ED surprises teachers with $3000 cash payments…Plus salary hikes for civil servants this month

HARARE: Teachers will be the happiest voters in Zimbabwe this month as Emmerson Mnangagwa’s  Government will start paying cash-in-lieu of outstanding vacation leave days, in addition to a 17,5 percent pay hike, a scenario that will see some tutors getting as much as $3 000.

The Government in May, agreed to pay cash-in-lieu of vacation leave in excess of 123 days maximum accrual for teachers.

Payments will be done on a staggered basis from July to December 2018. Teachers that are eligible are expected to receive between $2 000 and $3 000, depending on the modalities the Government will use for the payments.