CIVIL SERVANTS REJECTS GOVT PAY OFFER

Public sector workers in Zimbabwe on Tuesday rejected a
government offer of 180 million Zimbabwe dollars ($21 million) in added pay for
the July-December period as inadequate in the face of soaring inflation, a
union official said.

Zimbabweans are…

Public sector workers in Zimbabwe on Tuesday rejected a government offer of 180 million Zimbabwe dollars ($21 million) in added pay for the July-December period as inadequate in the face of soaring inflation, a union official said. Zimbabweans are angry as a year-on-year price jump of around 100% has eaten the value of their wages and savings, recalling the horrors of hyperinflation in 2008.