Zimbabwe’s Government Shrugs at Striking Doctors’ Demands

A strike by Zimbabwean medical doctors is in its third day, with the government refusing to give in to their demands to be paid in foreign currency. The doctors have been striking since Monday. They want to be paid in foreign currency, not the local currency known as bond notes, because that has been losing value. “We don’t want to lie to each other or waste each other’s time,” said Health Minister Obadiah Moyo in response to the doctors’ demands. “We all know that there is no foreign...

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