Zimbabwean authorities have offered residential land to government
employees instead of the usual annual bonuses following the country’s
stagnated economic.
According to a Reuter report, the country’s labour unions rejected the
proposal, saying the land offered was not of much value. The residential
lands are seen as unattractive, with most of them lacking basic
amenities such as roads, electricity and sewerage.Speaking at a meeting on Wednesday, the
secretary-general of the Progressive Teachers Union in Zimbabwe, Raymond
Majongwe described the government’s offer as ‘madness’ and said the
union members rejected it.
However, the Zimbabwe’s public sector workers are said to paid an annual
bonus equivalent to a month’s salary every November and December but
the government which spends more than $250 million monthly on salaries
has not revealed when the 2016 payment will be made.
