Civil Servants Get K500 Salary Increase

(ZANIS) Civil Servants have been awarded a salary increment of five hundred kwacha across the board effective January 1st, 2025.

Announcing the development at a media briefing, Union Representative, JOY BEENE disclosed that the 23 Unions and government agreed to award civil servants a five-hundred-kwacha basic salary increment after holding negotiations for improved salaries and conditions of service.

Mr. BEENE explained that the Unions decided to reach a compromise owing to the current economic challenges facing the country.

Meanwhile, ZANIS reports that transport allowance for public workers living with disabilities has been increased from 20 to 35 percent of the basic salary effective January 1st, 2025.

Last year, government awarded civil servants a 550 kwacha increment.