Egypt mulls reducing civil servants’ working days
Egypt is studying a proposal to reduce the number of working days civil servants work but said it will not reduce their working hours, the Anadolu Agency reported. The Information and Decision Support Centre (IDSC) said in a statement that the government’s Central Agency for Organisation and Management is studying the reduction of the number […]
Zimbabwean Civil Servants awarded with Pay Rise ahead of presidential elections
GOVERNMENT is effecting a 17,5 percent Special Civil Service Allowance in fulfilment of an agreement it reached with its workers at the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC). It will also meet other demands by the workers, including cash-in-lieu-of leave (CIL). This was confirmed by Minister of State for Presidential Affairs and Monitoring Implementation of Government […]
Protesters Vow to Shut Zimbabwe Down
ZIMBABWE’S impoverished civil servants will join the social movement in a massive industrial action set to bring the country into a standstill on Monday. The civil servants are protesting non-payment of salaries while the civil society organiations are aggrieved by the worsening social and economic meltdown blamed on the beleaguered administration of President Robert Mugabe […]
Zimbabwe Govt, Civil Servants Talks Collapse, Strike Set for Next Week
“Government is not coming out smart on our bonus issue and is also going out on an open attack on us. We, therefore, urge all our members to join in the demonstration and fight for our cause,” Raymond Majongwe. WORKERS unions representing teachers and other civil servants Monday endorsed the collective protest that has been […]
Tanzania Government Now Unearths 391 Forged Certificates From Civil Servants
The government has unearthed 319 public servants in possession of academic certificates which are not theirs in the verification exercise that is still ongoing. That was revealed by Chief Secretary Ambassador John Kijazi in an interview with TBC1 State TV on Monday evening, when he was still giving a grace period to public servants who […]
Zimbabwe’s Broke government Offers Land For Civil Servants’ Outstanding Bonuses
THE cash strapped government on Wednesday offered civil servants housing stands instead their 2016 bonus but union leaders rejected the proposal, accusing ministers of living it up while their members live in abject poverty. Public Service Minister Prisca Mupfumira, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya held a meeting in […]
Zimbabwe Headed for Deeper Crisis
GOVERNMENT moved to curb social upheavals this week by reversing a policy announcement that sought to slash salaries and stop bonus payments to civil servants, at the risk of plunging the country deeper into economic turmoil. Facing its worst public protests in the past few months triggered by the country’s failing economic policies, government trashed […]
Zimbabwe Civil Servants Reject Govt’s U.S.$100 Offer
Civil servants’ representatives yesterday said they were finalising consultations on the U.S.$100 advance payment offered by Government amid indications that the majority of workers had rejected the proposal.Government on Monday met civil servants’ unions and offered them U.S.$100 for transport while they awaited their June salaries to be paid in a fortnight. The employer offered […]
