By Daniel Itai.
Harare, Zimbabwe. (News of The South) – The Zimbabwe Republic Police has given public sector workers permission to march for better pay on Wednesday.
A notice received from police by the Apex Council which is an embodiment of various unions, said the protest could go ahead but also warned that police would stop the march if it turned violent.
“The regulating authority still reserves the right to stop the gathering should it turn out to a public order threat or violent. Police will monitor,” said Oscar Mugomeri, police commander for Harare central district.
Meanwhile, public service, labour and social welfare minister, Sekai Nzenza, has invited the Apex Council to a national joint negotiating council meeting which is scheduled for today.
Apex Council chairperson Mrs Cecilia Alexander said, “The item on the agenda is to receive feedback from government where we notified them that most civil servants are now failing to even afford to come to work and also even fend for their families.”
Zimbabwe’s inflation is hovering around 300 percent and the poverty datum line is at US$475 for a family of six. Currently most civil servants earn below $US50.
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