After blowing about £3 million on his daughter’s wedding earlier this month, Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe says he wants a pay rise.
President Robert Mugabe, 90, who most Zimbabweans believe will die in office, told public service workers that he is holding out for a pay increase next month.
So far, Mr Mugabe’s Zanu PF government has not managed to deliver on his election pledge last July to double the wages of 200 000 civil servants, most of whom earn about £200 a month.
Zimbabwe is bankrupt and several economists privately say they expect the government will not be able to pay civil servants on time, if at all, later this year.
The financial crisis worsened when people withdrew most of their savings from banks after Mr Mugabe won disputed elections last year.
