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Nurses in Zimbabwe arrested as they protest over pay

Health workers carry placards as they protest against economic hardship and poor working conditions during the coronavirus disease (COVID19) outbreak in Harare, Zimbabwe July 6, 2020. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Police in Zimbabwe arrested 12 nurses protesting outside state hospitals on Monday demanding to be paid in U.S. dollars as inflation running at nearly 800% was eroding their salaries, the country’s nurses’ union said.

An economic crisis under President Emmerson Mnangagwa has revived memories of the hardships of more than a decade ago when hyperinflation wiped out savings and pensions and forced the country to dump its currency in favour of the U.S. dollar.

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