Zimbabwe vowed Tuesday to go on
strike in January after their salaries
and annual bonuses were not paid in
the latest sign of the country's
economic woes. The state-controlled Herald
newspaper quoted workers'
representatives as saying their
members had not received their
wages and would not work after
January 1. "We do not have transport money to
go to work, which simply means that
we will be home starving without
even food," Zimbabwe Nurses
Association general secretary Enock
Dongo said. Tens of thousands of government
workers began their Christmas
holidays without pay after the
government failed to process
salaries that were due in mid-
December. Also Read: Grace Mugabe's dairy farm falls prey to thieves For the first time since
independence in 1980, the
government has also not paid civil
servants their annual bonuses. Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa
issued a statement apologising for
"all the inconveniences caused" and
pledging that the salaries would be
paid after a delay. Zimbabwe's economy has been on a
downturn for more than a decade
since veteran President Robert
Mugabe oversaw the often violent
eviction of white farmers under
controversial land reforms. The economy shrank by about 40
percent between 2000 and 2009, and
government wages now suck up
about 80 percent of government
revenue.
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