Harare City Council workers last week pleaded with Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni to be given $5 to cover their transport costs. The workers have gone for more 8 months without being paid. The mayor was distributing Christmas presents to patients at the Beatrice Infectious Diseases Hospital in the capital.
Manyenyeni said:
We appreciate your service to patients but our budget is not enough. I am aware of the problems that you are facing and I have had several calls from some of you.
I assure you that we are working hard to normalise the situation.
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