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The International Monetary Fund or IMF says that Zimbabwe needs to intensify reform and meaningfully improve transparency. These will boost the country’s integrity as the government faces growing criticism about its dedication to delivering economic and political change.   President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe Source: enca.com President Emmerson Mnangagwa and senior officials say they are doing their best to lay the foundations for future growth and blame Western sanctions for hampering recovery and deterring investment.     But the opponents say of the government are saying he is reverting to the authoritarian tendencies seen under former leader Robert Mugabe, who died early this month. They also criticise Mnangagwa for presiding over soaring prices and shortages of foreign currency and fuel price hike that have sparked anger among a restive population.   The IMF said in a statement, after visiting Harare th...

Zimbabwe’s public sector doctors starts industrial action this Tuesday. They are demanding a further salary increase of 401 percent that must be paid in the U.S. dollar despite accepting an earlier offer from the government of a 60 percent pay rise. Zimbabwe Doctors Start Strike Source : Haru Matasa,, Aljazeera President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has proposed big pay rises for doctors and other public sector workers in an attempt to avert crippling strikes. Police have banned a series of protests called by the opposition in major cities and have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse recent demonstrators. The main unions representing doctors and teachers, who make up the bulk of public service workers, are saying that they had rejected the government’s salary offers. This would have been an avenue where the lowest paid worker will be earning 1,023 Zimbabwe dollars or 90.45 US dollar a month. The doctors accepted thei...