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Govt admits policy failures
BY MOSES MATENGA
GOVERNMENT has conceded that it was found wanting in the implementation of previous economic blueprints and now pins its hopes on its ambitious National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) to cure the current economic ills.
The NDS1 is the second blueprint launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration, following in the footsteps of the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP), which was launched in 2018 to run for two years but fell flat.
Zimbabwe has in the last three decades launched several economic recovery plans which missed their targets due to failure by authorities to implement reforms and keep expenditure within budget.
“We’re doing a lot for civil servants” -Prof Mthuli Ncube “We’re doing a lot for civil servants” -Prof Mthuli Ncube
Prof. Mthuli Ncube
Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, believes the government has done a lot for civil servants, as he said the lowest-paid workers were earning US$205 – about 60 percent of the given standard of living in the country.
Prof Ncube said this while responding to questions from journalists in Bulawayo over the weekend on challenges faced by civil servants who had just commemorated a gloomy International Worker’s Day, whose wages have depreciated over time.
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By Alois Vinga
BUSINESS and labour representatives have clashed over the proposal to set a national minimum wage in a bid to cushion workers whose concerns may not be addressed through their respective National Employment Councils (NECs).
The matter is currently under discussion at the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) – a social dialogue platform which brings together government, business and labour representatives.
Speaking to NewZimbabwe.com Business Monday, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary general, Japhet Moyo said labour was pushing for the move in a bid to cushion the neglected and vulnerable workers.
“We are not taking away the bargaining powers of the NECs per se. Those doing better just like the case with enterprise level would negotiate and improve on the level set at the national level.