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Obstacles to progress

Realities

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Zimbabwe (May 2019)
In Zimbabwe, 'Ghost Workers' Get Government Salaries Without Doing the Work
Retired civil servants, people appointed to fake positions and even workers receiving multiple
salaries for doing just one job – all of these people receive salaries from the government. None

of them perform any work.
They are known as ghost workers.

"It's a kind of fraud," says Jonathan Wutawunashe, secretary of Zimbabwe's Public Service
Commission.
And it's expensive. Zimbabwe's civil service wage bill accounts for more than 90 percent of the

government's total revenue. It's not clear how many ghost workers are on the payroll, but a
2010 audit found that there were close to 14,000. A 2015 audit found that far fewer people –

3,500 – were earning money without working, but that's considered a conservative guess
Global Press Journal. "In Zimbabwe, 'Ghost Workers' Get Government Salaries Without Doing the
Work," May 29, 2019.
https://globalpressjournal.com/africa/zimbabwe/zimbabwe-ghost-workers-get-government-
salaries-without-work/.

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Zimbabwe (June 2020)
TREASURY has struck off 3 000 names from Government's payroll after a recent headcount
revealed thousands of ghost workers.
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A similar nationwide audit in Tanzania in 2016 managed to remove more than 10 000 ghost
workers from the public sector payroll, helping save more than US$2 million per month.

"3 000 Ghost Workers on Zimbabwe Government Payroll - Bulawayo24 News."
Accessed June 19, 2020.
https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-186702.html.

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