MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa says the ZANU PF-led government should abandon the use of the local currency and pay public workers in US dollars.
In his Workers Day speech on Friday, Chamisa said civil servants’ salaries are inadequate to cover basics such as transport to and from work, rentals and purchase of food. He said:
Our doctors earn close to $5 000, an equivalent of US$100; this does not happen anywhere else in the world, our soldiers and police are earning less than US$20. The poverty levels they face every day are so heart wrenching.
We hope in the coming days, they will listen to the advice which we are giving them and start paying workers in US$. We should shelve the local currency until such a time we have corrected the economic fundamentals in the country.
Chamisa also condemned the ongoing demolitions of “illegal” vending stalls in urban areas saying the exercise amounts to wanton destruction of people’s livelihoods.
He urged authorities to talk to the vendors and get consensus or use courts to resolve the issue rather than resorting to commando resolution of problems.
Zvinyeda zvangazvanyanya ghetto chaiyo chiwakwa chose chisipamutemo ngachipwanywe
Munawo here ma us$ acho munyika menyu anokwana munhu vose zviriboe but think big
But you have not been paying your own workers for at least two months nemaBond acho iwewe. This hypocrisy is what causes people to lose trust in the opposition in this country. Why can’t you lead by example to wow the people instead of being worse than Zanu PF
Sorry Chinese took all US dollars last month to carry out a protective gear profit con to the rest of the world
Maybe you could use toilet paper
Instead of endlessly telling us what needs to be done, why doesn’t Chamisa ever tell us HOW it is to be done.