Zimbabwe's civil servants demand 100pc pay rise

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By Agencies

ZIMBABWE'S civil servants, battling with 363% inflation, have asked their paymasters to award a further 100% increase to cover the rising cost of living in the cash-strapped southern African country.

Spokesman Eriscon Huruba said government workers saw their salaries rise by 300% in December last year with an additional 50% in May.

However Huruba said the latest demand was justified.

"We strongly feel the 100% we are demanding is fair because transport, health services and other basics have gone up tremendously since July," he said.

He said some government employees earned as little as ZD240,000 a month, well below Zimbabwe's poverty datum line of ZD1 million.

About 70% of Zimbabweans are unemployed following the collapse of large-scale farming in the country.
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