Zimbabwe’s public sector workers have accepted a 140% salary hike starting this month, a union official said on Wednesday, averting a potential strike against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. According to Reuters, earlier this month, the top public workers union Apex Council rejected a government offer to double pay for employees saying it was too little. After another round of negotiations which dragged into the early hours of Wednesday, an Apex Council official said workers had accepted a pay deal that would see the lowest-paid state employees getting 2,450 Zimbabwe dollars ($146) a month, up from 1,033. That has sapped any hope of an economic rebound promised by Mnangagwa when he was elected in a disputed election in 2018. $1 = 16.7921 Zimbabwe Dollar

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 29, 2020 18:45 UTC