Civil Servants

Civil servants are meant to serve. If they don’t, civilians need to stand up for their rights

About a million desperate public sector workers have had to survive on their savings or social aid networks

As modern life becomes more complex, the size of civil services grows — and so does the wage bill

Well before Zimbabwe’s economy took a hit in the late 1990s, spurring world-record inflation, usury was a part of the daily lives of working-class households in South Africa’s…

The scramble to find cash for an SAA bailout, Covid-19 grants and civil servants’ demands force postponement of mini-budget

Public sector unions say the rampant Covid-19 pandemic will have a devastating effect on how the government is run and services are delivered

Some of those on the government payroll did exist but were paid for jobs they did not undertake while others were dead or fictious

The move is in line with a reconfiguration process to drastically cut the state’s wage bill

The state’s bid to claw back 0.6% under a previous agreement has thrown a spanner in the works.

The delay in pay dates for civil servants is likely to continue as the cash-strapped state has to wait for money collected from Zimra to pay salaries.

Zimbabwe’s liquidity crunch is taking its toll, but labour groups say bosses are ‘cheating’ their workers.

Public servants are angry that the government appears to be reneging on its recent promise to award them a salary increase next month.

Civil servants in Zimbabwe want the government to commit to a timetable to finalise wage negotiations.

Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is determined to deliver a public service that is professional and free of graft.

Speak it like it is – government administration is a shambles.