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Worker organisations have expressed optimism that the President Mugabe-led Government will honour its promises of improving their salaries and working conditions. In an interview on the sidelines of President Mugabe’s historic inauguration held in Harare last week, Zimbabwe Teachers Association chief executive Mr Sifiso Ndlovu said the President had reiterated his promise to improve conditions for civil servants, in a show of commitment to uplift the standards of living for civil servants.
Mr Ndlovu said the President’s pledges also set the agenda for incoming education ministers to seriously consider the plight of teachers.
“It brings hope that the highest office in the country and a senior civil servant himself is committed to improving conditions of service for us.
“This is not the first time that he is talking of civil servants, showing that he is pre-occupied with the conditions we are currently operating under,” said Mr Ndlovu.
Mr Ndlovu also expressed hope that when appointing a Finance Minister, the President would look at someone capable of bringing a new paradigm to the whole economy.
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe secretary general Mr Raymond Majongwe urged Government to ensure that teachers are paid well and that schools are made politics-free zones.
The Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions president Cde Joseph Chinotimba said President Mugabe’s inauguration opened a new chapter for improvement of all working conditions and salaries. Mr Chinotimba said for the past five years during the Inclusive Government, workers never enjoyed their full rights.
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