President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to improve the conditions of service for members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), including addressing inter-rank salary disparities.
Speaking in Harare on Tuesday during the 45th anniversary of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces Day celebrations, Mnangagwa said:
“Government’s improvement of the conditions of service for members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces is ongoing.
“The Defence Forces Service Commission is engaged in a process to rationalise the inter-rank salary differentials.
“This is being done in tandem with efforts to finalise implementation of the Military Salary Concept.”
He said the government is speeding up construction of the military hospital at Manyame Air Force Base and upgrading defence health centres across the country. Said Mnangagwa:
“In the area of health delivery, my Administration is accelerating the completion of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces Referral Hospital at Manyame Air Force Base.
“Refurbishment, upgrading and modernisation projects of other medical facilities in cantonment areas, throughout the country, are being supported and speeded up.”
Mnangagwa said the government is working to end housing shortages for soldiers and is rolling out a plan to provide vehicles and buses for the ZDF. He said:
“Innovative financing models employed by the government are resolving the perennial shortage of institutional accommodation for serving members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces.
“The need to address the transport challenges besetting the Defence Forces has become a key priority.
“A phased programme is in place to add an assortment of vehicles for various ZDF operational requirements, including a fleet of buses to transport members.”
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