Members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces received their 2015 bonuses yesterday as Government honours its pledge to pay civil servants their bonuses, despite the obtaining cash flow challenges.
Some banks in Harare had queues spilling outside their banking halls, as ZDF members withdrew the bonuses, together with their February salaries.
Next on the payment schedule will be the Zimbabwe Republic Police, Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services and those in the health sector who will get their bonuses next month, while those in Education will be paid in April.
The rest of the civil service and grant-aided institutions will be paid in May. Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira yesterday confirmed that Government had started paying the bonuses.
Due to tight fiscal space, Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa had early last year contemplated suspending payment of bonuses for 2015 and 2016 to create space for funding Zim Asset projects.
- Herald
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