Magistrates threaten to strike

The Magistrates’ Association of Zimbabwe Friday threatened to embark on a nationwide strike beginning on Monday after negotiations for a salary increment allegedly collapsed.

The association issued a statement accusing Finance minister Tendai Biti of refusing to implement proposed salary reviews given to him by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).

Part of the statement read: “What is disheartening is that while our employer (JSC) literally agreed that our salaries are embarrassing and agreed to review them upwards in conformity with the budget they are given by the Ministry of Finance, it is the same minister (Biti) who has in his wisdom or lack of it adamantly refused to effect the reviews suggested by our employer.”

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