{"id":1532,"date":"2025-07-19T10:03:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T10:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2025-07-19T10:03:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T10:03:36","slug":"recap-zimbabwe-government-to-pay-civil-servants-in-us-dollars-due-to-devaluation-of-the-zig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/recap-zimbabwe-government-to-pay-civil-servants-in-us-dollars-due-to-devaluation-of-the-zig\/","title":{"rendered":"RECAP: Zimbabwe government to pay civil servants in US dollars due to devaluation of the ZiG"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div id=\"lead\" class=\"article-perex \">\n<p>The government of Zimbabwe, in an attempt to mitigate the impact of the recent devaluation of the ZiG, has announced that salary raises and an annual bonus for civil servants in the country will be paid in US dollars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery \">\n<div id=\"article-main-image\" class=\"image-container\"><picture class=\"image-wrapper\" data-image-source=\"article_photo\" data-caption=\"John Mushayavanhu, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, presents the new national currency Zimbabwe Gold, or ZiG.Columbus Mavhunga\/picture alliance\/Getty Images\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ocdn.eu\/pulscms-transforms\/1\/b0Hk9kuTURBXy80NWNkY2UwMS00MDcyLTRjZjEtYWFkYS0yOWYxYmM0MWEwNDUuanBlZ5KVAwAAzQ3AzQe8kwXNAxbNAa7eAAKhMAahMQA\" type=\"image\/avif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/ocdn.eu\/pulscms-transforms\/1\/b0Hk9kuTURBXy80NWNkY2UwMS00MDcyLTRjZjEtYWFkYS0yOWYxYmM0MWEwNDUuanBlZ5KVAwAAzQ3AzQe8kwXNAxbNAa7eAAKhMAahMQA\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ocdn.eu\/pulscms-transforms\/1\/ILfk9kuTURBXy80NWNkY2UwMS00MDcyLTRjZjEtYWFkYS0yOWYxYmM0MWEwNDUuanBlZ5KVAwAAzQ3AzQe8kwXNAxbNAa7eAAKhMAWhMQA\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-original=\"https:\/\/ocdn.eu\/pulscms-transforms\/1\/ILfk9kuTURBXy80NWNkY2UwMS00MDcyLTRjZjEtYWFkYS0yOWYxYmM0MWEwNDUuanBlZ5KVAwAAzQ3AzQe8kwXNAxbNAa7eAAKhMAWhMQA\" \/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image \" title=\"John Mushayavanhu, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, presents the new national currency Zimbabwe Gold, or ZiG.Columbus Mavhunga\/picture alliance\/Getty Images\" src=\"https:\/\/ocdn.eu\/pulscms-transforms\/1\/kGtktkuTURBXy80NWNkY2UwMS00MDcyLTRjZjEtYWFkYS0yOWYxYmM0MWEwNDUuanBlZ5KVAwAAzQ3AzQe8kwXNAxbNAa4\" alt=\"John Mushayavanhu, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, presents the new national currency Zimbabwe Gold, or ZiG.Columbus Mavhunga\/picture alliance\/Getty Images\" width=\"790\" height=\"430\" data-original=\"https:\/\/ocdn.eu\/pulscms-transforms\/1\/kGtktkuTURBXy80NWNkY2UwMS00MDcyLTRjZjEtYWFkYS0yOWYxYmM0MWEwNDUuanBlZ5KVAwAAzQ3AzQe8kwXNAxbNAa4\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<h5 class=\"image-container\"><strong><em><span class=\"caption\">John Mushayavanhu, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, presents the new national currency Zimbabwe Gold, or ZiG.Columbus Mavhunga\/picture alliance\/Getty Images<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-content-body\" class=\"article-content \">\n<div class=\"article-body-text\">\n<div class=\"ringCommonDetail ringBlockType-unordered_list \">\n<ul class=\"list\">\n<li>The move is aimed at uplifting lower-income employees from inflation and widespread poverty.<\/li>\n<li>The Treasury has allocated US dollars for government employees and salary adjustments.<\/li>\n<li>Since its launch in April, efforts by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to support ZiG on the parallel market have been met with difficulties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government of Zimbabwe, in an attempt to mitigate the impact of the recent devaluation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,91,90,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-markets","category-policies","category-zimbabwe"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels.png",900,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels-300x200.png",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels-768x512.png",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels.png",640,427,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels.png",900,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels.png",900,600,false],"wpucv-grid-three":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels.png",360,240,false],"wpucv-grid-two":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels.png",600,400,false],"wpucv-grid-one":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels.png",800,533,false],"wpucv-classic":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels.png",255,170,false],"wpucv-classic-small":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels.png",150,100,false],"wpucv-galary":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels.png",400,267,false],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels.png",900,600,false],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels-800x500.png",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels.png",900,600,false],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels-540x340.png",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-19-at-11-02-20-zimbabwe-currency.webp-WEBP-Image-900-\u00d7-600-pixels-400x250.png",400,250,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Saint Rich"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/category\/local\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Local<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/category\/markets\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Markets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/category\/policies\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Policies<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/category\/zimbabwe\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Zimbabwe<\/a>","tag_info":"Zimbabwe","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1534,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532\/revisions\/1534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}