high levels of foreign investor mining, finance, agriculture and commercial sector interest. Analysis The Zimbabwean government approved salary increases for the country’s public service effective July 1, beginning with a 22.5% entitlement to members of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF), followed by a 17.5% raise for the rest of the civil …

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