Zimbabwe: Journalists ask for 800 percent pay hike

Journalists from Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (ZBH) have taken the state broadcaster to court over low salaries, writes Gugu Ziyaphapha on the website The journalists and other ZBH workers decided to seek the intervention of the courts after their employer refused to award them the increase they want. The management is offering 30% yet the reporters are asking for an 800% increment. According to court papers filed at the labour court, a junior reporter gets Z$1.6 million (R45) and senior journalists get Z$7 million (R200).