Government assure civil servant's cash bonuses

Civil servants' will receive their long awaited bonuses in cash and workers are guaranteed their 13th cheque beginning next month, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira has said.
The Government needs an additional $180 million to pay its workers their 2016 annual bonuses.
"To give assurance to the workers, Cabinet approved the March 6 agreement that was sealed between Government representatives and the workers," she said as quoted by the Herald.
"It means the move has the support of the country's leadership and it was also agreed that the issue of residential stands be handled through the NJNC."
Civil servants representatives were anxious about their bonuses after last year's incident when Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa sought to suspend payment of the 13th cheque for two years, a decision reversed by Cabinet a few days later.
The Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe and the health sector would be the first to get their dues.

Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police and Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services will be paid in May followed by teachers in June.
No civil servant will receive bonus payment in July and the last batch, the rest of the civil service, will be paid in August.